American Ballet Theatre Studio Company: Spring Moves

ABT Studio Company: Spring Moves is returning to NYU Skirball for two performances on Friday, May 16 and Saturday, May 17 at 7:30 P.M. The two-night engagement will feature a World Premiere by ABT dancer Brady Farrar; the New York City Premieres of original choreography by Houston Thomas and ABT dancer Madison Brown; works by Yannick Lebrun and ABT Principal Dancer James Whiteside; George Balanchine’s Tarantella; Jerome Robbins’s Interplay; Gerald Arpino’s Birthday Variations pas de deux; and the iconic Black Swan pas de deux from Kevin McKenzie’s Swan Lake. 

Originally founded as ABT’s Dance Repertory Company in 1970 and re-established in 1995, ABT Studio Company celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. Led by ABT Studio Company Artistic Director Sascha Radetsky, the central mission of ABT Studio Company is to prepare its pre-professional dancers – currently ages 17-22 – for careers at American Ballet Theatre or other leading ballet companies worldwide. Nearly 85% of current American Ballet Theatre dancers are alumni of ABT Studio Company, including 16 Principal Dancers and 8 Soloists. Each season, ABT Studio Company commissions new works from emerging and established choreographers and engages the broadest possible ballet audience by performing varied repertory in a range of venues around the globe. ABT Studio Company’s 2024-2025 season includes performances in 19 cities around the United States and will conclude with two performances in London on June 10-11 as part of The Royal Ballet and Opera’s Next Generation Festival. 

Photos:

L: Kayla Mak and Elijah Geolina in Houston Thomas’s U Don’t Know Me. Photo: Rosalie O’Connor.  

R: YeonSeo Choi and Kayke Carvalho in the Black Swan pas de deux from Kevin McKenzie’s Swan Lake. Photo: Emma Zordan.