Miami City Ballet Information
Artistic director Lourdes Lopez leads the American ballet company Miami City Ballet, which performs in Miami Beach, Florida. Toby Lerner Ansin, a philanthropist from Miami, established MCB in 1985. Ansin and the founding board hired former New York City Ballet main dancer Edward Villella as creative director.
Traditional full-length works like "Giselle," "Don Quixote," and "Swan Lake," as well as works by Jerome Robbins, Martha Graham, José Limón, 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, and Justin Peck, are also performed.
The original artistic director, Edward Villella succeeded by Lourdes Lopez in 2012. Lopez also had a prominent role at NYCB as a soloist and major dancer, like Villella. Both George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins have significantly impacted Lopez's work.
Miami City Ballet comprises an international ensemble of approximately 50 dancers. The company performs around 75 times per year, and its repertory includes 88 ballets (9 of which are world premieres). The venues in the Fort Lauderdale, Miami, and West Palm Beach districts all feature Miami City Ballet as their resident ballet company.
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