Ballet Dancer

There is, perhaps, no happier ode to the illusory nature of love than Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Frederick Ashton’s beguiling retelling of this comedy of errors is set in the magical woods of Victorian England to a spellbinding score by Felix Mendelssohn.

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The Dream

Lincoln Center

This brilliant, quicksilver romp dashes by with spinning leaps, gravity-defying jumps and whip-fast turns at an almost comically impossible speed, but its heart is a dreamy, moving double pas de deux that is simply delectable.

Piano Concerto No. 1

Études is an affectionate and exhilarating tribute to the very art form of classical dance, set to music by Carl Czerny. Often hailed for its choreographic fireworks, Études is the quintessential fusion of art and technique.

Études

Against the sumptuous setting of Renaissance Italy, Kenneth MacMillan draws emotional depth from the immortal romance of Romeo and Juliet. Sergei Prokofiev’s unforgettable music underscores the beauty and passion of this beloved ballet and its star-crossed lovers.

Romeo and Juliet - ABT

A plotless divertissement, the ballet features archetypal characters such as Snow, Frost, the Faun and the Rose. Alexander Glazunov composed the music for The Seasons for Marius Petipa to use in his original 1900 ballet—one of the last productions Petipa choreographed prior to his retirement. This new version features original choreography by Alexei Ratmansky, who has chosen to retain almost all of the original character names, though the monikers are designed to serve more as abstract ideas than literal representations.

Jake Roxander

Ballet Dancer

Events

Past events

21 - 26 Oct, 2023

The Dream · American Ballet Theatre

Oct 20, 2023

Piano Concerto No. 1 · American Ballet Theatre

Future and recently performed repertoire

Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet by Prokofiev

The Metropolitan Opera

Satyr in The Seasons by Glazunov

American Ballet Theatre

Dancer in Piano Concerto No. 1 by Shostakovich

American Ballet Theatre

Dancer in Études by Czerny

American Ballet Theatre

Puck in The Dream by Mendelssohn

American Ballet Theatre

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