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Miami City CELEBRATION: THE ART OF THE PAS DE DEUX

Charleston Gaillard Center May 25, 6:30pm Martha and John M. Rivers Performance Hall

Artistic Director and Moderator Lourdes Lopez Conductor Gary Sheldon Piano Ciro Fodere and Francisco Rennó

Spoleto Festival USA Orchestra 1 hour, 30 minutes | Performed without an intermission

Afternoon of a Faun (1953) Music Staging Jean-Pierre Frohlich Set and Lighting Design Jean Rosenthal Lighting Recreation Les Dickert Costume Design Irene Sharif Scenic Supervision Arnold Abramson Dancers Unity Phelan and Chase Finlay*

Pause Other (1976) Choreography Jerome Robbins Music Frédéric Staging Isabelle Guérin Costume Design Lighting Design Jennifer Tipton Lighting Recreation Les Dickert Dancers Simone Messmer and Renan Cerdeiro Piano Francisco Rennó

Pause (1970) Choreography Jerome Robbins Music Frédéric Chopin Staging Costume Design Lighting Design Jennifer Tipton Lighting Recreation Les Dickert Dancers Emily Bromberg and Kleber Rebello Unity Phelan and Chase Finlay* Katia Carranza and Reyneris Reyes Piano Ciro Fodere

The 2018 series is sponsored by BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina. Support provided by The Jerome Robbins Foundation. Sponsored by Eastern Distribution. This performance is made possible in part through funds from the Spoleto Festival USA Endowment, generously supported by BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina, Wells Fargo, and Bank of America. *Guest artists from . 36 Celebration: The Art of the Pas de Deux

Program Notes About the Choreographer

Afternoon of a Faun JEROME ROBBINS (choreographer) is world renowned for Music: Prélude à l’Après-midi d’un Faune by Claude Debussy his work as a choreographer of as well as his work as a director and choreographer in theater, movies, and television. A pas de deux set in a ballet studio, Jerome Robbins’s Afternoon His Broadway shows include On the Town, Billion Dollar Baby, of a Faun is about a fleeting encounter between a young man High Button Shoes, , The King and I, Gypsy, Peter absorbed by his reflection in a mirror and a woman who enters Pan, Miss Liberty, Call Me Madam, and Fiddler on the Roof. His the studio and interrupts his reverie. It was set to music by last Broadway production in 1989, Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, Claude Debussy—Prélude à l’Après-midi d’un Faune—which was won six including best musical and best director. composed between 1892 and 1894, a musical piece inspired by Among the more than 60 ballets he created are , a Stephane Mallarmé poem describing a faun’s encounter with Afternoon of a Faun, , , In the nymphs. In 1912, presented his famous version Night, , , , and Ives, Songs, of Afternoon of a Faun based on the music and the poem, among which are in the repertories of New York City Ballet and other other sources. The Robbins choreography is a contemporary major dance companies throughout the world. His last ballets of these works. The ballet was first performed in 1953 include A created for by and Tanaquil LeClercq. (1994), 2 and 3 Part Inventions (1994), (1995), and (1996). In addition to two Academy The ballet has special significance for Miami City Ballet. Awards for the filmWest Side Story, Robbins received four Tony A young student at the School of American Ballet inspired Awards, five Donaldson Awards, two Emmy Awards, the Screen Robbins to create the piece; that student was , Directors’ Guild Award, and the New York Drama Critics Circle Miami City Ballet’s founding artistic director. Award. Robbins was a 1981 Kennedy Center Honors Recipient and was awarded the French Chevalier dans l’Ordre National de The original production of Miami City Ballet’s Afternoon of a la Légion d’Honneur. Robbins died in 1998. Faun (2005) was underwritten by Diane and Irving Siegel.

A special thanks to the National Endowment for the Arts for From the General Director supporting the original company premiere of Afternoon of a Faun. In 1958, Jerome Robbins was one among a group of extraordinary artists invited by to help start an event in the A special thanks to The Robbins Rights Trust. Performed by small Umbrian town of Spoleto—The Festival of Two Worlds, permission of the Robbins Rights Trust. which would celebrate contemporary artists from, for the most part, America, as well as the European roots from which those In the Night artists had been nurtured. Music: Nocturne op. 27, no. 1; op. 55, no. 1 and no. 2; Nocturne op. 9, no. 2 by Frédéric Chopin Robbins was invited to the inaugural Festival as a resident artist, and in the spring of 1958, he established a troupe of 16 In 1970, one year after his triumphant return from Broadway to dancers from both the ballet and theater worlds specifically for the Festival. The ensemble, which Robbins named Ballets ballet with Dances at a Gathering, Jerome Robbins again U.S.A., made its debut at Spoleto—before performing during turned to the music of Chopin. But this time he chose to work the Brussels World’s Fair, among other European engagements. with four of the composer’s highly romantic nocturnes. And Two of Robbins’s major works premiered in Spoleto: N.Y. indeed In the Night is a ballet that is in every way nocturnal—not Export: Opus Jazz (1958) and (1959). In 1973, at Menotti’s only in its title but in its setting and atmosphere. Three couples— request, Robbins created Celebration: The Art of the Pas de three pas de deux—dance under a star-sprinkled night sky. The Deux for the Festival, an immediate success. first pair are dreamy, innocent; the second, more mature, more resolved; the third, combative, stormy. Finally the three couples We salute Jerome Robbins on what would have been his 100th are seen together—in a more public manner, yet still under the year by remembering his legacy at Spoleto Festival USA. stars. From its first performance with New York City Ballet,In the Night has been an audience favorite everywhere. – Nigel Redden, General Director of Spoleto Festival USA

Other Dances Music: Mazurka op. 17, no. 4; Mazurka op. 41, no. 3; Waltz op. 64, no. 3; Mazurka op. 63, no. 2; Mazurka op. 33, no. 2 by Frédéric Chopin

Even after Dances at a Gathering, In the Night, and The Concert, Robbins couldn’t get Chopin’s piano music off his mind. In 1976, he created this extended duet for the reigning stars of , Mikhail Baryshnikov and . Lyrical, charming, and demanding, it has been savored for four decades. Miami City Ballet 37

MIAMI CITY BALLET

Charleston Gaillard Center May 26, 2:00pm and 8:00pm; Martha and John M. Rivers May 27, 2:00pm Performance Hall

Artistic Director Lourdes Lopez Conductor Gary Sheldon Piano Ciro Fodere and Francisco Rennó

Spoleto Festival USA Orchestra 2 hours | Performed with two intermissions

Walpurgisnacht Ballet (1980)

Choreography © The George Balanchine Trust Music Charles Gounod Staging Ben Huys Costume Design Karinska Lighting Design John Hall

Dancers Katia Carranza, Renato Penteado, Nathalia Arja

Emily Bromberg, Ashley Knox

Maya Collins, Samantha Hope Galler, Jordan-Elizabeth Long, Nicole Stalker

Alaina Andersen, Julia Cinquemani, Mayumi Enokibara, Ellen Grocki, Petra Love, Suzette Logue, Grace Mullins, Lexie Overholt, Leanna Rinaldi, Helen Ruiz, Alyssa Schroeder, Christie Sciturro, Raechel Sparreo, Christina Spigner, Ella Titus, Ao Wang

Pause

Carousel Pas de Deux (1994)

Choreography Sir Kenneth MacMillan Music , Arranged and Orchestrated by Martin Yates Staging Stacy Caddell Costume Design Bob Crowley Lighting Design John Hall

Dancers Jennifer Lauren, Chase Swatosh

Intermission

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Concerto DSCH (2008)

Choreography Music Dmitri Shostakovich Staging Tatiana and Alexei Ratmansky Costume Design Holly Hynes Lighting Design Mark Stanley

Dancers Simone Messmer, Nathalia Arja, Renan Cerdeiro, Chase Swatosh, Kleber Rebello

Emily Bromberg and Didier Bramaz Lauren Fadeley and Shimon Ito Ashley Knox and Ariel Rose

Samantha Hope Galler and Bradley Dunlap Ellen Grocki and Alex Manning Alyssa Schroeder and Amir Yogev Nicole Stalker and Damian Zamorano

Piano Francisco Rennó

Intermission

Heatscape (2015)

Choreography Music Bohuslav Martinů Art Design Shepard Fairey / ObeyGiant.com Costume Design Reid Bartelme and Harriet Jung Lighting Design

Dancers Tricia Albertson, Emily Bromberg, Samantha Hope Galler, Ashley Knox, Jennifer Lauren, Suzette Logue, Lexie Overholt, Christina Spigner, Nicole Stalker, Renan Cerdeiro, Bradley Dunlap, Shimon Ito, Alexander Peters, Kleber Rebello, Chase Swatosh, Eric Trope, Damian Zamorano

1st Movement Emily Bromberg, Renan Cerdeiro, and Company

2nd Movement Tricia Albertson, Kleber Rebello, and Company

3rd Movement Shimon Ito, Jennifer Lauren, Alexander Peters, and Company

Piano Ciro Fodere

The 2018 dance series is sponsored by BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina.

Sponsored by Eastern Distribution.

These performances are made possible in part through funds from the Spoleto Festival USA Endowment, generously supported by BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina, Wells Fargo, and Bank of America. Miami City Ballet 39

Heatscape Program Notes Music: Concerto no. 1 for Piano and Orchestra by Bohuslav Walpurgisnacht Ballet Martinů*

Music from Faust (1859, ballet music added in 1869), by Charles Justin Peck, who continues to broaden his artistic scope Gounod and choreographic repertoire, has always viewed dance as a nexus for all artistic mediums. It is with this spirit of creative Twenty-four girls stampeding across the stage—most of them in collaboration that he sought out renowned visual artist Shepard purple, their hair flowing—and a single man. Gounod’s passionate Fairey to present a vibrant visual design for Heatscape—Peck’s Faust music. A bravura ballerina role demanding both complete second commission for Miami City Ballet. control and utter abandon (hand-tailored in 1980 for the great ). There’s no Faust, no Mephistopheles—just Peck initially began examining Charleston-born artist Shepard sheer impetuosity and startling virtuosity. This is Balanchine at Fairey’s (ObeyGiant) street art while exploring Miami’s his most outrageously popular—marrying classicism to kitsch. Wynwood Arts District. Fairey, who had never designed for ballet, worked with Peck to develop a visual setting that is as bold The original Palm Beach production of Walpurgisnacht Ballet as the movement and music. The design emanates from Fairey’s was made possible by the generous support of Rita Stein*. mandala paintings, which Peck used as a basis for certain architectural movements throughout the ballet. “[Fairey] works The performance of Walpurgisnacht Ballet, a Balanchine® Ballet, to create these mandala images which start from the center and is presented by arrangement with The George Balanchine Trust build outward in a meticulously detailed fashion,” Peck told and has been produced in accordance with the Balanchine Style® Vogue. “That means of construct inspired me to develop certain and ® Service standards established and choreographic techniques within this ballet.” provided by the Trust. Peck chose to choreograph this ballet to Bohuslav Martinů’s Piano Concerto no. 1, a relatively unknown piece of music. Pas de Deux “I consider this work to be a hidden gem that is not only rich with texture, innovation, and relevance to the current day, but Music by Richard Rodgers, arranged and orchestrated by is also tremendously danceable. It has buoyancy, playfulness, Martin Yates and emotion—and a sturdy blueprint to guide me in the choreographic process. This piece of music has been on my When London’s ’s revival of Rodgers radar for a few years now, and I felt that Miami City Ballet would and Hammerstein’s Carousel moved to Lincoln Center in 1994, be the perfect vessel for realizing a ballet in relation to it.” it ran for almost a year, winning five Tony Awards, including one for Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s choreography. His deeply touching *Bohuslav Martinů’s Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1, duet for the central couple is a quintessential expression of H 149, is used by arrangement with European American Music ecstatic—and dangerous—young love. Distributors Company, sole U.S. and Canadian agent for Schott Music GmbH & Co. KG, publisher and copyright owner. The original Palm Beach premiere of Carousel Pas de Deux was generously supported by Gillian Fuller. The original production of Heatscape was made possible by a New Works grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the generous support of The Rockefeller Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts: ArtWorks, Concerto DSCH Armando and Margarita Codina, and Bob Benson.

Music: Piano Concerto no. 2, op. 102, by Dmitri Shostakovich* Additional support provided by: Helen P. Welch, Madeline and Stephen Anbinder, Nina and William Albert, Rosalee Having premiered two recent major ballets—Symphonic Dances and Richard Davison, Adelaida Muñiz-Iscoe and Gary Iscoe, and The Fairy’s Kiss—by Alexei Ratmansky, the world’s leading Michael Schultz, Miriam Flamm, and Carole Gigliotti. classical choreographer, Miami City Ballet now presents one of his most acclaimed earlier works. Concerto DSCH (the initials reflect the German spelling of Dmitri Shostakovich, its composer) is a seething rush of energy, lyricism, and brilliant classical invention overlain with a contemporary sparkle and bounce. At its premiere in 2008, Alastair Macaulay wrote in The New York Times: “Its dances pour forth in a continuous stream of galvanizing excitement and affectionate intimacy...the most captivating classical ballet I have seen in years.”

*By arrangement with G. Schirmer, INC. publisher and copyright owner. 40 Miami City Ballet

Artistic Team Musicians

LOURDES LOPEZ (moderator and CIRO FODERE (piano) is a modern and artistic director of Miami City Ballet) versatile pianist. He performs regularly was recently named one of “The Most with orchestras around the world. He Influential People in Dance Today” by is the pianist of the Miami Symphony Dance Magazine. She became artistic Orchestra (MISO), and piano professor director of Miami City Ballet in 2012, at the New World School of the Arts. As bringing with her a nearly 40-year career an enthusiast of the 21st-century a-vant- in dance, television, teaching, and arts garde approach to MISO’s performances, management; under Lopez’s direction, and as the first prize winner of the XIV Miami City Ballet has become one of the country’s premier Bartok-Kabalevsky-Prokofiev International Competition, ballet companies. Born in Havana, Cuba, in 1958 and raised Fodere’s latest performances have been described as “masterful, in Miami, Lopez began taking ballet lessons at age 5; at 14, she electric, by turns fiery and lyrical” byThe Post and Courier, moved to New York permanently and joined the and as “technical sheen articulation, alert dynamic shading, of New York City Ballet at 16. Under the direction of George and an imaginative approach” by The Miami Herald, which Balanchine and Jerome Robbins, her star rose quickly at New also raves “edge-of-the-seat thrilling.” Fodere completed his York City Ballet; in 1984, she was promoted to and four-year fellowship at the New World Symphony (NWS), an then principal, and performed countless featured roles. Upon organization that featured him regularly in chamber music and retirement, Lopez joined WNBC-TV in New York as a cultural orchestral performances in Miami. Along with accompanying arts reporter, writing and producing feature segments on the musicians including Joshua Bell and Renée Fleming, he has arts, artists, and arts education. She was also a full-time senior participated with members of the NWS in Santa Cecilia, Rome, faculty member at New York’s Ballet Academy East, and served Perugia, and Carnegie Hall. on the dance faculty of Barnard College. In 2002, Lopez became the executive director of The George Balanchine Foundation FRANCISCO RENNÓ (piano) is and oversaw the 2004 Balanchine Centennial Celebration. the winner of several major piano Lopez co-founded The Cuban Artists Fund, which supports competitions and has appeared as a Cuban and Cuban-American artists, and in 2007, she received soloist with orchestras in North and an award from the American Immigration Law Foundation South America. He has given solo and honoring Cuban Americans for their accomplishments and chamber music recitals throughout the contributions to American society. In 2014 Lopez was elected two continents, including appearances to serve on the Ford Foundation’s Board of Trustees, marking at Carnegie Recital Hall and The Phillips the first time an artist was elected to serve on its board, and in Collection. For ballet performances, 2011, she received the prestigious Jerome Robbins Award for he has performed as a soloist with the symphony orchestras her years in dance. of Kansas City, St. Louis, Berkeley, Naples, and on tour with Miami City Ballet at The Kennedy Center, Torino Danza in GARY SHELDON (conductor) returns Torino, Italy, and at Les Étés de la Danse in Paris. Rennó was to Spoleto Festival USA for the first company pianist for the Kansas City Ballet from its inception time since conducting the first Festival in 1981, joining Miami City Ballet in 1999. He composed the Orchestral Concert at Middleton Place music to Edward Villella’s The Waltz: Our Lady of Oblivion. in 1977. This followed his debut at the Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy, THE SPOLETO FESTIVAL USA ORCHESTRA appears where he conducted Don Pasquale at the at the Festival in many different configurations, performing in invitation of Gian Carlo Menotti and , symphonic, choral, chamber, and contemporary music Christopher Keene. Sheldon is now in performances. Formed anew each year through nationwide his eighth season as principal conductor for Miami City Ballet. auditions, the orchestra is largely comprised of young He has previously held positions with , professionals or players in advanced degree programs. Alumni Atlanta Ballet, and Ballet Met. He has also served as principal of the Spoleto Festival USA Orchestra are on the rosters conductor for the Syracuse Opera and Eugene Opera. In 2010, of leading orchestras throughout the world, including the Sheldon was the first recipient of the American Prize for Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Conducting for performances conducted with the Lancaster The Cleveland Orchestra, and San Francisco Symphony, among Festival Orchestra in Ohio, where he is artistic director. He others. also serves currently as principal conductor at the Festival at Sandpoint in Idaho. Sheldon is a native of Bay Shore, New York, and a graduate of The Juilliard School and L’Institut de hautes études Musicales in Montreux, Switzerland. Miami City Ballet 41

the , the Royal Swedish Ballet, Dutch Choreographers National Ballet, New York City Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, and Miami City Ballet, as well as Nina Ananiashvili, Diana GEORGE BALANCHINE is widely regarded as the most Vishneva, and Mikhail Baryshnikov. Ratmansky was named influential choreographer of the 20th century. He co-founded artistic director of the in January 2004. For the two of ballet’s most important institutions: New York City Ballet Bolshoi Ballet, he choreographed full-length productions of The and the School of American Ballet (SAB). Balanchine was born Bright Stream (2003) and The Bolt (2005). Under Ratmansky’s in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1904, studied at the Imperial Ballet direction, the Bolshoi Ballet was named Best Foreign Company School in St. Petersburg, and danced with the . in 2005 and 2007 by The Critics Circle in London. In 2009, In 1924, he left the Soviet Union for Europe, where he was Ratmansky choreographed new dances for the Metropolitan invited to join Serge Diaghilev’s . After meeting Opera’s production of . Ratmansky joined American Ballet in London and moving to the United States, the Theatre (ABT) as artist in residence in 2009. For ABT, he pair founded SAB in 1934. They founded in 1946, choreographed On the Dnieper (2009), Seven Sonatas (2009), which was renamed New York City Ballet in 1948. Balanchine (2010), and The Golden Cockerel (2015) among served as the company’s until his death in 1983. many others. Ratmansky was awarded the MacArthur “Genius” He choreographed 425 works over the course of 60-plus award in 2014 – 15. years. Many of his works are considered masterpieces and are performed by ballet companies all over the world. Guest Artists KENNETH MACMILLAN was the principal choreographer of from 1977 – 92 and during his career, CHASE FINLAY (principal, New York choreographed more than 60 varied works that survive in the City Ballet) was born in Fairfield, repertoires of ballet companies around the world. MacMillan Connecticut, and began his dance training was born in Dunfermline, Scotland, in 1929 and spent his at age 8 at Ballet Academy East. He went boyhood years in Great Yarmouth and Retford. He began ballet on to study at the School of American training at age 14 and was accepted into the Sadler’s Wells (now Ballet, the official school of New York The Royal Ballet) School. commissioned his City Ballet, during the summer of 2007, first professional work,Danses Concertantes, in 1955. Several before enrolling as a full-time student. works for The Royal Ballet and Finlay became an apprentice with NYCB followed. He served as director of the Deutsche Oper Ballet in September 2008 and became a member of the corps de ballet (1966 – 69) and The Royal Ballet (1970 – 77). MacMillan died in September 2009. He was promoted to soloist in July 2011 in 1992 and won a posthumous Tony award for choreography and became a principal in February 2013. Since joining NYCB, in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel. He was knighted for Finlay has performed featured roles in numerous ballets by his services to in 1983, in addition to receiving George Balanchine, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Pontus Lidberg, numerous awards. , , Angelin Preljocaj, Jerome Robbins, Myles Thatcher, and , among JUSTIN PECK began choreographing in 2009 at the New others. He was a recipient of the Clive Barnes Award for dance York Choreographic Institute. In 2014, after the creation of in 2010. his acclaimed ballet Everywhere We Go, he was appointed as resident choreographer of New York City Ballet; he is the UNITY PHELAN (soloist, New York second person in the institution’s history to hold this title. Peck City Ballet) was born in Princeton, New joined New York City Ballet as a dancer in 2006; in 2013, he Jersey, and began her dance training was promoted to soloist. As a performer, he has danced a vast at age 5 at the Princeton Ballet School. repertoire of works, and as a choreographer, he has created During the summers of 2008 and 2009, more than 30 ballets—16 of those for New York City Ballet. His Phelan attended the summer sessions at collaborators include composers , the School of American Ballet, the official (The National), Dan Deacon; visual artists Shepard Fairey, school of New York City Ballet, and she Marcel Dzama, John Baldessari, and Jules de Balincourt; and enrolled as a full-time student in fall of fashion designers Mary Katrantzou, Humberto Leon (Kenzo, 2009. Phelan became an apprentice with NYCB in December Opening Ceremony), Tumori Chisato, and Dries Van Noten. 2012 and joined the company as a member of the corps de ballet Peck choreographed the 2018 Broadway revival of Carousel. in November 2013. She was promoted to soloist in February Peck choreographed and consulted on the 20th-Century Fox 2017. Since joining NYCB, she has performed featured roles in feature filmRed Sparrow, starring Jennifer Lawrence and Joel numerous ballets by George Balanchine, Robert Binet, Lauren Edgerton, and directed by Francis Lawrence. Lovette, Justin Peck, Peter Martins, Alexei Ratmansky, Jerome Robbins, and Christopher Wheeldon. ALEXEI RATMANSKY was born in St. Petersburg and trained at the Bolshoi Ballet School in Moscow. His performing career included positions as with Ukrainian National Ballet, the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, and the Royal Danish Ballet. He has choreographed ballets for the Mariinsky Ballet, 42 Miami City Ballet

and originated a role in his 2 and 3 Part Inventions. At 21, he Dancers accepted an apprenticeship with American Ballet Theatre. A year later, he was offered a position with Miami City Ballet as a ALAINA ANDERSEN (corps de ballet) is corps de ballet member. He was promoted to principal soloist in from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and began 2008. Bramaz is married to fellow Miami City Ballet principal her training at Milwaukee Ballet School soloist, Callie Manning. under the direction of Rolando Yanes. When she was 15, she began training EMILY BROMBERG (soloist) is privately with Nadia Thompson for two from Boston, Massachusetts, and years. In 2014, she attended the Miami began her training at Rolann’s School City Ballet Summer Intensive and was of the Dance in Longwood, Florida, and invited to join MCB School’s year-round Southern Ballet Theater (now known program that fall. After the summer program, she was also as Orlando Ballet). At age 10, she moved offered an apprentice position with the company and since to Boston and trained at the Academy then, Andersen has performed in the corps de ballet in several of Ballet Arts. At 14, she attended the ballets. In May 2016, she received the Toby Lerner Ansin summer and year-round programs at Scholarship Award. Andersen joined MCB in 2016 as a corps de Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington, D.C. She then finished ballet member. her high school years at School where she performed in the corps de ballet in many productions with TRICIA ALBERTSON (principal) is from Boston Ballet. After graduating, Bromberg spent four years as Santa Cruz, California, and began her a company member of Festival Ballet Providence. During that ballet training at The Studio School of time, she also earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Classical Ballet with Vicki Bergland and Rhode Island College. After attending the 2006 International Rebecca Bartlow. She received additional Ballet Competition, she moved to Denver where she performed training attending summer programs soloist and principal roles with . She joined at San Francisco Ballet School and the Miami City Ballet as a corps de ballet member in 2010 and was School of American Ballet in New York promoted to soloist in 2015. City. Starting in 1995, she attended SAB as a full-time student for two years. In 1997, she joined Miami City KATIA CARRANZA (principal) is from Ballet as a coryphée and in 2006, she was promoted to principal. Monterrey, Mexico, and graduated from In her 21 years with Miami City Ballet, Albertson has had the the Escuela Superior de Musica y Danza privilege to dance most of the corps, soloist, and principal roles de Monterrey in Mexico in 1996. She then in the company’s repertoire. She has also had the opportunity joined Ballet de Monterrey as a soloist. In to originate roles for Justin Peck and Liam Scarlett. 1998, she joined Miami City Ballet as a corps de , and in 2004 she NATHALIA ARJA (principal soloist) is was promoted to principal dancer. She from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and began left after the 2006 – 07 season to rejoin taking dance classes at age 5 at Escola Ballet de Monterrey as a principal, but continued to dance with de Danca Alice Arja. At 14, she began MCB as a guest artist for an additional six seasons. During her dancing with the Companhia de Ballet career, Carranza has participated in national and international do Rio de Janeiro. During her year with ballet competitions such as the Concurso Nacional in the company in Brazil, Arja also won Guadalajara, Mexico (1994), and the Concurso Internacional several dance competitions where she in Cuba (1995) where she won silver medals in both. Carranza was offered a scholarship for El Teatro rejoined MCB full-time in 2017 as a principal dancer. Colón, El Ballet de Santiago, Joffrey Ballet School, and Canada’s National Ballet School. At 15, she received a full scholarship to RENAN CERDEIRO (principal) is from attend Miami City Ballet School where she trained for three Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and began training years. She joined Miami City Ballet as a school apprentice in in various dance styles at the Escola de 2009 and was promoted to principal soloist in 2016. Dança Alice Arja in Rio de Janeiro. In 2008, Cerdeiro was named a finalist at DIDIER BRAMAZ (principal soloist) is the in Switzerland, from Geneva, Switzerland, and began and that same year was awarded a taking ballet at age 11. When he was scholarship to train at Miami City Ballet 16, he accepted a scholarship to train School. Within two years, he was invited intensively with David Allen at the to join Miami City Ballet as a company apprentice. In 2013, he Geneva Dance Center. Bramaz competed was promoted to principal. Since joining, Cerdeiro has toured in and won several dance competitions, with the company performing at the , the one of which offered him a two-year Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, in Ottawa and Vancouver, Canada, scholarship to train at the School of as well at the Bolshoi in Moscow as part of the Benois de la American Ballet in New York City. While at SAB, he was Danse Gala. Cerdeiro was named by Dance Magazine a “25 to chosen to work with the great choreographer, Jerome Robbins, Watch” in 2011. Miami City Ballet 43

JULIA CINQUEMANI (corps de ballet) MAYUMI ENOKIBARA (corps de ballet) is from Dallas, Texas, and received her is from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and received ballet training at Dallas Ballet Center. her dance training at Escola Estadual She concurrently studied dance at Booker de Danças Maria Olenewa, Theatro T. Washington High School for the Municipal. During summers, she received Performing and Visual Arts. She spent additional training at the Royal Ballet five summers studying at the School School in 2009. After attending the 2011 of American Ballet in New York City. Miami City Ballet Summer Intensive, In 2008, she was named a Texas Young Enokibara was invited to stay for the Master by The Texas Commission on the Arts. That same year, school year program with a full scholarship. She moved to Miami she left home at the age of 16 to train with Pacific Northwest at age 14 to train at MCB School. She also attended the 2012 and Ballet’s professional division for two years. Cinquemani joined 2014 summer intensives there. She became an apprentice in under the direction of Colleen Neary and 2013 and received the Toby Lerner Ansin Scholarship Award in Thordal Christensen in 2010, was promoted to soloist in 2012, 2015 upon her graduation. Enokibara joined Miami City Ballet and principal in 2014. She joined Miami City Ballet as a corps de in 2015 as a corps de ballet member. ballet member in 2017. LAUREN FADELEY (principal soloist) MAYA COLLINS (corps de ballet) is is from Orlando, Florida, and began her from San Francisco, California, and dance training at age 4. She trained at the began her training at City Ballet School Orlando Ballet School and the School of under the direction of Damara Bennett. Performing Arts in Florida, along with After spending three summers on full summer intensives at The Rock School scholarship at the School of American and the School of American Ballet. In Ballet in New York City, she was asked to 2000 at age 15, Fadeley moved to New continue her training for the year on full York City to study full time. A year later, scholarship at the age of 17. At the age of Fadeley joined New York City Ballet. After two years with 18, Collins was offered an apprenticeship with New York City NYCB, she decided to further her academic and dance education Ballet and the following year was promoted to the corps de by attending Indiana University. In May 2007, she graduated ballet. From 2003 – 11, Collins danced various corps and soloist cum laude with a B.S. in ballet performance with an outside roles and was chosen to originate many new works with New field in kinesiology. In 2007, she joined the corps de ballet of York City Ballet. In 2011, Collins joined Miami City Ballet as a Pennsylvania Ballet, and was promoted to principal in 2012. She member of the corps de ballet. joined Miami City Ballet as a soloist in 2016 and was promoted to principal soloist in 2017. BRADLEY DUNLAP (corps de ballet) is from Cleveland, Ohio, and began training SAMANTHA HOPE GALLER (soloist) at Cleveland City Dance with Paul Wilson, is from Bedford, Massachusetts, and Linda Adolphi, and Sarah Savelli, and spent 13 years training with The Ballet continued at Cleveland School of Dance Academy, Inc., under the direction of with Gladisa Guadalupe. He attended Frances Kotelly in the . summer programs with full scholarships She performed six seasons with The at Blue Lakes Fine Arts Camp with Northeast Youth Ballet under the direction Jefferson Baum, The Rock School, of Denise Cecere. She continued training, School, and the School of American on scholarship, with Boston Ballet School Ballet. He was accepted to Miami City Ballet School with a full and received the PAO Merit Trainee Scholarship. She received scholarship in 2004 and became a student apprentice in 2005 the NFAA Honorable Mention Award in Ballet. Galler spent and was promoted to corps de ballet member in 2008. During summers training at Boston Ballet, Central Pennsylvania Youth his training, Dunlap toured Germany and France with the Blue Ballet, and Boston Conservatory. She danced with Cincinnati Lake Fine Arts Camp International Ballet Ensemble at age 14. In Ballet in their 2008 – 09 season under the direction of Victoria 2011, he was a corps dancer in PBS’s Great Performances Dance Morgan. Galler spent five seasons with Alabama Ballet under in America: Miami City Ballet Dances Balanchine and Tharp. the direction of Tracey Alvey and Roger Van Fleteren. During her tenure there, she was promoted to principal dancer. Galler joined Miami City Ballet as a member of the corps de ballet in 2014 and was promoted to soloist in 2018. 44 Miami City Ballet

ELLEN GROCKI (corps de ballet) is ASHLEY KNOX (soloist) is from Shelby from Damascus, Maryland, started Township, Michigan, began her dance ballet at age 3, and trained under the training with Ann Parsley’s School direction of Florence Gardner for six of Dance at age 3, and studied more years in Damascus. She then spent seriously with Cornelia Sampson at The seven years studying with Patricia Rochester School of Dance until the age Berrend at Berrend Dance Center in of 15. Her summers were spent at the Olney, Maryland. She attended summer School of American Ballet, where she programs at Exploring Ballet with continued for two years of training in Suzanne Farrell, the School of American Ballet, Miami City their year-round program. After one year in Miami City Ballet Ballet School, and Pacific Northwest Ballet School. At the 2012 School, she joined Miami City Ballet as an apprentice in 2002 MCB Summer Intensive, Grocki was offered a scholarship to and was promoted to soloist in 2017. Knox is also proud to hold train in the school’s year-round program. She left home at 16 the record of being an eight-time U.S. National Champion of and moved to Miami for the 2012 – 13 school year. She became Scottish Highland Dance, as well as being the third American a student apprentice with the company for the 2013 – 14 season to win the title of World Champion in Cowal, Scotland in 1999. and received the Toby Lerner Ansin Scholarship Award in 2014. She graduated from Miami Beach Senior High School and RAINER KRENSTETTER (principal) joined MCB as a corps de ballet member in 2014 at age 18. is from Vienna, Austria, and began his ballet training at the Ballet School of AARON HILTON (corps de ballet) is from the Vienna State Opera. In 1999, he was Washington, D.C., began dancing at age 3, accepted into the Royal Ballet School in and soon after received a scholarship to London and continued his training there attend The Washington School of Ballet until 2000, when he became a corps de under the direction of Kee Juan Han. He ballet member with the Vienna State later attended the Royal Swedish Ballet Opera Ballet. In 2002, he joined the Berlin School in Stockholm, Sweden (2007 – State Ballet under the direction of Vladimir Malakhov and went 09), and the School of American Ballet through the ranks up to principal in 2013. He joined Miami (2013 – 15), also under scholarship. Upon City Ballet as a principal in November 2014. Throughout his graduating from SAB, Hilton joined Boston Ballet as a member training, Krenstetter participated and won medals in various of the second company for the 2015 – 16 season. Hilton began international ballet competitions including in Vienna, Brasília, studies at Princeton University in the fall of 2016, and is taking and Luxembourg, culminating in his first-place win at the Prix a leave of absence in order to dance professionally. He joined de Lausanne in 1999. MCB as a corps de ballet dancer in 2017. JENNIFER LAUREN (principal) is SHIMON ITO (soloist) is from New York from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and began and began his training at age 4 at his training in various regional schools mother’s dance academy, Asako Ballet and later with New York in New York City. At 8, he and the Alabama Ballet Pre-Apprentice was accepted to the School of American Program. Lauren’s summers were spent Ballet, where he trained for 5 years. At 13, attending American Ballet Theatre he went on to the National Ballet School intensives. In 1998, at age 16, she joined of Canada where he graduated in 2008. the Alabama Ballet under the direction of Throughout his training in Canada, he Wes Chapman and Roger Van Fleteren. In 2007, Lauren joined also attended the John Cranko School in Stuttgart, Germany Miami City Ballet as a member of the corps de ballet and was through an exchange program. After graduating, Ito joined promoted to principal in 2016. In 2014, she was named one of San Francisco Ballet’s Trainee Program, where he performed Dance Magazine’s “ 25 to Watch.” with the company. He danced for Silicon Valley’s as an apprentice and then as a corps member from 2009 – 11. He placed as a finalist in the Jackson International Ballet Competition in 2010. Ito joined MCB in 2011 as a corps de ballet member and was promoted to soloist in 2016. Miami City Ballet 45

SUZETTE LOGUE (corps de ballet) is SIMONE MESSMER (principal) is from Sarasota, Florida, and began her from Minneapolis, Minnesota, and began dance training at Sarasota Ballet and studying dance at age 9 at Ballet Arts privately with Isabel and Javier Dubroq. Minnesota. At 14, she continued her She continued her training with Suzanne training at The HARID Conservatory in Farrell and the Tallahassee Ballet. Boca Raton, Florida, where she earned the Logue attended summer programs on Jeannot B. Cerrone Award for Excellence scholarship at Pacific Northwest Ballet, in Dance. At 16, she resumed her training School of American Ballet, and Miami at Ballet Arts Minnesota under the City Ballet School. She moved to Miami in 2007 to train full- direction of Bonnie Mathis. Messmer participated in American time at Miami City Ballet School for one year and then went on Ballet Theatre’s Summer Intensive Program in 2001 and joined to dance with Pennsylvania Ballet and Boston Ballet. She joined ABT Studio Company in that same year. Messmer danced with Miami City Ballet in 2010. Logue has danced many Balanchine ABT for more than a decade, rising to the rank of soloist in and contemporary ballets in the company’s repertory, including 2010. Messmer joined San Francisco Ballet in 2013, performing new works by Justin Peck, Liam Scarlett, and Alexei Ratmansky. principal roles. Messmer was awarded the Leonore Annenberg Arts Fellowship in 2010. She joined Miami City Ballet as a JORDAN-ELIZABETH LONG (soloist) principal dancer in 2015. is from Blacksburg, Virginia, began her ballet training with Carol Crawford Smith, HARRISON MONACO (corps de and continued with Terri Post at the ballet) is from New Berlin, Wisconsin, Southwest Virginia Ballet. In high school, started lessons at age 3, and at age 10, she moved to South Florida to train with started formal training with Lori Romito. Magaly Suarez. Upon completion of high Through Romito, he came to study at school, she was invited to join the Dutch the Ruth Page School of Dance under National Ballet as a demi-soloist. In 2010, the direction of Larry Long and Dolores she joined the Royal Swedish Ballet, where she was promoted Lipinski. He later joined the Civic Ballet of to soloist. Long has been awarded the gold medal at the World Chicago. At age 16, Monaco was accepted Ballet Competition USA, been a finalist at the Shanghai to the School of American Ballet and trained there for two International Ballet Competition, and was recently awarded years as the recipient of the Dance Foundation the Louis Gallodier Prize at the Royal Swedish Ballet. She has Scholarship. In 2010, he was a member of the professional appeared in galas and festivals in the US, Dominican Republic, division at Pacific Northwest Ballet School on a full scholarship, Russia, Romania, and Hong Kong. In 2014, Long joined Miami under the direction of Peter Boal. Prior to joining Miami City City Ballet as a soloist. Ballet, Monaco danced with Pennsylvania Ballet for six seasons, under the direction of Roy Kaiser and later Angel Corella. He ALEX MANNING (corps de ballet) is joined MCB as a corps de ballet dancer in 2017. from State College, Pennsylvania, and began taking ballet classes at the Ballet LEXIE OVERHOLT (corps de ballet) is Theatre of Central Pennsylvania. At from Oakton, Virginia, and received her age 13, Manning attended the Walnut ballet training at the Reston Conservatory Hill School for the Arts in Natick, Ballet with Julia Redick until she Massachusetts. He was a ballet major graduated from high school. Overholt there for his freshman and sophomore attended numerous summer intensives years of high school. He then attended on scholarship including San Francisco Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Ballet School, Boston Ballet School, from 2010 – 13, where he trained with Director Marcia Dale American Ballet Theatre in New York, Weary, and also trained privately with Laszlo Berdo and Leslie and Miami City Ballet School. She was also awarded a spot in the Hench. Manning was awarded the Jerome Robbins Scholarship Kennedy Center Master Class Series for two years, where she in 2012 while attending CPYB. In 2013, at age 18, he was offered was taught by ballet masters of nationally and internationally a student apprenticeship with Miami City Ballet School. He was recognized ballet companies, including Suzanne Farrell promoted to the corps de ballet for the 2014 – 15 season. Ballet, New York City Ballet, the Mariinsky Ballet, The Royal Ballet, and the Bolshoi Ballet. In 2009, following her summer intensive with MCB School, she was offered a full scholarship to continue her training. In 2011, Overholt accepted a company apprenticeship with MCB and was promoted to the corps de ballet in 2012. 46 Miami City Ballet

RENATO PENTEADO (principal) is REYNERIS REYES (principal) is from from São Paulo, Brazil, and began his Pinar Del Rio, Cuba, and received his dance training at age 7 with Ballet Twin’s training at the Vocational School of Academy, Studium Marisa Ballet, and Art in Pinar Del Rio and The National Municipal School of Ballet in São Paulo. Ballet School in Havana. Reyes joined In 1997, he joined the “Special Group the National Ballet of Cuba in 1993 as a of Classical Dances of São Paulo.” He member of the corps de ballet and was received many National Ballet Awards promoted to principal in 1998. Reyes in competitions throughout Brazil and in joined Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet 1998, he competed in the International Ballet Competition in in 1999 as a soloist and was promoted to principal in 2002. Jackson, Mississippi, and Varna, Bulgaria. He was then invited In 2004, Reyes joined Boston Ballet as a principal. In 2010, to join Miami City Ballet as a member of the corps de ballet, and Reyes joined Miami City Ballet as a principal. Reyes has been was promoted to principal dancer in 2004. Penteado has danced awarded the bronze medal at the National Ballet Competition many principal roles nationally and internationally with Miami in Havana, and the Cuban National Arts Medal, which is the City Ballet including in Torino, Italy; Paris; Venezuela; and highest artistic honor in Cuba. He has participated in many Canada. international ballet festivals in Cuba, Europe, Asia, and North and South America, as well as ballet galas in Slovakia, Granada, ALEXANDER PETERS (principal Spain, and Vancouver, Canada. soloist) is from State College, Pennsylvania, and began his training with LEANNA RINALDI (corps de ballet) teacher Nicole Swope, continuing with is from Frisco, Texas, and began taking the Allegheny Ballet Academy under the dance classes at age 3. She trained at guidance of Deborah Anthony, Cristin Franklin School of Performing Arts until Burwell, Cherie Noble, and Richard the age of 11, when her family relocated to Cook. He was accepted to the School Frisco, Texas. She continued her training of American Ballet and attended as a there at Chamberlain Performing Arts full-time student from 2007 – 10 as a recipient of the Andrei under the direction of Kathy Chamberlain. Kramarevsky Scholarship. Following SAB, Peters danced with Throughout high school, she attended the Kansas City Ballet under the direction of William Whitener. summer intensives at the School of American Ballet and Miami He then joined the Pennsylvania Ballet in November 2011, was City Ballet School. After graduating high school and completing promoted to soloist in 2014 and to principal in 2015. Peters is a her second summer at MCB School, she received a scholarship recipient of the 2008 Princess Grace Award and the 2010 Mae to attend the year-round program in 2011. As a student, Rinaldi L. Wien Award for Outstanding Promise. Additionally, Peters was given many opportunities to dance with the company and has filmed archival segments with the George Balanchine was hired as a company apprentice in 2013. She was promoted Foundation. He joined Miami City Ballet in 2017 as a principal to the corps de ballet for the 2014 – 15 season. soloist. ÉMILIEN RIVOIRE (corps de ballet) is KLEBER REBELLO (principal) is from Lille, France, and started ballet at from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and began his age 7. When he was 12, he moved to Paris ballet studies at the age of 10 at the Escola to study at the Paris Opéra School and at de Dança Spinelli. As a young dancer, he the Conservatoire National Supérieur won the Premio Jorge Tomin (a medal of de Musique et de Danse de Paris. At 16, legitimate gold) in Córdoba, Argentina, he attended the School of American and the Prix de Lausanne, Youth America Ballet summer intensive and was given Grand Prix, Beijing International a scholarship to stay for the year-round Competition, and Festival Internacional program. In 2013, he was offered an apprenticeship with Miami de Dança de Joinville, among others. In 2009, he attended the City Ballet after attending the School’s summer program. He Miami City Ballet Summer Intensive and received a scholarship joined Miami City Ballet as a corps de ballet member in 2014. for MCB School. In 2010, he joined MCB as an apprentice and was promoted to principal dancer in 2013. Through his career with Miami City Ballet, Rebello has performed at the Les Étés de la Danse in Paris; Vancouver and Ottawa, Canada; and at the Guggenheim’s Works in Process series in New York City. In 2011, Dance Magazine selected him as one of their annual “25 to Watch.” Miami City Ballet 47

ARIEL ROSE (corps de ballet) is RAECHEL SPARREO (corps de ballet) from New York and began his training is from Buffalo Grove, Illinois, and began at Ballet Academy East in New York taking ballet classes at age 3. When she City. He also studied at the LaGuardia was 11, she began training at Faubourg High School for Music and Art and the School of Ballet under Watmora Casey, Performing Arts, and at the Jacqueline Tatyana Mazur, Ernesto Quenedit, Victor Kennedy Onassis School at American Alexander, and Maray Guiterez. She Ballet Theatre. Upon graduating, Rose also trained at Fox Ballet under Terry went on to Boston, where he performed Fox. After attending the MCB Summer extensively with Boston Ballet II as well as with the main Intensive for two years, she was offered a full scholarship to company. He then spent three years dancing with the Richmond attend the school’s year-round program at age 15. As a student, Ballet where he performed works by many contemporary she danced in several ballets with the company. In 2013, she was choreographers. He joined Miami City Ballet’s corps de ballet in asked to be a student apprentice, and was promoted to the corps 2013. In 2015, Rose was selected to participate in the resident de ballet in 2014. fellows choreographic program with the Center for Ballet and the Arts at New York University, an international institute for CHRISTINA SPIGNER (corps de ballet) scholars and artists of ballet and its related arts and sciences. is from Paradise Valley, Arizona, and has trained at School of Ballet Arizona, HELEN RUIZ (corps de ballet) was born Master Ballet Academy, and graduated in San Juan, Puerto Rico. After being from Miami City Ballet School, where accepted into Julian E. Blanco Ballet she was a full-scholarship student for two School at the age of 10, world-renowned years. She has been nominated for the ballet and pilates instructor Lolita San National Princess Grace Award and is the Miguel offered her a full scholarship to winner of three national contemporary the Ballet Concierto de Puerto Rico. After competitions including New York City Dance Alliance and two years with Ballet Concierto, at age West Coast Dance Explosion. She has performed original works 12, Ruiz was accepted into the School of at Radio City Music Hall as a touring national title holder. She American Ballet’s summer program, which she attended for joined Miami City Ballet as a company apprentice in 2012 and three consecutive summers. At age 15, she was offered a full was promoted to the corps de ballet shortly thereafter. In 2016, scholarship to attend SAB’s year-round program, where she Spigner had the privilege of being featured in the Black Iris trained for four years. In 2007, she auditioned for Miami City Project’s debut performances in New York City. BIP is a unique Ballet and was offered an apprenticeship. Ruiz was promoted to ballet collaborative which creates new and relevant classical the corps de ballet in 2009. ballet works celebrating diversity and Black history.

CHRISTIE SCITURRO (corps de ballet) NICOLE STALKER (corps de ballet) is is from Sterling Heights, Michigan, and from St. Petersburg, Florida, and began received her dance training at Juliana’s her dance training at age 3 at Cheryl Lee Academy of Dance, The Rock School, and Studio of Dance. She spent summers Miami City Ballet School. She attended training at The Chautauqua Institute, summer intensives at Pacific Northwest American Ballet Theatre, and The Rock Ballet and American Ballet Theatre. School for Dance Education before Sciturro joined MCB School in 2005, moving to Philadelphia in 2005 to attend became a student apprentice in 2006, and The Rock School’s year-round program. was promoted to the corps de ballet in 2008. She spent her final summer at the School of American Ballet in 2007 before moving to Miami to join Miami City Ballet School’s ALYSSA SCHROEDER (corps de ballet) pre-professional division. In 2008, Stalker joined Miami City is from Portland, Oregon, and began her Ballet as an apprentice and was promoted to the corps de ballet early training at the School of Oregon in 2009. Stalker was nominated twice for the Princess Grace Ballet Theatre under the direction of Award in 2009 and 2011. Damara Bennett. At the age of 13, she moved to Carlisle, Pennsylvania, to continue her training at Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet with founding Artistic Director Marcia Dale Weary. Throughout her training, Schroeder also attended summer programs on scholarship at the School of American Ballet and San Francisco Ballet School. She joined MCB as a corps de ballet member in 2017. 48 Miami City Ballet

CHASE SWATOSH (soloist) is AO WANG (corps de ballet) is from from Westlake Village, California, and Beijing, China, and began training in 2008 began his training at Retter’s Academy of at the Liaoning Ballet Academy of China. Dance with Darryl and Linda Retter when In 2014, she received a full scholarship he was 8. In 2007, he became a trainee to attend The Washington School of at the Joffrey Ballet School in New York Ballet Professional Training Program City, where he trained for two years before and trained with Kee Juan Han. In 2012, attending the summer and winter terms Wang won the gold medal at the Osaka of the School of American Ballet (2009 – International Ballet Competition and 10). He also attended numerous ballet summer intensives from also received a bronze medal at The Taolibei Competition in 2005 – 10, including American Ballet Theatre, Joffrey Ballet China. In 2013, she earned a bronze medal at the Korea Seoul School, San Francisco Ballet School, School of American Ballet, International Dance Competition. In 2015, she won first place Miami City Ballet School, and Pacific Northwest Ballet School. at the Regional in Pittsburgh with Swatosh has a diversified dance background, having trained in her solo and pas de deux. In addition, she was the recipient of tap, jazz, contemporary, musical theater, and modern. He also the Mary Day Award. She spent one season dancing with The was a Junior Olympic swimmer, an All-American qualifying Washington Ballet Studio Company. She joined MCB as a corps diver in high school, and an awarded, classically trained pianist. de ballet member in 2016. Swatosh joined Miami City Ballet as an apprentice in 2010 and was promoted to soloist in 2016. AMIR YOGEV (corps de ballet) is from Kibbutz Tzuba, Israel, and began his ELLA TITUS (corps de ballet) is from ballet training at the Jerusalem Academy Clearwater, Florida, and began her ballet of Music and Dance at the age of 13. In training at age 3 with Maureen Gibson. 2003, he moved to New York City to study As a young girl, she began performing at the School of American Ballet. He with Florida West Youth Ballet under supplemented his training with summer the direction of Pavel Fomin and began programs on scholarship at Joffrey Ballet intensive ballet training with Haydee School, Central Pennsylvania Youth Gutierrez. Titus received scholarships Ballet, and San Francisco Ballet School. In 2006, Yogev joined to attend summer programs with Miami City Ballet, where he performed in several works by American Ballet Theatre, the School of American Ballet, San George Balanchine. Yogev joined Pennsylvania Ballet as an Francisco Ballet School, and Miami City Ballet School. At age apprentice for the 2009 – 10 season and was promoted to the 14, she moved to Miami to attend MCB School full-time as a corps de ballet for the 2010 – 11 season. Yogev rejoined Miami scholarship student, and was offered an apprenticeship at age City Ballet as a corps de ballet member in 2016. 16. In 2015, Titus graduated from Miami Beach High School and joined Miami City Ballet’s corps de ballet. DAMIAN ZAMORANO (corps de ballet) is from Havana, Cuba, and started taking ERIC TROPE (corps de ballet) is ballet classes at age 9 at the Provincial from Poolesville, Maryland, and began School of Ballet Alejo Carpentier. He his dance training with the Maryland moved to Mexico City when he was 11 Youth Ballet in Bethesda, Maryland. He with his parents, where he continued has attended summer courses under full his training at the Escuela Nacional De scholarship at The Rock School for Dance Danza Clásica y Contemporánea. At 13, Education, Pacific Northwest Ballet, and he participated in the first national dance Miami City Ballet. Following a summer competition, Attitude, in Mexico City, where he won a gold course with the School of American medal in his category. At 17, he joined Compañia Nacional De Ballet, Trope entered the school’s year-round program at Danza in Mexico City as an apprentice, was promoted to corps Lincoln Center. Following his graduation from SAB, Trope de ballet member at 18, and promoted to coryphée at 19. In 2012, joined Pennsylvania Ballet II under the direction of William he received a full scholarship to attend Miami City Ballet School DeGregory for the 2009 – 10 season. He was promoted to the and was awarded the Toby Lerner Ansin Scholarship Award in main company for the 2011 – 12 season. He joined Miami City 2012. He joined MCB in 2013 as a corps de ballet member. Ballet as a member of the corps de ballet for the 2013 – 14 season.