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New York CitySwan Lake – American Ballet Theatre

SunMi Park as Odette in Swan Lake © Nir Arieli
Tschaikowsky: Schwanensee
Marius Petipa; Lev Ivanov; Kevin McKenzie; American Ballet Theatre; Zack Brown; Duane Schuler; SunMi Park
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SunMi Park makes a promising debut as the Swan Queen with ABT

SunMi Park as Odette in Swan Lake © Nir Arieli
There is nothing quite comparable to an Odette/Odile debut (unless you’re a basketball fanatic, that is!) in Swan Lake. Well worth watching, and noting, SunMi Park’s progression through ABT.
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A spectacular triple bill lifts ABT’s spring season in New York

Devon Teuscher in George Balanchine's Mozartiana © The George Balanchine Trust. Nir Arieli
A finely curated triple bill from American Ballet Theatre included works from Balanchine, Jiří Kylián and Alexei Ratmansky.
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ABT's Theme and Variations delivers star quality performances

Chloe Misseldine and Joe Won Ann in Have We Met?! by Juliano Nuñes © Steven Pisano
American Ballet Theatre presented a well balanced program of Nuñes, Ratmansky and Balanchine which produced some revelatory performances.
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ABT presents the classics with slightly uneven results

Chloe Misseldine as Nikiya and Joo Won Ahn as Solor in The Kingdom of the Shades © Steven Pisano
ABT offer some outstanding performances in a classical quadruple bill but there was a lack of confidence and uniformity within the corps de ballet. 
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American Ballet Theatre: Crime and Punishment punishes the audience

ABT in a scene from Helen Pickett's Crime and Punishment © Kyle Froman
Great novels make bad ballets. There might be exceptions to this rule, but this isn't it. 
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Kingdom of the Shades is a company's ultimate test

Hee Seo as Nikiya and Isaac Hernández as Solor in La Bayadère © Emma Zordan
Artistic Director, Susan Jaffe, reviving the Kingdom of the Shades for ABT’s Fall Season was both a testament to her trust in her company, and also a test.
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