American
Ballet Theatre celebrated the opening of the 2013 Spring
Season at the Metropolitan Opera House with a
one-time-only opening night gala performance on Monday,
May13th. Mrs. Michelle Obama, Caroline Kennedy and
Blaine Trump served as Honorary Chairs of this special
performance featuring all of ABT's Principal Dancers.
The opening night benefit performance included
appearances by American Ballet Theatre's Principal
Dancers including Roberto Bolle, Herman Cornejo, Marcelo
Gomes, David Hallberg, Paloma Herrera, Julie Kent,
Gillian Murphy, Natalia Osipova, Veronika Part, Xiomara
Reyes, Polina Semionova, Hee Seo, Daniil Simkin, Cory
Stearns, Ivan Vasiliev and Diana Vishneva.
Co-Chairs for the 2013 Opening Night Gala included Sloan
Lindemann Barnett, Nina Rennert Davidson, Karin Luter,
Kalliope Karella Rena, Christine Schwarzman, Tracy
Snyder and Monica Wambold. Sutton Stracke was Vice Chair
of the evening and the Honorary Committee included Kim
Cattrall, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Stacy Keibler, Lea
Michele, Kelly Rutherford, Zoë Saldaña, Ashlee Simpson,
Aaron Sorkin, Stephanie Szostak, Uma Thurman and Alek
Wek.
An A-list of guests assembled in their black and white
attire for the gala dinner under The Tent at Lincoln
Center immediately following the performance. American
Ballet Theatre's 2013 Spring Gala is sponsored by DIOR.
For more information on American Ballet Theatre see:
www.abt.org