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Oct 21, 2019 · Four years ago Stella Abrera danced the lead in “Giselle” for the first time at American Ballet Theater. For her farewell performance with the company, on June 13, she will take on the role ...
May 30, 2019 · When Stella Abrera was 4, her family moved from the Philippines to California. Her older sister by 17 years, Luz, signed her up for a ballet class so she would have something to do other than ...
Stella Abrera in Giselle.Photo: Rosalie O'Connor. Stella Abrera: Notes on a Career by Carla Escoda. Reflecting on the season that was to have been her farewell at American Ballet Theatre but has now been engulfed in the unprecedented turmoil of a pandemic, Stella Abrera sounded a pensive note: “In this completely upside down world, how grateful am I that I’ve had 24 years to cherish.”
May 19, 2020 · Stella Abrera's name ("stella" means "star" in Latin) proved prophetic in the final stretch of her 24-year career at American Ballet Theatre. Abrera joined ABT's corps de ballet in 1996, was promoted to soloist in 2001 and, finally, after an uncommonly lengthy stretch, principal in 2015, making her the first Filipina American to reach the top ...
Stella Abrera. Ms. Abrera is from South Pasadena, California, and began her ballet studies at the age of five. After winning the Gold Medal of the Margot Fonteyn International Ballet Competition (fka Adeline Genee Awards) and performing on the Bolshoi stage at the Prix de Lausanne, she joined the corps de ballet of American Ballet Theatre (ABT ...
Jan 11, 2022 · We are excited to share a tribute to beloved former ABT Principal Dancer, Stella Abrera, whose planned farewell performance of GISELLE at the Metropolitan Op...
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May 23, 2024 · Stella Abrera, the first Filipino American principal dancer of the American Ballet Theatre, has retired after 24 years with the classical ballet company. Under coronavirus-free circumstances, 42-year-old Abrera’s farewell performance would have been the title role of “Giselle” at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York on June 13. “I always thought my heart would…
