Get up close and personal with Miami City Ballet dancers in their 200 seat intimate studio theater when the Open Barre Dance Series presents a special season finale: a preview of highlights from the company’s debut command performances in Paris, France this summer featuring George Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments and La Valse along with Twyla Tharp’s In the Upper Room. These exclusive, one-of-a-kind performances will be presented three times only: Friday, April 22 at 7p.m. and Saturday, April 23 at 2:30 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Tickets are only $35 and include a complimentary lobby “open bar”, beginning thirty minutes prior to curtain, courtesy of Bacardi USA. Purchase tickets by calling (305) 929-7010 or order online 24/7 at www.miamicityballet.org.
Miami Beach InCard members save $10 dollars when they purchase their tickets in person only at Miami City Ballet, Monday-Friday 10am-5pm or day of performance until curtain time. Performances are at Miami City Ballet Studios, Ophelia and Juan Js. Roca Center, Lynn and Louis Wolfson II Theatre located at 2200 Liberty Ave., Miami Beach at 22nd St. one block west of Collins Ave.
Miami City Ballet will get its first chance to shine in the City of Lights this summer and cap off its 25th anniversary season in July by performing for the first time in Paris, France. The company will perform a three-week season, July 6-23, at one of the French capital’s major venues, the Théâtre du Châtelet, whose website touts MCB as “one of the most important ballet companies in the United States.” The company will dance 17 performances in Paris over three weeks including works by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Twyla Tharp, Paul Taylor and Christopher Wheeldon, highlights of which will be previewed at a special Open Barre Dance Series season finale on Miami Beach April 22 and 23.
Miami City Ballet has announced its 2011-12 new season of dance at the Adrienne Arsht Center in Miami, Broward Center in Fort Lauderdale and Kravis Center in West Palm Beach. Subscribe now for best seating and prices at www.miamicityballet.org or call (305) 929-7010 or toll-free (877) 929-7010.