American Ballet Theatre City Center Season
American Ballet Theatre Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie announced the Company's 2001 City Center Season, October 23-November 4, 2001. Among the season highlights are a World Premiere by Stanton Welch, a new production of Antony Tudor's romantic classic "Dim Lustre" and the ABT premieres of George Balanchine's "Symphony in C," ABT Ballet Master Kirk Peterson's "Amazed in Burning Dreams" and ABT Principal Dancer Robert Hill's "Marimba." The Company will also perform two works from this year's Metropolitan Opera House season: Paul Taylor's "Black Tuesday" and Mark Morris' "Gong." Rounding out the season will be the return of three perennial favorites: choreographer Natalie Weir's "Jabula," Clark Tippet's 1987 masterpiece, "Bruch Violin Concerto No.1" and Agnes de Mille's "Rodeo." In addition, ABT will perform a selection of classical pas de deux designed to showcase its international roster of stars. Selections and casting will be announced at a later date.
The City Center season opens October 23 with the Opening Night Gala Performance featuring many of the international roster of stars for which ABT is so renowned. The highlight of the Gala will be the Company Premiere of Balanchine's "Symphony in C." Additional programming and casting for this event will be announced later.
ABT will offer two Saturday morning programs for young people - ABTkids on October 12 and November 3 at 11:30 am. Priced at $12 for children and $18 for adults, this hour-long performance consists of excerpts from ABT's vast repertoire. Special pre-performance workshops are available for patrons who purchase tickets to ABTkids. For more information, call the Education Office at 212.477.3030, ext. 3012. ABTkids is sponsored in part by The Heidtke Foundation, The William H. Kearns Foundation and the Metropolitan Life Foundation.
ABTalks will offer informative pre-show lectures led by dance writer Elizabeth Kaye and ABT Assistant Artistic Director David Richardson on selected evenings. ABTalks focuses on the fascinating stories behind the works and they are free to all ticket holders. ABTalks will take place one hour before curtain on October 24, 25, 30, 30 and November 1.
American Ballet Theatre's City Center Season is sponsored by Philip Morris Companies Inc. For the past 15 years, Movado Watch Company has been a principal benefactor of American Ballet Theatre. Major funding has been provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, and the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency.
Tickets are now on sale. Tickets range in price from $30-70. To order tickets by phone call CityTix at 212.581.1212 or on line at www.abt.org. For Group Sales, with discounts of 15 to 20 percent for groups of 15 or more, call Susan Levy at 718.499.9691. To order Gala tickets please call ABT's Special Events Office 212.477.3030, ext. 3239. Gala tickets range in price from $30-$100.
For more information about ABT's 2001 City Center season, please call 212.477.3030 or visit our website at www.abt.org.
ABT's 2001-2002 Touring Schedule:
Kansas City - September 11, 2001; William Jewell College Music Hall, Kansas City, MO
San Diego - September 14-16, 2001; San Diego Civic Theatre, San Diego, CA
Berkeley - September 19-23, 2001; Zellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Seattle - September 26-30, 2001; The Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA
Washington, D.C. - December 5-9, 2001; The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts,
Los Angeles - December 14-23, 2001; The Kodak Theatre, Los Angeles,
Costa Mesa - February 12-17, 2002; The Orange County Performing Arts Center, Costa Mesa, CA
Washington, D.C. - March 5-10, 2002; The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Detroit - April 5-7, 2002; Detroit Opera House, Detroit, MI
Costa Mesa - December 17-22, 2002; The Orange County Performing Arts Center, Costa Mesa, CA
For more information about ABT's 2001-2002 United States tour, please call 212.477.3030 or visit our website at www.abt.org.