A.B.T. hosts a festive hail and farewell
There was a more traditional celebration across Lincoln Center, at the Metropolitan Opera House, where the American Ballet Theater put on a 40th anniversary gala evening. A.B.T. does this sort of thing every five years or so for fun and fund raising, but this gathering had special meaning: it marked the 35th year that Lucia Chase and Oliver Smith have directed the troupe; in September Mikhail Baryshnikov will replace them.
Chase has long been the dominant force behind the big, ambitious and at times unwieldy company with...
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