ABT JKO School Pre-Professional Division To Perform Mixed Repertory Program At The Joyce Theater
The program will feature student choreography, classical excerpts, and a new work by ABT dancer Melvin Lawovi.
Students from the American Ballet Theatre Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School Pre-Professional Division will perform a new work by ABT dancer Melvin Lawovi and excerpted repertoire including La Bayadère, The Sleeping Beauty, and Frederick Ashton's The Dream.
Highlights will include original works choreographed by students under the direction of Gemma Bond, a new work created with Complexions Contemporary Ballet, stemming from their semester-long residency.
Faculty members involved in staging the excerpts, as well as contributing original choreography include Stella Abrera, Gemma Bond, Cornell Callender, Yan Chen, Elizabeth Ferrell, Caridad Martinez, and select Upper 3 students.
Tickets starting at $32, fees included, can be purchased online and at The Joyce box office at 175 Eighth Avenue.
The ABT JKO School, under the direction of Artistic Director Stella Abrera, currently serves over 350 students and encompasses a Pre-Professional Division for dancers ages 12-18, as well as a Children's Division for dancers ages 3-12. ABT's National Training Curriculum guides the ABT JKO School and provides age- and skill-appropriate classes in classical ballet technique, pointe, and pas de deux and is supplemented with classes in character dance, modern, contemporary, choreography, Pilates, strength training, and music.
For more information on the ABT JKO School, visit www.abt.org/dancer-training.
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