by Claudia Bauer | Jun 4, 2025 | News, Onstage, The Latest
With six weeks of full-length ballets performed in the grandeur of the Metropolitan Opera House, American Ballet Theatre’s summer season is always a highlight for ballet fans. But this year’s Met season promises to be among the most festive—and bittersweet—in recent...
by Kyra Laubacher | Mar 25, 2025 | News, The Latest
The year was 2000. Dancers were listening to music on MP3 players on their way to class, Center Stage was gearing up for its cinematic release, and American Ballet Theatre was about to debut a new Swan Lake. What else was going on in the ballet world? As we continue...
by Claudia Bauer | Dec 12, 2022 | Career, Company Life, Pointe+
American Ballet Theatre is starting the New Year with a new leader: Susan Jaffe, who last May was named as the successor to Kevin McKenzie after his 30-year tenure as artistic director. Jaffe isn’t new to ABT—she joined the corps at 18 and was a beloved principal...
by Claudia Bauer for Dance Magazine | May 9, 2022 | The Latest
American Ballet Theatre has named celebrated former principal dancer Susan Jaffe its next artistic director, effective December 2022. Jaffe will take the helm from Kevin McKenzie, who plans to retire at the end of the 2022 season, his 30th as...
by Amy Brandt | Mar 25, 2021 | Company Life, Instagram, News, The Latest
Kevin McKenzie, American Ballet Theatre’s longtime artistic director, announced yesterday that he will retire at the end of 2022, after three decades at the helm. He will continue to oversee the company’s 2021–22 season while a search for his...
by Marina Harss | Dec 20, 2019 | Career, Instagram, Profiles
This is Pointe’s Winter 2020 cover story. You can click here to purchase this issue. “They’re breaking all my theories about not pushing dancers too soon,” Kevin McKenzie, the usually cautious artistic director of American Ballet Theatre, said...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Nov 18, 2019 | Dance Magazine, Dance Spirit, Dance Teacher, News, Profiles
Yesterday, Kaatsbaan, the Tivoli, NY-based cultural park for dance, announced that Stella Abrera will join the organization as its new artistic director, effective January 1, 2020. This news come just weeks after we learned that Abrera will be taking her final bow...
by Lauren Wingenroth For Dance Magazine | Jun 28, 2018 | News, Profiles
It’s that time of year: American Ballet Theatre has just announced promotions, and they’re as exciting as ever. This season, it’s all about the ladies: corps de ballet members Zhong-Jing Fang, Catherine Hurlin and Katherine Williams have been...