American Ballet Theatre

History

In 1939 Pleasant and Chase committed to the creation of "a large scale company with an eclectic repertory". The pair and a small group from Mordkin Ballet formed Ballet Theatre. Their new company's first performance was on 11 January 1940. Chase began developing the company's repertoire of well-known full-length ballets, as well as original works, amidst financial issues. In 1945 Oliver Smith joined Ballet Theatre and became co-director with Chase.

In 1957 the company changed its name to American Ballet Theatre. It continued to emphasize ballet classics, yet remained challenged by financial issues. During the 1960s and 1970s, the company's prospects brightened due to more favorable private funding. During this period, American Ballet Theatre shifted its ballet focus to the recruitment of star performers. In 1977, the company began its spring season at the Metropolitan Opera House, its new official venue.

Mikhail Baryshnikov in 1980 became artistic director for American Ballet Theatre. Baryshnikov staged, restaged, and refurbished numerous classical ballets and, according to the company, strengthened their classical tradition. Baryshnikov was replaced in 1989 by Jane Hermann and Oliver Smith, who remained as artistic directors until 1992, when Kevin McKenzie received the appointment. McKenzie satisfied the demands of the traditional ballet audience by prioritizing full-length narrative ballets. He also succeeded in keeping the company afloat during financially unstable times. In 2004 he established an official associate ballet school, the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School. After a long period of no in-house choreographer, McKenzie appointed Alexei Ratmansky as "Artist in Residence" in January 2009.In 2016, Kara Medoff Barnett was appointed as the Executive Director of American Ballet Theatre.{{cite web | access-date = January 26, 2012 | archive-date = April 26, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150426073622/http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2009/mar/17/guide-dance-american-ballet-theatre | url-status = live | access-date = January 26, 2012 | archive-date = November 17, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111117041646/http://michaelminn.net/andros/history/american_ballet_theatre/ | url-status = live

McKenzie stepped down from the company in late 2022, as announced in 2021. Susan Jaffe took over the company at the end of 2022. Ratmansky departed the troupe in June 2023.

Artistic staff

Artistic directors

• Lucia Chase and Oliver Smith (1940–1980)
• Mikhail Baryshnikov (1980–1989)
• Jane Hermann and Oliver Smith (1989–1992)
• Kevin McKenzie (1992–2022)
• Susan Jaffe (2022–present)

Executive director and CEO

• Rachel S. Moore Executive director (2003–2011) CEO (2011–2016)

Executive director

• Kara Medoff Barnett (2016–2021)
• Janet Rollé (2021–2023)
• Barry Hughson (2024–present)

Resident choreographers

• Antony Tudor (1940–1950){{cite web | access-date = February 16, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120418052353/http://www.antonytudor.org/antonytudor/newyork.html | archive-date = April 18, 2012 | url-status = dead
• Alexei Ratmansky (2009–2023)

Music directors, conductors, concertmasters (partial list)

• Joseph Levine, (1911–1994) (conductor and musical director) (1950–1958)
• Ormsby Wilkins (music director) (current)
• Charles Barker (principal conductor) (current)
• David LaMarche (conductor) (current)
• Benjamin Bowman (concertmaster) (current)

Dancers ==

American Ballet Theatre has four levels within the company. They are (in ascending order): apprentice, corps de ballet,{{cite web | access-date = February 10, 2012 | archive-date = July 28, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120728212012/http://www.abt.org/dancers/default.asp?section=corpsdeballet | url-status = live | access-date = February 10, 2012 | archive-date = January 4, 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090104220137/http://www.abt.org/dancers/default.asp?section=soloist | url-status = live | access-date = July 8, 2024 | archive-date = September 12, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080912125934/http://www.abt.org/dancers/default.asp?section=principal | url-status = live

Principals

and update the accessdate there accordingly

Soloists ===

Former dancers

The following is a partial list of former dancers with ABT, listed by their highest rank prior to leaving the company.

Former principal dancers{{anchor|Former Principal Dancers}}

• Stella Abrera (1996–2020)

• Ivan Allen (1950s–1960s)

• Alicia Alonso (1943–1948)

• Nina Ananiashvili (1993–2009){{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090208143039/http://abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=24 | archive-date = February 8, 2009 | access-date = February 11, 2012}}

• Victor Barbee (1975–2003){{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20030409080721/http://abt.org/dancers/barbee.html | archive-date = April 9, 2003 | access-date = February 16, 2012}}

• Mikhail Baryshnikov (1974–1978)

• Patrick Bissell (1977–1987)

• Julio Bocca (1986–2006){{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070807085845/http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=16 | archive-date = August 7, 2007 | access-date = February 11, 2012}}

• Karena Brock (1973–?)

• Leslie Browne (1976–1993){{cite web |access-date = February 16, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120208040518/http://www.abt.org/education/summerint_faculty.asp |archive-date = February 8, 2012 |url-status = dead

• Erik Bruhn (1949–1958, 1961–1972)

• Fernando Bujones (1972–85, 1990s){{cite web | access-date = February 11, 2012 | archive-date = January 31, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120131140611/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/11/arts/dance/11bujones.html | url-status = live

• Maxim Beloserkovsky (1994-2012){{cite web | access-date = July 22, 2024 | archive-date = July 22, 2024 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240722043622/https://www.stepsnyc.com/faculty/bio/Maxim-Beloserkovsky/ | url-status = live

• José Manuel Carreño (1995–2011){{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110716085327/http://abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=20 | archive-date = July 16, 2011 | access-date = February 10, 2012}}

• Lucia Chase (1940–1960)

• Misty Copeland (2000-2025)

• Ángel Corella (1996–2012)

• Eleonor D'Antuono (1961–1981)

• Anton Dolin (1940–1946){{cite web |access-date = February 11, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120528022810/http://www.abt.org/education/archive/choreographers/dolin_a.html |archive-date = May 28, 2012 |url-status = dead

• Irina Dvorovenko (1996–2013){{cite news | access-date = June 1, 2013 | archive-date = November 19, 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181119062523/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/17/arts/dance/dance-listings-for-may-17-23.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 | url-status = live

• Royes Fernandez (1957–1972)

• Alessandra Ferri (1985–2007){{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071108022512/http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=25 | archive-date = November 8, 2007 | access-date = February 11, 2012}}

• Carla Fracci (1967–?){{cite web | access-date = February 16, 2012 | archive-date = December 5, 2002 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20021205113846/http://www.ballerinagallery.com/fracci.htm | url-status = live

• Alexander Godunov (1979–1982)

• Guillaume Graffin (1988–2005){{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20041215215407/http://abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=27 | archive-date = December 15, 2004 | access-date = February 11, 2012}}

• Cynthia Gregory (1965–1991){{cite web |access-date = February 16, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120531221004/http://www.abt.org/education/archive/choreographers/gregory_c.html |archive-date = May 31, 2012 |url-status = dead

• Cynthia Harvey (1974–1986, 1988–1996){{cite web | access-date = February 11, 2012}}{{cite web | access-date = February 16, 2012}}

• Susan Jaffe (1980–2002){{cite web |access-date = February 11, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120320065937/http://www.abt.org/insideabt/news_display.asp?News_ID=312 |archive-date = March 20, 2012 |url-status = dead

• Julie Kent (1993–2015)

• Gelsey Kirkland (1974–1984){{cite web |access-date = February 16, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120804003841/http://www.abt.org/education/archive/choreographers/kirkland_g.html |archive-date = August 4, 2012 |url-status = dead

• Ruth Ann Koesun (1946–1969){{cite news | access-date = January 19, 2023 | archive-date = January 19, 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230119153057/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/14/obituaries/ruth-ann-koesun-versatile-ballet-theater-dancer-dies-at-89.html | url-status = live

• John Kriza (1940–1966)

• Robert La Fosse (1977–1986){{cite web | access-date = February 11, 2012 | archive-date = October 23, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151023223704/https://dance.barnard.edu/profiles/rlafosse | url-status = live

• Harold Lang (1943–1945)

• Annabelle Lyon (1939–1943){{cite web | access-date = February 11, 2012 | archive-date = January 7, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120107082128/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/11/arts/dance/annabelle-lyon-dancer-with-balanchine-dies-at-95.html? | url-status = live

• Natalia Makarova (1970–1986){{cite web |access-date = February 16, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080606192442/http://www.abt.org/education/archive/choreographers/makarova_n.html |archive-date = June 6, 2008 |url-status = dead

• Vladimir Malakhov (1995–2008){{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090321160849/http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=29 | archive-date = March 21, 2009 | access-date = February 11, 2012}}

• Alicia Markova (1941–1946){{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121108011743/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/dame-alicia-markova-6156634.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = November 8, 2012 | access-date = February 11, 2012}}

• Bruce Marks (1961–1968)

• Kevin McKenzie (1979–1991){{cite web |access-date = February 11, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303211338/http://www.abt.org/education/archive/choreographers/mckenzie_k.html |archive-date = March 3, 2016 |url-status = dead

• Amanda McKerrow (1982–2005){{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060527100839/http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=30 | archive-date = May 27, 2006 | access-date = February 11, 2012}}

• Kathleen Moore (1982–2006){{cite web | access-date = 2018-09-29 | archive-date = September 29, 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180929080222/http://www.arballet.org/person/kathleen-moore/ | url-status = live

• Veronika Part (2002–2017){{cite web |access-date = July 9, 2017

• Kirk Peterson (1974–1980){{cite web |access-date = February 16, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111011055014/http://www.abt.org/insideabt/news_display.asp?News_ID=147 |archive-date = October 11, 2011 |url-status = dead

• Danilo Radojevic (1978–1993){{cite web | access-date = February 16, 2012 | archive-date = May 9, 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210509072433/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-10-28-ol-50379-story.html | url-status = live |access-date = February 16, 2012 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120315221613/http://www.australianballet.com.au/about_us/artistic_staff/danilo_radojevic |archive-date = March 15, 2012

• Johan Renvall (1978–1996){{cite web | access-date = February 11, 2012 | archive-date = April 9, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120409165208/http://www.balart.com/JohanRenvall.htm | url-status = dead

• Keith Roberts (1987–1999){{cite web |access-date = February 16, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120224045207/http://www.uncsa.edu/dance/alumni.htm#Roberts |archive-date = February 24, 2012 |url-status = dead

• Ethan Stiefel (1997–2012){{cite magazine | access-date = April 11, 2015 | archive-date = March 28, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150328145011/http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/ethan-stiefel-no-longer-center-stage | url-status = live

• Marianna Tcherkassky (1970–1996){{cite web |access-date = February 11, 2012 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120208140757/http://www.pbt.org/about/ballet_mistress/ |archive-date = February 8, 2012

• Ashley Tuttle (1987–2004){{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040815180913/http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=34 | archive-date = August 15, 2004 | access-date = February 11, 2012}}

• Martine van Hamel (1970–1992){{cite web |access-date = February 11, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120324213335/http://www.abt.org/education/bios_faculty/vanhamel_martine_edubio.asp |archive-date = March 24, 2012 |url-status = dead

• Edward Verso (1962–1968)

• Michele Wiles (1998–2011){{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110525055800/http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=46 | archive-date = May 25, 2011 | access-date = February 10, 2012}}

• Diana Vishneva (2005–2017){{cite web |access-date = July 8, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170704155405/http://www.abt.org/insideabt/news_display.asp?News_ID=560 |archive-date = July 4, 2017 |url-status = dead

• Marcelo Gomes (1997–2018)

• Roberto Bolle (2009–2019)

• Sarah Lane (2004–2020)

Former soloists{{anchor|Former Soloists}} ===

• Kristi Boone (2000–2014)
• Ethan Brown (1981–2004) | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050211075542/http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=22 | archive-date = February 11, 2005 | access-date = February 11, 2012 | access-date = February 11, 2012 | archive-date = March 3, 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303210005/http://danceviewtimes.com/2004/summer/01/abtrj3.htm | url-status = live
• Gabrielle Brown (1980–1996){{cite web |access-date = February 16, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120208040518/http://www.abt.org/education/summerint_faculty.asp |archive-date = February 8, 2012 |url-status = dead
• Sandra Brown (1987–2003) | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050313200152/http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=35 | archive-date = March 13, 2005 | access-date = February 11, 2012 | access-date = February 11, 2012
• Tener Brown (1979–1986) |access-date=February 16, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407045825/http://www.njschoolofballet.com/faculty/member/9 |archive-date=April 7, 2012
• Carmen Corella (1998–2007) | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070730205503/http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=57 | archive-date = July 30, 2007 | access-date = February 11, 2012
• Erica Cornejo (1998–2007) | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070804060535/http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=37 | archive-date = August 4, 2007 | access-date = February 11, 2012
• Royes Fernandez (1950–1953)
• George de la Peña (1970s–1985) |access-date = February 16, 2012
• Joaquín De Luz (1997–2003) | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20030626032214/http://abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=38 | archive-date = June 26, 2003 | access-date = February 11, 2012
• Lisa de Ribere (1979–1984) |access-date = February 11, 2012 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121210061848/http://www.sab.org/school/faculty.php?fid=31 |archive-date = December 10, 2012
• Melissa Hayden (1945–1947){{cite web | access-date = February 16, 2012 | archive-date = August 12, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110812044603/http://balanchine.org/balanchine/05/archive/PR85666.html | url-status = live
• Yuriko Kajiya (2002–2014){{cite web | access-date = July 9, 2014
• Elaine Kudo{{cite news | access-date = May 16, 2014 | archive-date = May 17, 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140517115548/http://dancetabs.com/2014/05/washington-ballet-tour-de-force-balanchine-bill-washington/ | url-status = live
• Anna Liceica (1996–2007) | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070903222005/http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=39 | archive-date = September 3, 2007 | access-date = February 11, 2012
• Carlos Lopez (2001–2011) | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110525060150/http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=69 | archive-date = May 25, 2011 | access-date = February 10, 2012
• Charles Maple (1972–1983){{cite web |access-date = February 16, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120225032846/http://mapleconservatory.com/faculty/conservatory.shtml#cmaple |archive-date = February 25, 2012 |url-status = usurped
• Jared Matthews (2002–2014)
• Simone Messmer (2002–2013){{cite web | access-date = August 19, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171121150109/https://www.sfballet.org/about/media_center/press_releases/2014_New_Dancers | archive-date = November 21, 2017 | url-status = dead
• Monique Meunier (2002–2007) | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050313162209/http://abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=40 | archive-date = March 13, 2005 | access-date = February 11, 2012
• Carlos Molina (1998–2007) | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050525145316/http://abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=42 | archive-date = May 25, 2005 | access-date = February 11, 2012
• Sascha Radetsky (1995–2014){{cite web |access-date = July 9, 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140626054719/http://www.abt.org/insideabt/news_display.asp?News_ID=479 |archive-date = June 26, 2014 |url-status = dead
• Amy Rose (1979–1992){{cite web | access-date = February 16, 2012 | archive-date = November 14, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121114185244/http://americanballetintensives.com/a_rose.htm | url-status = live
• Gennadi Saveliev (1996–2012){{cite web | access-date = July 7, 2012 | archive-date = August 11, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120811114758/http://www.dancetabs.com/2012/07/american-ballet-theatre-gennadi-saveliev-farewell-in-le-corsaire-new-york/ | url-status = live

Former corps de ballet{{anchor|Corps de Ballet|Former Corps de Ballet}}

• Maria Bystrova (2000–2010) | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100917134530/http://abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=54 | archive-date = September 17, 2010 | access-date = February 10, 2012
• Caroline Duprot (2009–2011) | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101212231031/http://abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=231 | archive-date = December 12, 2010 | access-date = February 10, 2012
• Tobin Eason (2002–2012){{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121223080752/http://www.tobineason.com/about-us.aspx | archive-date = December 23, 2012 | access-date = July 12, 2013
• Aino Ettala (2010) | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101212231250/http://abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=240 | archive-date = December 12, 2010 | access-date = February 10, 2012
• Jeffrey Golladay (2003–2012)
• Melanie Hamrick (2004–2019)
• Meaghan Hinkis (2010–2011) | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101213013617/http://abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=210 | archive-date = December 13, 2010 | access-date = February 10, 2012
• Carrie Jensen (2000–2009) | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080420061037/http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=77 | archive-date = April 20, 2008 | access-date = February 10, 2012
• Clinton Luckett (1992–2002) | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20020602190432/http://www.abt.org/dancers/luckett.html | archive-date = June 2, 2002 | access-date = February 16, 2012
• Joseph Phillips (2008–2013) | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080422031332/http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=217 | archive-date = April 22, 2008 | access-date = July 9, 2014
• Brendali Staana Espiritu
• Isaac Stappas (2000–2011) | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110525055158/http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=88 | archive-date = May 25, 2011 | access-date = February 10, 2012
• Sarawanee Tanatanit (2002–2008) | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080420130003/http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=89 | archive-date = April 20, 2008 | access-date = February 26, 2012
• Mary Mills Thomas (2008–2011) | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101213012602/http://abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=171 | archive-date = December 13, 2010 | access-date = February 10, 2012
• Melissa Thomas (2002–2009) | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080420130010/http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=90 | archive-date = April 20, 2008 | access-date = February 26, 2012
• Katharine Wildish (1985–1987)
• Bo Busby

Repertoire

Main article: List of works performed by American Ballet Theatre

Perhaps 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 the spring at New York City's Metropolitan Opera House, with shorter seasons in the fall previously held at New York City Center, now held at the David H. Koch Theater. Performances of Alexei Ratmansky's The Nutcracker during the holiday season are held at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts. The company tours extensively throughout United States and the world.

Schools and programs

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School

The Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at American Ballet Theatre (ABT/JKO School) is the associate school of American Ballet Theatre located within the Flatiron District of Manhattan, New York City. The school comprises a Children's Division for ages 4 to 12, a Pre-Professional Division for ages 12 to 18, and the preparatory program Studio Company for ages 16 to 20. Cynthia Harvey, a former dancer with ABT, serves as the school's artistic director.

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. It is the top level of the American Ballet Theatre training ladder and is currently an extension of the ABT 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".

Project Plié

Project Plié is a diversity initiative launched in 2013 by Rachel Moore, who was then ABT's executive director and CEO. Following her departure, the project was overseen by artistic director Kevin McKenzie and Mary Jo Ziesel, ABT director of education and training. The program was inspired by ABT principal dancer Misty Copeland, and aims to "increase racial and ethnic representation in ballet and diversify America's ballet companies". The initiative is made up of a combination of partnerships within the community and within the industry in addition to scholarships and opportunities for exposure for children of color. Annually, as of 2013, Project Plié has awarded scholarships to young people ranging from ages 9 to 18 including to the ABT/JKO School, ABT's summer intensive programs and ABT's Young Dancer Workshop.

References

Notes

Further viewing

References

1. "American Ballet Theatre".
2. (2023-06-22). "American Ballet Theatre's Summer of Love".
3. Kisselgoff, Anna. (January 19, 1986). "DANCE VIEW; LUCIA CHASE HELPED CREATE THE BALLET WORLD WE KNOW". [[The New York Times]].
4. [[Horst Koegler]], ''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Ballet'' (1977), p. 15.
5. (2005). "The Encyclopedia of New York State". Syracuse University Press.
6. Sulcas, Roslyn. (March 25, 2021). "American Ballet Theater's Leader to Step Down After 30 Years". The New York Times.
7. Sulcas, Roslyn. (May 9, 2022). "Susan Jaffe to Be Next Artistic Director at American Ballet Theater". [[The New York Times]].
8. Cooper, Michael. (2015-06-17). "Rachel Moore to Leave Ballet Theater for Music Center in Los Angeles".
9. Zornosa, Laura. (2021-07-26). "American Ballet Theater's Executive Director Announces Her Departure". The New York Times.
10. Hernández, Javier C.. (November 23, 2021). "American Ballet Theater Taps Beyoncé Associate as Chief Executive". [[The New York Times]].
11. Hernández, Javier C.. (2024-03-14). "American Ballet Theater Names Dance Veteran as Executive Director". The New York Times.
12. Bilefsky, Dan. (December 22, 2022). "The Choreographer Alexei Ratmansky Is Leaving American Ballet Theater". The New York Times.
13. "Joseph Levine, 83, Conductor and Pianist".
14. "Ormsby Wilkins named Music Director at ABT, Inside ABT, November 22, 2005".
15. "American Ballet Theatre Staff".
16. "A Conversation with David LaMarche, American Ballet Theatre Conductor, Dr. Roberta E. Zlokower, May 10, 2010".
17. "Orchestra, Inside ABT, June 30, 2016".
18. (2012-08-06). "ABT Launches New Apprentice Program".
19. (July 3, 2024). "Chloe Misseldine Promoted to Principal Dancer at American Ballet Theatre".
20. "Dancers | American Ballet Theatre (ABT)".
21. "Léa Fleytoux, Patrick Frenette, and Fangqi Li Promoted to Soloist at American Ballet Theatre".
22. Susie. (2025-07-21). "Sierra Armstrong, Takumi Miyake, and Jose Sebastian Promoted to Soloist at American Ballet Theatre".
23. "Kristi Boone".
24. [https://www.scfta.org/Engage-and-Learn/ABT-William-J-Gillespie-Dance-School/Faculty.aspx Faculty] {{Webarchive. link. (October 26, 2017 , American Ballet Theatre William J. Gillespie School at [[Segerstrom Center for the Arts]])
25. "American Ballet Theatre - Susan Reiter".
26. [https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/american-ballet-theatre/touring.html "American Ballet Theatre: Touring the Globe for 75 Years"] {{Webarchive. link. (July 11, 2017 , [[Library of Congress]])
27. "Legendary Ballerina Cynthia Harvey's Second Act as Artistic Director of the ABT JKO School". [[Playbill]].
28. "ABT: Education and Training".
29. "American Ballet Theatre's Studio Company Looks to the Future {{!}} Playbill".
30. Kourlas, Gia. (2015-10-30). "Push for Diversity in Ballet Turns to Training the Next Generation". The New York Times.
31. Byng, Rhonesha. (2013-09-19). "Misty Copeland Inspires Project Plié, A Diversity Initiative Launched By ABT To Find More Black Ballerinas". Huffington Post.
32. (2017-12-07). "American Ballet Theatre program brings diversity to ballet". ABC7 New York.