American Ballet Theatre News

New York Theatre Ballet presents Between the Acts: Agnes de Mille on Sunday, February 7, 2021 at 11am ET on Zoom.

New York City Ballet announced today that the Company is planning to create several new works and special programs, many of which will be specially filmed onstage at the Koch Theater, for online release from February through May 2021.  

Prince touched the lives of many artists, including professional ballet dancer Misty Copeland. Misty stops by the show to share the many ways that Prince supported her throughout her career, including casting her in his 'Crimson and Clover' music video and attending her performances in person.

CBS Sunday Morning's Matinee series continued this weekend with James Whiteside, principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre.

Smuin Contemporary Ballet will present Long disDANCE Love, a playful virtual dance showcase featuring the Company’s signature fusion of classical and contemporary ballet. The program will feature romantic and frisky Michael Smuin works, a luscious excerpt from Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s breathtaking “Requiem for a Rose,” and more.

The Chicago Philharmonic Society has launched a nationwide search for a new Executive Director. The ideal candidate will have significant arts leadership experience, a background in symphonic music, and a passion for Chicago Philharmonic’s unique musician-led governance.

San Francisco Ballet (SF Ballet) announces details for two world premieres of its groundbreaking 2021 Digital Season: a new ballet by Myles Thatcher and Wooden Dimes by Danielle Rowe, opening February 11 and March 4, respectively, during Programs 02 and 03.

Choreographer Adriana Pierce and dancers Remy Young and Sierra Armstrong, both from American Ballet Theatre, have joined the six previously-announced projects as part of a Dance Residency initiative at Hudson Valley’s Bridge Street Theatre.

If you’ve seen Dixie’s smash off-Broadway hit Dixie’s Tupperware Party or spent time with her in Dixie’s Never Wear a Tube Top While Riding a Mechanical Bull (and 16 other things I learned while I was drinking last Thursday), then you know Dixie’s sweet charm and infectious Southern drawl is going to keep you in stiches!

World Premieres by Hope Boykin and Lauren Lovette will be presented over two evenings during the ABT Studio Company Winter Festival on Tuesday, February 9 and Wednesday, February 10 at 7 P.M. on American Ballet Theatre’s YouTube channel.

One enthusiastic parent whose child participated in Segerstrom Center for the Arts’   Musical Theatre Training Program this past fall said, “Please offer more musical theatre classes soon!”  And so, the Center’s Education Department has announced a new series of classes for aspiring young performers ages 9-18 in February.

National Sawdust's upcoming 2021 season, BODY / SPACE, celebrates the innovation and reinvention of performance for the virtual stage. We focus on the body as a site of expression and social change to reimagine notions of race, gender, ability, community and artificial intelligence.

Misty Copeland appears as a special guest on an upcoming episode of Blue's Clues & You!

Bank of America has awarded Segerstrom Center for the Arts a generous grant to underwrite IMAGINE THAT!, a special three-week virtual program of classes conducted by the Center’s Studio D: Arts School for All Abilities.

The ABT Gillespie School is now accepting enrollment for their Spring Semester. The 20-week program is open to students ages 3 - 18.

In honor of American Ballet Theatre's favorite annual holiday tradition that would have began on December 11, one of the company's Stage Managers, Danielle Ventimiglia, goes behind the scenes of what Day 1 of Alexei Ratmansky’s The Nutcracker is like at Segerstrom Center for the Arts.

More than 20 presentations on two outdoor stages on 153 acres in the Hudson Valley featuring American Ballet Theatre; Mark Morris Dance Group; Yannick Lebrun from Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater; Maria Kowroski, Ask la Cour, and Gonzalo Garcia from New York City Ballet, and more.

Kaatsbaan Cultural Park will present an outdoor Spring Festival in May 2021 across its 153-acres in the Hudson Valley. The multi-disciplinary festival will feature dance performances and music concerts, as well as panel discussions with world-renowned culinary artists and poets.

The holidays are upon us, so it’s time to get into the spirit with Josh Groban for his first ever holiday concert this Saturday, December 19th. The concert will air at 1pm PST / 4pm EST with a second showing at 5pm PST / 8pm EST. After the second airing, the show will be available to stream on demand for 48 hours.

A unique collaboration between ABT Studio Company and the Collective Conservatory, an immersive online music-making initiative, will premiere on Wednesday, December 16 at 6 P.M. ET on American Ballet Theatre’s YouTube channel and @ABTStudioCo IGTV.