Amazon.com description: Product Description: Well into its sixth decade, American Ballet Theatre is recognized as one of the great dance companies in the world. These photographs showcase the beauty, poise, and elegance that marks American Ballet Theatre as a triumphant internation success. ABT is renowned for attracting the greatest ballet talent in the world. Choreographers such as George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Agnes de Mille, and Twyla Tharp, and dancers such as Mikhail Baryshnikov, Nina Ananiashvili, and Kevin McKenzie all have contributed to ABT's repertoire. Since 1940, ABT has toured nationally and internationally. ABT performs annually in the U.S. alone to an average of 600,000 people. Renowned photographer Nancy Ellison photographed spectacular portraits of the ABT dancers exclusively for this 12-month calendar.