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ABT Studio Company: high technical standards and unfailingly charming

Birthday Variations by Gerald Arpino, featuring Sooha Park and Max Barker
© Emma Zordan
Black Swan pas de deux featuring Yeonseo Choi
© Emma Zordan
Human by Yannick Lebrun, featuring Kayla Mak
© Rosalie O'Connor
U Don't Know Me by Houston Thomas, featuring Kayla Mak and Elijah Geolina
© Rosalie O'Connor
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“Both coped easily with the fast footwork and changes of direction, and brought bags of sparkle”
Reviewed at Royal Opera House: Linbury Theatre, London on 10 June 2025
Black Swan Pas de Deux (Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov)
Birthday Variations (Gerald Arpino)
Night Falls (Brady Farrar)
Tarantella (George Balanchine)
Interplay (Jerome Robbins)
Human (Yannick Lebrun)
American Ballet Theatre Studio Company
Kayla Mak, Dancer
Ptolemy Gidney, Dancer
Natalie Steele, Dancer
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