ABT Studio Company Appears at 92nd St. Y Harkness Dancer Center This Weekend

American Ballet Theatre's Studio Company will give three performances at the 92nd Street Y Harkness Dance Center's Buttenwieser Hall in New York City this weekend, November 14-16, 2014. Performance times are 8:00pm tonight, November 14 and Saturday, November 15, and 3:00pm on Sunday, November 16.

The Studio Company performances, part of the 92nd Street Y's "Dig Dance: Weekend Series," will feature Stephen Mills' Hush and Antony Tudor's

Little Improvisations and excerpts from Marius Petipa's Le Corsaire and Merce Cunningham's Duets.

The ABT Studio Company, directed by Kate Lydon, is comprised of 14 dancers of outstanding potential aged 16-20. In addition to a schedule of classes including ballet technique, pointe, variations, partnering, modern, Pilates, men's strengthening, acting and dance history, the Studio Company gains performance experience through residencies, cultural exchanges and local performances.

Tickets for these performances are priced at $25 and can be purchased on the 92nd Street Y website (http://www.92y.org/Event/American-Ballet-Theatre.aspx). The 92nd Street Y is located at 1395 Lexington Avenue in New York City. For more information about performances by the ABT Studio Company, please visit www.abt.org.