Lourdes Lopez Artistic Director

th 2020/21 SEASON ANNIVERSARY SEASON FEATURING SWAN LAKE th ANNIVERSARY SEASON

Experience the sundrenched beauty of Miami City Ballet, the rhythmic heartbeat of our city. Where every moment takes you farther from the everyday, into a world beyond words, beyond imagination. Join us in celebrating 35 years of magic.

“Part EXHILARATION, part ”

THE WASHINGTON POST

1 AFTERNOON OF A FAUN “The past is part of the present, just as the future is. WE EXIST 4 IN TIME.”

PRODIGAL SON 2 GEORGE BALANCHINE

ABLAZE1 BIENVENIDO

This very special season is a celebration of the brilliant artists and cultural organizations SWAN LAKE that have shaped our South Florida community. Opening with a love letter to Miami, the first program features exhilarating new works with a connection to our city by acclaimed artists. The second and fourth programs are a nod to Miami City Ballet’s 3 earlier body of work built firmly on our Balanchine roots. And building our legacy over the past three and a half decades is this year’s crowning event: our very own Swan Lake, representing Miami City Ballet’s world-class artistry and celebrating our place among the best companies in America. CELEBRATING OUR PAST, Join us for this memorable 35th anniversary season. PRESENT & FUTURE.

All performances are accompanied by a live orchestra. 2 35 3 JOIN US THIS SEASON AND EXPERIENCE THE WONDER

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Kicking off the 35th anniversary season is a sizzling event ABLAZE featuring world premieres by Miami-raised and inspired artists and designers. Uniquely Miami-flavored artistry, colorful creative collaborations and the extraordinary MCB dancers evoke the heat of Miami’s eternal summer in this first program.

Durante Verzola fuses his gorgeous choreographic style with the lush, sensual designs of Miami-raised international fashion designer Esteban Cortázar (Ungaro, Net-a-Porter, Paris Fashion Week) to bring out the romance of classical ballet and rich color of Mikhail Glinka’s music.

Claudia Schreier takes her pulsating, “skilled and sophisticated” contemporary moves (The New York Times) to a whole new dimension in her collaboration with visual artistry. Her sexy-cool mix of dance and vibrant energy create a perfect canvas for the Miami City Ballet dancers to soar as if freed from gravity.

The temperature rises as the “supremely gifted” (Vanity Fair) Miami-born Alvin Ailey star Jamar Roberts teams up with genre-defying composer Sam Hyken, the creative force behind Miami’s Nu Deco Ensemble. A fusion of jazzy percussive beats and powerful, playful dance that’s sure to blow the roof off the theater! 1 This is a celebration of creativity, art, the boldness, daring and fun that is Miami. Feel the rhythm of our Magic City taking flight with Miami City Ballet!

World Premieres by Durante Verzola (Verzola/Glinka) Claudia Schreier (Schreier/TBD) Jamar Roberts (Roberts/Hyken)

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PRODIGAL “Gauche and cruel, funny and naive, lascivious and tender… It moves with DRAMATIC FORCE through SON fantastically perceptive and daring episodes, to a conclusion of irresistible emotional conviction.”

THE NEW YORK TIMES

Prodigal Son BALANCHINE/PROKOFIEV

This is a tale of sin and redemption, the story of a young man’s hunger for adventure. It features two legendary roles – the rebellious Son and the Siren who orchestrates his downfall. Theirs is a partnership that culminates in one of the most passionate pas de deux ever to be seen on stage.

In Prodigal Son, Balanchine boldly borrowed movements PIAZZOLLA CALDERA 2 from the world of gymnasts and circus performers – not to shock gratuitously, but to create a symbolic poetry of the grotesque. With its fearless acrobatics and soaring Piazzolla Caldera leaps, you’ll feel its stark emotional punch. This powerful TAYLOR/PIAZZOLLA and emotion-packed ballet showcases Miami City Ballet’s In a dimly lit dive, men and women confront each other in dramatic artistry and sheer dance power. sensual duets and trios: men with women, men with men and women with women. Hips swivel, legs tangle and the heat of desire fills the stage as lamplights undulate overhead. Taylor’s fusion of traditional tango and modern dance bares the sexy, chaotic, poetic soul of this dance. Let the tango begin…

Glass Pieces ROBBINS/GLASS

As a full, colorful cast swarm the stage, it’s easy to see why Jerome Robbins’ tribute to life in New York City is a favorite. The music of Philip Glass hums and throbs with MIAMI WEST PALM BEACH FT. LAUDERDALE hypnotic rhythm and exuberant, playful energy as the Arsht Center Kravis Center Broward Center dance weaves at breakneck speed.

Photo courtesy of Ballet Arizona Jan 15 – 17 Jan 22 – 24 Jan 30 – 31

8 9 “Strikingly FRESH ... MARVEL-FILLED.”

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“This Swan Lake has become the one by which we ALEXEI RATMANSKY’S should JUDGE ALL OTHERS.” SWAN LAKE THE NEW YORK TIMES Swan Lake

RATMANSKY/TCHAIKOVSKY

“Triumphant. An overwhelming success,” said the Financial Times of Alexei Ratmansky’s Swan Lake.

Miami City Ballet premieres this captivating vision of the world’s most mesmerizing ballet, by one of the most renowned choreographers of our time. Timeless and achingly beautiful, Swan Lake has been beloved like no other classical ballet for more than a century.

More than 50 dancers adorn the stage in lush and glittering costumes to tell the story of Prince Siegfried, Princess Odette and her fellow spellbound swans, the evil Baron and impostor Odile. Tchaikovsky’s moving and joyful music is played by a live orchestra as some of ballet’s most famous moments unfold. From a grand and 3 gorgeous medieval court to the lakeside under a midnight moon, the romance of this stunning Swan Lake will set your heart alight.

MIAMI WEST PALM BEACH FT. LAUDERDALE Arsht Center Kravis Center Broward Center

Feb 12 – 14 Feb 19 – 21 Mar 6 – 7 Photos © Carlos Quezada. Images courtesy Ballett Zürich.

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AFTERNOON “A hypnotic MARVEL” THE NEW YORK TIMES OF A FAUN Ballo della Regina Afternoon of a Faun

BALANCHINE/VERDI ROBBINS/DEBUSSY

Ballo della Regina is a rollercoaster of intricate Sensual, narcissistic and intimate. A chance meeting in a footwork that pushes the limits of physical possibility. sun-soaked ballet studio. Claude Debussy’s rich, honeyed With unusual step combinations, bounding solos and score swirls around two dancers as they stretch, preen and famously challenging technical feats, this is a joyous drift together. They are transfixed by their reflection – the display of ballet fireworks. mirror is the audience, and we observe their private reverie. Is this mesmerizing interaction real life or a dream?

Antique Epigraphs

ROBBINS/DEBUSSY

Inspired by French poetry and Greek mythology, an all-female cast skim the floor like statues brought to life, moving through Debussy’s rippling music as cool and 4 luminous as marble.

SYMPHONY IN THREE MOVEMENTS Symphony in Three Movements

BALANCHINE/STRAVINSKY

Crackling with genius and flashes of electricity, Miami City Ballet’s “superb” (The New York Times) interpretation of this masterpiece has awed critics and audiences. The spine tingles as a battalion of warrior-dancers attack, WEST PALM BEACH FT. LAUDERDALE MIAMI leap and swing with split-second precision. High-voltage Kravis Center Broward Center Arsht Center action pulsates to Igor Stravinsky’s futuristic, jazzy score. March 19 – 21 April 3 – 4 April 9 – 11 Feel the exhilaration!

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GEORGE BALANCHINE’S ® THE NUTCRACKER Step into the dream of a brave little girl named Afternoon of a Faun Marie and be transported to a winter wonderland. ROBBINS/DEBUSSY Meet toy soldiers and discover a sparkling forest of Snowflakes. Battle the Mouse King, and befriend A chance meeting in a sun-soaked ballet studio. Twothe Sugarplum Fairy. dancers face an invisible mirror, stretching, preening and appraising themselves. Debussy’s rich, honeyed scoreWith more than 100 dancers, dazzling stage effects and a brilliant live orchestra performing Tchaikovsky’s swirls around them as they drift together, transfixed by beloved score, Miami City Ballet’s spectacular George their reflection. We, the audience, observe throughBalanchine’s the The Nutcracker® is a magical adventure mirror, a window into their private reverie. for all ages. Afternoon of a Faun is a delicate duet of “subtle Ignite the wonderment of childhood and create complexities that lurk beneath its surface.” (Playbill).life-long memories with family and friends – make it Here are two creatures drawn together – is this your cherished holiday tradition! mesmerizing interaction real life or a dream?

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Cover: Katia Carranza and Kleber Rebello. Photo © Gary James. Page 1: Katia Carranza. Photo © Gary James. Pages 2–3: Chase Swatosh. Photo © Gary James. Jordan-Elizabeth Long and Kleber Rebello. Photo © Gary James. Photo © Carlos Quezada. Images courtesy Ballett Zürich. Photo courtesy of Zurich Ballet. Nathalia Arja and Kleber Rebello in Symphony in Three Movements. Choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust. Photo © Daniel Azoulay. Pages 4–5: Audience Image. Photo © Alexander Iziliaev. Miami City Ballet dancers. Photo © Gary James. Pages 6–7: Itzkan Barbosa. Photo © Gary James. Photo courtesy of Ballet Arizona. Major funding for Miami City Ballet is provided by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the Ford Foundation. Miami-Dade County support is provided by the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and Photo © Alexander Iziliaev. Pages 8–9: Piazzolla Caldera © Julieta Cervantes. Pages 10–11: Itzkan Barbosa. Photo © Gary James. Pages 12–13: Photos © Carlos Quezada. Images courtesy Ballett Zürich. Pages 14–15: the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners. Performances and programming in Miami Beach is provided with the generous support of the City of Miami Beach and the Emily Bromberg and Chase Swatosh. Photo © Gary James. Miami City Ballet’s production of Symphony in Three Movements. Choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust. Photo © Daniel Azoulay. Cultural Arts Council. Support for Miami City Ballet in the Palm Beaches is generously sponsored in part by the Board of County Commissioners, the Tourist Development Council and the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County. Pages 16–19: Miami City Ballet’s production of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker®. Choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust. Photos © Alexander Iziliaev. Page 19: Miami City Ballet’s Funding for this organization is provided in part by the Board of County Commissioners of Broward County, Florida, as recommended by the Broward Cultural Council and Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau. production of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker®. Choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust. Photos © Alexander Iziliaev. Pages 20–21: Photos © Gary James. Ashley Knox and Cameron Catazaro The Company is sponsored in part by the Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Council of Arts and Culture and the State of Florida. rehearsing Stravinsky Violin Concerto. Choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust. Photo © Gary James. Page 24: Katia Carranza and Kleber Rebello. Photo © Gary James. 20 21