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American Ballet Theatre: Quick Facts

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Segerstrom Center for the Arts set to open $1M studio in Santa Ana • Oct. 29, 2026, 7:44 PM ET (Los Angeles Times)
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Also Known As Ballet Theatre • ABT
Related People Misty Copeland • Alexei Ratmansky • Twyla Tharp • Diana Vishneva • Agnes de Mille • Cynthia Gregory • Antony Tudor • Violette Verdy • Alexander Godunov • Ivan Nagy

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Misty Copeland performs a grand jete center stage in an orange ruffled dress during American Ballet Theater's Don Quixote, with dancers and musicians watching in the background.
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