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Alicia Alonso in Giselle. by Photo by Cecil Beaton.American Ballet Theatre

Alicia Alonso in Giselle
Joined ABT in 1940

Lucia Chase in Pillar of Fire. by Photo by Hermann Heinrich.American Ballet Theatre

Lucia Chase in Pillar of Fire
Joined ABT in 1940

Anton Dolin in Giselle. by Photo by Semo.American Ballet Theatre

Anton Dolin in Giselle
Joined ABT in 1940

Nana Gollner. by Photo by George Hurrell.American Ballet Theatre

Nana Gollner
Joined ABT in 1940

Nora Kaye in Jardin aux Lilas. by Photo by Cecil Beaton.American Ballet Theatre

Nora Kaye in Jardin aux Lilas
Joined ABT in 1940

John Kriza in The Taming. by Photo by Jack Mitchell.American Ballet Theatre

John Kriza in The Taming
Joined ABT in 1940

Hugh Laing in Romeo and Juliet. by Photo by Cecil Beaton.American Ballet Theatre

Hugh Laing in Romeo and Juliet
Joined ABT in 1940

Annabelle Lyon. by Photo by Alfredo Valente.American Ballet Theatre

Annabelle Lyon
Joined ABT in 1940

Dimitri Romanoff by Cecil Beaton, PhotographerAmerican Ballet Theatre

Dimitri Romanoff in Tally Ho
Joined ABT in 1940

Antony Tudor in Jardin aux Lilas. by Photo by Carl van Vechten.American Ballet Theatre

Antony Tudor in Jardin aux Lilas
Joined ABT in 1940

Jerome Robbins in Fancy Free. by Photo by George Hurrell.American Ballet Theatre

Jerome Robbins in Fancy Free
Joined ABT in 1941

Andre Eglevsky. by Photo Courtesy of ABT Archives.American Ballet Theatre

Andre Eglevsky
Joined ABT in 1942

Alicia Markova in Giselle. by Photo by Semo.American Ballet Theatre

Alicia Markova in Giselle
Joined ABT in 1942

Ruth Ann Koesun. by Photo by Jack Mitchell.American Ballet Theatre

Ruth Ann Koesun
Joined ABT in 1946

Igor Youskevitch. by Photo by George Platt Lynes.American Ballet Theatre

Igor Youskevitch
Joined ABT in 1946

Erik Bruhn in Don Quixote. by Photo Courtesy by Alfredo Valente.American Ballet Theatre

Erik Bruhn in Don Quixote
Joined ABT in 1949

Sallie Wilson in Pillar of Fire. by Photo by Jack Mitchell.American Ballet Theatre

Sallie Wilson in Pillar of Fire
Joined ABT in 1949

Igor Youskevitch and Alicia Alonso in The Nutcracker. by Photo by Maurice Seymour.American Ballet Theatre

Alicia Alonso and Igor Youskevitch in The Nutcracker

Nora Kaye and Erik Bruhn in The Black Swan Pas de Deux. by Photo by Maurice Seymour.American Ballet Theatre

Nora Kaye and Erik Bruhn in
The Black Swan Pas de Deux

Hugh Laing and Diana Adams in Pillar of Fire. by Photo by Gjon Mili.American Ballet Theatre

Hugh Laing and Diana Adams in
Pillar of Fire

Alicia Markova and Anton Dolin in Giselle. by Photo by Maurice Seymour.American Ballet Theatre

Alicia Markova and Anton Dolin in Giselle

Royes Fernandez in Giselle. by Photo by Jack Mitchell.American Ballet Theatre

Royes Fernandez in Giselle
Joined ABT in 1950

Lupe Serrano. by Photo by Jack Mitchell.American Ballet Theatre

Lupe Serrano
Joined ABT in 1953

Violette Verdy in Miss Julie. by Photo by Maurice Seymour.American Ballet Theatre

Violette Verdy in Miss Julie
Joined ABT in 1957

Lupe Serrano and Royes Fernandez in Giselle. by Photo by Fred Fehl.American Ballet Theatre

Lupe Serrano and Royes Fernandez in Giselle

Toni Lander in Etudes. by Photo by Jack Mitchell.American Ballet Theatre

Toni Lander in Etudes
Joined ABT in 1960

Eleanor D'Antuono in Diana and Acteon. by Photo by Kenn Duncan.American Ballet Theatre

Eleanor D'Antuono
in Diana and Acteon
Joined ABT in 1961

Rudolf Nureyev in Swan Lake. by Photo Courtesy of ABT Archives.American Ballet Theatre

Rudolf Nureyev in Swan Lake
Joined ABT in 1962

Cynthia Gregory in Swan Lake. by Photo by Bil Leidersdorf.American Ballet Theatre

Cynthia Gregory in Swan Lake
Joined ABT in 1965

Terry Orr in Fancy Free. by Photo by Martha Swope.American Ballet Theatre

Terry Orr in Fancy Free
Joined ABT in 1965

Carla Fracci in Jardin aux Lilas. by Photo by Martha Swope.American Ballet Theatre

Carla Fracci in Jardin aux Lilas
Joined ABT in 1967

Ivan Nagy by Martha Swope, PhotographerAmerican Ballet Theatre

Ivan Nagy in Don Quixote
Joined ABT in 1968

Carla Fracci and Erik Bruhn in Giselle. by Photo Courtesy of ABT Archives.American Ballet Theatre

Carla Fracci and Erik Bruhn
in Giselle

Natalia Makarova in La Bayadère. by Photo by Dina Makaroff.American Ballet Theatre

Natalia Makarova in La Bayadère
Joined ABT in 1970

Marianna Tcherkassky in Dark Elegies. by Photo by MIRA.American Ballet Theatre

Marianna Tcherkassky
in Dark Elegies
Joined ABT in 1970

Martine van Hamel in Brahms Quintet. by Photo by Martha Swope.American Ballet Theatre

Martine van Hamel in Brahms Quintet
Joined ABT in 1970

Fernando Bujones in La Sylphide. by Photo by Roy Round.American Ballet Theatre

Fernando Bujones in La Sylphide
Joined ABT in 1972

Clark Tippet in Swan Lake. by Photo by Gregory Heisler.American Ballet Theatre

Clark Tippet in Swan Lake
Joined ABT in 1972

Mikhail Baryshnikov in Don Quixote. by Photo by Martha Swope.American Ballet Theatre

Mikhail Baryshnikov in Don Quixote
Joined ABT in 1974

Cynthia Harvey in Firebird. by Photo by Martha Swope.American Ballet Theatre

Cynthia Harvey in Firebird
Joined ABT in 1974

Gelsey Kirkland. by Photo by Gregory Heisler.American Ballet Theatre

Gelsey Kirkland
Joined ABT in 1974

Kirk Peterson in Sphinx. by Photo Courtesy of ABT Archives.American Ballet Theatre

Kirk Peterson in Sphinx
Joined ABT in 1974

Victor Barbee in Fall River Legend. by Photo by MIRA.American Ballet Theatre

Victor Barbee in
Fall River Legend
Joined ABT in 1975

Leslie Browne in Dim Lustre. by Photo by Martha Swope.American Ballet Theatre

Leslie Browne in Dim Lustre
Joined ABT in 1976

Cheryl Yeager in Don Quixote. by Photo by Don Bradburn.American Ballet Theatre

Cheryl Yeager in Don Quixote
Joined ABT in 1976

Robert La Fosse in Cinderella. by Photo by Richard N. Greenhouse.American Ballet Theatre

Robert La Fosse in Cinderella
Joined ABT in 1977

Anthony Dowell in La Bayadère. by Photo by Kenn Duncan.American Ballet Theatre

Anthony Dowell in La Bayadère
Joined ABT in 1978

Danilo Radojevic in Push Comes to Shove. by Photo by Martha Swope.American Ballet Theatre

Danilo Radojevic in
Push Comes to Shove
Joined ABT in 1978

Kevin McKenzie in Carmen. by Photo by Martha Swope.American Ballet Theatre

Kevin McKenzie in Carmen
Joined ABT in 1979

Cynthia Gregory and Fernando Bujones in Swan Lake. by Photo by MIRA.American Ballet Theatre

Cynthia Gregory and
Fernando Bujones in Swan Lake

Gelsey Kirkland and Mikhail Baryshnikov in Giselle. by Photo by MIRA.American Ballet Theatre

Mikhail Baryshnikov and
Gelsey Kirkland in Giselle

Natalia Makarova and Ivan Nagy in Swan Lake. by Photo by Marty Sohl.American Ballet Theatre

Natalia Makarova and Ivan Nagy
in Swan Lake

Susan Jaffe in Gaîté Parisienne. by Photo by Martha Swope.American Ballet Theatre

Susan Jaffe in Gaîté Parisienne
Joined ABT in 1980

Ross Stretton in Sphinx. by Photo by MIRA.American Ballet Theatre

Ross Stretton in Sphinx
Joined ABT in 1980

Amanda McKerrow in Coppelia. by Photo by Martha Swope.American Ballet Theatre

Amanda McKerrow in Coppélia
Joined ABT in 1982

Kathleen Moore in The Informer. by Photo by Martha Swope.American Ballet Theatre

Kathleen Moore in The Informer
Joined ABT in 1982

Alessandra Ferri in GIselle. by Photo by Anthony Crickmay.American Ballet Theatre

Alessandra Ferri in Giselle
Joined ABT in 1985

Julio Bocca in La Bayadère. by Photo by Jack Mitchell.American Ballet Theatre

Julio Bocca in La Bayadère
Joined ABT in 1986

Julie Kent in Giselle. by Photo by Roy Round.American Ballet Theatre

Julie Kent in Giselle
Joined ABT in 1986

Keith Roberts in The Rite of Spring. by Photo by Roy Round.American Ballet Theatre

Keith Roberts in The Rite of Spring
Joined ABT in 1987

Alessandra Ferri and Julio Bocca in Manon. by PHoto by Gene Schiavone.American Ballet Theatre

Alessandra Ferri and Julio Bocca
in Manon

Paloma Herrera in Don Quixote. by Photo by Nancy Ellison.American Ballet Theatre

Paloma Herrera in Don Quixote
Joined ABT in 1991

Nina Ananiashvili in Swan Lake. by Photo by Nancy Ellison.American Ballet Theatre

Nina Ananiashvili
in Swan Lake
Joined ABT in 1993

Vladimir Malakhov in La Bayadère. by Photo by Roy Round.American Ballet Theatre

Vladimir Malakhov in La Bayadère
Joined ABT in 1994

Jose Manuel Carreno in Diana and Acteon. by Photo by Rosalie O'Connor.American Ballet Theatre

Jose Manuel Carreño in
Diana and Acteon
Joined ABT in 1995

Angel Corella in Billy the Kid. by Photo by Marty Sohl.American Ballet Theatre

Angel Corella in Billy the Kid
Joined ABT in 1995

Gillian Murphy in Swan Lake. by Photo by Gene Schiavone.American Ballet Theatre

Gillian Murphy in Swan Lake
Joined ABT in 1996

Ethan Stiefel in Variations for Four. by Photo by Steve Wilson.American Ballet Theatre

Ethan Stiefel in
Variations for Four
Joined ABT in 1997

Herman Cornejo in The Dream. by Photo by Marty Sohl.American Ballet Theatre

Herman Cornejo in The Dream
Joined ABT in 1999

Susan Jaffe and Jose Manuel Carreno in The Merry Widow. by Photo by Roy Round.American Ballet Theatre

Susan Jaffe and
Jose Manuel Carreño
in The Merry Widow

David Hallberg in Giselle. by Photo by Rosalie O'Connor.American Ballet Theatre

David Hallberg in Giselle
Joined ABT in 2001

Xiomara Reyes. by Photo by Fabrizio Ferri.American Ballet Theatre

Xiomara Reyes
Joined ABT in 2001

Polina Semionova in Swan Lake. by Photo by Rosalie O'Connor.American Ballet Theatre

Polina Semionova in Swan Lake
Joined ABT in 2012

Diana Vishneva and Marcelo Gomes in Lady of the Camellias. by Photo by Gene Schiavone.American Ballet Theatre

Diana Vishneva and
Marcelo Gomes in
Lady of the Camellias

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