Tag: cassandra trenary

American Ballet Theatre Promotes 6 Dancers to Principal, 1 to Soloist

This spring was supposed to be one of highly anticipated debuts at American Ballet Theatre, a chance for many soloists to test their mettle in major leading roles at the Metropolitan Opera House. While the coronavirus pandemic shutdown put those debuts on pause, the company has shown a major leap of faith in its up-and-coming […]

7 Tough-Love Lessons from the Legendary Irina Kolpakova

Being coached by a treasure like former Kirov prima Irina Kolpakova is an experience most dancers only dream of. But company members at American Ballet Theatre have been the lucky beneficiaries of her wisdom since 1990. Thanks to Instagram, where pros like Gillian Murphy and James Whiteside share snippets of their sessions with Kolpakova, any […]

Love It or Hate It, Our Editors Discuss All Things Jane Eyre

Story ballets that debut during American Ballet Theatre’s spring season at the Metropolitan Opera House are always the subject of much curiosity—and, sometimes, much debate. Cathy Marston’s Jane Eyre was no different. The ballet follows the eponymous heroine of Charlotte Brönte’s novel as she grows from a willful orphan to a self-possessed governess, charting her […]

An ABT Dancer Jumped Onto the Subway Tracks to Save a Man's Life

We often call dancers superheroes, but rarely do we mean it literally. Today, though, we do: American Ballet Theatre’s Gray Davis is a superhero. The 31-year-old corps member was waiting for the train at NYC’s 72nd Street Station on Saturday night with his wife, soloist Cassandra Trenary, who’d just performed in The Golden Cockerel at […]

Watch ABT Dancers Being Gorgeous in this NYC Dance Project Video

World-class ballet dancers. An elegant, light-drenched setting. Black-and-white cinematography. A serene orchestral score. It never fails, guys: Give us these ingredients, and we’ll watch your video on loop, forever. Ken Browar and Deborah Ory of NYC Dance Project show their mastery of that beautiful formula in a new video, “The Art of Movement,” created to […]

ABT's Dancers Were SO ON This Halloween

Recovering from a major sugar hangover right now? Here, this’ll make you feel better: Gaze in wonder at the Halloween costumes American Ballet Theatre’s dancers pulled out yesterday, which are seriously, seriously on point(e). Yes, we know—we already did our “best of” Halloween roundup. We already talked about the amazing Maddie thing that Heidi Klum […]

Attention, Aspiring Auroras! Getting in Character with ABT

Everyone knows it’s not only the steps or technique that make a ballerina memorable. It’s the emotion—and the ability to tell a story—that truly captivates an audience. And American Ballet Theatre‘s latest video is here to help. It takes us inside this season’s production of The Sleeping Beauty, complete with luscious footage of the ballet […]