Dale Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 CASTING ANNOUNCED FOR THIRD AND FOURTH WEEKS OF AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE’S 2010 SPRING SEASON AT METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE Alicia Alonso’s 90th Birthday Celebration to Feature Three Sets of Principal Dancers in Don Quixote Thursday, June 3 at 7:30 P.M. Casting for the third and fourth weeks of American Ballet Theatre’s 2010 Spring Season at the Metropolitan Opera House was announced today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie. The third week will include five performances of Don Quixote, beginning with the matinee on Monday, May 31 at 2:00pm, led by Michele Wiles as Kitri and Cory Stearns in his debut as Basilio. Natalia Osipova will make her ABT debut as Kitri on Tuesday, June 1, opposite Jose Manuel Carreño as Basilio. ABT will celebrate Alicia Alonso’s 90th Birthday on Thursday, June 3, with a special performance of Don Quixote featuring three sets of Principal Dancers: Paloma Herrera and Marcelo Gomes (Act I), Xiomara Reyes and Herman Cornejo (Act II), and Natalia Osipova and Jose Manuel Carreño (Act III). Set to music by Ludwig Minkus, Don Quixote is staged by Kevin McKenzie and Susan Jones, after choreography by Marius Petipa and Alexander Gorsky. This production was generously supported through an endowed gift from Anka K. Palitz, in memory of Clarence Y. Palitz, Jr. American Ballet Theatre’s 2010 Spring Season will also feature two weeks of repertory programming, beginning Tuesday, June 8 with the All-Ashton Program. At the performance on June 8, Irina Dvorovenko will debut in Sir Frederick Ashton’s Birthday Offering, opposite Maxim Beloserkovsky, who is performing the role for the first time in New York. At the same performance, Jose Manuel Carreño will debut in Thaïs Pas de Deux, opposite Diana Vishneva. The All-Ashton Program on Thursday, June 10, will include New York debuts by Gillian Murphy and Eric Tamm in Birthday Offering, and debuts by Maria Riccetto in Thaïs Pas de Deux, Veronika Part and David Hallberg in Awakening Pas de Deux, and Cory Stearns and Daniil Simkin as Oberon and Puck,respectively, in The Dream. The Dream is presented in loving memory of Clarence Y. Palitz, Jr. by his family. The Dream has been made possible with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency. The fourth week will be rounded out by the All-American Program and the ABT Premieres Program. At the evening performance on Wednesday, June 9, Fancy Free will be performed by Daniil Simkin, Carlos Lopez and Sascha Radetsky, with Simkin and Radetsky making their New York debuts in these roles. The Brahms-Haydn Variations was made possible by the generous support of Patsy and Jeff Tarr and the JCT Foundation. Company B is generously supported by a gift from Marjorie S. Isaac in honor of ABT Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie. Fancy Free is generously underwritten by an endowed gift from Avery and Andrew F. Barth, in honor of Laima and Rudolf Barth. On the Dnieper is generously supported through an endowed gift from The Toni and Martin Sosnoff New Works Fund. Additional underwriting support has generously been provided by The Ross Stretton Choreography Workshop Fund and Leila and Mickey Straus. Funding is also generously provided by The Rudolf Nureyev® Dance Foundation. J.P. Morgan is the Leading Corporate Sponsor of Make a Ballet. American Airlines is ABT’s Official Airline. Northern Trust is the Official Sponsor of the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at American Ballet Theatre. LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, Inc. is the Official Sponsor of ABT II. Mandarin Oriental is ABT’s Preferred Hotel. ABT is supported, in part, with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Recovery Act, the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council. Tickets for American Ballet Theatre’s 2010 Metropolitan Opera House season, priced $20-$111, are available online, at the Met box office or by phone at 212-362-6000. The Metropolitan Opera House is located on Broadway between 64th and 65th streets in New York City. For more information, visit ABT’s website at www.abt.org. Complete casting follows: AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE Metropolitan Opera House - Spring, 2010 THIRD WEEK Mon. Mat., May 31, 2 P.M. DON QUIXOTE – Wiles, Stearns* Tues. Eve., June 1, 7:30 P.M. DON QUIXOTE – Osipova**, Carreño Wed. Mat., June 2, 2 P.M. DON QUIXOTE – Dvorovenko, Hallberg Wed. Eve., June 2, 7:30 P.M. DON QUIXOTE – Murphy, Stiefel Thurs. Eve., June 3, 7:30 P.M. DON QUIXOTE – Herrera, Gomes (Act I); Reyes, Cornejo (Act II); Osipova, Carreño (Act III) Fri. Eve., June 4. 8 P.M. LADY OF THE CAMELLIAS – Vishneva, Gomes, Part, Tamm Sat. Mat., June 5, 2 P.M. LADY OF THE CAMELLIAS – Dvorovenko, Stearns, Abrera, Hoven Sat. Eve., June 5, 8 P.M. LADY OF THE CAMELLIAS – Kent, Bolle, Murphy, Hallberg FOURTH WEEK Mon. Eve., June 7, 7:30 P.M. LADY OF THE CAMELLIAS - Vishneva, Gomes, Part, Tamm Tues. Eve., June 8, 7:30 P.M. ALL ASHTON BIRTHDAY OFFERING – Dvorovenko* Beloserkovsky+ THAÏS PAS DE DEUX – Vishneva, Carreño* AWAKENING PAS DE DEUX – Herrera, Stearns THE DREAM – Murphy, Hallberg, Cornejo Wed. Mat., June 9, 2 P.M. AMERICAN PROGRAM THE BRAHMS-HAYDN VARIATIONS – Murphy+, Carreño, Herrera, Gomes, Kent, Radetsky+, Part+, Hallberg+, Lane+, Lopez COMPANY B – Company FANCY FREE – Cornejo, Stiefel, Carreño, Abrera, Murphy Wed. Eve., June 9, 7:30 P.M. ABT PREMIERES THE BRAHMS-HAYDN VARIATIONS – Abrera,+ Hammoudi+, Wiles, Stearns+, Reyes+, Cornejo+, Seo+, Saveliev+, Riccetto+, Simkin+ ON THE DNIEPER – Part, Gomes, Herrera, Hallberg FANCY FREE – Simkin+, Lopez, Radetsky+, Riccetto+, Boylston+ Thurs. Eve., June 10, 7:30 P.M. ALL ASHTON BIRTHDAY OFFERING – Murphy+, Tamm+ THAÏS PAS DE DEUX – Riccetto*, Matthews AWAKENING PAS DE DEUX – Part*, Hallberg* THE DREAM – Reyes, Stearns*, Simkin* Fri. Eve., June 11, 8 P.M. ABT PREMIERES THE BRAHMS-HAYDN VARIATIONS – Murphy, Carreño, Wiles, Stearns, Kent, Radetsky, Seo, Saveliev, Riccetto, Simkin ON THE DNIEPER – Part, Gomes, Herrera, Hallberg FANCY FREE – Cornejo, Stiefel, Carreño, Abrera, Murphy Sat. Mat., June 12, 2 P.M. AMERICAN PROGRAM THE BRAHMS-HAYDN VARIATIONS – Abrera, Hammoudi, Herrera, Gomes, Reyes, Cornejo, Part, Hallberg, Lane, Lopez COMPANY B – Company FANCY FREE – Simkin, Lopez, Radetsky, Riccetto, Boylston Sat. Eve., June 12, 8 P.M. ALL ASHTON BIRTHDAY OFFERING – Abrera+, Tamm THAÏS PAS DE DEUX – Vishneva, Carreño AWAKENING PAS DE DEUX – Part, Hallberg THE DREAM – Reyes, Stearns, Simkin *please note first time in a role: Mon. Mat., 5/31 – Stearns (Basilio) in Don Quixote Tues. Eve., 6/8 – Dvorovenko in Birthday Offering; Carreño in Thaïs Pas de Deux Thurs. Eve., 6/10 – Riccetto in Thaïs Pas de Deux; Part and Hallberg in Awakening Pas de Deux; Stearns (Oberon), Simkin (Puck) in The Dream **Editors please note first time in a role with ABT: Tues. Eve., 6/1 – Osipova (Kitri) in Don Quixote +Editors please note first time in a role in New York: Tues. Eve. 6/8 – Beloserkovsky in Birthday Offering Wed. Mat. 6/9 – Murphy, Radetsky, Part, Hallberg, Lane in The Brahms-Haydn Variations +Editors please note first time in a role in New York: (cont.) Wed. Eve., 6/9 – Abrerra, Hammoudi, Stearns, Reyes, Cornejo, Seo, Saveliev , Riccetto, Simkin in The Brahms-Haydn Variations; Simkin, Radetsky, Ricceto, Boylston in Fancy Free Thurs. Eve., 6/10 – Murphy, Tamm in Birthday Offering Sat. Eve., 6/12 – Abrera in Birthday Offering Link to comment
Dale Posted June 3, 2010 Author Share Posted June 3, 2010 Something to be aware of for those with June 11 tickets or with a wish to hear a pre-performance talk: AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE TO HOLD PRE-PERFORMANCE TALK ON JEROME ROBBINS’ FANCY FREE AT METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE Open to All Ticket Holders for June 11 performance Continuing its 70th Anniversary celebration, American Ballet Theatre will offer a special pre-performance talk on Friday, June 11, at 6:00 P.M. Members of ABT’s alumni will gather to discuss Jerome Robbins’ groundbreaking ballet, Fancy Free, originally commissioned by ABT in 1944. Moderated by Alex Ewing, author of Bravura: Lucia Chase and American Ballet Theatre, the talk is free to all ticket holders of the Friday, June 11 repertory evening of ABT Premieres. Fancy Free premiered at the Metropolitan Opera House by American Ballet Theatre on April 18, 1944 and was the first ballet work by Jerome Robbins. A seminal work, Fancy Free presented a mix of old and new dance that widely influenced developments in the United States' theatre and ballet. No additional reservation is required to attend the pre-performance. American Ballet Theatre’s 2010 Spring Season at the Metropolitan Opera House continues through July 10, 2010. For more information, visit www.abt.org. Link to comment
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