ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
18-year-old participant Lauren Lovette: "[Peter Martins] was looking at me as I was sitting there, and I was like: Are you expecting me to say something? Are you reading my mind right now? Stop staring at me. O.K., fine! I really wanted six [dancers to work with]. I'm so happy he gave that to me."...
The Arts Blog (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Over at the O.C. Deals blog, there’s a great discount offer: half-price tickets to see American Ballet Theatre’s “Giselle” tonight at the Orange County Performing Arts Center. Thanks to blogger Marla Jo Fisher for bringing that one to our attention. Review: Veterans shine in ABT’s ‘Giselle’ Other recent stories by Paul Hodgins on the Arts Blog: Post from: [...]...
ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
He was "an international star in the rival Ballet Russe companies who stood out for his matinee-idol looks and bold stage presence and who later became one of American ballet's respected teachers."...
The Arts Blog (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Register review: Veterans shine in American Ballet Theatre’s ‘Giselle’ ABT’s production of “Giselle” continues through Sunday at the Orange County Performing Arts Center. Post from: The Arts Blog
The Arts Blog (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Principal dancer Julie Kent will play Giselle, one of classical ballet’s great female roles, twice during American Ballet Theatre’s visit to the Orange County Performing Arts Center next week. We talked to Kent, in a few spare minutes between feeding her newborn and teaching a class, about the role. The Orange County Register: What are the [...]
The Arts Blog (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
The Orange County Performing Arts Center has announced casting for the upcoming performances of American Ballet Theatre’s “Giselle”: Tuesday, Nov. 3 at 7:30 p.m. Julie Kent, Jose Manuel Carreño, Veronika Part and Gennadi Saveliev Wednesday, Nov. 4 at 7:30 p.m. Paloma Herrera, Marcelo Gomes, Michele Wiles and Isaac Stappas Thursday, Nov. 5 at 7:30 p.m. Julie Kent, Jose Manuel...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
The main draw to the American Ballet Theater performances at Avery Fisher Hall on Wednesday were three new ballets by the choreographers Aszure Barton, Benjamin Millepied and Alexei Ratmansky.
ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 09/04/2009
"The more modern look of a little mouse who dances beautifully is part of the many changes that were made for 'Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps,'" the animated PBS series, which "has been updated to engage a new generation of young viewers and lead to an interest in dance and music. ... Veterans from major dance organizations, like American Ballet Theater and the Ailey School, have...
ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 08/26/2009
"American Ballet Theater has announced that it will make its first trip to Beijing in November. Its six-performance engagement will be the first by an American ballet company at the new National Center for the Performing Arts, also known as the Egg."...
Culture Monster (Free subscription) | 07/20/2009
Managing both thoughtfulness and spontaneity, David Hallberg was a fiery son of Montague as American Ballet Theatre presented its crowd-pleasing “Romeo and Juliet” again at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Paloma Herrera, who appeared as Juliet Friday night, returned to the...
Pink Is The New Blog (Free subscription) | 07/19/2009
Last night David took me out for a night of ballet at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in downtown LA for a performance of the American Ballet Theater’s production of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet: Altho he’s not a big Shakespeare fan, David knows that I LOVE Shakespeare so he got me tickets for the performance as [...]
ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 07/19/2009
"Ballet is an addictive art. There are fans who do not miss a single Ballet Theater performance in New York; if you think that dancers are what matter most in ballet, this spring season was the stuff to win you over to their line of thinking."...
The Arts Blog (Free subscription) | 07/17/2009
American Ballet Theatre brings Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s “Romeo and Juliet” to the Chandler through Sunday, July 19. Irina Dvorovenko, left, and Roberto Bolle dazzled Thursday as the ill-fated lovers, but other elements of the production were only so-so. A Register review. Post from: The Arts Blog
ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 07/15/2009
"A longtime union lawyer was arrested and charged on Tuesday with embezzling approximately $150,000 from a union representing dancers and stage managers at American Ballet Theater, federal prosecutors said."...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 07/07/2009
American Ballet Theater’s “Romeo and Juliet — the third version of the ballet presented in New York this season — is the most satisfying for its richness of narrative detail.
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