The Miami City Ballet celebrates its 30th anniversary this season, a distinguished history that has played homage to legendary choreographer George Balanchine while premiering works by promising young talents.
For her fourth season, savvy artistic director Lourdes Lopez opens with Balanchine’s elegant “Swan Lake,” set to music by Tchaikovsky; Jerome Robbins’ “Fancy Free,” a rollicking tale of sailors on shore leave in Manhattan; and “Viscera,” a company commission from Liam Scarlett, the talented, young gay British choreographer, set to the dramatic piano concerto of Lowell Liebermann. This thrilling program will be danced Oct. 23 – 25 at the Arsht Center in Miami, Nov. 7 – 8 at the Broward Center in Fort Lauderdale, and Nov. 13 – 15 at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach.
A Miami City Ballet tradition, Balanchine’s “The Nutcracker,” set to Tchaikovsky’s iconic score, is presented Dec. 11 – 13 at the Broward Center in Fort Lauderdale, Dec. 17 – 24 at the Arsht Center in Miami, and Dec. 27 – 29 at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach. For tickets and more information for all performances, go to MiamiCityBallet.org.
Arts Ballet Theater of South Florida opens its season with “Ballets with a Latin Flavor,” set to music by Ernesto Lecuona and excerpts from “Don Quixote” and “Laurencia.” Catch this fiery program Oct. 10 – 11 at the Aventura Arts and Cultural Center and Oct. 17 – 18 at the Broward Center’s Amaturo Theater in Fort Lauderdale. For tickets and more information, go to BrowardCenter.org.
The Kravis Center offers two thought-provoking acts: Ballet Austin presents “Light: The Holocaust & Humanity Project, “Nov. 7, a look at the lessons that weren’t learned in the attempted Nazi genocide of the Jews, and MOMIX, the unique troupe of dancers/illusionists performs “Botanica,” Nov. 29. For tickets and more information, go to Kravis.org.
