by Kyra Laubacher | Aug 14, 2023 | News, Onstage, The Latest
In the summer of 2018, American Ballet Theatre corps member Jose Sebastian was walking in upper Manhattan with his mother, Pat, after his final performance in the company’s Metropolitan Opera House season. When he found himself reminiscing on summers he spent in the...
by Marissa DeSantis | Dec 15, 2021 | Profiles
Whether she’s headed to the studio for a long day of rehearsals or hanging out in New York City, American Ballet Theatre’s Erica Lall loves to embrace the “weird” in her wardrobe. “I like a mix of sporty and classic pieces, but sometimes...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Jan 13, 2020 | Dance Magazine, Dance Spirit, News
Last summer, Lizzo put out a call on Twitter asking her fans to make a ballet to her song “Truth Hurts,” and dancers everywhere responded (our favorites still might be Harper Watters and Erica Lall). But now, Lizzo has fully proven herself to be a bunhead...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Oct 31, 2019 | Profiles
We might be biased, but we think that ballet dancers are unusually good at Halloween. After all, they wear costumes for a living, are familiar with elaborate hair and makeup techniques and own leotards in most colors of the rainbow (the perfect base for any costume)....
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Aug 21, 2019 | Dance Magazine, Dance Spirit, Instagram, Just for fun, News
On August 20, pop goddess Lizzo tweeted, “Someone do a ballet routine to truth hurts pls,” referring to the anthem that’s been top on everyone’s playlists this summer. Lizzo might not know it yet, but ballet dancers are not known for shying...
by Caroline Shadle For Dance Magazine | Aug 1, 2019 | Career, Profiles
Erica Lall, a member of American Ballet Theatre’s corps de ballet, accomplished an impressive feat this spring: she danced in every single one of ABT’s spring Metropolitan Opera House season performances. That’s 64 shows—actually, as Lall...
by Amy Brandt | Oct 4, 2017 | Profiles
When American Ballet Theatre soloist Calvin Royal III and New York City Ballet soloist Unity Phelan burst into the opening diagonal of George Balanchine’s Agon on Monday, they had reason to be nervous. Sitting in the downstage corner of Columbia...
by Amy Brandt | Jan 12, 2016 | Company Life
American Ballet Theatre is starting 2016 with a bang, with a slew of new leadership announcements and exciting promotions among the lower ranks. Yesterday, ABT officially named Kara Medoff Barnett as its new executive director—and while she’s only 37, the...