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School of American Ballet Announces 2016 Winter Ball

New York City Ballet's official training academy, The School of American Ballet (SAB), announces their annual 2016 Winter Ball at Lincoln Center's David H. Koch Theater for Monday, March 14, 2016, sponsored by legendary French jewelry Maison Van Cleef & Arpels. This glamorous annual dinner dance, presented each winter for the past 12 years, is attended by 500 patrons -- including the School's board members and alumni as well as leaders from the New York corporate and social communities.
By Shane Jordan

  • New York Theatre Ballet to Perform at New York Live Arts Feb. 24-27

    The prestigious New York Theatre Ballet will perform at New York Live Arts, located at 219 W. 19th Street, from February 24-27, 2016. New York Theatre Ballet will present three ballets in the unforgettable evening including an untitled World Premiere set to Philip Glass' Piano Etudes choreographed by Steven Melendez and Zhong-Jing Fang, featuring the NYU Steel Drum Ensemble led by Jonathan Haas, Director of NYU Percussion Program. The company will also revive Jerome Robbins' Antique Epigraphs, staged by Kyra Nichols to Debussy's 6 épigraphes antiques, and Richard Alston's Such Longing to Mazurkas by Frédéric Chopin.
    By Shane Jordan

  • Benjamin Millepied to Step Down at Paris Opera Ballet and Return to Los Angeles

    Mr. Benjamin Millepied is a man of his moral integrity as it's been announced that he will step down as director of dance at the 335-year-old Paris Opera Ballet due to reasons regarding diversity and, perhaps most astoundingly, the company's lack of excellence.
    By Ian Holubiak
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