Frederick Ashton News

After celebrating a spectacular 20th Anniversary Season, The Sarasota Ballet prepares to enter its third decade and fifth season under the leadership of Iain Webb not only with the announcement that Webb has signed for a six year contract, but also with performances at The John F. Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. with The Suzanne Farrell Ballet, October 12 - 16, 2011.'

Sadler's Wells announces its Autumn 2011 Season. The Autumn 2011 Season at Sadler's Wells is now on sale from Monday 23 May 2011 Sadler's Wells Ticket Office: 0844 424 4300 or visit: www.sadlerswells.com

Don't miss the World Premiere of Richard Alston's 'A Rugged Flourish' at Florence Gould Hall, 55 E. 59th Street, on May 13 & 14 at 7 pm during Signatures 11 presented by New York Theatre Ballet. Tickets are $25. Please go to www.nytb.org or call Ticketmaster at 800-982-2787 for tickets.

Don't miss the World Premiere of Richard Alston's 'A Rugged Flourish' at Florence Gould Hall, 55 E. 59th Street, on May 13 & 14 at 7 pm during Signatures 11 presented by New York Theatre Ballet. Tickets are $25. Please go to www.nytb.org or call Ticketmaster at 800-982-2787 for tickets.

Don't miss the World Premiere of Richard Alston's 'A Rugged Flourish' at Florence Gould Hall, 55 E. 59th Street, on May 13 & 14 at 7 pm during Signatures 11 presented by New York Theatre Ballet. Tickets are $25. Please go to www.nytb.org or call Ticketmaster at 800-982-2787 for tickets.

Minnesota Dance Theatre (MDT) presents Crossing Currents, to close its 2010-2011 performance season at the Lab Theater April 7 -10. This Minnesota dance event offers a world premiere and a triptych of Art Inspired work. MDT celebrates its eclectic repertory, exclusive work, past commissions, and the new as we look forward to our 50th anniversary in 2012.

Minnesota Dance Theatre (MDT) presents Crossing Currents, to close its 2010-2011 performance season at the Lab Theater April 7 -10. This Minnesota dance event offers a world premiere and a triptych of Art Inspired work. MDT celebrates its eclectic repertory, exclusive work, past commissions, and the new as we look forward to our 50th anniversary in 2012.

In his tenth season with Nashville ballet, Jon Upleger is the very epitome of grace, class and talent, thrilling audiences with his artistry and complete devotion to his craft. 'I can't play a musical instrument so dance is my way to visually express music,' he says.

Minnesota Dance Theatre (MDT) presents Crossing Currents, to close its 2010-2011 performance season at the Lab Theater April 7 -10. This Minnesota dance event offers a world premiere and a triptych of Art Inspired work. MDT celebrates its eclectic repertory, exclusive work, past commissions, and the new as we look forward to our 50th anniversary in 2012.

ABT II and the graduate students of The Royal Ballet School (RBS) will perform a shared bill at The Ailey Citigroup Theater on Friday, March 4, and Saturday, March 5, 2011 at 7:30 P.M.

ABT II and the graduate students of The Royal Ballet School (RBS) will perform a shared bill at The Ailey Citigroup Theater on Friday, March 4, and Saturday, March 5, 2011 at 7:30 P.M.

Polina Semionova, a principal dancer with Berlin State Opera Ballet, will debut as a Guest Artist with American Ballet Theatre for the 2011 Metropolitan Opera House season, it was announced today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie

The 2010-2011 season of Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at the Music Center begins by welcoming the debut of Spain's only classical ballet company Corella Ballet Castilla y León to the Ahmanson Theatre, November 5-7,2010. The company was founded by American Ballet Theatre principal dancer, Ángel Corella to promote classical ballet in Spain and to nurture Spanish dancers and offer them an opportunity to cultivate their talent in their home country. Corella Ballet Castilla y León offers a wide repertoire, incorporating classical, neoclassical and contemporary choreography.

On October 2 throuth the 16 the Queensland Ballet will present Fonteyn Remembered at the Playhouse Theatre. Tickets are $45.25 - $79.25 and can be purchased at Qtix Ph 136 246 or www.qtix.com.au . For further information, visit: www.queenslandballet.com.au

On October 2 throuth the 16 the Queensland Ballet will present Fonteyn Remembered at the Playhouse Theatre. Tickets are $45.25 - $79.25 and can be purchased at Qtix Ph 136 246 or www.qtix.com.au . For further information, visit: www.queenslandballet.com.au

New York City Center's seventh annual Fall for Dance Festival, running September 28 - October 9, will showcase 20 national and international companies and choreographers. With ticket prices remaining at $10 for all seats, a night of dance is more affordable than a night at the movies. The festival will include world and U.S. premieres, and will feature several companies making their first U.S. appearances.

The Sarasota Ballet proudly announces the complete program schedule for its 2010-2011 20th Anniversary season which will feature nine ballets new to the company including more works by some the best choreographers of our day - Twyla Tharp, Christopher Wheeldon, Will Tuckett, Yuri Possokhov and Dominic Walsh - as well as great choreographers of the 20th century - George Balanchine, Sir Frederick Ashton, and Dame Ninette de Valois.

THIRTEEN's Great Performances: Dance in America puts the spotlight on one of America's finest dance companies, Edward Villella's Miami City Ballet, in a program to be taped mid-September in Miami. The program will air later this season on a date to be announced.

New York City Center's seventh annual Fall for Dance Festival, running September 28 - October 9, will showcase 20 national and international companies and choreographers. With ticket prices remaining at $10 for all seats, a night of dance is more affordable than a night at the movies. The festival will include world and U.S. premieres, and will feature several companies making their first U.S. appearances.

In an exclusive engagement, independent contemporary ballet duo Jacoby & Pronk will perform at Jacob's Pillow with four other international dance stars, July 21-25 in the Doris Duke Theatre. Drew Jacoby and Rubinald Pronk performed with leading contemporary ballet companies before eschewing the typical dancer's career path to become freelance artists, touring as an independent duo and appearing as guest artists with companies such as the Dutch National Ballet and Morphoses. The duo will perform an excerpt of Christopher Wheeldon's Rhapsody Fantaisie, three world premieres by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Leo Mujic, and Lauri Stallings, and a pas de deux by Hans van Manen. Jacoby and Pronk are joined in this engagement by fellow international dance stars David Hallberg of American Ballet Theatre; former member of Nederlands Dans Theatre Shirley Esseboom; dancer/choreographer Leo Mujic (Béjart Ballet Lausannet, Ballett Frankfurt, Paris Opera Ballet); and Victor Mateos Arellano of Dresden SemperOper Ballett. Short films directed by noted photographer and filmmaker Alvin Booth, starring Jacoby and Pronk, serve as interludes between works.