What It's Really Like to Be a Supernumerary with American Ballet Theatre
American Ballet Theatre boasts nearly 90 dancers. But when the company is mounting an elaborate story ballet at NYC’s cavernous Metropolitan Opera House, it actually needs more bodies to complete the picture onstage. Enter supernumeraries, aka “supers.” These supplementary performers are hired for non-dancing background roles (think “third courtier from the left” or “tall market […]