♦ 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
American Ballet Theatre 2024 Fall Season
The American Ballet Theatre 2024 fall season – and casting – at the David H. Koch Theater in New York City has been announced by Artistic Director Susan Jaffe.
Principal Dancers for the American Ballet Theatre 2024 fall season include:
- Joo Won Ahn
- Aran Bell
- Isabella Boylston
- Skylar Brandt
- Daniel Camargo
- Herman Cornejo
- Thomas Forster
- Catherine Hurlin
- Chloe Misseldine
- Gillian Murphy
- Calvin Royal III
- Hee Seo
- Christine Shevchenko
- Cory Stearns
- Devon Teuscher
- Cassandra Trenary
- James Whiteside
- Roman Zhurbin
Isaac Hernández joins the company as a Guest Artist after which he will become a full-time Principal Dancer in January 2025.
On September 25, 2024, it was announced that The Royal Ballet Principal Dancer Reese Clarke will join American Ballet Theatre as a Gust Artist for the 2024 Fall Season. His first performance with ABT will be with Principal Dancer Christine Shevchenko performing The Kingdom of the Shades on October 26, 2024, at 7:30 P.M.
“Reece is an extraordinary artist, and we are honored to have him join us. His artistry and technical precision will bring an incredible depth to The Kingdom of the Shades, and we are eager to see him on stage with Christine Shevchenko in what promises to be a breathtaking performance,” shares Jaffe.
The season opens with the Innovation Past and Present program featuring world premieres by Gemma Bond and Kyle Abraham and Harald Lander’s ode to classical ballet, Études.
Bond’s new work, an “abstract tutu ballet” titled La Boutique, will be set to music by Ottorino Respighi after Gioachino Rossini and use set and costume design by Jean-Marc Puissant and lighting design by Clifton Taylor. Abraham’s Mercurial Son will blend the classical with the contemporary and use costumes designed by Karen Young and lighting designed by Dan Scully.
PRINCIPAL CASTING for INNOVATION PAST AND PRESENT
October 16 @ 7:30PM
La Boutique: Devon Teuscher, Aran Bell, SunMi Park, Cory Stearns, Skylar Brandt, and Carlos Gonzalez
Études: Catherine Hurlin, Isaac Hernández*, and Jake RoxanderOctober 17 @ 7:30PM
La Boutique: Isabella Boylston*, Thomas Forster*, Chloe Misseldine*, Michael de la Nuez*, Breanne Granlund*, and Jake Roxander*
Études: Devon Teuscher, Jarod Curley*, and Andrew Robare*October 18 @ 7:30PM
La Boutique: Devon Teuscher, Aran Bell, SunMi Park, Cory Stearns, Skylar Brandt, and Carlos Gonzalez
Études: Gillian Murphy, Jarod Curley, and Takumi Miyake*October 19 @ 2:00PM
La Boutique: Cassandra Trenary*, Daniel Camargo*, Fangqi Li*, Jarod Curley*, Léa Fleytoux*, Kento Sumitani*
Études: Catherine Hurlin, Isaac Hernández, and Jake RoxanderOctober 25 @ 7:30PM
La Boutique: Isabella Boylston, Thomas Forster, Chloe Misseldine, Michael de la Nuez, Breanne Granlund, and Jake Roxander
Études: Gillian Murphy, Jarod Curley, and Takumi Miyake
The second program, Choreographers of the 20th and 21st Centuries, includes George Balanchine’s Ballet Imperial, Alexei Ratmansky’s Neo, and Twyla Tharp’s In the Upper Room.
Set to Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky’s Concerto No. 2 in G for Piano and Orchestra, Ballet Imperial captures the essence of Russia’s Imperial Ballet and features scenery and costumes by Jean-Marc Puissant and lighting by Mark Stanley.
Neo, a pas de deux originally created for a Joyce Theater online presentation and featuring ABT Principal Dancers James Whiteside and Isabella Boylston, will see its company premiere.
Tharp’s In the Upper Room is a nine-part ballet set to music by Philip Glass with costumes by Norma Kamali and lighting by Jennifer Tipton.
PRINCIPAL CASTING for CHOREOGRAPHERS OF THE 20TH AND 21ST CENTURIES
October 19 @ 7:30PM
Ballet Imperial: Christine Shevchenko, Calvin Royal III, Chloe Misseldine
Neo: Isabella Boylston, James Whiteside
In the Upper Room: CompanyOctober 20 @ 12:30PM
Ballet Imperial: Isabella Boylston, James Whiteside, Skylar Brandt
In the Upper Room: CompanyOctober 20 @ 5:30PM
Ballet Imperial: Christine Shevchenko, Calvin Royal III, Chloe Misseldine
Neo: Isabella Boylston, James Whiteside
In the Upper Room: CompanyOctober 25 @ 7:30PM
Ballet Imperial: Isabella Boylston, James Whiteside, Skylar Brandt
Neo: Catherine Hurlin*, Jarod Curley*
In the Upper Room: Company
The third repertory program of the ABT 2024 fall season, titled Signature Works, displays a diverse range of dance styles and choreography presented in three different arrangements (see the event listing for ABT Signature Works for details).
Natalia Makarova’s The Kingdom of the Shades (after Petipa’s version) is an excerpt of the full-length ballet La Bayadère set to music by Ludwig Minkus.
The remainder of the program is comprised of a combination of In the Upper Room along with a selection of pas de deux including Tharp’s Sinatra Suite (Frank Sinatra), Balanchine’s Sylvia Pas de Deux (Léo Delibes), the duet from Lynne Taylor-Corbett’s Great Galloping Gottschalk (Louis Moreau Gottschalk), a couple from Jessica Lang’s Children’s Songs Dance (Chick Corea), and Ratmansky’s Neo.
PRINCIPAL CASTING for SIGNATURE WORKS
October 26 @ 2:00PM
The Kingdom of the Shades: Hee Seo, Isaac Hernandez*
Great Galloping Gottschalk (pas de deux): SunMi Park, Calvin Royal III
Neo: Catherine Hurlin, Jarod Curley
Sylvia Pas de Deux: Chloe Misseldine*, Aran Bell*
In the Upper Room: CompanyOctober 26 @ 7:30PM
The Kingdom of the Shades: Christine Shevchenko, Reece Clarke
Sylvia Pas de Deux: Gillian Murphy*, Daniel Camargo*
Sinatra Suite: Cassandra Trenary*, Herman Cornejo
In the Upper Room: CompanyOctober 27 @ 12:30PM
Great Galloping Gottschalk (pas de deux): Cassandra Trenary*, Herman Cornejo*
Children’s Songs Dance (pas de deux): Isabella Boylston, James Whiteside
Sylvia Pas de Deux: Gillian Murphy, Daniel Camargo
Études: Devon Teuscher, TBA, TBAOctober 27 @ 5:30PM
The Kingdom of the Shades: Hee Seo, Isaac Hernandez
Sylvia Pas de Deux: Chloe Misseldine, Aran Bell
Sinatra Suite: TBA
In the Upper Room: Company
Closing the season is the world premiere of Helen Pickett’s Crime and Punishment inspired by Fyodor Dostoevsky drama of the same name. eatures music by Isobel Waller-Bridge, set and costume design by Soutra Gilmour, lighting design by Jennifer Tipton, and video design by Tal Yarden.
“Crime and Punishment is a harrowing journey towards redemption, holding a mirror up to one’s humanity and to the world today.”
PRINCIPAL CASTING for CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
October 30 @ 7:30PM
Cassandra Trenary*October 31 @ 7:30PM
Herman Cornejo*November 1 @ 7:30PM
Breanne Granlund*November 2 @ 2:00PM
Cassandra TrenaryNovember 2 @ 7:30PM
Herman CornejoNovember 1 @ 2:00PM
Breanne Granlund
*Debut in role
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