The American Ballet Theatre (ABT) hosted its Spring Gala Ballet Brilliance at Cipriani 42nd Street. This one-night-only program featured a curated selection of excerpts from ABT’s 2024 Summer season, including a preview of Wayne McGregor’s Woolf Works ahead of the New York Premiere in June.
Performers 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 unique commitment to artistic excellence and innovation in film – A few films she has worked on are: The Rescue (2021), Return to Space (2022), and Edge of the Unknown with Jimmy Chin (2022) – and her fervent advocacy of classical ballet.
