ABT JKO School

About

Students from the American Ballet Theatre Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School Pre-Professional Division will perform a new work by American Ballet Theatre dancer Melvin Lawovi and an excerpted repertoire including Frederick Ashton’s The Dream and La Bayadère. Highlights will include original works choreographed by students under the direction of Gemma Bond, a new work created with Complexions Contemporary Ballet, stemming from their semester-long residency. Faculty members involved in staging the excerpts, as well as contributing original choreography include Stella Abrera, Gemma Bond, Yan Chen, Elizabeth Ferrell, Carmela Gallace, Caridad Martinez, and select Upper 3 students. The ABT JKO School, under the direction of Artistic Director Stella Abrera, currently serves over 350 students and encompasses a Pre-Professional Division for dancers ages 12-18, as well as a Children’s Division for dancers ages 3-12. ABT’s National Training Curriculum guides the ABT JKO School and provides age- and skill-appropriate classes in classical ballet technique, pointe, and pas de deux and is supplemented with classes in character dance, modern, contemporary, choreography, Pilates, strength training, and music. For more information on the ABT JKO School, visit https://www.abt.org/training/dancer-training.