News and Updates

ABT Studio Company announces 2026-2027 dancers

Congratulations!

Ikuko

Aug 301 min read

ABT announced six more promotions

Congratulations!

Ikuko

Jul 181 min read

ABT promotes SunMi Park and Jarod Curley to Principals

Congratulations!

Ikuko

Jul 171 min read

Natalia Osipova withdraws from ABT Don Q and Royal Ballet Japan tour

Osipova "has been strictly advised to rest completely for the coming weeks."

Ikuko

Jul 41 min read

ABT promotes Jake Roxander to Principal

American Ballet Theatre (ABT) promoted Jake Roxander to the rank of Principal Dancer, the company said in a news release on 3rd July 2026. The promotion was announced on the same day by ABT Artistic Director Susan Jaffe on stage at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, the United States, following the evening performance of Jaffe's new Don Quixote, in which Roxander made a role debut as Basilio. Roxander is currently a Soloist. His promotion is effective 1st September. He

Ikuko

Jul 41 min read

Announcement compilation: Birmingham Royal Ballet, ABT, Twyla Tharp, Sacrament Ballet, The Royal Ballet School & Freed

BRB hosted a fundraising gala.

Ikuko

Apr 181 min read

Natalia Osipova to guest at ABT in Susan Jaffe's new Don Quixote

Principal Cory Stearns will bid farewell.

Ikuko

Mar 261 min read

News clipping: Nikisha Fogo interview, Guiness World Record highest altitude pole dance

Plus, Les Ballets Africains' U.S. tour in limbo, San Francisco Ballet's new Eugene Onegin, Ratmansky's The Naked King, and guess who is expecting!

Ikuko

Feb 122 min read

Obituary: Norwegian soloist Guri Pahle Glad, legendary Carmen de Lavallade, Ron Protas - Graham's controversial confidant

Deepest condolences.

Ikuko

Jan 111 min read

Year in recap: top 10 most read posts in 2025

Guess who has claimed the throne. Undisputable, kind of.

Ikuko

Dec 30, 20251 min read

ABT: Summer 2026 season, Misty on board of trustees, Fabrice Calmels to guest, Giving Tuesday Challenge

Calmels holds the Guinness World Record for the Tallest Ballet Dancer.

Ikuko

Nov 21, 20252 min read

News clipping: Ballet is always diverse, Ansel Elgort pro dance debut in Quadrophenia, Bracewell-Monaghan garden tour, Megan Fairchild on boycott, more on Misty's legacy

Recent news articles which caught my eye.

Ikuko

Oct 20, 20252 min read

World Ballet Day 2025 date announced!

The theme is Access becomes Art: World Ballet Day 2025.

Ikuko

Oct 18, 20252 min read

Misty Copeland's farewell to be free live-streamed to another Lincoln Center theatre

"Hundreds of complimentary tickets will be distributed on the day of the event."

Ikuko

Oct 11, 20251 min read

Announcements compilation: Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo, Carlos Acosta, Skylar Brandt, Christine Shevchenko, Finnish National Ballet, DTH, Ballet Black

There are so many announcements across the ballet world I compiled them in one place.

Ikuko

Sep 2, 20252 min read

ABT Studio Company announces 2025-2026 dancers

The studio company also announced the Fall 2025 ABT Apprentice Program dancers.

Ikuko

Aug 19, 20251 min read

News Clipping: Reece Clarke in Pointe, Jock Soto in ICT, Queen of Scots, Rambert's Peaky Blinders, The New York Times about hands

Some interesting news articles that caught my eye in the past few weeks.

Ikuko

Aug 15, 20252 min read

American Ballet Theatre announces three promotions

Congratulations!

Ikuko

Jul 22, 20251 min read

ABT announces fall 2025 and spring 2026 seasons

The fall season is dedicated to celebrate its 85th anniversary, Twyla Tharp and Misty Copeland.

Ikuko

Jul 20, 20251 min read

Gillian Murphy bids farewell after 29 years

The world won't be the same.

Ikuko

Jul 20, 20252 min read