| Miami City Ballet: Program I October 15 -17 Fanfare (Choreography by Robbins/Music by Britten)
Company Premiere
Fanfare is Jerome Robbins' tribute to Queen Elizabeth II - its premiere took place on the night of her Coronation in 1953 - an enchantingly bright and goofy take on Benjamin Britten's The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra.This Company Premiere opens MCB's 25th Anniversary Season and celebrates the return of live music by the Opus One Orchestra!
Bugaku (Choreography by Balanchine/Music by Mayazumi)
George Balanchine's most erotic ballet, a highly stylized Japanese mating ritual, Bugaku was created at New York City Ballet on Allegra Kent and (MCB Founding Artistic Director) Edward Villella. One critic described it as having "the subtlety of Japanese painting on silk, the strength of Japanese wrestlers."
Theme and Variations (Choreography by Balanchine/Music by Tchaikovsky)
Set in a spectacular 19th-century ballroom to the soaring music of Tchaikovsky, this is classical ballet at its grandest. The cast is large, the costumes lavish, the dancing elegant and joyous with strong, bold leaps and sharp, crisp moves. Long recognized as a George Balanchine masterpiece!
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| Miami City Ballet presents George Balanchine's The Nutcracker™ December 17 - 23 George Balanchine's The Nutcracker™ is a magical treat for young and old. Miami City Ballet's production boasts beautiful sets, lavish costumes and magical special effects. A large cast of talented children from the Miami-Dade area join MCB's international ballet stars to present a holiday treat for the entire family!
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| Miami City Ballet: Program II January 7 - 9 La Sonnambula (Choreography by Balanchine/Music by Rieti)
A one-act dramatic ballet set during a mysterious masked ball, La Sonnambula (The Sleepwalker), is a tale of exotic intrigue. Noted dance writer Arlene Croce wrote, "The emotion of the ballet comes in a series of nervous shocks, as deeply pleasurable as a horror story. The ending is high traumatic bliss."
Baker's Dozen (Choreography by Tharp/Music by Smith) - Company Premiere
Twyla Tharp, with her "prankster's sense of humor" (The New York Times), flings a dozen dancers onto the stage - hustling, spinning and shimmying, yet romantically inclined - to the irresistible stride piano of the immortal Willie "The Lion" Smith. Sheer exhilarating fun!
Western Symphony (Choreography by Balanchine/western tunes arranged by Kay)
One of George Balanchine's most joyous ballets, Western Symphony, set to themes based on traditional western songs, reflects the great choreographer's lifelong affection for the traditions and myths of America's far west. The ballet merges Wild West stereotypes with classical ballet conventions, offering a seemingly incompatible combination and a good deal of humor.
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| Miami City Ballet: Program III February 11 - 13 "Scotch Symphony" (Choreography by Balanchine/Music by Mendelssohn)
With its lovely allusions to Romantic ballet, and its masterful deployment of Mendelssohn's rousing symphony, this ballet has been enthralling audiences for more than 50 years.
Promethean Fire (Choreography by Taylor/Music by Bach) - Company Premiere
Is this powerful transcendent piece, as has been suggested, Paul Taylor's response to 9/11? Promethean Fire explores a spectrum of human emotions surrounding a catastrophic event, but ultimately concludes with a sense of spiritual renewal and perseverance. Set to Leopold Stokowski's magnificent orchestral transcriptions of Bach, it has been hailed everywhere as a masterpiece. "The best new dance I've seen in ages." (The Washington Post)
Nine Sinatra Songs (Choreography by Tharp/Music by Arlen, Mercer, Cahn, et al.)
Perhaps Twyla Tharp's most popular work, Nine Sinatra Songs radiates glamour, excitement, passion, and fun as she flings her dancers at the best of Sinatra, from "My Way" to "Something Stupid," exhibiting what one critic called her "slithers, blind leaps, upsy-daisy lifts." One of MCB's biggest hits!"
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| Miami City Ballet: Program IV March 25 - 27 Romeo and Juliet (Choreography by Cranko, Music by Prokofiev) - Company Premiere
John Cranko's acclaimed full-evening version of the world's most famous love story is, according to The New York Times, "arguably the best dance treatment of Prokofiev's celebrated score." And Cranko's choreographic setting of William Shakespeare's classic is internationally acknowledged as one of the most important works in the history of ballet. An unforgettable ballet. A major event!
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