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American Ballet Theatre: Mixed Repertory and Romeo and Juliet

For its second engagement of the season, the company will perform Kenneth MacMillan's full-length Romeo and Juliet along with a program of mixed repertory.

  • Jan 31 - Feb 5, 2006
  • Opera House
  • Approx. 2-1/2 hours
  • $29.00 - $99.00

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About the Program

Artists:
Kevin McKenzie, Artistic Director

With his vision of American Ballet Theatre as definitively "American," Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie has fashioned an "incredible company" (The New York Post) with an everlasting commitment to its vast repertoire--a national dance institution that showcases our country's best. ABT returns to the Kennedy Center Opera House to present two programs during its engagement. 

The first is a program of mixed repertory featuring Mark Morris's Gong, Jerome Robbins's Afternoon of a Faun, the Black Swan pas de deux from Kevin McKenzie's Swan Lake, and Kurt Jooss's The Green Table. 

The second program is Sir Kenneth MacMillan's full-length Romeo and Juliet.  This version of Shakespeare's classic romantic tragedy, performed to the music of Prokofiev, is a showcase for "the most spectacular dancing in the world" (The New York Times). From the grandeur of the masked ball to the intimacy of the garden balcony, ABT's dancers bring this tale of young love and bitter feuds to vibrant life. The company will also dance a program of mixed repertory.

"The company is dancing better than ever!"
--New York Post

PROGRAM SCHEDULE:

MIXED REPERTORY PROGRAM
Tuesday, Jan. 31–Thursday, Feb. 2 
Gong (Morris/McPhee)
Afternoon of a Faun (Robbins/Debussy)
Black Swan pas de deux (McKenzie/Tchaikovsky)
The Green Table (Jooss/Cohen)

ROMEO AND JULIET
Friday, Feb. 3–Sunday, Feb. 5

AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE
Washington, DC : January 31 – February 5, 2006
TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
MATINEE		 SATURDAY
EVENING		 SUNDAY
MATINEE
Jan. 31, 2006
7:30 p.m.		 Feb. 1, 2006
7:30 p.m.		 Feb. 2, 2006
7:30 p.m.		 Feb. 3, 2006
7:30 p.m.		 Feb. 4, 2006
1:30 p.m.		 Feb. 4, 2006
7:30 p.m.		 Feb. 5, 2006
1:30 p.m.

Gong
Company


Afternoon of
a Faun
Kent, Beloserkovsky

Black Swan
pas de deux
Herrera, Carreño



The Green Table
Hallberg
Gong
Company


Afternoon of
a Faun
Abrera, Hallberg

Black Swan
pas de deux
Murphy, Gomes



The Green Table
Stappas
Gong
Company


Afternoon of
a Faun
Riccetto, Carreño

Black Swan
pas de deux
Dvorovenko,
Beloserkovsky


The Green Table
Stappas
Romeo & Juliet
Kent, Gomes,
H. Cornejo
Romeo & Juliet
Reyes, Carreño,
Lopez
Romeo & Juliet
Dvorovenko,
Beloserkovsky,
Pastor
Romeo & Juliet
Herrera, Hallberg,
Salstein
             
NOTE: Schedule and casting subject to change

All events and artists subject to change without prior notice.

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Additional Resources

About the Kennedy Center Ballet Series

Reviews and Articles

Review - "ABT's 'Romeo And Juliet': A Man's World"
The Washington Post - Washington, DC (Feb. 6, 2006) "…a vibrant Renaissance world." Read More...
Review - "ABT's Antiwar Movements"
The Washington Post - Washington, DC (Feb. 2, 2006) "American Ballet Theatre opened its engagement at the Kennedy Center Opera House on Tuesday night with a rewarding repertory program of unusual depth, and something rarer still: a political statement." Read More...
Review - "Fanciful in La Mancha: Cheeky Young Lovers"
The New York Times New York, NY (Feb. 27, 2007) "...the stage reverberated with performances recalling the now nearly lost art of old-style ballet comedy and character dancing. " Read More...

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