Douglas Martin News

Take a look at this behind-the-scenes video of the creation of Douglas Martin's Rite of Spring, one of three pieces on American Repertory Ballet's Fall Favorites program!

American Repertory Ballet is pleased to make a return engagement on Saturday, October 8 at 3:00 p.m., at The Theatre at Raritan Valley Community College, Branchburg, NJ, presenting Fall Favorites, a program of mixed repertoire.

American Repertory Ballet's On Pointe series, a free lecture-demonstration series, will open at Rider University in Lawrenceville, N.J.

American Repertory Ballet's On Pointe series, a free lecture-demonstration series, will open at Rider University in Lawrenceville, N.J.

American Repertory Ballet and Princeton Ballet School announced today that Vanessa Logan will resign, effective July 29, 2016, as Executive Director. Logan will join Texas Ballet Theater, based in Fort Worth and Dallas, as their new Executive Director.

American Repertory Ballet, New Jersey's preeminent classical and contemporary ballet company, is pleased to announce its 2016-2017 performance season.

American Repertory Ballet and Princeton Ballet School announced today that, after an international search, Pamela Levy has been selected as the school's director. Levy will be the fourth director in its 62-year history. 

On Monday, June 27, the Princeton Ballet School will open its doors to students from all over the country to participate in an intense, five-week summer training program.

Today, Friday, June 17, 2016, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Forsgate Country Club in Monroe, N.J., Princeton Ballet School, the official school of American Repertory Ballet, hosts its second annual fashion show: 'Turn Out for Fashion.' All proceeds from this event will support the Princeton Ballet School Scholarship Fund.

?Westminster College of the Arts at Rider University has added a Summer Dance Institute to its repertoire. Rider's established relationship with Princeton Ballet School will open the doors for students to experience their renowned classic ballet technique, while appreciating and exploring the rich diversity of the dance world. This newly offered 2-week program is developed for young dancers, ages 14-18, with varying skill levels and disciplines. Each day focuses on solid dance training to include bodywork, ballet, contemporary, and a completely different form of dance, all with ballet as the base.

Princeton Ballet School, the official school of American Repertory Ballet, will present the full-length classical ballet Swan Lake on May 21, 2016 at the Patriots Theater at the War Memorial in Trenton, NJ. Performances will be at 2:00 p.m and 7:00 p.m. These performances are the finale performances for the year for students at the school; tickets are onsale now at arballet.org

Amore Opera closes the 2015-2016 season with Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto. This tale of innocence lost and vengeance gone tragically awry will be presented in full production with full orchestra conducted by Douglas Martin, with stage direction by Amore Opera's Artistic Director Nathan Hull. 

On Friday, June 17, 2016, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Forsgate Country Club in Monroe, N.J., Princeton Ballet School, the official school of American Repertory Ballet, will host its second annual fashion show: "Turn Out for Fashion." All proceeds from this event will support the Princeton Ballet School Scholarship Fund.

ARB presents world premier of Mary Barton's work in MASTERS OF DANCE AND MUSIC!

 American Repertory Ballet will present Masters of Dance & Music on Friday, April 8, 2016 at 8 p.m. at McCarter Theatre in downtown Princeton, N.J. The program will feature the world premiere of Mary Barton's A Shepherd Singing (And I Still Heard Nothing), modern dance pioneer Jose Limon's There is a Time and Kirk Peterson's Glazunov Variations. Music for Mary Barton's world premiere - Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 - will be performed live by the Princeton University Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Michael Pratt.

American Repertory Ballet is pleased to announce Spring Into Dance, part of its 2016 spring series, at Union County Performing Arts Center's Hamilton Stage on Friday, April 1 at 7:30 p.m. Led by Artistic Director Douglas Martin, ARB will once again present the finest ballet available to the residents of New Jersey and beyond. Tickets are currently available.

American Repertory Ballet is pleased to announce it has scheduled a pre-show activity for children prior to its performance of A Midsummer night's Dream at Raritan Valley Community College on March 19. The activity will begin at 2 p.m., one hour prior to the start of the performance. Children can enjoy our dress-up and photo station in the lobby, trying on real costumes that range from wands to wings to elf hats! We'll have everything a woodland creature or fairy needs!

New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) located at 1 Center Street in Newark, New Jersey is proud to announce new exciting performances including Jersey (New) Moves, showcasing New Jersey's finest up and coming choreographers on Friday, June 17th at 8PM in the intimate Victoria Theater. Also scheduled to perform it's YouTube sensation, The Piano Guys who are four dads that became a Web sensation by way of their immensely successful series of strikingly unique, self-made music videos performing on Friday, December 9th at 8PM. Then the ever so popular Neil DeGrasse Tyson returns for a performance on Thursday, December 15, 2016 at 8PM. Tickets for these shows go On-Sale Friday, February 26, 2016 at 10am at NJPAC.org or 888.GO.NJPAC (888.466.5722).

George Street Playhouse and American Repertory Ballet will co-host a discussion on the late ballet and film legend, Rudolf Nureyev, led by Princeton Ballet School Director Mary Pat Robertson, tonight, February 19, 2016. The discussion -- free and open to the public -- will take place at 7 p.m. at George Street Playhouse (9 Livingston Avenue) prior to that evening's 8 p.m. performance of NUREYEV'S EYES, on stage at GSP now through February 21.

American Repertory Ballet and Princeton Ballet School announce the retirement of school director Mary Pat Robertson. Ms. Robertson began teaching at Princeton Ballet School in 1980, and became director in 1986. She is only the third director in the school's 62-year history. While a nationwide search for a new director is underway, Ms. Robertson will continue in her position through June 2016 to ensure a smooth and successful transition.