Miami City Ballet is proud to announce its 2011-2012 season: a celebration of dance by the world’s greatest choreographers. The new season also brings to South Florida audiences a World Premiere ballet by Liam Scarlett, the talented young choreographer from London’s The Royal Ballet, and the return of two audience favorites, the full-length productions of Giselle and Coppélia. The holiday season will find George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker™ gracing the stages in Miami and Fort Lauderdale this December.
The 2011- 12 season runs October 2011 through April 2012 at the Adrienne Arsht Center in Miami, Broward Center in Fort Lauderdale and Kravis Center in West Palm Beach. Current subscribers will receive their renewal information by March 1. New subscribers can call the Miami City Ballet Box Office at (305) 929-7010, toll-free (877) 929-7010 or visit www.miamicityballet.org.
There is NO increase in subscription ticket prices from last season. Prices range from $69 to $635. In addition, all subscribers are offered priority discount seating to George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker™.
Program I opens the season with four compelling ballets that run the gamut from classic to contemporary: George Balanchine’s breezy and exuberant American classic, Square Dance; Jerome Robbins’ Afternoon of a Faun, a riveting duet between a young man in a dance studio absorbed by his reflection in a mirror, and a young woman who interrupts his reverie; Christopher Wheeldon’s Liturgy, an intensely sensual and haunting pas de deux, set to the contemporary sounds of composer Arvo Pärt and In the Upper Room, Twyla Tharp’s explosive, signature masterwork – an endurance test filled with power and speed, leaving the audience, and dancers, breathless.
The highlight of Program II is a still-to-be-named World Premiere ballet by Liam Scarlett, The Royal Ballet of London’s most successful young choreographer. He has accepted a commission from Miami City Ballet to create his first work for an American company. A coup for South Florida audiences! Also on this program are In the Night, Jerome Robbins’ valentine to love, experienced through three glamorous pas de deux, danced against a star-studded night sky to Chopin’s ravishing piano music, and Ballet Imperial, a Balanchine masterpiece he described as “a contemporary tribute to Petipa, the father of classical ballet, and to Tchaikovsky, his greatest composer.”
The final two programs of the season bring to the stage two full-length classics: Program III with Giselle, the quintessential 19th –Century romantic ballet – telling the story of a young peasant girl betrayed by her disguised aristocratic lover and Program IV with Coppélia. The charm and humor of this classic romantic comedy, plus the sheer joy of its Delibes score, have kept Coppélia in the repertory ever since its Paris premiere in 1870.
The 2011-12 season will also feature the audience holiday favorite, George Balanchine’s
The NutcrackerTM this December at the Adrienne Arsht Center in Miami and Broward Center in Fort Lauderdale. A delightful treat for the entire family, with beautiful sets, lavish costumes, dazzling special effects and Tchaikovsky’s glorious music, featuring a large cast of talented children from South Florida performing with MCB’s international ballet stars.
Current subscribers will receive their renewal information by March 1. New subscribers can call the Miami City Ballet Box Office at (305) 929-7010, toll-free (877) 929-7010 or visit www.miamicityballet.org. There is NO increase in subscription ticket prices from last season. Prices range from $69 to $635. In addition, all subscribers are offered priority discount seating to George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker™. Group Discounts (10 or more) are available now by calling (305) 929-7001 or toll-free (877) 929-7001.
The 2011-12 season is as follows:
Program I
Square Dance (Balanchine/Vivaldi and Corelli)
Afternoon of a Faun (Robbins/Debussy)
Liturgy (Wheeldon/Pärt)
In the Upper Room (Tharp/Glass)
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Miami
Friday, October 21 at 8p.m.
Saturday, October 22 at 8p.m.
Sunday, October 23 at 2p.m.
Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Ft. Lauderdale
Friday, October 28 at 8p.m.
Saturday, October 29 at 2p.m.& 8p.m.
Sunday, October 30 at 2p.m.
Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, West Palm Beach
Friday, December 9 at 8p.m.
Saturday, December 10 at 2p.m.& 8p.m.
Sunday, December 11 at 1p.m.
Program II
New Ballet by Liam Scarlett – World Premiere
In the Night (Robbins/Chopin)
Ballet Imperial (Balanchine/Tchaikovsky)
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Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Miami
Friday, January 6 at 8p.m.
Saturday, January 7 at 8p.m.
Sunday, January 8 at 2p.m.
Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, West Palm Beach
Friday, January 27 at 8p.m.
Saturday, January 28 at 2p.m. & 8p.m.
Sunday, January 29 at 1p.m.
Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Ft. Lauderdale
Friday, February 3 at 8p.m.
Saturday, February 4 at 2p.m. & 8p.m.
Sunday, February 5 at 2p.m.
Program III
Giselle (Coralli and Perrot/Adam)
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Miami
Friday, February 17 at 8p.m.
Saturday, February 18 at 8p.m.
Sunday, February 19 at 2p.m.
Kravis Center for the Performing Arts
Friday, February 24 at 8p.m.
Saturday, February 25 at 2p.m. & 8p.m.
Sunday, February 26 at 1p.m.
Broward Center for the Performing Arts
Friday, March 9 at 8p.m.
Saturday, March 10 at 2p.m. & 8p.m.
Sunday, March 11 at 2p.m.
Program IV
Coppélia (Saint-Léon/Delibes)
Broward Center for the Performing Arts
Friday, March 23 at 8p.m.
Saturday, March 24 at 2p.m. & 8p.m.
Sunday, March 25 at 2p.m.
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Miami
Friday, March 30 at 8p.m.
Saturday, March 31at 8p.m.
Sunday, April 1at 2p.m. .
Kravis Center for the Performing Arts
Friday, April 13 at 8p.m.
Saturday, April 14 at 2p.m. & 8p.m.
Sunday, April 15 at 1p.m.
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George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker TM
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Miami
Thursday, December 15 at 7:30p.m.
Friday, December 16 at 7:30p.m.
Saturday, December 17 at 2p.m. & 7:30p.m.
Sunday, December 18 at 1p.m. & 6:30p.pm
Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Ft. Lauderdale
Wednesday, December 21 at 7:30p.m.
Thursday, December 22 at 2p.m. & 7:30p.m.
Friday, December 23 at 2p.m. & 7:30p.m.
Saturday, December 24 at 1p.m.
Miami City Ballet Home Theater Addresses:
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County
Sanford and Dolores Ziff Ballet Opera House
1300 Biscayne Blvd.
Miami, FL 33132
Box office: (305) 949-6722 or 1-866-949-6722
Broward Center for the Performing Arts
Au-Rene Theater
201 S.W. Fifth Avenue
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33312
Box office: (954) 462-0222
Kravis Center for the Performing Arts
Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. Concert Hall
701 Okeechobee Boulevard
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
Box office: (561) 832-7469