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She posted a farewell here:
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Very sad news. His reconstructions were eye-opening.
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A release:
3,500 NEW YORK CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL CHILDREN TO ATTEND AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE’S YOUNG PEOPLE’S BALLET WORKSHOP AT METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE, TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 2017 AT 11:00 A.M.
ABT DANCERS TO PERFORM EXCERPTS OF ALL-NEW PRODUCTION OF ALEXEI RATMANSKY’S WHIPPED CREAM
On Tuesday, June 6, over 3,500 New York City Public School children will attend American Ballet Theatre’s Young People’s Ballet Workshop at the Metropolitan Opera House at 11:00A.M. Hosted by ABT Studio Company Artistic Director Kate Lydon, the program will include original pieces by students participating in ABT’s Make a Ballet program, as well as excerpts from ABT’s Spring Season repertoire performed by Company dancers.
Thirty-five schools will attend the workshop from all five boroughs. The Make a Ballet schools to perform include Waterside School (Stamford, CT), PS 1 (Chinatown), PS 20 (Lower East Side) and Frank Sinatra School of the Arts (Astoria).
The hour-long program will include performances by the dancers of American Ballet Theatre in excerpts from Le Corsaire, The Sleeping Beauty and ABT’s all-new production of Whipped Cream. Principal Dancer Misty Copeland and Soloist Alexandre Hammoudi will also perform a mime demonstration from the opening section of Act II of Swan Lake.
Make a Ballet offers students the opportunity to design, choreograph, construct, produce and perform their own original dance. Students work throughout the school year under the tutelage of ABT teaching artists and school faculty. In addition to exposing students to classical dance, Make a Ballet emphasizes career opportunities in the arts, onstage and backstage. In 1999, the Make a Ballet program was awarded a prestigious Governor’s Arts Award by New York State.
ABT is supported, in part, with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature; and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.
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Fifth and sixth week of casting:
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The official release:
HARLEQUINADE, A WORLD PREMIERE BY
AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE, STAGED BY ALEXEI RATMANSKY, SET FOR JUNE 4, 2018 AT METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSEWORLD PREMIERE OF NEW RATMANSKY WORK SCHEDULED FOR FALL 2017 AT DAVID H. KOCH THEATER
PREMIERES TO BE SUPPORTED BY THE RATMANSKY PROJECT, A FIVE-YEAR FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN
American Ballet Theatre has announced the World Premieres of the full-evening Harlequinade and a new work of repertory choreographed by Artist in Residence Alexei Ratmansky. Both works are supported through The Ratmansky Project, a $15 million campaign to fund new works by the choreographer through 2020. The World Premieres and The Ratmansky Project were announced today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie.
An all-new production of Harlequinade, staged by Ratmansky after the original by Marius Petipa, will be given its World Premiere by American Ballet Theatre on June 4, 2018 at the Metropolitan Opera House. A comic ballet in two-acts, Harlequinade is set to music by Riccardo Drigo and first premiered in 1900 in St. Petersburg, Russia. The new production will feature sets and costumes by Robert Perdziola. Following its World Premiere, the ballet will be given seven performances during the 2018 Spring season. Harlequinade, a co-production with Australian Ballet, is ABT’s first full-length production of the ballet.
American Ballet Theatre’s 2017 Fall season at the David H. Koch Theater will feature a new repertory work by Ratmansky. The yet-untitled ballet will have its World Premiere on the season’s opening night, October 18, 2017. The work will be given four additional performances during the Company’s Fall season.
Harlequinade and new Ratmansky work are funded through The Ratmansky Project, a five-year, $15 million fundraising initiative to support new work. The initiative, which was launched in 2016, has raised $10 million to date and has funded three current works by
Ratmansky including The Golden Cockerel (2016 American Premiere), Serenade after Plato’s Symposium (2016 World Premiere) and Whipped Cream (2017 World Premiere). The Ratmansky Project will support the creation of one or more new works each year through 2020.
“I am so happy that ABT has the good fortune to have one of the creative geniuses of our time working and shaping us as we look to the future,” said McKenzie.
“We are committed to extending the repertoire of classical ballet, and we are privileged to have Alexei Ratmansky as our Artist in Residence and creative engine,” said Executive Director Kara Medoff Barnett. “The Ratmansky Project and the generous donors who support this initiative allow us to plan a robust slate of new works that challenge our dancers and inspire our audiences worldwide.”
American Ballet Theatre’s 2017 Spring season at the Metropolitan Opera House continues through July 8. To purchase tickets or for more information, please visit www.abt.org.
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Whipped Cream The Exhibition:
MARK RYDEN: THE ART OF WHIPPED CREAM
EXHIBITION TO OPEN MAY 19
AT THE METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSEAmerican Ballet Theatre presents Mark Ryden: The Art of Whipped Cream, an exhibition of work by pop-surrealist Mark Ryden, on view in the Arnold and Marie Schwartz Gallery Met at the Metropolitan Opera House, May 19-July 8, 2017. The exhibition, organized by the Paul Kasmin Gallery, features drawings, sketches and paintings created for American Ballet Theatre’s new production of Whipped Cream.
Choreographed by ABT Artist in Residence Alexei Ratmansky, Whipped
Cream features Ryden’s fantastical set and costume designs, including a Viennese pastry shop and confectionary-themed characters. Whipped Cream is based on the two-act ballet with libretto and score by Richard Strauss, originally created as Schlagobers and performed at the Vienna State Opera in 1924.American Ballet Theatre’s production of Whipped Cream will receive its New York Premiere at the Metropolitan Opera House on Monday, May 22. The ballet will be given 12 performances, May 22-24 and June 26-July 1. Whipped Cream has been generously underwritten with leadership support from Hamilton E. James and the Blavatnik Family Foundation.
The Arnold and Marie Schwartz Gallery Met is located in the south lobby of the Metropolitan Opera House, 30 Lincoln Center Plaza. It is open Monday-Friday,10:00am- 2:00pm and 6:00pm through the last intermission; Saturday, noon through the last intermission; and Sunday, 11:00am-4:00pm. Admission to the gallery is free.
American Ballet Theatre’s 2017 Metropolitan Opera House season continues through July 8, 2017. Tickets, beginning at $22, are available online, at the Met box office or by phone at 212-362-6000. For more information, visit ABT’s website at www.abt.org.
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The casting:
NEW YORK CITY BALLETPRINCIPAL CASTING FOR WASHINGTON D.C.,June 6-11, 2017TUESDAY EVENING,JUNE 6, 7:30 PMSQUARE DANCE:M. Fairchild, *Finlay [Conductor: Sill]TARANTELLA:Pereira, Hoxha [Conductor: Litton; Solo Piano: Walters]pauseODESSA:Mearns, Bouder, Hyltin, T. Angle, Stanley, De Luz [Conductor: Litton; Solo Violin: Delmoni]RODEO: FOUR DANCE EPISODES:T. Peck, J. Peck, Ulbricht, Garcia, Veyette [Conductor: Litton]WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 7, 7:30 PMSQUARE DANCE:M. Fairchild, Finlay [Conductor: Sill]TARANTELLA:Pereira, Hoxha [Conductor: Litton; Solo Piano: Walters]pauseODESSA:Mearns, Bouder, Hyltin, T. Angle, Stanley, De Luz [Conductor: Litton; Solo Violin: Delmoni]RODEO: FOUR DANCE EPISODES:T. Peck, J. Peck, Ulbricht, Garcia,Veyette [Conductor: Litton]THURSDAY EVENING,JUNE 8, 7:30PM[Conductor:Litton]AMERICAN RHAPSODY:Lovette, Janzen, Phelan, *Stanley [Solo Piano: Chelton]THE FOUR TEMPERAMENTS:Wellington, Scordato, King, Alberda, Laracey, Sanz, Garcia, Mearns, J.Angle, la Cour,Reichlen [Solo Piano: Gosling]THE TIMES ARE RACING:T. Peck, Pollack, Lowery, Woodward, Isaacs, Stanley, Applebaum, SuozziFRIDAY EVENING,JUNE 9, 7:30 PM[Conductor: Litton]AMERICAN RHAPSODY:Lovette, Janzen, Phelan, Stanley [Solo Piano: Chelton]THE FOUR TEMPERAMENTS:Wellington, Scordato, King, Alberda, Laracey, Sanz, Garcia, Mearns, J. Angle, la Cour,Reichlen [Solo Piano: Gosling]THE TIMES ARE RACING:T. Peck, Pollack, Lowery, Woodward, Isaacs, Stanley, Applebaum, SuozziSATURDAY MATINEE, JUNE 10, 1:30 PM[Conductor:Litton]AMERICAN RHAPSODY:Lovette, Janzen, Phelan, Stanley [Solo Piano: Chelton]THE FOUR TEMPERAMENTS:Wellington, Scordato, King, Alberda, Laracey, Sanz, Garcia, Scheller, T. Angle, la Cour,Reichlen [Solo Piano: Gosling]THE TIMES ARE RACING:T. Peck, Pollack, Lowery, Woodward, Isaacs, Stanley, Applebaum, SuozziSATURDAY EVENING,JUNE 10, 7:30 PM[Conductor:Sill]SQUARE DANCE:Bouder, *BallTARANTELLA:*Woodward, De Luz [Solo Piano: Walters]pauseODESSA:Phelan, T. Peck, M. Fairchild, T. Angle, Stanley, Ulbricht[Solo Violin: Delmoni]RODEO: FOUR DANCE EPISODES:Mearns, J. Peck, Ulbricht, Garcia, VeyetteSUNDAY MATINEE,JUNE 11, 1:30PM[Conductor: Sill]SQUARE DANCE:Bouder, BallTARANTELLA:Woodward, De Luz [Solo Piano: Walters]pauseODESSA:Phelan, T. Peck, M. Fairchild, T. Angle, Stanley, Ulbricht [Solo Violin: Delmoni]RODEO: FOUR DANCE EPISODES:Mearns, J. Peck, Ulbricht, Garcia, Veyette* First Time in RolePROGRAM AND CASTINGSUBJECT TO CHANGE (05/17/17 -
A release (something fun!):
AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE “WHIPPED CREAM FLOAT” TO TRAVEL THE STREETS OF UPPER WEST SIDE AND TIMES SQUARE ON SATURDAY, MAY 20, 2017, 10AM-3PM
UNIQUE CARAVAN OF CHARACTERS TO CELEBRATE ABTKIDS DAY AND NEW YORK PREMIERE OF WHIPPED CREAM
In celebration of American Ballet Theatre’s New York Premiere of Whipped Cream and the family-friendly performance of ABTKids, characters from the ballet will board a 24-foot open-air festive float for a ride along the Upper West Side and through midtown, ending back “home” at Lincoln Center’s Metropolitan Opera House on Saturday, May 20, 2017.
Cupcake Children, Swirl Girls, Layer Cake Girl, Pink Yak and Chef, all characters from ABT’s new production of Whipped Cream, will set out from the loading dock of the Metropolitan Opera House at 9:30am for their journey up Central Park West to West 96th Street, down Columbus Avenue and back to Lincoln Center, waving to fans and offering photo opportunities prior to the 11:30am performance of ABTKids.
At the conclusion of ABTKids, the Whipped Cream float will ride again, traveling down Broadway past Columbus Circle and on to Times Square.
American Ballet Theatre’s New York Premiere of Whipped Cream features choreography by ABT Artist in Residence Alexei Ratmansky and the whimsical, pastry-themed designs of pop surrealist Mark Ryden. Whipped Cream is performed May 22-24 and June 26-July 1.
ABTKids is a one-hour performance designed for children and families showcasing highlights from ABT’s Spring Season. All seats for ABTKids on May 20 are priced at $25 and available for purchase online, at the Met box office or by phone at 212-362-6000.
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The press release:
Juilliard Names Damian Woetzel as Seventh PresidentNEW YORK ---- The Juilliard School announced today that it has selected Damian Woetzel, director of the Aspen Institute Arts Program, artistic director of Vail Dance Festival, and former principal dancer at New York City Ballet, to serve as its seventh president beginning July 2018. Woetzel was chosen after an extensive search process led by a board-appointed search committee and Board Chair Bruce Kovner in consultation with faculty, student, and staff representatives. Juilliard's current and longest-serving president, Joseph W. Polisi, announced in October that he will be stepping down at the end of June 2018.
"On behalf of the board of trustees, I am pleased to welcome Damian Woetzel to The Juilliard School as our next president," said Kovner. "Since beginning our search last October, we have had the privilege of getting to know some of the most distinguished leaders in the arts field and beyond. Damian's vision and optimism are second to none, and we are confident that he will advance Juilliard's mission for the next generation while building on the foundation of artistic and academic excellence established by his distinguished predecessor, Joseph Polisi."
Woetzel, who turns 50 next week, retired in 2008 from an illustrious career as a principal dancer with New York City Ballet, and was celebrated internationally for his performances across a wide range of repertory. In addition to his positions at the Aspen Institute and Vail Dance Festival, Woetzel is also an independent director, choreographer, and producer. His many projects include the Kennedy Center's interdisciplinary DEMO series;Spaces by Wynton Marsalis for Jazz at Lincoln Center; an arts salute to Stephen Hawking at Lincoln Center for the World Science Festival; and the first performance of the White House Dance Series during the Obama administration. From 2009 to 2017, Woetzel served on the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities, where he helped create the Turnaround Arts Program, which brings arts education to some of the nation's most challenged school districts. Woetzel holds a Master of Public Administration degree from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, and has been a visiting lecturer at Harvard Law School. In 2015 he received the Harvard Arts Medal.
As president of Juilliard, Woetzel will inherit a number of large-scale initiatives spearheaded by Polisi, including the continued development of scholarship and entrepreneurship programs, K-12 curricula, online education products, and The Tianjin Juilliard School in China. Woetzel will serve as president-designate during the 2017-18 academic year, during which time he will conclude his work as director of the Aspen Institute Arts Program, finishing in June of 2018 at the end of the Aspen Ideas Festival. He will continue to serve as artistic director of the annual Vail Dance Festival at least through summer 2018.
"It is a tremendous honor to have been selected as the next president of The Juilliard School," said Woetzel. "Building on collaboration has been a defining principle of my life in the arts, and I can think of no greater privilege than to help shape the future of this extraordinary institution of music, dance, and drama. I'd like to extend my thanks to Bruce Kovner, Juilliard's board of trustees, and President Polisi for this tremendous opportunity to join in the tradition of excellence that Juilliard embodies, and I am inspired to work alongside them to foster new generations of emboldened citizen artists for the 21st century."
"Juilliard could ask for no better president than Damian Woetzel," said Polisi. "Damian's commitment to performing arts education and to securing the best and brightest future for our school are all attributes that ensure a very successful tenure as Juilliard's president. I look forward to working closely with Damian during the next year and watching Juilliard flourish under his leadership."
About Damian WoetzelDamian Woetzel has taken on multiple roles in arts leadership since retiring in 2008 from a 20-year career as a principal dancer with New York City Ballet and as a dancer on the international stage. During his distinguished dance career, he was lauded for performances in a wide range of roles created by George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins, and had works choreographed for him by Robbins, Eliot Feld, Peter Martins, Susan Stroman, Twyla Tharp, and Christopher Wheeldon among others.
Woetzel currently serves as the director of the Aspen Institute Arts Program, which aims to further the value of the arts in society, and as the artistic director of the Vail Dance Festival, which presents annual summer seasons in Colorado and recently offered an acclaimed debut season at New York City Center entitled Vail Dance Festival: ReMix NYC. Also an independent director, choreographer, and producer, Woetzel's recent projects include DEMO, his own interdisciplinary series at the Kennedy Center; Spaces by Wynton Marsalis for Jazz at Lincoln Center; Lil Buck @ Le Poisson Rouge, an award-winning show featuring Lil Buck, Yo-Yo Ma, and an array of stellar musicians; an arts salute to Stephen Hawking at Lincoln Center for the World Science Festival; two Turnaround Arts performances at the White House; and the first performance of the White House Dance Series, which took place in the East Room of the White House and was hosted by former first lady Michelle Obama.
Woetzel has collaborated on numerous events and initiatives with Yo-Yo Ma, including work on his Silk Road Connect program in the New York City Public Schools, and on "Arts Strike" events, which they have pioneered as a format for artists to engage in public service. In 2012, Woetzel co-produced the televised Kennedy Center Honors tribute to honoree Natalia Makarova, and for the 2014 Honors he co-produced the salute to honoree Patricia McBride. In 2009, Woetzel became the founding director of the Jerome Robbins Foundation's New Essential Works (NEW) Program, which over a five-year period initiated grants to enable the production of 35 new dance works. In November 2009, President Obama appointed Woetzel to the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities, where he served until 2017 and worked on creating the Turnaround Arts Program, which now brings arts education to some of the nation's most challenged school districts.Woetzel holds a Master in Public Administration degree from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, and has taught as a visiting lecturer at Harvard Law School. Among his awards, in April 2015, Woetzel received the Harvard Arts Medal.
About The Juilliard SchoolFounded in 1905, The Juilliard School is a world leader in performing arts education. Juilliard's mission is to provide the highest caliber of artistic education for gifted musicians, dancers, and actors from around the world so that they may achieve their fullest potential as artists, leaders, and global citizens.
Located at Lincoln Center in New York City, Juilliard offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in dance, drama (acting and playwriting), and music (classical, jazz, historical performance, and vocal arts). Currently more than 800 artists from 43 states and 41 countries are enrolled at Juilliard, where they appear in over 700 annual performances in the school's five theaters; at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully and David Geffen Halls and at Carnegie Hall; as well as other venues around New York City, the country, and the world.
Beyond its New York campus, Juilliard is defining new directions in global performing arts education for a range of learners and enthusiasts through The Tianjin Juilliard School, K-12 educational curricula, and an increasing array of digital education products. -
Updated casting:
TUESDAY, MAY 9 (Change of program order - Spectral Evidence will be
performed first)
SPECTRAL EVIDENCE: Isaacs replaces Pazcoguin, LeCrone replaces Smith, R.
Fairchild replaces Ramasar
MOTHERSHIP: Jones replaces Macgill, E. Von Enck+ replaces C. Von Enck
THE TIMES ARE RACING: Woodward replaces Smith, *Applebaum replaces Ramasar
WEDNESDAY, MAY 10
CAROUSEL (A DANCE): Segin replaces Smith
THE INFERNAL MACHINE: *Craig Hall++ replaces Ramasar
PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION: Kretzschmar replaces Smith
THURDAY, MAY 11
COMMON GROUND: *Schumacher replaces Chamblee
OLTREMARE: *Wellington replaces Pazcoguin, *Walker replaces Ramasar
RODEO: FOUR DANCE EPISODES: Pollack replaces Mearns, *J. Peck replaces
Ramasar
FRIDAY, MAY 12
CHIAROSCURO: *Veyette replaces Ramasar
STABAT MATER: J. Angle replaces Ramasar
THE DECALOGUE (STEVENS/PECK WORLD PREMIERE): *Segin replaces Smith
SATURDAY, MAY 13 at 2PM
CAROUSEL (A DANCE): Segin replaces Smith
THE INFERNAL MACHINE: Craig Hall++ replaces Ramasar
PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION: Kretzschmar replaces Smith
SATURDAY, MAY 13 at 8PM
COMMON GROUND: Schumacher replaces Chamblee
OLTREMARE: Wellington replaces Pazcoguin, Walker replaces Ramasar
RODEO: FOUR DANCE EPISODES: Pollack replaces Mearns, J. Peck replaces
Ramasar
SUNDAY, MAY 14 at 3PM
CHIAROSCURO: Veyette replaces Ramasar
STABAT MATER: J. Angle replaces Ramasar
THE DECALOGUE (NEW STEVENS/PECK): Segin replaces Smith
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Casting chart.
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Casting first two weeks:
CASTING ANNOUNCED FOR FIRST TWO WEEKS OF AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE’S 2017 SPRING SEASON AT METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE
Daniil Simkin, Stella Abrera, David Hallberg and Sarah Lane to Lead New York Premiere of Whipped Cream at Spring Gala on Monday, May 22 at 6:30 P.M.
Casting for the first two weeks of American Ballet Theatre’s 2017 Spring Season at the Metropolitan Opera House was announced today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie.
The season will begin on Monday, May 15 with eight performances of Don Quixote, led by Gillian Murphy (Kitri), Cory Stearns (Basilio), Hee Seo (Mercedes) and James Whiteside (Espada). On Tuesday, May 16, Misty Copeland, Jeffrey Cirio, Luciana Paris and Calvin
Royal III will lead the ballet for the first time, and the matinee on Wednesday, May 17, will feature debuts by Christine Shevchenko as Kitri, Devon Teuscher as Mercedes and Blaine Hoven as Espada. Christine Shevchenko and Thomas Forster will debut as Mercedes and Espada, respectively at the evening performance on Saturday, May 20. Staged by Kevin McKenzie and Susan Jones, with choreography after Marius Petipa and Alexander Gorsky, Don Quixote is set to music by Ludwig Minkus and features scenery and costumes by Santo Loquasto and lighting by Natasha Katz. The McKenzie/Jones staging of the current production was first performed by ABT on June 12, 1995.The 2017 Spring Gala on Monday, May 22 at 6:30 P.M. will feature the New York Premiere of Alexei Ratmansky’s Whipped Cream, set to a score by Richard Strauss and featuring scenery and costumes by pop-surrealist artist Mark Ryden and lighting by Brad Fields. Whipped Cream received its World Premiere on March 15 at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa, California, led by Daniil Simkin as The Boy, Stella Abrera as Princess Tea Flower, David Hallberg as Prince Coffee and Sarah Lane as Princess Praline. This same cast will lead the New York Premiere on May 22. The week’s additional performances of Whipped Cream will feature
New York debuts by Herman Cornejo (The Boy), Hee Seo (Princess Tea Flower), Cory Stearns (Prince Coffee) and Cassandra Trenary (Princess Praline) on Tuesday evening, May 23, by Jeffrey Cirio (The Boy), Gillian Murphy (Princess Tea Flower), James Whiteside (Prince Coffee) and Skylar Brandt (Princess Praline) at the matinee on Wednesday, May 24, and by Isabella Boylston (Princess Praline) and Alban Lendorf (Prince Coffee) at the evening performance on Wednesday, May 24.
The second week of American Ballet Theatre’s Spring season will continue with four performances of Giselle, beginning Thursday, May 25, with Hee Seo, Cory Stearns and Veronika Part in the leading roles. Misty Copeland and Alban Lendorf will dance the roles of Giselle and Albrecht, respectively, for the first time in New York on Friday, May 26. On Saturday, May 27, New York debuts will include Sarah Lane (Giselle), Daniil Simkin (Albrecht) and Christine Shevchenko (Myrta) at the matinee and Gillian Murphy (Giselle) at the evening performance. Set to music by Adolphe Adam, with scenery by Gianni Quaranta, costumes by Anna Anni and lighting by Jennifer Tipton, Giselle features choreography after Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa and has been staged for ABT by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie. The world premiere of Giselle, one of the oldest continually-performed ballets, occurred at the Theatre de l’Academie Royale de Musique in Paris on June 28, 1841. The ballet was first presented by ABT (then Ballet Theatre) at the Center Theatre in New York City on January 12, 1940 with choreography by Anton Dolin and scenery and costumes by Lucinda Ballard. The leading roles were danced by Annabelle Lyon and Anton Dolin. American Ballet Theatre’s sixth production, featuring scenery by Gianni Quaranta and costumes by Anna Anni, was created for the film Dancers, produced in 1987 by Cannon Films. This production’s first public performance was given on March 20, 1987 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, with Marianna Tcherkassky as Giselle and Kevin McKenzie as Albrecht. The current staging is by McKenzie, using the Quaranta and Anni designs.
Tickets for American Ballet Theatre’s 2017 Metropolitan Opera House season, beginning at $22, 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.
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Release:
Gomes, David Hallberg, Maria Kochetkova, Alban Lendorf, Gillian Murphy, Veronika Part, HeeNEW YORK PREMIERE OF WHIPPED CREAM
BY ALEXEI RATMANSKY TO HIGHLIGHT AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE’S 2017 SPRING SEASON, MAY 15-JULY 8, AT METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSEGUEST ARTIST ALESSANDRA FERRI TO DANCE TWO PERFORMANCES AS TATIANA
IN JOHN CRANKO’S ONEGIN, JUNE 20 AND 22PRINCIPAL DANCER DIANA VISHNEVA TO GIVE FAREWELL PERFORMANCE JUNE 23
PRINCIPAL DANCER MARCELO GOMES TO CELEBRATE 20TH ANNIVERSARY WITH AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE
BOX OFFICE OPENS MARCH 26 AT 12 NOON
American Ballet Theatre’s 2017 Spring season at the Metropolitan Opera House, May 15-July 8, will feature the New York Premiere of Alexei Ratmansky’s Whipped Cream and the Company Premiere of Ratmansky’s Souvenir d’un lieu cher. Tickets for ABT’s Spring Season at the Metropolitan Opera House go on sale at the box office on Sunday, March 26 at 12 Noon.
Guest Artist Alessandra Ferri will perform the role of Tatiana in Onegin on Tuesday evening, June 20 and Thursday evening, June 22. Principal Dancer Diana Vishneva will give her American Ballet Theatre farewell performance in the same role on Friday evening, June 23 and Principal Dancer Marcelo Gomes will celebrate his 20th Anniversary with the Company as Albrecht in Giselle on Tuesday evening, May 30.
Principal Dancers for the 2017 Metropolitan Opera House season include Stella Abrera, Roberto Bolle, Isabella Boylston, Jeffrey Cirio, Misty Copeland, Herman Cornejo, Marcelo
Seo, Daniil Simkin, Cory Stearns, Diana Vishneva and James Whiteside.
2017 Spring Gala Performance and New York Premiere
American Ballet Theatre’s 2017 Spring Gala on Monday, May 22 at 6:30 P.M. will feature the New York Premiere of Whipped Cream, choreographed by ABT Artist in Residence Alexei Ratmansky, with scenery and costumes by artist Mark Ryden and lighting by Brad Fields. Daniil Simkin, Stella Abrera, David Hallberg and Sarah Lane will perform the leading roles at the New York Premiere. Swarovski is the lead supporter of ABT’s Spring Gala and New York Premiere of Whipped Cream, with sets and costumes enhanced by Swarovski crystals. For more information on ABT’s 2017 Spring Gala, please call the Special Events Office at 212-477-3030, ext. 3310.
Whipped Cream, with a libretto and score by Richard Strauss, is based on the two-act ballet originally created as Schlagobers, which premiered at the Vienna State Opera in 1924. Ratmansky’s production received its World Premiere by ABT on March 15, 2017 at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa, California. Whipped Cream will be given twelve performances at the Metropolitan Opera House May 22-24 and June 26-July 1.
Company Premiere and Tchaikovsky Spectacular
The Company Premiere of Alexei Ratmansky’s Souvenir d’un lieu cher will be part of a Tchaikovsky Spectacular program beginning Monday evening, July 3. Souvenir d’un lieu cher is set to music of the same name by Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky, orchestrated by Alexander Glazunov. Featuring sets and costumes by Keso Dekker with lighting by James F. Ingalls, the ballet for four dancers received its World Premiere by Het National Ballet on February 16, 2012 in Amsterdam. Souvenir d’un lieu cher will be presented on alternating programs with George Balanchine’s Mozartiana and Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux, Marcelo Gomes’ AfterEffect and The Nutcracker pas de deux and Aurora’s Wedding by Ratmansky. Aurora's Wedding, Act III of Ratmansky’s staging of The Sleeping Beauty with choreography by Marius Petipa, will omit the Hop 'o my Thumb and Cinderella dances and add The Porcelain Trio and Three Ivans, divertissements originally choreographed by Bronislava Nijinska. Set to music from The Nutcracker, both divertissements were created for Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes staging of TheSleeping Princess in 1921. Three Ivans was first presented by Ballet Theatre as part of Princess Aurora (a suite of divertissements from The Sleeping Beauty) in 1941. Performances of the Tchaikovsky Spectacular run through July 8.
Full-Length Ballets
American Ballet Theatre’s 2017 Spring season will include an additional six full-length ballets beginning with Don Quixote which opens the Met season on Monday evening, May 15 with Gillian Murphy as Kitri, Cory Stearns as Basilio, Hee Seo as Mercedes and James Whiteside as Espada. Staged by Kevin McKenzie and Susan Jones, with choreography after Marius Petipa and Alexander Gorsky, Don Quixote is set to music by Ludwig Minkus and features scenery and costumes by Santo Loquasto and lighting by Natasha Katz. The McKenzie/Jones staging of the current production was first performed by ABT on June 12, 1995. Don Quixote will be given eight performances through Saturday evening, May 20.
The season’s performances of Giselle begins Thursday evening, May 25 led by Hee Seo in the title role, opposite Cory Stearns as Albrecht and Veronika Part as Myrta. Set to music by Adolphe Adam, with scenery by Gianni Quaranta, costumes by Anna Anni and lighting by Jennifer Tipton, Giselle features choreography after Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa and has been staged for ABT by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie. The world premiere of Giselle, one of the oldest continually-performed ballets, occurred at the Theatre de l’Academie Royale de Musique in Paris on June 28, 1841. The ballet was first presented by ABT (then Ballet Theatre) at the Center Theatre in New York City on January 12, 1940 with choreography by Anton Dolin and scenery and costumes by Lucinda Ballard. The leading roles were danced by Annabelle Lyon and Anton Dolin. American Ballet Theatre’s sixth production, featuring scenery by Gianni Quaranta and costumes by Anna Anni, was created for the film Dancers, produced in 1987 by Cannon Films. This production’s first public performance was given on March 20, 1987 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, with Marianna Tcherkassky as Giselle and Kevin McKenzie as Albrecht. The current staging is by McKenzie, using the Quaranta and Anni designs. Giselle will receive eight performances through May 31.
Alexei Ratmansky’s The Golden Cockerel will be given four performances beginning Thursday evening, June 1 with Stella Abrera (Queen of Shemakhan), Cassandra Trenary (the Golden Cockerel), Alexei Agoudine (Tsar Dodon) and James Whiteside (Astrologer) leading the first cast. Set to music by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov with sets and costumes by Richard Hudson, Ratmansky’s The Golden Cockerel is inspired by Michel Fokine’s original production. Anne Holm-Jensen Peyk has staged the ballet for ABT. The Golden Cockerel received its Company Premiere at the Metropolitan Opera House on June 6, 2016 led by Veronika Part, Skylar Brandt, Gary Chryst and Cory Stearns.
The season’s first performance of Le Corsaire on Monday, June 5 features Maria Kochetkova, Herman Cornejo, Sarah Lane, Daniil Simkin and Jeffrey Cirio in the leading roles. Based on the Lord Byron poem “The Corsair” (1814), the ballet features choreography by Konstantin Sergeyev after Marius Petipa, and staging by Anna-Marie Holmes after Petipa and Sergeyev, with music by Adolphe Adam, Cesare Pugni, Léo Delibes, Riccardo Drigo and Prince Oldenbourg. SceneryandcostumesarebyIrinaTibilova,withadditionalcostumedesignsby Robert Perdziola and lighting by Mary Jo Dondlinger. Le Corsaire received its Company Premiere by American Ballet Theatre on June 19, 1998 with Nina Ananiashvili (Medora), Ashley Tuttle (Gulnare), Giuseppe Picone (Conrad), Angel Corella (Birbanto), Jose Manuel Carreño (Ali, the slave) and Vladimir Malakhov (Lankendem). Le Corsaire will be given eight performances through June 10.
Eight performances of Swan Lake, choreographed by Kevin McKenzie after Marius Petipa, will be given beginning Monday, June 12 with Isabella Boylston and Alban Lendorf leading the opening night cast. Swan Lake is set to the score by Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky and features scenery and costumes by Zack Brown and lighting by Duane Schuler. This production of Swan Lake premiered on March 24, 2000 at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. with Julie Kent (Odette-Odile), Angel Corella (Prince Siegfried) and Marcelo Gomes (von Rothbart).
John Cranko’s Onegin will be given eight performances during the Company’s Spring season beginning on Monday, June 19 with Diana Vishneva as Tatiana and Marcelo Gomes as Eugene Onegin. Set to music by Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky, arranged and orchestrated by Kurt- Heinz Stolze, Onegin is based on the verse-novel Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin. Onegin received its World Premiere on April 13, 1965 by the Stuttgart Ballet in Stuttgart, Germany. The ballet received its Company Premiere by American Ballet Theatre on June 1, 2001 at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York with Julie Kent (Tatiana), Robert Hill (Onegin), Vladimir Malakhov (Lensky) and Maria Riccetto (Olga). This new production, with sets and costumes by Santo Loquasto and lighting by James F. Ingalls, was premiered by the National Ballet of Canada on June 19, 2010 at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto, Canada and was first performed by ABT on June 4, 2012 at the Metropolitan Opera House. Onegin is staged for ABT by Reid Anderson and Jane Bourne.
ABTKids
ABTKids, American Ballet Theatre’s annual one-hour introduction to ballet, is scheduled for Saturday morning, May 20 at 11:30 A.M. All tickets for ABTKids are $25.
Individual tickets for American Ballet Theatre’s 2017 Spring Season at the Metropolitan Opera House, on sale beginning Sunday, March 26 at 12:00 Noon, are available at the Met box office, by phone at 212-362-6000, or online at ABT’s website www.abt.org. Tickets start at $22. The Metropolitan Opera House is located on Broadway between 64th and 65th streets in New York City.
Rush Tickets:
American Ballet Theatre offers a limited number of $30 Rush tickets for everyperformance of the Met Season, to be purchased online on a first come, first served basis. Ticket buyers may purchase up to one pair of tickets for one performance, every 7 days. Rush tickets go on-sale at Noon for Monday through Friday performances, at 2pm for Saturday evening performances, and four hours prior to curtain for matinees. Rush ticket purchases require advance registration on the Met website. For more information, please visit: www.metopera.org
Student Ticket Policy:
American Ballet Theatre offers $11-$30 advance tickets for any full-time student with avalid student ID to an undergraduate or graduate program. Tickets are subject to availability and require advance registration on the Met website. Limit four tickets per person, per performance. For more information, please visit: www.metopera.org.
Complete casting follows.
American Airlines is the Official Airline of American Ballet Theatre. Northern Trust is the Leading Corporate Sponsor of the American Ballet Theatre Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School. ABT is supported, in part, with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature; and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.
Swarovski is the Lead Supporter of ABT’s Spring Gala and New York Premiere of Whipped Cream.
Leadership support for Whipped Cream and The Golden Cockerel has been provided by the Blavatnik Family Foundation and the Lloyd E. Rigler – Lawrence E. Deutsch Foundation. Additional support has been provided by Linda Allard, Avery and Andrew F. Barth, The Susan and Leonard Feinstein Foundation, Brian J. Heidtke, the Segerstrom Center for the Arts, the Ted and Mary Jo Shen Charitable Gift Fund, The H. Russell Smith Foundation, and Stewart R. Smith and Robin A. Ferracone. Whipped Cream and The Golden Cockerel are generously supported through an endowed gift from The Toni and Martin Sosnoff New Works Fund.
AfterEffect has been generously supported through an endowed gift from The Toni and Martin Sosnoff New Works Fund.
American Ballet Theatre's performances of Le Corsaire are generously underwritten through an endowed gift from Irene and Fred Shen.
Don Quixote is generously supported through an endowed gift from Anka K. Palitz, in memory of Clarence Y. Palitz, Jr.
American Ballet Theatre’s performances of Giselle are generously supported through an endowed gift from Sharon Patrick.
David H. Koch is the Lead Underwriter of American Ballet Theatre’s The Nutcracker.
American Ballet Theatre’s performances of Onegin are generously supported through an endowedgift from Ruth and Harold Newman.
ABT gratefully acknowledges Lead Sponsor of The Sleeping Beauty, David H. Koch. Additional leadership support is generously provided by the Lloyd E. Rigler – Lawrence E. Deutsch Foundation.
Swan Lake has been generously underwritten by R. Chemers Neustein. Costumes for Swan Lake are generously sponsored by the Ellen Everett Kimiatek Costume Preservation Trust.
Deutsche Bank is the Lead Sponsor of ABTKids.
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I'm interested in all manner of the arts but I'm much more aware of message boards and blogs involving dance. I'm curious what arts blogs, websites, message boards, podcasts etc...are you all reading. Any suggestions? I'm aware of the Arts Journal blogs and the Modern Art podcast. For opera, I check in to Parterre Box. Any other good places?
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Updated release:
ANNOUNCING LINCOLN CENTER FESTIVAL 2017
JULY 10–30
20 International Productions and 43 Performances
by Innovators and Iconoclasts in Dance, Music, Theater, and Film
Hailing from Syria, Israel, Palestine, Tunisia, Chad, Cape Verde, China, Japan, England, Germany, France, Poland, Russia, Brazil, Cuba, Canada, USA
March 22, 2017 — Nigel Redden, Lincoln Center Festival Director, today announced the lineup for the 2017 Festival, which runs from July 10 to 30. This summer, in its 22nd season, the Festival continues to accentuate its mission of globalism by inviting to Lincoln Center artists and companies from many parts of the world who are creating audacious, original, and relevant work. Musicians, actors, writers, directors, filmmakers, and dancers from a dozen countries and five continents will animate Lincoln Center’s campus venues with bold creations—43 performances packed in a span of three weeks.
Redden notes: “One thing that has emerged as a theme this year—because the world has certainly changed since the 2016 Festival—is that our international festival has become about borders and specifically about crossing them.” Two theatrical productions from Israel and one from Syria offer powerful commentary on the links between place and identity, love and family, hope and despair; a global miniseries, Nomadic Nights, sheds light on an eclectic array of musicians whose art knows no boundaries; and several cross-cultural collaborations create rich dialogues between East and West.
“The point of the Festival has always been to provide perspectives that we wouldn’t have had otherwise,” remarks Redden. Thought-provoking plays such as David Grossman’s To the End of the Land, Amos Gitai’s Yitzhak Rabin: Chronicle of an Assassination, and Omar Abusaada and Mohammad Al Attar’s While I Was Waiting force the audience to think about how it would deal with the unimaginable, the things life throws at us. A more scientific and psychological quest for understanding what it means to be human reveals startling insight in Opening Skinner’s Box, an Improbable Theatre London import.
A much-anticipated highlight of this year’s Festival is the 50th anniversary presentation of George Balanchine’s 1967 masterpiece, Jewels, featuring the Bolshoi Ballet, New York City Ballet, and Paris Opera Ballet on a single stage. “We are celebrating Balanchine, one of the singular creative artists who founded Lincoln Center, in a way that reveals the roots of his ideas and training in Russia, France, and America,” says Redden. Lincoln Center Festival will also offer a special lottery for Jewels with $20 orchestra seats available for each performance (lottery details will be announced at a later date).
A very different 50th anniversary is celebrated on the same day that Jewels kicks off: American electronic music pioneer Morton Subotnick’s iconic early techno album Silver Apples of the Moon, which was released by Nonesuch in 1967 and will be reimagined in a landmark live performance by the composer, alongside a world premiere entitled Crowds and Power.
These events reveal yet another thread in this summer’s offerings: artist-heroes who forge their own paths. In addition to Balanchine and Subotnick, there is the Japanese Paris-based choreographer Saburo Teshigawara , an extremely rare appearance by China’s superstar Gong Linna, Brazil’s larger-than-life musician/activist Carlinhos Brown, Poland’s musical archaeologist Maria Pomianowska, and a wide-ranging miniseries devoted to jazz radical and prime innovator Ornette Coleman—organized by his son, Denardo Coleman.
Tickets for Lincoln Center Festival go on sale to Friends of Lincoln Center beginning March 22 and to the general public starting March 29. For more information and to buy tickets, visit LincolnCenterFestival.org or the David Geffen Hall Box Office or call CenterCharge at 212.721.6500. -
It's pretty rare when ballet is profiled on a major media blog like Jezebel; even more rare when it's on their sports blog Deadspin.
http://deadspin.com/ballerina-ashley-bouder-takes-on-gender-inequality-one-1793487014
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I'm pretty excited for the upcoming Bolshoi broadcast of a "modern" mixed bill, especially when it went from a program I totally would not want to see (Hans Van Manen’s Frank Bridge’s Variations, Sol León and Paul Lightfoot’s Short Time Together and Alexei Ratmansky’s Russian Seasons) to a program I would (also Russian Seasons but now Etudes and The Cage). A real stroke of luck!
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It's ironic that the New Yorker is writing about the dearth of reviews at the NYT when its own dance writer hardly writes about dance in the magazine. She has written a few small items on the web but not the long critical pieces we used to see.
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Thanks for this. I just love watching coaching sessions, especially Balanchine ones.
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From the company:
AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE STUDIO COMPANY AND
THE ABT JACQUELINE KENNEDY ONASSIS SCHOOL TO PERFORM AT THE KAYE PLAYHOUSE AT HUNTER COLLEGE, MARCH 24-26, 2017American Ballet Theatre Studio Company and the ABT Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School will appear at The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College in New York City, March 24 – 26, 2017. The Studio Company will give two performances, Friday, March 24 and Saturday,
March 25 at 8:00P.M. The ABT JKO School will give two performances, Saturday, March 25 and Sunday, March 26 at 2:00P.M.The ABT Studio Company performances will feature a mixed program of classical and new repertory, including an excerpt from Raymonda, Marcelo Gomes’ Kabalevsky Concerto for Strings, the newly commissioned work by Liam Scarlett. The ABT JKO School programs will feature George Balanchine's La Source and excerpts from Paquita and La Bayadère performed by students in the Pre-Professional Division as well as original choreography from ABT JKO School Faculty Members Harriet Clark, Larisa Calero and Mikhail Ilyin for Levels 2 and 3 of the Children's Division.
ABT Studio Company, directed by Kate Lydon, is comprised of 14 dancers of outstanding potential aged 16-20. In addition to a schedule of classes including ballet technique, pointe, variations, partnering, modern, Pilates, men's strengthening, acting and dance history, ABT Studio Company dancers gain performance experience through residencies, cultural exchanges and local performances. Over sixty of the current dancers in American Ballet Theatre began their careers in ABT Studio Company, including six Principal Dancers.
The ABT Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School, under the direction of Cynthia Harvey, serves approximately 450 students and encompasses a Pre-Professional Division for dancers ages 12-18 and a Children’s Division for dancers ages 3-12. Classes include classical ballet technique, pointe, partnering, men's class, character, modern technique, variations and Pilates. Instruction at the ABT JKO School is based on ABT's National Training Curriculum, which combines scientific principles with elements from the classic French, Italian and Russian schools of training.
Tickets for the ABT Studio Company and ABT JKO School performances, priced at $30, are available online at http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/kayeplayhouse/calendar, by phone at 212- 772-4448 or at The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College Box Office located at East 68th Street between Park and Lexington Avenues.
Northern Trust is the leading Corporate Sponsor of the American Ballet Theatre Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School.
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From the company:
AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE STUDIO COMPANY AND
THE ABT JACQUELINE KENNEDY ONASSIS SCHOOL TO PERFORM AT THE KAYE PLAYHOUSE AT HUNTER COLLEGE, MARCH 24-26, 2017American Ballet Theatre Studio Company and the ABT Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School will appear at The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College in New York City, March 24 – 26, 2017. The Studio Company will give two performances, Friday, March 24 and Saturday,
March 25 at 8:00P.M. The ABT JKO School will give two performances, Saturday, March 25 and Sunday, March 26 at 2:00P.M.The ABT Studio Company performances will feature a mixed program of classical and new repertory, including an excerpt from Raymonda, Marcelo Gomes’ Kabalevsky Concerto for Strings, the newly commissioned work by Liam Scarlett. The ABT JKO School programs will feature George Balanchine's La Source and excerpts from Paquita and La Bayadère performed by students in the Pre-Professional Division as well as original choreography from ABT JKO School Faculty Members Harriet Clark, Larisa Calero and Mikhail Ilyin for Levels 2 and 3 of the Children's Division.
ABT Studio Company, directed by Kate Lydon, is comprised of 14 dancers of outstanding potential aged 16-20. In addition to a schedule of classes including ballet technique, pointe, variations, partnering, modern, Pilates, men's strengthening, acting and dance history, ABT Studio Company dancers gain performance experience through residencies, cultural exchanges and local performances. Over sixty of the current dancers in American Ballet Theatre began their careers in ABT Studio Company, including six Principal Dancers.
The ABT Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School, under the direction of Cynthia Harvey, serves approximately 450 students and encompasses a Pre-Professional Division for dancers ages 12-18 and a Children’s Division for dancers ages 3-12. Classes include classical ballet technique, pointe, partnering, men's class, character, modern technique, variations and Pilates. Instruction at the ABT JKO School is based on ABT's National Training Curriculum, which combines scientific principles with elements from the classic French, Italian and Russian schools of training.
Tickets for the ABT Studio Company and ABT JKO School performances, priced at $30, are available online at http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/kayeplayhouse/calendar, by phone at 212- 772-4448 or at The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College Box Office located at East 68th Street between Park and Lexington Avenues.
Northern Trust is the leading Corporate Sponsor of the American Ballet Theatre Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School.
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I think to fit in a nice neat hour slot. That way the channels have more chances to squeeze in another episode of Antique Roadshow.
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Week's 7 and 8 casting.