Miami City Ballet

Miami City Ballet is an American ballet company based in Miami Beach, Florida, led by artistic director Lourdes Lopez. MCB was founded in 1985 by Toby Lerner Ansin, a Miami philanthropist.[1] Ansin and the founding board hired Edward Villella,[2] former New York City Ballet principal dancer to be the founding artistic director.[3]

Miami City Ballet
General information
NameMiami City Ballet
Year founded1986
FoundersToby Ansin, Edward Villella
Principal venueOphelia & Juan Js. Roca Center
2200 Liberty Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33139
Websitewww.miamicityballet.org
Senior staff
Executive DirectorTania Castroverde Moskalenko
Artistic staff
Artistic DirectorLourdes Lopez
Ballet MastersRoma Sosenko (Principal), Joan Latham, Arnold Quintane
Principal ConductorGary Sheldon
Other
Official schoolMiami City Ballet School
Exterior view of the Miami City Ballet studios (2008)

A bulk of the company's repertoire is made up of the work of George Balanchine, though the company also performs works by Jerome Robbins, Twyla Tharp, Trey McIntyre, Mark Morris, Jimmy Gamonet, who was the company's founding Resident Choreographer and Ballet Master from 1986 to 1999, Christopher Wheeldon, Justin Peck, and others, in addition to traditional full-length works including "Giselle" and "Don Quixote".[4]

In 2012, Lourdes Lopez was chosen to replace founding artistic director Edward Villella.[5]

Miami City Ballet features an international ensemble of over 50 dancers. The company has an active repertoire of 88 ballets and performs over 75 times annually. Miami City Ballet serves as the resident ballet company in theaters in the Fort Lauderdale, Miami, and West Palm Beach areas. In addition, the company regularly tours both domestically and internationally. Its North American appearances include the Kennedy Center, the 1996 Olympic Arts Festival, Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, the Los Angeles Music Center, Spoleto Festival USA, Harris Theater (Chicago) and the New York City Center;[6] while theaters and festivals in Europe, Central America, and South America have hosted the company.[7]

Along with the ballet company, Miami City Ballet hosts a ballet school for students aging between 3 and 18. The school is split into three divisions: Children's division (ages 3 to 7), Student division (ages 8 to 13), and Pre-Professional division (ages 14 to 18).[8] Students must audition to be placed in a division. Like the company, the school focuses on the Balanchine method (or Balanchine technique). MCB school students have the opportunity to perform in the yearly Nutcracker performance that the Miami City Ballet company puts together, and there are a number of intensive summer programs that students are eligible to attend.[8]

Miami City Ballet (2019) - Miami Beach

References
  1. The Miami Herald Wednesday, May 21, 1997, Page 1 D, Living & Arts Section, A Woman of Vision
  2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 22, 2015. Retrieved July 22, 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Times, George Volsky and Special To the New York. "DEBUT SET FOR VILLELLAS MIAMI BALLET". nytimes.com.
  4. "MCB Repertoire". Miami City Ballet. Retrieved February 18, 2009.
  5. Wakin, Daniel (April 2, 2012). "Lourdes Lopez Named New Director of Miami City Ballet". New York Times. Retrieved April 24, 2012.
  6. "Miami company makes its mark on the jaded NY crowd". International Herald Tribune. Associated Press. January 28, 2009. Archived from the original on February 5, 2009. Retrieved February 18, 2009.
  7. "Miami City Ballet: About Us". Miami City Ballet. Archived from the original on April 2, 2014. Retrieved February 18, 2009.
  8. "Miami City Ballet School". miamicityballet.org.



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