ABT Studio Company Winter Festival: Act II

After spending seven months apart due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the young dancers of ABT Studio Company gathered in fall 2020 for a “ballet bubble” with stringent Covid-19 safety protocols in place. Following fourteen days of quarantine, the dancers, staff, and choreographers spent five weeks rehearsing nine ballets at Goodspeed Musicals in East Haddam, CT and Kaatsbaan Cultural Park in Tivoli, NY. Filmed at Kaatsbaan, the ABT Studio Company Winter Festival celebrates ABT Studio Company’s commitment to cultivating both innovative new choreography and a promising new generation of dancers.

ACT II of the Festival features a tribute to dancers' daily ballet class; a suite celebrating the iconic choreography of LE CORSAIRE; a stirring ballet choreographed by Brendan Saye; and the world premiere of Hope Boykin’s FOR WHAT IS IT ALL WORTH?, which was created during the fall 2020 ballet bubble.

If you’d like to see more of the works filmed during the ballet bubble, including a world premiere by Lauren Lovette and recent commission by Amy Hall Garner, be sure to check out Act I of the Festival!

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Produced by Henry Evans
a Zipline Media Production

Ballets filmed at Kaatsbaan Cultural Park in Tivoli, NY

INTRODUCTORY VIDEO
Edited by Cy Doherty

CLASS CONCERT
Choreography by Sascha Radetsky
Music arranged and performed by Michael Scales
Dancers: Elisabeth Beyer, Tristan Brosnan, Finnian Carmeci, Kyra Coco, Cy Doherty, Teresa D’Ortone, Tillie Glatz, Elwince Magbitang, Andrew Robare, Jake Roxander, Yoon Jung Seo, Olivia Tweedy, Aleisha Walker, Kotomi Yamada

LE CORSAIRE (Suite)
Choreography after Marius Petipa
Staged by Sascha Radetsky
Music by Adolphe Adam (Le Corsaire), performed by Michael Scales
Dancers: Elisabeth Beyer, Elwince Magbitang, Jake Roxander, Kotomi Yamada

GREY VERSES
Choreography by Brendan Saye
Music by Claude Debussy (“Beau Soir”), John Corigliano (“Pope’s Concert”), and Sergei Rachmaninoff (“Prelude No. 5 in G Major”)
Costumes courtesy of National Ballet of Canada
Dancers:
First pas de deux: Cy Doherty, Aleisha Walker
Solo: Andrew Robare
Second pas de deux: Tristan Brosnan, Olivia Tweedy

FOR WHAT IS IT ALL WORTH?
WORLD PREMIERE
Choreography by Hope Boykin
Music by Stephen Stills (“For What It’s Worth”), performed by Bill Laurance, Voices of East Harlem, and Billy Porter
Text and voiceover by Hope Boykin
Costumes styled by Hope Boykin
Dancers: Elisabeth Beyer, Tristan Brosnan, Finnian Carmeci, Kyra Coco, Cy Doherty, Teresa D’Ortone, Tillie Glatz, Elwince Magbitang, Andrew Robare, Jake Roxander, Yoon Jung Seo, Olivia Tweedy, Aleisha Walker, Kotomi Yamada

For What Is It All Worth? was created during a residency at Kaatsbaan Cultural Park in Tivoli, NY.

Bank of America, Lead Corporate Partner of ABT Studio Company

American Ballet Theatre recognizes the following donors for their extraordinary giving in support of ABT Studio Company: Rod Brayman, Sofia Elizalde, Bruce Grivetti, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and The Ted and Mary Jo Shen Charitable Gift Fund. Additional support provided by Sandy and Charles Carmeci, Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Malkin, Nicole Boutmy de Katzmann and Stuart Gordon, Amy and Gary Churgin, Karen C. Phillips, The Agnes Varis Fund, and four anonymous donors.

Commissions and presentations of new work by women choreographers are supported by the ABT Women’s Movement.

Champion support for the ABT Women’s Movement is provided by Jenna Segal. Additional leadership support provided by the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.

ESCAPADES by Amy Hall Garner was commissioned with leadership support from Brian Heidtke.

ABT’s Choreographic Innovation and Inspiration and Inclusion programs are generously supported by the Blavatnik Family Foundation. Additional major support of ABT’s Innovation and Inclusion programs is provided by Mark Casey and Carrie Gaiser Casey, the Ford Foundation, and through an endowed gift from the Toni and Martin Sosnoff New Works Fund.

Special thanks to Denise Littlefield Sobel for her leadership gifts to: ABT's Media Fund, advancing the Company's digital endeavors; and ABT RISE, fueling the Company's commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.