2001 American Ballet Theatre Soars NEW YORK- Trunks filled with costumes and props are stacked in the hallways.
Dust collects on exposed pipes in the studio.
Sweat hangs over the room. Suddenly, a young man leaps high into the air, suspended for the briefest of seconds like Superman. This rising star, the Ukrainian-born Maxim Belotserkovsky, performs for the American Ballet Theatre, one of the world's premier companies. The ABT opened its two-month season at the Metropolitan Opera House April 30 with a dazzling array of works. Here, beauty is the product of struggle.