A Texas-based nonprofit fighting youth gun violence will help sponsor an annual scholarship at the American Ballet Studio in Bayport in honor of Emily Finn, the 18-year-old Sayville college freshman ...

Copeland made history as American Ballet Theater's first Black female principal dancer Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024, and was ...

Dancer Aleisha Walker, formerly of the ABT Studio Company, in “Dying Swan,” a piece by Michel Fokine. Famed ballerina Misty Copeland was the first Black principal dancer in the history of American ...

Step into the showroom at Abt Electronics and you’ll quickly realize this isn’t your typical retailer. The Glenview appliance and electronics store is equipped with a 7,500-gallon saltwater aquarium ...

American Ballet Theatre’s just-completed 3-week season at the David H. Koch Theater offered a rich array of works as the company continues to celebrate its 85th anniversary. For the occasion, artistic ...

The season features the return of Lar Lubovitch’s Othello: A Dance in Three Acts alongside repertory performances of Alexei Ratmansky’s Firebird, George Balanchine’s Mozartiana, and Petipa’s Raymonda: ...

The Boston Ballet is doing everything right. Maybe that’s because the company is doing everything. Each season artistic director Mikko Nissinen has to program a series of performances that will thrill ...

On the evening of Thursday, January 11, 1940, the curious audience at the Center Theatre in New York City held playbills that read The Ballet Theatre: America’s First Ballet Theatre Staged by the ...

Any gala hosted by American Ballet Theatre is bound to be wonderful, but the company’s 85th anniversary fete dedicated to the iconic principal dancer Misty Copeland was an especially splendid—and ...

On October 22, 2025, Misty Copeland took her final bow with the American Ballet Theatre (ABT) during a gala at Lincoln Center, closing the curtain on a remarkable 25-year career. At 43, Copeland ...

Misty Copeland gave a powerful final performance marking the end of her groundbreaking 24-year career with American Ballet Theatre. Misty Copeland dazzled Lincoln Center with grace and grit Wednesday ...

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