Heartfelt congratulations to the dancers of American Ballet Theatre for their extraordinary work in last night’s premiere of Alexei Ratmansky’s The Firebird.
Your commitment, energy, collaboration, and immense talent made the process of restaging this masterpiece one of the most meaningful experiences of my career as Director of Repertoire with the company. Thank you all sincerely from my heart. You embraced the journey and rose to meet the incredibly high artistic standard that Alexei requires in all of his work.
Emily and Vi — thank you for your daily work with the music. I truly could not have done this without you.
Luciana Paris — you are a light. Having your energy and support throughout this process meant so much.
Thank you as well to the conductors and the entire production team for the magic you bring to the stage.
And Alexei — thank you for entrusting me with the responsibility of caring for your work here. It has been one of the great honors of my life to stand beside you for so many years. I will always cherish that as a precious gift.
I am so looking forward to seeing all the upcoming debuts and performances in the coming week.
If you have the opportunity, please come see this extraordinary company perform. The program offers works by some of the great choreographic voices of our time, and the dancers are giving their hearts on stage. There is truly some magnificent dancing to be experienced.
Never let the spark in your hearts — the love of dance — dim. No moment on stage is ever too small or insignificant. Every moment is an opportunity to grow and discover something beautiful within yourselves.
ABT, I love you all and I am deeply grateful to be part of this extraordinary family. ❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏
God bless you all.
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Today was my final day at BalletMet, where I was these past 3 weeks, staging Alexei Ratmansky’s, jewel, Seven Sonatas.
Under the leadership of Remy Wörtmeyer, I had such a fulfilling experience working with these talented and eager to learn dancers. Each moment was a beautiful moment of teaching, learning, and inspiring growth with these dancers. 🤗( thank you Remy for inviting me)
I want to thank Olivia their rehearsal director , Mariko their concert pianist and the entire Ballet Met team for their care, support, hard work and generosity. They all truly made me feel at home.
Merde to all the beautiful dancers, Remy and BalletMet for this entire season coming up and of course for 7S… keep the journey we went on alive in you. Thank you all - I won’t forget you nor this experience….
With much love and light to you,
Nancy❤️🙏🏻🪔🪷
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