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'''American Ballet Theatre''' (ABT), is a [[classical ballet]] company based at the [[Metropolitan Opera House (Lincoln Center)|Metropolitan Opera House]] in [[New York City]]. It 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 [[Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School]], and was recognized as "America's National Ballet Company" in 2006 by the [[United States Congress]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abt.org/insideabt/news_display.asp?News_ID=160|title=UNITED STATES CONGRESS HONORS
'''American Ballet Theatre''' (ABT), based in New York City, was one of the foremost [[Ballet company|ballet companies]] of the 20th century. It continues as a leading dance company in the world today. A writer for London's ''[[The Observer]]'' describes the ABT along with the [[New York City Ballet]] and the [[San Francisco Ballet]] to be a "triumvirate of great classical companies defining the American style on the world stage today".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2007/feb/18/dance|title=One step closer to perfection: The best of Balanchine lights up London&nbsp;— but Stravinsky in Birmingham must not be missed|accessdate=2008-08-26|date=2007-02-18|publisher=Guardian News and Media Limited|work=The Observer |location=UK|author=Jennings, Luke}}</ref>
AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE|accessdate=2012-01-26|date=2006-05-25|publisher=Ballet Theatre Foundation, Inc.|work=Ballet Theatre Foundation, Inc. |location=US|author=American Ballet Theatre}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abt.org/insideabt/history.asp|title=Company History|accessdate=2012-01-26|date=2006-05-25|publisher=Ballet Theatre Foundation, Inc.|work=Ballet Theatre Foundation, Inc. |location=US|author=American Ballet Theatre}}</ref>

There are three levels within the company (in ascending order): ABT's [[Corps de Ballet]],<ref name="Corps de Ballet">{{cite web | url = http://www.abt.org/dancers/default.asp?section=corpsdeballet | title = ABT: Dancers: Corps de Ballet | publisher=American Ballet Theatre | accessdate = April 27, 2010}}</ref> the [[Soloist (ballet)|soloists]]<ref name="Soloists">{{cite web | url = http://www.abt.org/dancers/default.asp?section=soloist | title = ABT: Dancers: Soloists | publisher=American Ballet Theatre | accessdate = April 27, 2010}}</ref> and the [[Principal dancer|principals]];<ref name="Principals">{{cite web | url = http://www.abt.org/dancers/default.asp?section=principal | title = ABT: Dancers: Principals | publisher=American Ballet Theatre | accessdate = April 27, 2010}}</ref> there is also ABT II, formerly known as the ABT Studio Company.<ref name="ABT II">{{cite web | url = http://www.abt.org/dancers/default.asp?page=A&section=studiocompany | title = ABT: Dancers: ABT II | publisher=American Ballet Theatre | accessdate = April 27, 2010}}</ref> In 2004, the company established an official associate school called [[Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School]], named in honor of the late, previous [[First Lady of the United States]], [[Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abt.org/insideabt/news_display.asp?News_ID=87|title=AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE ANNOUNCES JACQUELINE KENNEDY ONASSIS SCHOOL|accessdate=2004-05-11|date=2007-02-18|publisher=Ballet Theatre Foundation, Inc.|work=Ballet Theatre Foundation, Inc. |location=US|author=American Ballet Theatre}}</ref>


== History ==
== History ==
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== Dancers {{anchor|Dancers}} == <!-- This section is linked from [[American Ballet Theatre dancers]], [[American Ballet Theatre dancers]], [[Alexandre Hammoudi]], [[Gemma Bond]], [[Lisa de Ribere]], [[Hee Seo]], [[Isabella Boylston]] and [[Jacquelyn Reyes]]. -->
== Dancers {{anchor|Dancers}} == <!-- This section is linked from [[American Ballet Theatre dancers]], [[American Ballet Theatre dancers]], [[Alexandre Hammoudi]], [[Gemma Bond]], [[Lisa de Ribere]], [[Hee Seo]], [[Isabella Boylston]] and [[Jacquelyn Reyes]]. -->


=== Dancers of ABT's Past ''(partial listing)'' ===


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*[[Ivan Allen]]
*[[Alicia Alonso]]
*[[Nina Ananiashvili]]
*[[Mikhail Baryshnikov]]
*[[Julio Bocca]]
*Gabrielle Brown
*[[Leslie Browne]]
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*[[Erik Bruhn]]
*[[Fernando Bujones]]
*[[José Manuel Carreño]]
*[[Anton Dolin]]
*[[Alessandra Ferri]]
*[[Carla Fracci]]
*[[Alexander Godunov]]
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*[[Cynthia Gregory]]
*Cynthia Harvey
*[[Melissa Hayden (dancer)|Melissa Hayden]]
*[[Susan Jaffe]]
*[[Gelsey Kirkland]]
*[[Robert La Fosse]]
*Charles Maple
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*[[Natalia Makarova]]
*[[Vladimir Malakhov (dancer)|Vladimir Malakhov]]
* Dame [[Alicia Markova]]
*[[Kevin McKenzie (dancer)|Kevin McKenzie]]
* Amanda McKerrow
*Kirk Peterson
*Danilo Radojevic
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*Johan Renvall
*[[Keith Roberts (dancer)|Keith Roberts]]
*[[Amy Rose]]
* Marianna Tcherkassky
*[[Antony Tudor]]
* Martine van Hamel
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=== Current dancers ===
==== Principal Dancers<ref name="Principals" />{{anchor|Principal Dancers}} ==== <!-- This section is linked from [[American Ballet Theatre principal dancers]], [[Maxim Beloserkovsky]], [[David Hallberg]], [[Herman Cornejo]], [[Marcelo Gomes (dancer)]], [[Kevin McKenzie (Ballet Dancer)]], [[Kevin McKenzie (dancer/choreographer/director)]], [[Kevin McKenzie (ballet dancer/choreographer/artistic director)]], [[Kevin McKenzie (ballet dancer)]], and [[Veronika Part]]. -->


=== Principal Dancers ===
'''{{Category see also|American Ballet Theatre principal dancers}}'''


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=== Soloists ===
==== Soloists<ref name="Soloists" />{{anchor|Soloists}} ==== <!-- This section is linked from [[American Ballet Theatre soloists]], [[Stella Abrera]], [[Kristi Boone]], [[Sarah Lane (dancer)]], [[Carlos Lopez (dancer)]], [[Jared Matthews]], [[Monique Meunier]], [[Maria Riccetto]], [[Craig Salstein]], [[Gennadi Saveliev]] and [[Daniil Simkin]] [[Sascha Radetsky]]. -->

'''{{Category see also|American Ballet Theatre soloists}}'''


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==== Corps de Ballet<ref name="Corps de Ballet" /> ====
=== Corps de Ballet===


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== Special Repertoire ==
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 (Lincoln Center)|Metropolitan Opera House]].

== Education ==
American Ballet Theatre established an official associate school in 2004 called [[Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School]], named in honor of the late, previous [[First Lady of the United States]], [[Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abt.org/insideabt/news_display.asp?News_ID=87|title=AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE ANNOUNCES JACQUELINE KENNEDY ONASSIS SCHOOL|accessdate=2004-05-11|date=2007-02-18|publisher=Ballet Theatre Foundation, Inc.|work=Ballet Theatre Foundation, Inc. |location=US|author=American Ballet Theatre}}</ref>
==== ABT Studio Company ====
==== ABT Studio Company ====
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. 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 peformances at [[Brooklyn Academy of Music]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abt.org/education/studiocompany.asp|title=American Ballet Theatre Studio Company|accessdate=2004-05-11|date=2007-02-18|publisher=Ballet Theatre Foundation, Inc.|work=Ballet Theatre Foundation, Inc. |location=US|author=American Ballet Theatre}}</ref>
ABT Studio Company is a small company of young dancers (ages 16–20) handpicked from around the world. These dancers train in the program for one or two years, then join ABT's main company or other leading professional companies.
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== Special Repertoire ==
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 (Lincoln Center)|Metropolitan Opera House]].

== Education ==

Today, ABT encourages the growth of dance and choreography by holding a summer intensive session for young people from across the country. Its [[Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis]] School teaches throughout the year the style and techniques specifically used by ABT. [[Tony Award]]-winner [[David Alvarez (actor)|David Alvarez]], one of the original Billys in the Broadway production of [[Billy Elliot the Musical]],<ref>[http://www.billyelliotthemusical.com/news/archive/Broadway_billys_announced.php Billy Elliott the Musical website]</ref> was a student on full scholarship at the JKO School and has danced feature roles in the ABT's productions of [[The Nutcracker]] and [[The Sleeping Beauty (ballet)|The Sleeping Beauty]].<ref>[http://www.playbill.com/celebritybuzz/whoswho/biography/18003 [[Playbill]]]</ref>

== Ballets Performed ==

Below is an alphabetical list of works which have been performed by American Ballet Theatre. Not all of the works are currently in the company's repertory.

''Adagio for Strings'', ''[[Afternoon of a Faun (Robbins)|Afternoon of a Faun]]'' ([[Jerome Robbins|Robbins]]), ''[[Afternoon of a Faun (Nijinsky)|Afternoon of a Faun]]'' ([[Nijinsky]]), ''Airs'', ''Aleko'', ''Amazed in Burning Dreams'', ''Americans We'', ''Amnon V'Tamar'', ''L'Amour et son Amour'', ''Anastasia'', ''Angrismene'', ''Annabel Lee'', ''[[Apollo (ballet)|Apollo]]'', ''[[Appalachian Spring]]'', ''Artemis'', ''At Midnight'', ''Awakening''

''Bach Partita'', ''Le Baiser de la Fée'' ([[John Neumeier]]), ''Baker's Dozen'', ''Le Bal'', ''Balladen der Liebe'', ''[[Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2 (ballet)|Ballet Imperial]]'', ''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'', ''Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1'', ''The Bull Dancers'', ''Bum's Rush''

''The Capital of the World'', ''Capriccio Espagnol'', ''Capriccioso'', ''Caprichos'', ''The Careless Burghers'', ''Carmen'' (Alberto Alonso), "Carmen" ([[Roland Petit]]), ''Carnaval'', ''The Catherine Wheel'', ''Cinderella'', ''Cinderella'' ([[James Kudelka|Kudelka]]), ''Circo de Espana'', ''Clair de Lune'', ''Clear'', ''The Combat'', ''Concerto'' (Dollar/[[Chopin]]), ''Concerto'' (Dollar/[[Felix Mendelssohn|Mendelssohn]]), ''Close to Chuck'', ''Concerto'' ([[Kenneth MacMillan|MacMillan]]), ''Concerto'' (Ross), ''Concerto no. 1 for Piano and Orchestra'', ''Concerto Six Twenty-Two'' (duet), ''Concert Waltzes'', ''Configurations'', ''Conflict'', ''Continuum'', ''Conterdances'', ''[[Coppélia]]'', ''Corbaille de Fleurs'', ''[[Le Corsaire]]'' (full-length ballet), ''[[Le Corsaire Pas de Deux]]'', ''Cruel World''

''Dancing with Monet'', ''Danses Concertante'', ''Catie Stillwell'', ''Danza del Molinero'', ''Dark Elegies'', ''Death and the Maiden'', ''Les Demoiselles de la Nuit'', ''Designs with Strings'', ''Desir'' (pas de deux), ''Dialogues'', ''[[Diane and Actéon Pas de Deux|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 (ballet)]]'', ''Don Quixote'' (Grand pas de deux), ''Don't Panic!'', ''Dorian'', ''The Dream'', ''Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes'', ''Duets''

''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&nbsp;– after [[Jules Perrot|Perrot]]), ''Esmeralda'' (pas de deux&nbsp;– Stevenson), ''[[La Esmeralda (ballet)|La Esmeralda]]'' (Beriosoff), ''Espana, Estuary, The Eternal Idol, Etudes, Everlast''

''Facsimile, Fair at Sorochinsk, Fall River Legend'', ''[[Fancy Free (ballet)|Fancy Free]]'', ''Fandango, Fantaisie Serieuse'', ''[[La Boutique fantasque|The Fantastic Toyshop]]'', ''Festa, Fest Polonaise, Field Chair and Mountain'', ''[[La Fille Mal Gardée]]'', ''[[The Firebird|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'' ([[Alexander Glazunov|Glazunov]]), ''Grand Pas Romantique, Le Grand Spectacle, Grand [[Tarantella]], Grass, Graziana, The Great American Goof, Great Galloping'' ([[Louis Moreau Gottschalk|Gottschalk]]), ''[[The Green Table]], The Guards of Amager'' ([[Bournonville]])

''Hamlet Connotations, Harbinger, Harlequinade'' (pas de deux&nbsp;– Balanchine), ''Harlequinade'' (Pas de deux&nbsp;– 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 (Balanchine)|Jeu de cartes]], Journey, Jubilee, Judgment of Paris, Jump Start''

''Kaleidoscope, Known by Heart, Kontraste''

''Lady From the Sea, Lady into Fox, 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, [[L'histoire de Manon|Manon]], Marimba, Meadow, Mechanical Ballet, [[Medea]]'' (pas de deux), ''The Meeting, [[Felix Mendelssohn|Mendelssohn]] Symphony, [[The Merry Widow (ballet)|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, La Muerte Enamorada, Murder, My Funny Valentine''

''Napoli Divertissements'', ''N.Y. Export: Op. Jazz'', ''Night Journey'', ''Nimbus'', ''Nine Sinatra Songs'',
''[[Les Noces (Robbins)|Les Noces]]'', ''[[The Nutcracker]]'' ([[Mikhail Baryshnikov|Baryshnikov]]), ''[[The Nutcracker]]'' ([[Kevin McKenzie (dancer)|McKenzie]])

''Odalisque'','' Ode to Glory, Offenbach in the Underworld, Once More Frank, On Stage!, [[Eugene Onegin (opera)|Eugene Onegin]], Ontogeny, Othello, The Other, Other Dances, 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 (ballet)|The Sleeping Beauty]]''), ''[[The Prodigal Son (ballet)|The Prodigal Son]], A Promise, Pulcinella Variations, Push Comes to Shove''

''Quartet, Quintet''

''Rabbit and Rogue'' ([[Twyla Tharp|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&nbsp;– Hoff), ''Rendezvous'' (pas de deux&nbsp;– Nijinska), ''Requiem, Le Retour, Reverie, Rib of Eve, Ricercare'' (pas de deux), ''Rigaudon, [[The Rite of Spring]], The River, [[Rodeo (Copland)|Rodeo]], Romantic Age, [[Romeo and Juliet]]'' ([[Kenneth MacMillan|MacMillan]]), ''Romeo and Juliet'' ([[Antony Tudor|Tudor]]), ''Romeo and Juliet'' (pas de deux&nbsp;– [[Bruhn]]), ''Romeo and Juliet'' (pas de deux&nbsp;– Nureyev), ''Romeo and Juliet'' (pas de deux&nbsp;– 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 Spanish Songs, Shadow of the Wind, Shadowplay, Side Show, Sin and Tonic, Sinatra Suite, Sinfonietta, "...smile with my heart", ''Slavonika, [[The Sleeping Beauty (ballet)|The Sleeping Beauty]], [[Snegurochka|The Snow Maiden]], Soirée Musicale, A Soldier's Tale, Solitaire'' (pas de deux), ''Solo, Some Assembly Required, Something Special, Some Times'', ''[[La Sonnambula (ballet)|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'' ([[Kevin McKenzie (ballet dancer)|McKenzie]]), ''[[La Sylphide]], [[Les Sylphides]], [[Sylvia (ballet)|Sylvia]], Sylvia'' (pas de deux), ''Symphonic Variations, Symphonie Concertante, [[Symphony in C (ballet)|Symphony in C]]''

''Tales of Hoffmann, Tally Ho- or the Frail Quarry, The Taming'' (pas de deux), ''The Taming of the Shrew, [[Tarantella (ballet)|Tarantella]]'' (pas de deux), ''[[Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux]], Texas Fourth, Theatre, [[Theme and Variations (ballet)|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, Times Past, Top Hat and Tails, Torso, The Traitor, Transcendental Etudes, Triad, Trio a Deux, 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''


== See also ==
== See also ==

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American Ballet Theatre
General information
NameAmerican Ballet Theatre
Previous names
  • Mordkin Ballet
  • Ballet Theatre
Year foundedApprox. 1937
Principal venueMetropolitan Opera House
New York City
 United States of America
Websiteabt.org
Artistic staff
Artistic DirectorKevin McKenzie
Other
Associated schoolsJacqueline Kennedy Onassis School
Formation
  • Principal
  • Soloist
  • Corps de Ballet

American Ballet Theatre (ABT), is a classical ballet company based at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. It 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 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School, and was recognized as "America's National Ballet Company" in 2006 by the United States Congress.[1][2]

History

The company was founded in 1937 as the Mordkin Ballet, and then reorganized in 1940 with a new name as the Ballet Theatre. For 40 years Lucia Chase directed it, working with many choreographers and ballet masters. In 1956, it was renamed the American Ballet Theatre, and has kept that name ever since. American Ballet Theatre performs at the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center in New York. In 1960, the company became the first American ballet company to dance in the Soviet Union.

Artistic Directors

Dancers

Principal Dancers

Soloists

Corps de Ballet

Apprentices


Special Repertoire

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.

Education

American Ballet Theatre established an official associate school in 2004 called Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School, named in honor of the late, previous First Lady of the United States, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.[6]

ABT Studio Company

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. 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 peformances at Brooklyn Academy of Music.[7]


See also

References

  1. ^ American Ballet Theatre (2006-05-25). "UNITED STATES CONGRESS HONORS AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE". Ballet Theatre Foundation, Inc. US: Ballet Theatre Foundation, Inc. Retrieved 2012-01-26. {{cite web}}: line feed character in |title= at position 30 (help)
  2. ^ American Ballet Theatre (2006-05-25). "Company History". Ballet Theatre Foundation, Inc. US: Ballet Theatre Foundation, Inc. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
  3. ^ NY Times, Alastair Macaulay and Daniel J. Wakin, September 20, 2011
  4. ^ Template:Ballet News
  5. ^ Template:Ballet News
  6. ^ American Ballet Theatre (2007-02-18). "AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE ANNOUNCES JACQUELINE KENNEDY ONASSIS SCHOOL". Ballet Theatre Foundation, Inc. US: Ballet Theatre Foundation, Inc. Retrieved 2004-05-11.
  7. ^ American Ballet Theatre (2007-02-18). "American Ballet Theatre Studio Company". Ballet Theatre Foundation, Inc. US: Ballet Theatre Foundation, Inc. Retrieved 2004-05-11.
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