Tag: abt studio company

What to Watch: Inside the Life of an ABT Studio Company Dancer

If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be a member of American Ballet Theatre’s Studio Company, you’re in luck. The latest episode of “No Days Off,” a documentary web series profiling young and inspiring athletes, spotlights 17-year-old Joseph Markey, a first-year Studio Company member. The doc not only underscores the physical aspects of Markey’s […]

What It's Really Like to Dance with the ABT Studio Company

For an aspiring ballerina, there’s no more exciting place to be than the ABT Studio Company, the pre-professional arm of American Ballet Theatre. The NYC-based troupe of 16- to 20-year-old dancers trains hard and performs harder, putting on multiple shows over the course of each season. We followed ensemble member Léa Fleytoux, a gifted 18-year-old […]

Inside an ABT Studio Company Rehearsal

Teen Vogue has a big ol’ crush on ballet, and we couldn’t be happier about it. The magazine regularly profiles gorgeous up-and-coming ballet dancers, and its “Strictly Ballet” web series—a behind-the-scenes look at life at the world’s top ballet schools—gives us LIFE (can we get a Season 3, please?). Most recently, the mag went inside […]

Reason #28397 Why You Should Go to College

The annual Destiny Rising gala benefits the awesome New York City Dance Alliance Foundation, which is dedicated to helping young dancers fund their college educations. So how fitting is it that at last night’s Destiny Rising performance, it was a college dance company that stole the show? That would be the Conservatory Dance Company of […]

ABT Dancers Model Christian Siriano

Remember back in September, when we told you about Christian Siriano’s gorgeous Spring 2013 collection? It was inspired in part by American Ballet Theatre’s performances of Frederick Ashton’s The Dream, and the diaphanous tulle dresses in pastel hues certainly looked fit for a ballerina. Well, now the collection is hitting stores, and Siriano’s designs are being […]

Hot Audition News!

This is big: American Ballet Theatre is holding open auditions for the ABT Studio Company. If you dream of dancing in ABT—or in any major ballet company—it’s hard to find a better steppingstone than the Studio Company, a pre-professional program that grooms dancers ages 16-19 for the big leagues. The Studio Company has announced two […]