ABT Studio Company is American Ballet Theatre’s second company. It prepares young dancers, ages 17-21, for a professional dance career; and is a platform for new choreographic commissions. Whereas American Ballet Theatre is more classical, ABT Studio Company dances more neoclassical and contemporary ballet, with some classical excerpts. 80% of current American Ballet Theatre dancers are ABT Studio Company alumni.
ABT commissions new choreography every season. American Ballet Theatre dancers who transition into choreographers present their early work here.
ABT Studio Company in New York City
NYU Skirball Center
ABT Studio Company Spring Moves dances contemporary, neoclassical, and classical ballet with a world premiere by ABT Dancer Brady Farrar, New York City premieres by Houston Thomas, ABT dancer Madison Brown, Yannick Lebrun, and ABT Principal James Whiteside, plus Balanchine, Robbins, Arpino, and McKenzie’s Black Swan pas de deux from Swan Lake. It’s at NYU Skirball Center at New York University in Greenwich Village, Manhattan; on Friday-Saturday, May 16-17, 2025 at 7:30pm. From $55. 🇦🇷 🇺🇸 🇬🇷 🇲🇽 🇰🇷 🇬🇧 🇻🇪
Joyce Theater
ABT Studio Company dances New York premieres of Amy Hall Garner, Jamar Roberts, and James Whiteside; plus an excerpt of Ratmansky’s “The Seasons” and classical and neoclassical favorites; at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan; from Wednesday-Sunday, May 1-5, 2024. joyce.org 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇨🇦 🇯🇵 🇵🇭 🇰🇷 🇻🇪
There are A, B, C programs with a rich variety of choreographies.
This season’s ABT Guest Artists are ABT Studio Company alumni:
- Alejandro Valera Outlaw is Corps de Ballet is from Madrid, Spain. @alejandro_valera__ 🇪🇸
- Madison Brown is an Apprentice from Wellington, Florida. @maddiebdancing 🇺🇸
- Kyra Coco is an Apprentice from Chesapeake, Virginia. @kyracoco 🇺🇸
- Sylvie Squires is an Apprentice from American Fork, Utah. @_sylviesquires 🇺🇸
ABT Studio Company
Don’t assume that the second company is second quality. Ballet talent shows early and some of these dancers already have huge followings. Most of these them are already a decade or more into their dance careers. Some will become tomorrow’s stars, and many of them at ABT.
These are the 2024-2025 ABT Studio Company dancers:
- Max Barker is from New York City. @maxbarker_ 🇺🇸
- Maximilian Catazaro is from Canton, Ohio. 🇺🇸
- YeonSeo Choi is from Seoul, South Korea. @yeonseo.choi06 🇰🇷
- Elija Geolina is a Latin Ballroom dancer turned ballet dancer from San Diego, California. @elxj4h 🇺🇸
- Ptolemy Gidney is from Great Britain. @ptolemygidney 🇬🇧
- Daniel Guzmán is from Isla de Margarita, Venezuela. @danielguzmanofficial_ 🇻🇪
- Paloma Livellara is from Mendoza, Argentina. @palomalivellara 🇦🇷
- Kayla Mak is from Rye Brook, New York. @kaylamak10 🇺🇸
- Aaron Marquez is from Córdoba, Veracruz, Mexico. @aaronmarquezof 🇲🇽
- Viktoria Papakalodouka is from Athens, Greece. @viktoriapapakalodouka 🇬🇷
- Sooha Park is a Prix de Lausanne 2023 Finalist and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School trainee from Yongin City, South Korea. @so_oha07 🇰🇷
- Natalie Steele is Prix de Lausanne winner from San Diego, California. @_nataliesteele_ 🇺🇸
The Faculty has some incredible artists:
Susan Jaffe, the American Ballet Theatre Artistic Director, has a long history developing young dancers at Princeton Dance and Theatre.
- Sascha Radetsky is ABT Studio Company Artistic Director.
- Yan Chan is Rehearsal Director
- Luciana Paris is Contributing Rehearsal Director. 🇦🇷
More Information
abt.org
Instagram @abtstudioco