


“The dancers will be able to keep them for good,” says Whitehill, “and use them hopefully not during another pandemic, but during happier times when they’re just looking for something to do on the weekends. Subscriptions for American Ballet Theatres 2020 Spring season at the Metropolitan Opera House, on sale beginning Wednesday, October 30 at 12 Noon, are available by. Crispino asked if company management could help the dancers navigate that process. The floor ABT sent to its dancers is Harlequin’s Cascade surface-the same one the company uses in its studios and onstage.ĪBT director of production James Whitehill says the idea to send its dancers flooring came from corps de ballet member Luigi Crispino, who found out that Harlequin was selling small sections for home studios. The Metropolitan Opera opened its 2022-23 season with the company’s first-ever performance of Cherubini’s Medea. Although company members might be confined to dancing at home for the foreseeable future, at least they’ll have the proper surface. A private Backstage Tour during ABTs Spring Season at The Metropolitan Opera House (the Met) Playbill recognition for ABT’s New York performances, as well as in tour city publications where available Admittance to the exclusive patron rooms at New York venues Golden Partner 15,000 and above. After canceling its spring tours and eight-week season at New York City’s Metropolitan Opera House due to COVID-19, ABT decided to send its dancers a gift: a piece of vinyl flooring from Harlequin Floors.
