American Ballet Theatre (ABT), is a classical ballet company based in New York City. It has an annual eight week season at the Metropolitan Opera House Lincoln Center, and tours around the world the rest of the year. American Ballet Theatre was founded in 1937 by Mikhail Mordkin and is recognized as one of the world's leading classical ballet companies. American Ballet Theatre is the parent company of the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School, and was recognized as "America's National Ballet Company" in 2006 by the United States Congress.[1][2]
Mikhail Mordkin, a former dancer with the Bolshoi Ballet, defected to the West during the Russian Revolution and settled in the United States in 1924. Mordkin staged the country's first production of Swan Lake in 1924, then later formed the "Mordkin Ballet" in 1937 with students from his New York school with Lucia Chase, his student, as one of his prima ballerinas. By 1939, former Hollywood agent, Richard Pleasant, came to New York to manage the company. By the summer of 1939, Pleasant and Chase developed big ideas to turn the company into a full-fledged ballet company, and to base it on "a gallery of dance rather than the vision of a single choreographer" and a "living museum of dance" with Russian, American and British "wings", and units for black and Hispanic dances. The pair renamed the company "Ballet Theatre" and Mordkin later departed, finding himself solely in the background.
Chase began developing the company's repertoire of well-known full-length ballets, as well as original works amidst financial issues, until in 1945 Oliver Smith joined Ballet Theatre and became co-director with Chase. In 1957 the company changed its name to "American Ballet Theatre" and continued to focus on ballet classics with continued financial issues until, during the 1960s and 1970s, financial conditions with the company were favorable due to private funding. During this period, American Ballet Theatre shifted its focus to recruiting ballet stars.
In 1977, the company began its spring season at the Metropolitan Opera House, its new official venue, then in 1980 Mikhail Baryshnikov became Artistic Director for American Ballet Theatre. Barishnikov staged, restaged, and refurbished numerous classical ballet's and, according to the company, strengthened their classical tradition. Barishnikov was replaced by Jane Hermann and Oliver Smith in 1989, and the pair remained as Artistic Director's until in 1992 Kevin McKenzie was appointed. McKenzie satisfied the demands of the traditional ballet audience by prioritizing full-length narrative ballets as well as succeeding in keeping the company afloat during financially unstable times. McKenzie established an official associate school in 2004, the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School, and appointed Alexei Ratmansky as "Artist in Residence" in January 2009 after a long period of no in-house choreographer.[3][4]
[edit] Current dancers
There are three levels within the company (in ascending order): ABT's Corps de Ballet,[6] the soloists[7] and the principals;[8] there is also ABT II, also known as the ABT Studio Company.[9]
[edit] Principal dancers
The American Ballet Theatre's current principal dancers are:[8][10]
[edit] Soloists
The American Ballet Theatre's current soloists are:[7]
[edit] Corps de ballet
The American Ballet Theatre's current corps de ballet includes:[6]
- Alexei Agoudine
- Eun Young Ahn
- Sterling Baca
- Gemma Bond
- Kelley Boyd
- Julio Bragado-Young
- Skylar Brandt
- Puanani Brown
- Marian Butler
- Nicola Curry
- Gray Davis
- Brittany De Grofft
- Grant Delong
- Roddy Doble
- Tobin Eason
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- Kenneth Easter
- Zhong-Jing Fang
- Thomas Forster
- April Giangeruso
- Jeffrey Golladay
- Joseph Gorak
- Nicole Graniero
- Alexandre Hammoudi
- Melanie Hamrick
- Blaine Hoven
- Mikhail Ilyin
- Jamie Kopit
- Vitali Krauchenka
- Courtney Lavine
- Isadora Loyola
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- Daniel Mantei
- Elizabeth Mertz
- Elina Miettinen
- Patrick Ogle
- Luciana Paris
- Renata Pavam
- Joseph Phillips
- Lauren Post
- Kelley Potter
- Luis Ribagorda
- Calvin Royal III
- Jessica Saund
- Adrienne Schulte
- Arron Scott
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- Jose Sebastian
- Christine Shevchenko
- Sarah Smith
- Sean Stewart
- Eric Tamm
- Devon Teuscher
- Cassandra Trenary
- Leann Underwood
- Karen Uphoff
- Luciana Voltolini
- Jennifer Whalen
- Katherine Williams
- Stephanie Williams
- Roman Zhurbin
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The following is a partial list of former dancers with ABT, listed by their highest rank prior to leaving the company.
[edit] Former principal dancers
- Victor Barbee (1975–2003) [44]
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- Guillaume Graffin (1988–2005) [52]
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- Robert La Fosse (1977–1986) [58]
- Amanda McKerrow (1982–2005) [64]
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- Kirk Peterson (1974–1980) [65]
- Johan Renvall (1978–1996) [68]
- Marianna Tcherkassky (1970–1996) [70]
- Martine van Hamel (1970–1992) [72]
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[edit] Former soloists
- Gabrielle Brown (1980–1996) [76]
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- Carmen Corella (1998–2007) [80]
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- Anna Liceica (1996–2007) [86]
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- Charles Maple (1972–1979) [89]
- Monique Meunier (2002–2007) [90]
- Carlos Molina (1998–2007) [91]
- Amy Rose (1979–1992) [92]
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[edit] Former corps de ballet
- Maria Bystrova (2000–2010) [93]
- Caroline Duprot (2009–2011) [94]
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- Meaghan Hinkis (2010–2011) [96]
- Carrie Jensen (2000–2009) [97]
- Clinton Luckett (1992–2002) [98]
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- Isaac Stappas (2000–2011) [99]
- Sarawanee Tanatanit (2002–2008) [100]
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- Mary Mills Thomas (2008–2011) [101]
- Melissa Thomas (2002–2009) [102]
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Maybe no other choreographer was as closely associated with ABT as the great British choreographer Antony Tudor, who made his American debut with the company. The other continuous creative force was the legendary Agnes de Mille. She staged the majority of her ballet works with them. Many choreographers have mounted works especially for ABT, including George Balanchine, Adolph Bolm, Michel Fokine, Léonide Massine, and Bronislava Nijinska. Other renowned choreographers who have worked at ABT include Jerome Robbins, Twyla Tharp, and Alvin Ailey.
ABT's 1976 production of The Nutcracker starring Mikhail Baryshnikov and Gelsey Kirkland was televised the following year and has become a broadcast classic.
The main season is held during eight weeks in the spring at New York City's Metropolitan Opera House.
The current choreographer in residence for ABT is Alexei Ratmansky.
American Ballet Theatre established an official associate school in 2004, the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School, named in honor of the late, previous First Lady of the United States, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.[103]
ABT Studio Company, formerly known as ABT II, is a small company of 12 young dancers, ranging from ages 16 to 20, handpicked by ABT. It is currently an extension of the JKO school. These dancers are trained in the program to join ABT's main company or other leading professional companies, and the program is described by ABT as "a bridge between ballet training and professional performance". While the dancers study intensively and learn the company repertoire, they also gain various performance experiences via cultural exchanges, regional touring, and residencies. All of the dancer's learn Alexei Ratmansky's The Nutcracker, and a select group are chosen to perform the ballet when the company holds performances at Brooklyn Academy of Music.[104]
- Amanda de Oliveira
- Beau Fisher
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- Gabrielle Johnson
- Shu Kinouchi
- Alex Kramer
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- Carolyn Lippert
- Gabe Stone Shayer
- Sem Sjouke
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- Brianna Steinfeldt
- Paulina Waski
- Zhang Zhiyao
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Below is an alphabetical list of works which have been performed by American Ballet Theatre.[105] Not all of the works are currently in the company's repertory.
Adagio for Strings, Afternoon of a Faun (Robbins), Afternoon of a Faun (Nijinsky), Airs, Aleko, Allegro Brillante, Amazed in Burning Dreams, Americans We, Amnon V'Tamar, L'Amour et son Amour, Anastasia, Angrismene, Annabel Lee, Apollo, Appalachian Spring, Artemis, At Midnight, Awakening, The Awakening Pas de Deux
Bach Partita, Le Baiser de la Fée (John Neumeier), Baker's Dozen, Le Bal, Balladen der Liebe, Ballet Imperial, Ballo Della Regina, Barn Dance, Baroque Game, La Bayadère, Beatrice, The Beloved, Billy the Kid, Birthday Offering, Bitter Rainbow, Black Ritual (Obeah), Black Tuesday, Blood Wedding, Bluebeard, Bolero (solo), Bolero, Bourrée Fantasque, Brahms Quintet, A Brahms Symphony, The Brahms-Haydn Variations, Brief Fling, The Bright Stream, Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1, The Bull Dancers, Bum's Rush
C. to C. (Close to Chuck), The Capital of the World, Capriccio Espagnol, Capriccioso, Caprichos, The Careless Burghers, Carmen (Alberto Alonso), Carmen (Roland Petit), Carnaval, The Catherine Wheel, Cinderella, Cinderella (Kudelka), Circo de Espana, Citizen, Clair de Lune, Clear, The Combat, Concerto (Dollar/Chopin), Concerto (Dollar/Mendelssohn), Concerto (MacMillan), Concerto (Ross), Concerto no. 1 for Piano and Orchestra, Concerto Six Twenty-Two (duet), Concert Waltzes, Configurations, Conflict, Continuo, Continuum, Conterdances, Coppélia, Corbaille de Fleurs, Le Corsaire (full-length ballet), Le Corsaire Pas de Deux, Cruel World
Dancing with Monet, Danses Concertante, Danza del Molinero, Dark Elegies, Death and the Maiden, Les Demoiselles de la Nuit, Designs with Strings, Desir (pas de deux), Dialogues, Diana and Actéon (pas de deux), Dim Lustre, Disposition, Diversion of Angels, Divertimento-Rossini, Divertissement D'Auber, Don Domingo de Don Blas, Donizetti Variations, Don Quixote, Don Quixote (Grand pas de deux), Don't Panic!, Dorian, The Dream, Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes, Duets, Duo Concertant
Eccentrique, Echoing of Trumpets, Eden (pas de deux), Electra, Elegy, The Elements, The Enchanted, The Encounter, Enough Said, Ensayo Sinfonica, Epilogue, Esmeralda (pas de deux – after Perrot), Esmeralda (pas de deux – Stevenson), La Esmeralda (Beriosoff), Espana, Estuary, The Eternal Idol, Etudes, Everlast, Everything Doesn't Happen at Once
Facsimile, Fair at Sorochinsk, Fall River Legend, Fancy Free, Fandango, Fantaisie Serieuse, The Fantastic Toyshop, Festa, Fest Polonaise, Field, Chair and Mountain, La Fille Mal Gardée, Firebird, Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan, Five Sketches, Flames of Paris, Flower Festival in Genzano, Follow the Feet, The Four Marys, Francesca da Rimini, From Here On Out, The Fugue
Gaîté Parisienne, Gala Performance, The Garden of Villandry, Gartenfest, Gayaneh (pas de deux), Gemini, Getting Closer, Gift of the Magi, Giselle, Glinka Pas de Trois, Glow-Stop, Gong, Goya Pastoral, Goyescas, Graduation Ball, Grand Pas Classique, Le Grand Pas de Deux, Grand Pas (Glazunov), Grand Pas Romantique, Le Grand Spectacle, Grand Tarantella, Grass, Graziana, The Great American Goof, Great Galloping (Gottschalk), The Green Table, The Guards of Amager (Bournonville)
Hamlet Connotations, Harbinger, Harlequinade (pas de deux – Balanchine), Harlequinade (pas de deux – Stevenson), The Harvest According, Harvest Time, Helen of Troy, Hereafter, Las Hermanas, Hommage a Lucia, How Near Heaven, The Howling Cat, Huapango
In a Country Garden, In Volo, L'Inconnue, The Informer, Interludes, Intermezzo, Interplay, In The Upper Room, Italian Suite (four dances)
Jabula, Jack And Jill (pas de deux), Jardin Anime (from Le Corsaire, Act II), Jardin aux Lilas, Jeu D’Esprit (Pièce d’Occasion), Le Jeune Homme et la Mort, Jeux, Jeu de cartes, Journey, Jubilee, Judgment of Paris, Jump Start
Kaleidoscope, Known by Heart, Kontraste
Lady From the Sea, Lady into Fox, Lady of the Camellias, The Leaf and the Wind, The Leaves Are Fading (pas de deux), Legende (pas de deux), Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Lilting Fate, The Little Ballet, Little Improvisations, The Love Song
Mademoiselle Angot, The Maids, Manon, Marimba, Meadow, Mechanical Ballet, Medea (pas de deux), The Meeting, Mendelssohn Symphony, The Merry Widow, Minkus Pas de Trois, The Miraculous Mandarin, The Mirror, Miss Julie, The Mollino Room, Momentum, Monument for a Dead Boy, Moondance, Moonlight Sonata, Moon Reindeer, The Moor's Pavane, Mozartiana, La Muerte Enamorada, Murder, My Funny Valentine
Napoli Divertissements, N.Y. Export: Op. Jazz, Night Journey, Nimbus, Nine Sinatra Songs, Les Noces, The Nutcracker (Baryshnikov), The Nutcracker (McKenzie), The Nutcracker (Ratmansky)
Odalisque, Ode to Glory, Offenbach in the Underworld, Once More, Frank, On Stage!, On The Dnieper, One of Three, Onegin, Ontogeny, Othello, The Other, Other Dances, Overgrown Path, Ovid Metamorphoses
Paean, Paquita, Paquita (pas de deux), The Parliament of the Birds, Pas de Deux (Anatole Oboukhoff), Pas de Deux Holberg, Pas de Deux Imperiale (from Anastasia, Act II), Pas de "Duke", Pas de Quatre, Pas d'Esclave (from Le Corsaire), Pas des Deesses, Pas de Trois (Valentina Pereyslavec), Pas et Lignes, Le Passage Enchante, Les Patineurs, Pavane, La Peri (pas de deux), Petite Mort, Peter and the Wolf (Bolm), Peter and the Wolf (Smuin), Petrouchka, Pièce d’Occasion, The Pied Piper, Pierrot Lunaire, Pillar of Fire, Pleroma, Points of Jazz, Polovtsian Dances, Polyandrion, Prevailing Westerlies, Princess Aurora (excerpt from The Sleeping Beauty), Private Light, The Prodigal Son, A Promise, Pulcinella Variations, Push Comes to Shove
Quartet, Quintet
Rabbit and Rogue (Tharp), Raymonda, Raymonda (Act III), Raymonda (Divertissments), Raymonda (Divertissements from Act II & Act III), Raymonda (Grand Pas Classique), The Red Shoes, Remanso, Les Rendezvous, Rendezvous(Pas de deux – Hoff), Rendezvous (pas de deux – Nijinska), Requiem, Le Retour, Reverie, Rib of Eve, Ricercare (pas de deux), Rigaudon, The Rite of Spring, The River, Rodeo, Romantic Age, Romeo and Juliet (MacMillan), Romeo and Juliet (Tudor), Romeo and Juliet (pas de deux – Bruhn), Romeo and Juliet (pas de deux – Nureyev), Romeo and Juliet (pas de deux – Tchernichov), A Rose for Miss Emily, Russian Soldier
Le Sacre du Printemps (see above: The Rite of Spring), Sargasso, Scherzo for Massah Jack, Schubertiade, Schuman Concerto, Sea-Change, Sebastian, Sechs Tänze, Sentient Bach, Serious Pleasures, Seven Faces of Love, Seven Sonatas, Seven Spanish Songs, Shadow of the Wind, Shadowplay, Side Show, Sin and Tonic, Sinatra Suite, Sinfonietta, "...smile with my heart", Slavonika, The Sleeping Beauty, The Snow Maiden, Soirée Musicale, A Soldier's Tale, Solitaire (pas de deux), Solo, Some Assembly Required, Something Special, Some Times, La Sonnambula, Spartacus (pas de deux, Act III), S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A., Le Spectre de la Rose, Sphinx, The Sphinx, Spring and Fall, Spring Waters, States of Grace, Stepping Stones, Stravinsky Violin Concerto, A Streetcar Named Desire, Streetcar Royalty, Summer Day (pas de deux), Sunset, Swan Lake, Swan Lake (McKenzie), La Sylphide, Les Sylphides, Sylvia, Sylvia (pas de deux), Symphonic Variations, Symphonie Concertante, Symphony in C
Tales of Hoffmann, Tally Ho, or the Frail Quarry, The Taming (pas de deux), The Taming of the Shrew, Tarantella (pas de deux), Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux, Texas Fourth, Thaïs Pas de Deux, Theatre, Theme and Variations, The Thief Who Loved a Ghost, This Property is Condemned, Three-Cornered Hat, Three Essays, Three Preludes, Three Virgins and a Devil, The Tiller in the Fields, Till Eulenspiegel, Time, Times Past, Top Hat and Tails, Torso, The Traitor, Transcendental Etudes, Triad, Trio a Deux, Troika, Triptych, Tristan (pas de deux), Tropical Pas de Deux, Turnstile
Undertow, Unfinished Symphony, Us (pas de deux)
Variations on 'America', Variations for Four, La Ventana, Vestris, Venetian Carnival, Voices of Spring, Voluntaries
Walk This Way, Waltz Academy, The Wanderer (Errante), Way Out, Weren't We Fools?, The Wild Boy, The Wind in the Mountains, Winter's Eve, Within You Without You: A Tribute to George Harrison, Without Words, The Wooden Prince (solo), Workout, workwithinwork
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- ^ "ABT Announces 2012 Spring Season at Metropolitan Opera House May 14-July 7, 2012". Press Release. American Ballet Theatre. October 13, 2011. http://www.abt.org/insideabt/news_display.asp?News_ID=371. Retrieved February 10, 2012. "Principal Dancers for the 2012 Metropolitan Opera House season include Maxim Beloserkovsky, Roberto Bolle, Angel Corella, Herman Cornejo, Irina Dvorovenko, Marcelo Gomes, David Hallberg, Paloma Herrera, Julie Kent, Gillian Murphy, Natalia Osipova, Veronika Part, Xiomara Reyes, Cory Stearns, Ethan Stiefel and Diana Vishneva. Guest Artists for the 2012 Spring season include Alina Cojocaru and Johan Kobborg, principal dancers with The Royal Ballet, Polina Semionova, principal dancer with the Berlin State Opera Ballet and Ivan Vasiliev, principal dancer with the Bolshoi Ballet."
- ^ "Dancers: Principals: Maxim Beloserkovsky". American Ballet Theatre. http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=18. Retrieved February 10, 2012. "joining ABT in 1994, was promoted to soloist in May 1995, and to Principal Dancer in August 2000"
- ^ "Dancers: Principals: Roberto Bolle". American Ballet Theatre. http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=229. Retrieved February 10, 2012. "first appearance with ABT in 2007"
- ^ "Dancers: Principals: Angel Corella". American Ballet Theatre. http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=17. Retrieved February 10, 2012. "joined ABT as a soloist in April 1995, was promoted to principal dancer in August 1996"
- ^ "Dancers: Principals: Herman Cornejo". American Ballet Theatre. http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=36. Retrieved February 10, 2012. "joined ABT as a member of the corps de ballet in 1999, was promoted to soloist in August 2000, and to principal dancer in August 2003"
- ^ "Dancers: Principals: Irina Dvorovenko". American Ballet Theatre. http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=21. Retrieved February 10, 2012. "joined ABT in August 1996, was promoted to soloist in 1997, and to principal dancer in August 2000"
- ^ "Dancers: Principals: Marcelo Gomes". American Ballet Theatre. http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=26. Retrieved February 10, 2012. "joined ABT in 1997 as a member of the corps de ballet, was promoted to soloist in August 2000, and to principal dancer in August 2002"
- ^ "Dancers: Principals: David Hallberg". American Ballet Theatre. http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=66. Retrieved February 10, 2012. "joined ABT's Studio Company in September 2000, joined ABT as a member of the corps de ballet in April 2001, was promoted to soloist in January 2004, and to Principal in May 2005"
- ^ Alastair Macaulay and Daniel J. Wakin (September 20, 2011). "American Is to Join the Bolshoi Ballet". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/21/arts/dance/american-to-join-the-bolshoi-ballet.html.
- ^ "Dancers: Principals: Paloma Herrera". American Ballet Theatre. http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=28. Retrieved February 10, 2012. "joined ABT as a member of the corps de ballet in June 1991, was promoted to soloist in June 1993, and to principal dancer in March 1995"
- ^ "Dancers: Principals: Julie Kent". American Ballet Theatre. http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=23. Retrieved February 10, 2012. "joined ABT as an apprentice in 1985, became a member of the corps de ballet in 1986, was appointed a soloist in 1990, and principal dancer in 1993"
- ^ "Dancers: Principals: Gillian Murphy". American Ballet Theatre. http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=31. Retrieved February 10, 2012. "joined ABT as a member of the corps de ballet in August 1996, was promoted to soloist in 1999, and to principal dancer in 2002"
- ^ "Dancers: Principals: Natalia Osipova". American Ballet Theatre. http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=230. Retrieved February 10, 2012. "first appearance with ABT as a guest artist in 2009"
- ^ "Dancers: Principals: Veronika Part". American Ballet Theatre. http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=43. Retrieved February 10, 2012. "joined ABT as a soloist in August 2002, was promoted to Principal in May 2009"
- ^ "Dancers: Principals: Xiomara Reyes". American Ballet Theatre. http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=32. Retrieved February 10, 2012. "joined ABT as a soloist in January 2001, was appointed a Principal in April 2003"
- ^ "Dancers: Principals: Cory Stearns". American Ballet Theatre. http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=158. Retrieved February 10, 2012. "joined ABT's Studio Company in September 2004, the main Company as an apprentice in January 2005 and as a member of the corps de ballet in January 2006, was appointed a soloist in January 2009, and a principal dancer in January 2011"
- ^ "Dancers: Principals: Ethan Stiefel". American Ballet Theatre. http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=33. Retrieved February 10, 2012. "joined ABT as a principal dancer in April 1997"
- ^ "Dancers: Principals: Diana Vishneva". American Ballet Theatre. http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=110. Retrieved February 10, 2012. "first appearance with ABT during the Company's 2003 Spring season"
- ^ "Dancers: Soloists: Stella Abrera". American Ballet Theatre. http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=19. Retrieved February 10, 2012. "joined ABT as a member of the corps de ballet in 1996, was appointed a soloist in 2001"
- ^ "Dancers: Soloists: Kristi Boone". American Ballet Theatre. http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=50. Retrieved February 10, 2012. "joined ABT's Studio Company in August 1999, joined ABT as a member of the corps de ballet in August 2000, and was appointed a soloist in August 2007"
- ^ "Dancers: Soloists: Isabella Boylston". American Ballet Theatre. http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=162. Retrieved February 10, 2012. "joined the ABT Studio Company in 2005, the main company as an apprentice in May 2006 and the corps de ballet in March 2007, was promoted to soloist in June 2011"
- ^ "Dancers: Soloists: Misty Copeland". American Ballet Theatre. http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=56. Retrieved February 10, 2012. "joined ABT's Studio Company in September 2000, then joined ABT as a member of the corps de ballet in April 2001, was appointed a soloist in August 2007"
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- ^ "Dancers: Soloists: Yuriko Kajiya". American Ballet Theatre. http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=67. Retrieved February 10, 2012. "joined ABT's Studio Company in September 2001, joined ABT as an apprentice in 2002, became a member of the corps de ballet in June 2002, was appointed a soloist in August 2007"
- ^ "Dancers: Soloists: Sarah Lane". American Ballet Theatre. http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=103. Retrieved February 10, 2012. "joined ABT as an apprentice in August 2003, became a member of the Company’s corps de ballet in April 2004, and was appointed a soloist in August 2007"
- ^ "Dancers: Soloists: Jared Matthews". American Ballet Theatre. http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=107. Retrieved February 10, 2012. "joined ABT as a member of the corps de ballet in April 2003, was appointed a soloist in August 2007"
- ^ "Dancers: Soloists: Simone Messmer". American Ballet Theatre. http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=71. Retrieved February 10, 2012. "joined ABT's Studio Company in 2001, became an apprentice in the main Company in August 2002, became a member of the corps de ballet in January 2003, was appointed a soloist in January 2010"
- ^ "Dancers: Soloists: Sascha Radetsky". American Ballet Theatre. http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=79. Retrieved February 10, 2012. "joined ABT as an apprentice in 1995, became a member of the corps de ballet in 1996, and a soloist in 2003"
- ^ "Dancers: Soloists: Maria Riccetto". American Ballet Theatre. http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=44. Retrieved February 10, 2012. "joined ABT's corps de ballet in August 1999, was promoted to soloist in August 2002"
- ^ "Dancers: Soloists: Craig Salstein". American Ballet Theatre. http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=84. Retrieved February 10, 2012. "joined ABT's Studio Company in 2000, was promoted to the main Company in April 2002, and became a soloist in March 2007"
- ^ "Dancers: Soloists: Gennadi Saveliev". American Ballet Theatre. http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=45. Retrieved February 10, 2012. "joined ABT as a member of the corps de ballet in January 1996, was promoted to soloist in August 2002"
- ^ "Dancers: Soloists: Hee Seo". American Ballet Theatre. http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=155. Retrieved February 10, 2012. "joined the ABT Studio Company in 2004 and the main Company as an apprentice in May 2005 and the corps de ballet in March 2006, was appointed a soloist in August 2010"
- ^ "Dancers: Soloists: Daniil Simkin". American Ballet Theatre. http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=227. Retrieved February 10, 2012. "joined ABT as a soloist in October 2008"
- ^ "Dancers: Principals: Nina Ananiashvili". American Ballet Theatre. Archived from the original on February 8, 2009. http://web.archive.org/web/20090208143039/http://abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=24. Retrieved February 11, 2012. "first appearance with ABT in the spring 1993"
- ^ "Dancers: Principals: Victor Barbee". American Ballet Theatre. Archived from the original on April 9, 2003. http://web.archive.org/web/20030409080721/http://abt.org/dancers/barbee.html. Retrieved February 16, 2012. "joined ABT in February 1975, was promoted to soloist in 1979, and to principal dancer in 1984"
- ^ "Dancers: Principals: Julio Bocca". American Ballet Theatre. Archived from the original on August 7, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070807085845/http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=16. Retrieved February 11, 2012. "joined ABT as a principal dancer in 1986"
- ^ "Summer Intensives Faculty: Leslie Browne". American Ballet Theatre. http://www.abt.org/education/summerint_faculty.asp. Retrieved February 16, 2012. "joined ABT as a soloist in 1976, was promoted to principal dancer in 1986"
- ^ Anna Kisselgoff (November 11, 2005). "Fernando Bujones, 50, International Ballet Star, Dies". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/11/arts/dance/11bujones.html. Retrieved February 11, 2012.
- ^ "Dancers: Principals: José Manuel Carreño". American Ballet Theatre. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. http://web.archive.org/web/20110716085327/http://abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=20. Retrieved February 10, 2012. "joined ABT as a principal dancer in June 1995"
- ^ "choreographers: Anton Dolin". American Ballet Theatre. http://www.abt.org/education/archive/choreographers/dolin_a.html. Retrieved February 11, 2012. "joined Ballet Theatre (now ABT) at its inception in 1940, remaining until 1946 as a dancer and choreographer"
- ^ "Dancers: Principals: Alessandra Ferri". American Ballet Theatre. Archived from the original on November 8, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20071108022512/http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=25. Retrieved February 11, 2012. "joined ABT as a principal dancer in 1985"
- ^ "Carla Fracci". The Ballerina Gallery. http://www.ballerinagallery.com/fracci.htm. Retrieved February 16, 2012. "from 1967 she was principal guest artist of the American Ballet Theatre"
- ^ "Dancers: Principals: Guillaume Graffin". American Ballet Theatre. Archived from the original on December 15, 2004. http://web.archive.org/web/20041215215407/http://abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=27. Retrieved February 11, 2012. "joined ABT as a principal dancer in 1988"
- ^ "Choreographers: Cynthia Gregory". American Ballet Theatre. http://www.abt.org/education/archive/choreographers/gregory_c.html. Retrieved February 16, 2012. "joined the ABT in 1965, was quickly promoted to a principal dancer"
- ^ Debra Craine and Judit Mackrell (January 1, 2000). "Harvey, Cynthia". The Oxford Dictionary of Dance. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1O74-HarveyCynthia.html. Retrieved February 11, 2012.
- ^ Dean Speer and Francis Timlin (November 2003). "An Interview with Cynthia Harvey former American Ballet Theater Principal Dancer". CriticalDance.com. http://www.criticaldance.com/interviews/2003/Harvey_20031100a.html. Retrieved February 16, 2012. "promoted to principal in 1982"
- ^ "Susan Jaffe Named Ballet Mistress With American Ballet Theatre". Press Release. American Ballet Theatre. June 11, 2010. http://www.abt.org/insideabt/news_display.asp?News_ID=312. Retrieved February 11, 2012. "joined ABT in December 1980, became a soloist in 1981, was promoted to principal dancer in 1983, retired from American Ballet Theatre in 2002"
- ^ "Choreographers: Gelsey Kirkland". American Ballet Theatre. http://www.abt.org/education/archive/choreographers/kirkland_g.html. Retrieved February 16, 2012. "joined ABT in 1974 as principal dancer"
- ^ "Robert La Fosse". Barnard College Department of Dance. https://dance.barnard.edu/profiles/rlafosse. Retrieved February 11, 2012. "joined American Ballet Theatre in 1977, where he danced as a principal dancer for nine years"
- ^ Jack Anderson (November 10, 2011). "Annabelle Lyon, Dancer With Balanchine, Dies at 95". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/11/arts/dance/annabelle-lyon-dancer-with-balanchine-dies-at-95.html. Retrieved February 11, 2012. "In 1939 she became a charter member of Ballet Theater (now ABT) ... leaving Ballet Theater in 1943"
- ^ "Choreographers: Natalia Makarova". American Ballet Theatre. http://www.abt.org/education/archive/choreographers/makarova_n.html. Retrieved February 16, 2012. "joined ABT in December 1970"
- ^ "Dancers: Principals: Vladimir Malakhov". American Ballet Theatre. Archived from the original on March 21, 2009. http://web.archive.org/web/20090321160849/http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=29. Retrieved February 11, 2012. "joined ABT as a principal dancer in Spring 1995"
- ^ "Obituaries: Dame Alicia Markova". The Independent. December 3, 2004. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/dame-alicia-markova-6156634.html. Retrieved February 11, 2012. "Ballet Theatre 1941-46"
- ^ "Choreographers: Kevin McKenzie". American Ballet Theatre. http://www.abt.org/education/archive/choreographers/mckenzie_k.html. Retrieved February 11, 2012. "joined ABT as a soloist in March 1979, was appointed a principal dancer the following December, and danced with the company until 1991"
- ^ "Dancers: Principals: Amanda McKerrow". American Ballet Theatre. Archived from the original on May 27, 2006. http://web.archive.org/web/20060527100839/http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=30. Retrieved February 11, 2012. "joined ABT as a member of the corps de ballet in 1982, was appointed a soloist in 1983, and a principal dancer in 1987"
- ^ "Kirk Peterson Named Artistic Director of ABT Studio Company". Press Release. American Ballet Theatre. March 8, 2006. http://www.abt.org/insideabt/news_display.asp?News_ID=147. Retrieved February 16, 2012. "joined ABT in 1974 and rose to the rank of Principal, left in 1980"
- ^ Chris Pasles (October 28, 1993). "NYMPH MANIACS : A Song of the Sea Infuses 'Sirens,' Premiering at UCI". The Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/1993-10-28/news/ol-50379_1_uci-dance-ensemble. Retrieved February 16, 2012. "joined ABT in 1978, resigned in 1993"
- ^ "Danilo Radojevic, Associate Artistic Director". The Australian Ballet. http://www.australianballet.com.au/about_us/artistic_staff/danilo_radojevic. Retrieved February 16, 2012. "left The Australian Ballet to become a Soloist with ABT, with the company for 15 years, was promoted to principal dancer in 1981"
- ^ "Johan Renvall". Ballet Arts. http://www.balart.com/JohanRenvall.htm. Retrieved February 11, 2012. "joined ABT in 1978, was promoted to soloist in 1981, and to principal dancer in 1987, retired in 1996"
- ^ "Alumni: Keith Roberts". UNCSA School of Dance. http://www.uncsa.edu/dance/alumni.htm#Roberts. Retrieved February 16, 2012. "joined ABT as a member of the corps de ballet in 1987, was appointed soloist in 1992, and principal dancer in 1997"
- ^ "Ballet Mistress: Marianna Tcherkassky". Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre. http://www.pbt.org/about/ballet_mistress/. Retrieved February 11, 2012. "joined ABT in 1970, was elevated to principal dancer in 1976"
- ^ "Dancers: Principals: Ashley Tuttle". American Ballet Theatre. Archived from the original on August 15, 2004. http://web.archive.org/web/20040815180913/http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=34. Retrieved February 11, 2012. "joined the corps de ballet of ABT in 1987, was promoted to soloist in 1992, and to principal dancer in 1997"
- ^ "The Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at American Ballet Theatre: Faculty Biography: Martine van Hamel". American Ballet Theatre. http://www.abt.org/education/bios_faculty/vanhamel_martine_edubio.asp. Retrieved February 11, 2012. "joined ABT in 1970, was promoted to the rank of soloist in 1971, became a principal dancer in 1973"
- ^ "Dancers: Principals: Michele Wiles". American Ballet Theatre. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. http://web.archive.org/web/20110525055800/http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=46. Retrieved February 10, 2012. "joined ABT in 1998, was promoted to soloist in 2000, and to principal dancer in 2005"
- ^ "Dancers: Soloists: Ethan Brown". American Ballet Theatre. Archived from the original on February 11, 2005. http://web.archive.org/web/20050211075542/http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=22. Retrieved February 11, 2012. "joined ABT as a member of the corps de ballet in 1981, was promoted to soloist in 1988"
- ^ David Vaughan (July 6, 2004). Ethan Brown's Retirement "Ethan Brown's Retirement". danceviewtimes.com. http://danceviewtimes.com/2004/summer/01/abtrj3.htm Ethan Brown's Retirement. Retrieved February 11, 2012. "July 2 & 3, 2004"
- ^ "Summer Intensives Faculty: Leslie Browne". American Ballet Theatre. http://www.abt.org/education/summerint_faculty.asp. Retrieved February 16, 2012. "joined ABT as a member of the corps de ballet in 1980, achieved rank of soloist in 1991, retired in 1996"
- ^ "Dancers: Soloists: Sandra Brown". American Ballet Theatre. Archived from the original on March 13, 2005. http://web.archive.org/web/20050313200152/http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=35. Retrieved February 11, 2012. "joining the corps de ballet of American Ballet Theatre in 1987, was promoted to soloist in 1992"
- ^ "Sandra Brown". Colorado Ballet. http://www.coloradoballet.org/CustomContentRetrieve.aspx?ID=1086423. Retrieved February 11, 2012. "In 2003 she left ABT to pursue work as a freelance artist"
- ^ "Faculty: Carolyn Tener Brown". New Jersey School of Ballet. http://njschoolofballet.com/faculty/member/9. Retrieved February 16, 2012. "was a soloist with American Ballet Theatre for 7 years"
- ^ "Dancers: Soloists: Carmen Corella". American Ballet Theatre. Archived from the original on July 30, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070730205503/http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=57. Retrieved February 11, 2012. "joined ABT as a member of the corps de ballet in April 1998, was appointed a soloist in August 2003"
- ^ "Dancers: Soloists: Erica Cornejo". American Ballet Theatre. Archived from the original on August 4, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070804060535/http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=37. Retrieved February 11, 2012. "joined ABT’s Studio Company in May 1998, later that year joined ABT as a member of the corps de ballet, was appointed a soloist in April 2003"
- ^ "Master Class with George De La Pena". indianapolis City Ballet. http://www.indianapoliscityballet.org/class-george-de-la-pena.php. Retrieved February 16, 2012. "soloist with American Ballet Theater"
- ^ "Dancers: Soloists: Joaquin De Luz". American Ballet Theatre. Archived from the original on June 26, 2003. http://web.archive.org/web/20030626032214/http://abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=38. Retrieved February 11, 2012. "joined ABT as a member of the corps de ballet in 1997, was promoted to soloist in 1998"
- ^ "Lisa de Ribere". The School of American Ballet. http://www.sab.org/school/faculty.php?fid=31. Retrieved February 11, 2012. "joined ABT in 1979 ... soloist ... retired from performing in 1984"
- ^ "Melissa Hayden To Tape Video Series For The George Balanchine Foundation". The George Balanchine Foundation. November 5, 1999. http://www.balanchine.org/balanchine/05/archive/PR85666.html. Retrieved February 16, 2012. "she joined Ballet Theatre, soon becoming a soloist, in 1945"
- ^ "Dancers: Soloists: Anna Liceica". American Ballet Theatre. Archived from the original on September 3, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070903222005/http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=39. Retrieved February 11, 2012. "joined ABT's corps de ballet in 1996, was promoted to soloist in August 2000"
- ^ "Dancers: Soloists: Carlos Lopez". American Ballet Theatre. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. http://web.archive.org/web/20110525060150/http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=69. Retrieved February 10, 2012. "joined ABT as a member of the corps de ballet in September 2001, was appointed a soloist in August 2003"
- ^ "Cupcakes & Conversation with Carlos Lopez". Ballet News. August 19, 2011. http://balletnews.co.uk/cupcakes-conversation-with-carlos-lopez-soloist-american-ballet-theatre/.
- ^ "Staff: Charles Maple, Conservatory Director". Maple Conservatory. http://mapleconservatory.com/faculty/conservatory.shtml#cmaple. Retrieved February 16, 2012. "at the age of nineteen he joined ABT, rose through the ranks to become a featured soloist"
- ^ "Dancers: Soloists: Monique Meunier". American Ballet Theatre. Archived from the original on March 13, 2005. http://web.archive.org/web/20050313162209/http://abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=40. Retrieved February 11, 2012. "joined ABT as a soloist in August 2002"
- ^ "Dancers: Soloists: Carlos Molina". American Ballet Theatre. Archived from the original on May 25, 2005. http://web.archive.org/web/20050525145316/http://abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=42. Retrieved February 11, 2012. "joining ABT as a member of the corps de ballet in 1998, was appointed a soloist in August 2001"
- ^ "Amy Rose". American Ballet Intensives. http://americanballetintensives.com/a_rose.htm. Retrieved February 16, 2012. "joined ABT at the age of sixteen (in 1979), was a soloist with from 1979–1992"
- ^ "Dancers: Corps De Ballet: Maria Bystrova". American Ballet Theatre. Archived from the original on September 17, 2010. http://web.archive.org/web/20100917134530/http://abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=54. Retrieved February 10, 2012. "joined ABT's Studio Company (now ABT II) in August 1999, joined ABT as a member of the corps de ballet in August 2000"
- ^ "Dancers: Corps De Ballet: Caroline Duprot". American Ballet Theatre. Archived from the original on December 12, 2010. http://web.archive.org/web/20101212231031/http://abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=231. Retrieved February 10, 2012. "joined ABT as a member of the corps de ballet in January 2009"
- ^ "Dancers: Corps De Ballet: Aino Ettala". American Ballet Theatre. Archived from the original on December 12, 2010. http://web.archive.org/web/20101212231250/http://abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=240. Retrieved February 10, 2012. "joined ABT as a member of the corps de ballet in January 2010"
- ^ "Dancers: Corps De Ballet: Meaghan Hinkis". American Ballet Theatre. Archived from the original on December 13, 2010. http://web.archive.org/web/20101213013617/http://abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=210. Retrieved February 10, 2012. "joined ABT as an apprentice in March 2010, became a member of the corps de ballet in October 2010"
- ^ "Dancers: Corps De Ballet: Carrie Jensen". American Ballet Theatre. Archived from the original on April 20, 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080420061037/http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=77. Retrieved February 10, 2012. "joined ABT's Studio Company in 1999, joined ABT in May 2000"
- ^ "Dancers: Corps De Ballet: Clinton Luckett". American Ballet Theatre. Archived from the original on June 2, 2002. http://web.archive.org/web/20020602190432/http://www.abt.org/dancers/luckett.html. Retrieved February 16, 2012. "joined ABT as a member of the Corps de Ballet in September 1992"
- ^ "Dancers: Corps De Ballet: Isaac Stappas". American Ballet Theatre. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. http://web.archive.org/web/20110525055158/http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=88. Retrieved February 10, 2012. "spent two years in ABT's Studio Company before joining ABT's main company in 2000"
- ^ "Dancers: Corps De Ballet: Sarawanee Tanatanit". American Ballet Theatre. Archived from the original on April 20, 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080420130003/http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=89. Retrieved February 26, 2012. "joined ABT's Studio Company in 2001, joined ABT as an apprentice in August 2002, and the corps de ballet in January 2003"
- ^ "Dancers: Corps De Ballet: Mary Mills Thomas". American Ballet Theatre. Archived from the original on December 13, 2010. http://web.archive.org/web/20101213012602/http://abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=171. Retrieved February 10, 2012. "joined ABT's Studio Company (now ABT II) in Fall 2005, joined ABT as an apprentice in August 2007, and the corps de ballet in January 2008"
- ^ "Dancers: Corps De Ballet: Melissa Thomas". American Ballet Theatre. Archived from the original on April 20, 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080420130010/http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=90. Retrieved February 26, 2012. "joined ABT's Studio Company in Fall 2001, joined ABT as a member of the corps de ballet in August 2002"
- ^ American Ballet Theatre (February 18, 2007). "American Ballet Theatre Announces Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School". Ballet Theatre Foundation, Inc.. http://www.abt.org/insideabt/news_display.asp?News_ID=87. Retrieved May 11, 2004.
- ^ "American Ballet Theatre Studio Company". Ballet Theatre Foundation, Inc.. http://www.abt.org/education/studiocompany.asp. Retrieved February 18, 2007.
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