American Ballet Theatre’s 2026 Fall Season and 2027 Spring Season at the David H. Koch Theater have been announced by Artistic Director Susan Jaffe, featuring a mix of company premieres, repertory favorites, and the return of major full-length works.
The 2026 Fall Season will take place October 21–31 and include three repertory programs: Fresh Visions and Timeless Classics, Neoclassical Works, and An Elegy and A Dream. The 2027 Spring Season, scheduled for March 4–21, will feature John Neumeier’s full-length Lady of the Camellias, alongside the repertory programs Icons of Modern Repertory and Masterworks.
The Fall Season will open with Fresh Visions and Timeless Classics, featuring the ABT Company Premiere of Helen Pickett’s Petal, alongside Jiří Kylián’s Petite Mort and Natalia Makarova’s Paquita. Inspired by the radiant hues of gerbera daisies, Petal explores themes of hope and renewal through Pickett’s distinctive movement style.
The Neoclassical Works program will bring together Frederick Ashton’s Birthday Offering, Kyle Abraham’s Mercurial Son, and George Balanchine’s Ballet Imperial. Abraham’s Mercurial Son, which premiered with ABT in 2024, is driven by an electronic score and intricate, layered movement.
The Fall Season will conclude with An Elegy and A Dream, featuring the World Premiere of Trio Élégiaque by ABT corps de ballet member Brady Farrar. Marking Farrar’s first work created for American Ballet Theatre’s main Company, the ballet is set to the first movement of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Trio Élégiaque No. 2. The program will also include Frederick Ashton’s The Dream, his celebrated adaptation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
The 2027 Spring Season will open with Icons of Modern Repertory, featuring the ABT Company Premiere of Wayne McGregor’s Chroma, alongside George Balanchine’s Symphonie Concertante and Alexei Ratmansky’s Serenade after Plato’s Symposium.
John Neumeier’s Lady of the Camellias will return to the ABT stage for eight performances, March 12–18. Based on Alexandre Dumas fils’ novel and set to the music of Frédéric Chopin, the full-length ballet follows the tragic love story between French courtesan Marguerite Gautier and the young Armand Duval.
The Spring Season will close with Masterworks, featuring George Balanchine’s Apollo, Frederick Ashton’s Rhapsody pas de deux, Jiří Kylián’s Nuages, and Twyla Tharp’s In the Upper Room.
Alongside its mainstage performances, ABT will continue expanding audience access through family and community programming. ABTKids, the Company’s one-hour introduction to ballet for families, will be presented on October 24, while the inaugural ABT for All sensory-friendly performance will take place March 6, offering a welcoming performance environment for neurodivergent individuals and audiences with sensory processing needs.
Tickets for American Ballet Theatre’s 2026 Fall Season and 2027 Spring Season at the David H. Koch Theater go on sale Tuesday, September 1 at 12 p.m. Tickets start at $40 and will be available through ABT’s website, by phone at 212-496-0600, and at the Koch Theater box office.
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