CES presents American Ballet Theatre Studio Company

Woodward D. Pealer Performing Arts Center, Drama Theatre

Ascending Stars from the World of Ballet

ABT Studio Company, the junior company of American Ballet Theatre, is made up of rising stars of the ballet world between the ages of 17 and 21. The company prepares these outstanding young dancers, who hail from all over the globe, to enter American Ballet Theatre and other leading ballet companies worldwide. Nearly 80% of current American Ballet Theatre dancers are ABT Studio Company alumni, including eight soloists and 14 principal dancers – among them Misty Copeland, Isabella Boylston and Calvin Royal III.

ABT Studio Company dancers perform masterworks of the classical and neoclassical canons alongside contemporary works. The group commissions a wide variety of choreographers to create new, custom ballets on the dancers each season, with a special focus on female choreographers.

The highly mobile ABT Studio Company serves as an ambassador for American Ballet Theatre by touring to venues large and small. In recent years, the company has performed in such international cities as London, Athens, Manila, Hong Kong and St. Petersburg and at a wide variety of U.S. performing arts centers, college campuses, festivals and galas.

CES is supported in part by a grant from the Maryland State Arts Council, and receives financial support from the Allegany Arts Council and the City of Frostburg.

Dance, Cultural Events Series, Performance, CES