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MIAMI CITY BALLET 2019/20 SEASON I’M OLD FASHIONED ––––––– THIS BITTER EARTH ––––––– TSCHAIKOVSKY PAS DE DEUX ––––––– SYMPHONIC DANCES 1 MIAMI CITY BALLET “COMPELLING AND MYSTERIOUS… A MASTERPIECE OF MUSICAL NARRATION.” NEW YORK TIMES Marketing Ad Space PROGRAM THREE: FIREBIRD Feb 14 – Mar 1 Three inventive works featuring iconic music, each one an exhilarating adventure. The premiere of Firebird is a fantastical fairy tale with magical special effects. Be seduced by the elegance of Nine Sinatra Songs, as swirling couples dance to Frank Sinatra’s hits. In Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes, 15 male dancers and one female enhance Aaron Copland’s beloved American score with an infectious sense of play. Program includes: NINE SINATRA SONGS Tharp / Sinatra RODEO: FOUR DANCE EPISODES Peck / Copland FIREBIRD Balanchine, Robbins / Stravinsky MIAMI | FORT LAUDERDALE | WEST PALM BEACH TICKETS FROM $30 miamicityballet.org · 305.929.7010 2Nathalia Arja in Firebird. Choreography by George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins ©️ The George Balanchine Trust. Photo ©️ Karolina Kuras. 2019/20 SEASON Dear MCB Family and Friends, – WELCOME | BIENVENIDO Happy New Year yet everything in the end melds into a and welcome complete whole. to the second program of Between these large-scale works, we Miami City Ballet’s offer two strikingly different pas de 34th season. deux. These ballets for two dancers are similar in form and structure, and The ballets you yet they exude completely different are about to see emotions. Christopher Wheeldon’s show us how This Bitter Earth is haunting, soulful and strikingly different clearly about love that has been mostly classical dance lost, but that also leaves the audience can be from one wanting more. In contrast, George choreographer to Balanchine’s Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux another and from is a joyous masterpiece that combines one work to another. They also show the virtuosity and lyricism of classical us how much feeling can be conjured ballet in an exhilarating way that leaves up by these varied approaches to our the audience completely gratified. art form. Presenting these outstanding works Today’s program opens and closes with would not be possible without the large ensemble works. While neither generous support of our South Florida has a real plot, both tell a story. community. We especially extend I’m Old Fashioned is Jerome Robbins’ our gratitude to the Codina family glamorous tribute to the Golden Age for their generous sponsorship of of Hollywood and, more precisely, his I’m Old Fashioned in Miami, Broward, homage to the genius of Fred Astaire. and the Palm Beaches. The ballet is lighthearted, carefree and humorous – at times conveying a nostalgic longing for a sophisticated Our warmest regards, world that no longer exists. In Symphonic Dances, Alexei Ratmansky takes Rachmaninoff’s last Lourdes Lopez Tania Castroverde major orchestral work and creates a Artistic Director Moskalenko ballet that depicts three very different Executive Director worlds. This work is turbulent and dark, filled with anxiety, confusion and mixed messages of love and passion, and Cover image: Emily Bromberg. Photo © Karolina Kuras. Location courtesy of Four Seasons Hotel at The Surf Club. This page: Photos © Alberto Oviedo, Nick Garcia for Miami Modern Luxury. 3 Thank You MIAMI CITY BALLET FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION OF EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTRY 2019/20 SEASON THE COMPANY ARTISTIC DIRECTOR –SOLOISTS Lourdes Lopez Samantha Hope Galler – Ashley Knox Jordan-Elizabeth Long – Kathryn Morgan –EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Tania Castroverde Moskalenko –CORPS DE BALLET Alaina Andersen – Itzkan Barbosa – Eric Beckham Bianca Bulle – Adrienne Carter –MUSIC DIRECTOR Cameron Catazaro – Julia Cinquemani AND PRINCIPAL CONDUCTOR Bradley Dunlap – Mayumi Enokibara Gary Sheldon Samivel Evans – Nina Fernandes Maddie Goodman – Julian Goodwin-Ferris Ellen Grocki – Anna Grunewald – Satoki Habuchi – Aaron Hilton – Benjamin Lepson – Suzette Logue PRINCIPAL BALLET MASTER Petra Love – Alex Manning – Madison McDonough Harrison Monaco – Gustavo Ribeiro – Ariel Rose Roma Sosenko Helen Ruiz – Alyssa Schroeder – Christie Sciturro Luiz Silva – Christina Spigner – Nicole Stalker Ella Titus – Eric Trope – Ao Wang – Amir Yogev –BALLET MASTERS Damian Zamorano Joan Latham – Arnold Quintane –FOUNDER –COMPANY PIANISTS Toby Lerner Ansin John Camacho – Francisco Rennó –FOUNDING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR –PRINCIPALS Edward Villella Tricia Albertson – Katia Carranza Renan Cerdeiro – Rainer Krenstetter Jennifer Lauren – Alexander Peters Carlos Quenedit – Kleber Rebello –PRINCIPAL SOLOISTS “Miami City Ballet, Nathalia Arja – Emily Bromberg a JUBILANT and Lauren Fadeley – Shimon Ito ENDEARING Chase Swatosh company, refreshes the eyes and spirit.” New York Times 5 MIAMI CITY BALLET THE COMPANY DANCERS PRINCIPALS– TRICIA ALBERTSON KATIA CARRANZA Santa Cruz, CA Monterrey, Mexico Joined MCB as a member Danced with Ballet of the Corps in 1997. de Monterrey. Promoted to Principal Joined MCB as a member in 2006. of the Corps in 1998. Promoted to Principal in 2004. Rejoined MCB in 2017. ALEXANDER PETERS CARLOS QUENEDIT State College, PA Havana, Cuba Danced with Kansas City Ballet Danced with San Francisco and Pennsylvania Ballet. Ballet, Ballet de Monterrey and National Ballet of Cuba. Joined MCB as a Principal Soloist in 2017. Joined MCB as a Principal in 2019. Promoted to Principal in 2019. 6 2019/20 SEASON RENAN CERDEIRO RAINER KRENSTETTER JENNIFER LAUREN Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Vienna, Austria Tuscaloosa, AL Joined MCB as a School Danced with Vienna Danced with Alabama Ballet. Apprentice in 2009. State Opera Ballet and Staatsballett Berlin. Joined MCB as a member of Promoted to Principal the Corps in 2007. in 2013.* Joined MCB as a Principal in 2014. Promoted to Principal in 2017. KLEBER REBELLO Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Joined MCB as a Company Apprentice in 2010. Promoted to Principal in 2013.* * Miami City Ballet School Alumni +Toby Lerner Ansin Scholarship Award Recipient 7 MIAMI CITY BALLET THE COMPANY DANCERS PRINCIPAL– SOLOISTS NATHALIA ARJA EMILY BROMBERG Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Boston, MA Joined MCB as a Danced with Festival School Apprentice Ballet Providence, in 2009. Colorado Ballet and Ballet San Jose. Promoted to Principal Soloist in 2016.* Joined MCB as a member of the Corps in 2010. Promoted to Principal Soloist in 2019. LAUREN FADELEY SHIMON ITO CHASE SWATOSH Orlando, FL New York, NY Westlake Village, CA Danced with New Danced with Ballet Joined MCB as a York City Ballet and San Jose. Company Apprentice Pennsylvania Ballet. in 2010. Joined MCB as a Joined MCB as member of the Corps Promoted to Principal a Soloist in 2016. in 2011. Soloist in 2019. Promoted to Promoted to Principal Principal Soloist Soloist in 2019. in 2017. 8 2019/20 SEASON SOLOISTS– SAMANTHA HOPE ASHLEY KNOX GALLER Shelby Township, MI Bedford, MA Joined MCB as a Danced with Boston Company Apprentice Ballet, Cincinnati in 2002. Ballet and Alabama Ballet. Promoted to Soloist in 2017.* Joined MCB as a member of the Corps in 2014. Promoted to Soloist in 2018. JORDAN-ELIZABETH KATHRYN MORGAN LONG Mobile, AL Blacksburg, VA Danced with New York Danced with Dutch City Ballet. National Ballet and Royal Swedish Ballet. Joined MCB as a Soloist in 2019. Joined MCB as a Soloist in 2014. * Miami City Ballet School Alumni +Toby Lerner Ansin Scholarship Award Recipient 9 MIAMI CITY BALLET THE COMPANY DANCERS CORPS– DE BALLET ALAINA ITZKAN ERIC BECKHAM BIANCA BULLE ADRIENNE ANDERSEN BARBOSA Columbia, SC Queensland, CARTER Milwaukee, WI New York, NY Australia Kennesaw, GA Danced with Joined MCB Joined MCB as The National Danced with Joined MCB as an Apprentice a member of the Ballet of Canada. The Los Angeles as a Company Ballet. in 2014. Corps in 2019.* Joined MCB as Apprentice in 2010. Promoted to a member of the Joined MCB as Corps de Ballet Corps in 2017. a member of the Promoted to in 2016.*+ Corps in 2019. Corps de Ballet in 2011.* NINA MADDIE JULIAN ELLEN GROCKI ANNA FERNANDES GOODMAN GOODWIN- Damascus, MD GRUNEWALD Rio de Janerio, New Bern, NC Pittsburgh, PA FERRIS Joined MCB Brazil Houston, TX as an Apprentice Danced with Joined MCB as in 2013. Ballet Arizona. Danced with a member of the Joined MCB as Houston Ballet. Corps in 2019. a member of the Promoted to Joined MCB as Corps in 2019. Joined MCB as Corps de Ballet a member of the a member of the in 2014.*+ Corps in 2019. Corps in 2018. 10 2019/20 SEASON CAMERON JULIA BRADLEY MAYUMI SAMIVEL EVANS CATAZARO CINQUEMANI DUNLAP ENOKIBARA Santa Fe, NM Canton, OH Dallas, TX Cleveland, OH Rio de Janerio, Brazil Danced with Joined MCB as Danced with Joined MCB Boston Ballet. a member of the The Los Angeles as a School Joined MCB Corps in 2019.* as an Apprentice Joined MCB as Ballet. Apprentice in a member of the 2005. in 2013. Joined MCB as Corps in 2019. a member of the Promoted to Promoted to Corps in 2017. Corps de Ballet Corps de Ballet in 2008.* in 2015.*+ Company Representative SATOKI AARON HILTON BENJAMIN SUZETTE LOGUE PETRA LOVE HABUCHI Washington, D.C. LEPSON Sarasota, FL New York, NY Osaka, Japan New York, NY Danced with Danced with Joined MCB as Joined MCB as Boston Ballet II. Joined MCB as Pennsylvania a member of the a member of the a member of the Ballet and Corps in 2018.* Joined MCB as Boston Ballet. Corps in 2018.* a member of the Corps in 2019. Corps in 2017. Joined MCB as a Company Apprentice in 2010. Promoted to Corps de Ballet in 2011.* * Miami City Ballet School Alumni +Toby Lerner Ansin Scholarship Award Recipient 11 MIAMI CITY BALLET ALEX MANNING MADISON HARRISON GUSTAVO ARIEL ROSE State College, PA MCDONOUGH MONACO RIBEIRO New York, NY Miami Beach, FL New Berlin, WI Vitoria, Brazil Joined MCB Danced with as an Apprentice Danced with Danced with Danced with Boston Ballet, in 2013. The Los Angeles Pennsylvania Kansas City Ballet Municipal Ballet. Ballet. Ballet. de Lima and Promoted to Richmond Ballet. Corps de Ballet Joined MCB as Joined MCB as Joined MCB as in 2014.* a member of the a member of the a member of the Joined MCB as Corps in 2018.* Corps in 2017.