American Ballet Theatre 2025-2026 Season, Shows, Reviews

byCherilyn J. Lee

January 1, 2020 - Updated on September 4, 2025

American Ballet Theatre

♦ Location: New York, New York – United States

♦ Artistic Director: Susan Jaffe

♦ Orchestra: American Ballet Theatre Orchestra

♦ Affiliated School: ABT Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School

♦ Founded in 1939 by Lucia Chase

♦ Official Website of American Ballet Theatre

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American Ballet Theatre 2025-2026 Season

Artistic Director Susan Jaffe has announced the American Ballet Theatre 2025-2026 season, both the fall and spring seasons at the David H. Koch Theater, continuing the celebration of the company’s 85th anniversary.

Principal Dancers for the American Ballet Theatre 2025-2026 season include:

Joo Won Ahn
Aran Bell
Isabella Boylston
Skylar Brandt
Daniel Camargo
Misty Copeland
Herman Cornejo
Thomas Forster
Isaac Hernández
Catherine Hurlin
Chloe Misseldine
Calvin Royal III
Hee Seo
Christine Shevchenko
Cory Stearns
Devon Teuscher
James Whiteside
Roman Zhurbin

American Ballet Theatre 2025 Fall Season (October 15 – November 1)

Misty Copeland’s career will be celebrated during the Fall Gala, when the Principal Dancer will take her final bow with the company.

The ABT 2025 Fall Season opens with the Twyla@60 : A Tharp Celebration which features the ABT premiere of Twyla Tharp’s Sextet, set to music by Colin Jacobsen (“Brooklesca”), Café Tacvba (“La Muerte Chiquita”), and Ljova (“Plume”), along with her Bach Partita and Push Comes to Shove.(originally choreographed for Mikhail Baryshnikov).

PRINCIPAL CASTING for A THARP CELEBRATION

October 15 @ 7:30PM
Sextet: Hurlin / Bell, Brandt / Roxander, Park / Camargo
Bach Partita: Teuscher / Forster, Misseldine / Whiteside, Shevchenko / Royal
Push Comes to Shove: Hernández

October 16 @ 7:30PM
Sextet: Boylston / Hernández, Granlund / Maloney, Brown / Markey
Bach Partita:Seo / Ahn, Hurlin / Bell, Park / Gonzalez
Push Comes to Shove: Roxander

October 18 @ 7:30PM
Sextet: Hurlin / Bell, Brandt / Roxander, Park / Camargo
Bach Partita: Teuscher / Forster, Misseldine / Whiteside, Shevchenko / Royal
Push Comes to Shove: Hernández

October 24 @ 7:30PM
Sextet: Boylston / Hernández, Granlund / Maloney, Brown / Markey
Bach Partita:Seo / Ahn, Hurlin / Bell, Park / Gonzalez
Push Comes to Shove: Roxander

Following is ABT@85: A Retrospective of Master Choreographers which presents works by Michel Fokine, Antony Tudor, and Agnes de Mille. Les Sylphides, Gala Performance, and Rodeo (set to music by ) are works from the late 1930s to early 1940s set to Frédéric Chopin, Sergei Prokofiev, and Aaron Copland, respectively.

PRINCIPAL CASTING for A RETROSPECTIVE OF MASTER CHOREOGRAPHERS

October 17 @ 7:30PM
Les Sylphides: Seo, Stearns
Gala Performance: Shevchenko, Misseldine, Coker
Rodeo: Brandt, Roxander

October 18 @ 2:00PM
Les Sylphides: Boylston, Royal
Gala Performance: Shevchenko, Misseldine, Coker
Rodeo: Brandt, Roxander

October 23 @ 7:30PM
Les Sylphides: Seo, Stearns
Gala Performance: Brandt, Seo, Fleytoux
Rodeo: Granlund, Gonzalez

ABT@85: Classics to the Contemporary will feature Natalia Makarova’s The Kingdom of the Shades and Act III from Marius Petipa’s The Sleeping Beauty, as well as other pas de deux scheduled for different dates. Details are at this event listing.

PRINCIPAL CASTING for CLASSICS TO THE CONTEMPORARY

October 25 @ 2:00PM
The Kingdom of the Shades: Seo, Hernández
Le Grand Pas de Deux: Brandt, Roxander
Known By Heart pas de deux: Granlund, Cornejo
The Sleeping Beauty, Act III: Teuscher, Forster

October 25 @ 7:30PM
The Kingdom of the Shades: Misseldine, Bell
Grand Pas Classique: Park, Camargo
Neo: Hurlin, Whiteside
The Sleeping Beauty, Act III: Boylston, Royal

October 26 @ 2:00PM
The Kingdom of the Shades: Seo, Hernández
Grand Pas Classique: Park, Camargo
Known By Heart pas de deux: Granlund, Cornejo
The Sleeping Beauty, Act III: Teuscher, Forster

October 28 @ 7:30PM
The Kingdom of the Shades: Shevchenko, Ahn
Le Grand Pas de Deux: Brandt, Roxander
Rhapsody pas de deux: Fleytoux, Cornejo
The Sleeping Beauty, Act III: Boylston, Royal

Highlighting the ABT@85: Innovations Past and Present program is Have We Met?!, a world premiere by Juliano Nunes set to music by Luke Howard, sets and costumes by Youssef Hotait, and lighting by Brad Fields. Along with Nunes’ first work for ABT are Alexei Ratmansky’s Serenade After Plato’s Symposium and George Balanchine‘s Theme and Variations.

PRINCIPAL CASTING for INNOVATIONS PAST AND PRESENT

October 29 @ 7:30PM
Have We Met?!: TBA
Serenade After Plato’s Symposium: TBA
Theme and Variations: Teuscher, Ahn

October 30 @ 7:30PM
Have We Met?!: TBA
Serenade After Plato’s Symposium: TBA
Theme and Variations: Hurlin, Hernández

November 1 @ 2:00PM
Have We Met?!: TBA
Serenade After Plato’s Symposium: TBA
Theme and Variations: Hurlin, Hernández

November 1 @ 7:30PM
Have We Met?!: TBA
Serenade After Plato’s Symposium: TBA
Theme and Variations: Misseldine, Bell

A special family-friendly Halloween evening performance will reprise Rodeo and The Sleeping Beauty as well as feature the pas de deux from Sir Frederick Ashton’s Rhapsody and Ratmansky’s Neo.

PRINCIPAL CASTING for SPECIAL HALLOWEEN PROGRAM

October 31 @ 7:30PM
Rodeo: Coker, Markey
Rhapsody pas de deux: Fleytoux, Cornejo
Neo: TBA, Curley
The Sleeping Beauty, Act III: Seo, Stearns

American Ballet Theatre 2026 Spring Season

The ABT 2026 Spring Season will be held at the David H. Koch Theater for the first time. During its inaugural three-week performance run, the company will present four ballets: Lar Lubovitch’s full-length Othello (Elliot Goldenthal), Alexei Ratmansky’s Firebird (Igor Stravinsky), George Balanchine’s Mozartiana (Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky), and an excerpt from the third act of Marius Petipa’s full-length Raymonda: the Grand Pas Hongrois (Alexander Glazunov).