| American Ballet Theatre | |
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| General information | |
| Name | American Ballet Theatre |
| Previous names | Ballet Theatre |
| Year founded | 1939[1] |
| Principal venue | Metropolitan Opera House New York City |
| Website | abt.org |
| Senior staff | |
| Executive Director | Susan Jaffe (interim) |
| Artistic staff | |
| Artistic Director | Susan Jaffe |
| Other | |
| Associated schools | Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School |
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American Ballet Theatre (ABT) is a classical ballet company based in New York City. Founded in 1939[2] by Lucia Chase and Richard Pleasant. Through 2019, it had an annual eight-week season at the Metropolitan Opera House (Lincoln Center) in the spring and a shorter season at the David H. Koch Theater in the fall; the company tours around the world the rest of the year. The company was scheduled to have a 5-week spring season at the MET preceded by a 2-week season at the Koch Theater beginning in 2020. ABT is the parent company of the American Ballet Theatre Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School, and was recognized as "America's National Ballet Company" in 2006 by the United States Congress.[3][4]
- ^ "American Ballet Theatre". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
- ^ "American Ballet Theatre's Summer of Love". Observer. June 22, 2023. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
- ^ American Ballet Theatre (May 25, 2006). "United States Congress Honors American Ballet Theatre". Ballet Theatre Foundation, Inc. Archived from the original on October 11, 2011. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
- ^ American Ballet Theatre (May 25, 2006). "Company History". Ballet Theatre Foundation, Inc. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved January 26, 2012.