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The American Ballet Theatre (ABT) hosted
its Spring Gala: Ballet Brilliance
tonight. This one-night-only program
featured a
curated selection of excerpts from ABT’s
upcoming 2024 Summer season, including a
preview of Wayne
McGregor’s Woolf
Works ahead
of the New York Premiere
in June.
The
dancers who performed included Joo
Won Ahn, Aran Bell,
Isabella Boylston, Skylar Brandt, Herman
Cornejo, Thomas Forster, Catherine
Hurlin, Gillian Murphy, Calvin Royal
III, Christine Shevchenko, Cory Stearns,
Devon Teuscher, Cassandra Trenary, James
Whiteside, Chloe Misseldine, and Jake
Roxander.
Gala guests who gathered for the
riveting performance, black-tie dinner
and dancing at Cipriani 42nd Street
included Katie
Holmes, Anh Duong, Brent Neale, Carly
Cushnie, Crystal Minkoff, Cynthia
Rowley, Elizabeth Segerstrom, Isabella
Massenet & Prince Achileas-Andreas, Ivy
Getty, LaQuan Smith, Lizzie Asher, Luann
de Lesseps, Melanie Hamrick, Sai De
Silva, Sunny Hostin, Chloe Flower, ABT
Artistic Director and Interim Executive
Director, Susan Jaffe among
others.
The event honored Academy Award-winning
filmmaker
Chai Vasarhelyi for her
incomparable commitment to artistic
excellence and innovation in film and
her fervent advocacy of classical
ballet. |