Program includes:
Firebird (Balanchine / Stravinsky)
Concerto DSCH (Ratmansky / Shostakovich)
World Premiere (Armas / Aukai / Miss Meadow / Nina Simone)
World Premiere (Verzola / Paganini)
Firebird (Balanchine / Stravinsky)
Concerto DSCH (Ratmansky / Shostakovich)
World Premiere (Armas / Aukai / Miss Meadow / Nina Simone)
World Premiere (Verzola / Paganini)
About the ballets:
Firebird
Balanchine / Stravinsky
Alive with color, excitement and spectacular effects, Firebird is a fantastical and thrilling fairy tale about magic, love, danger and liberation. This reimagined Miami City Ballet production was the smash hit of our 2019-20 season and the only Balanchine Firebird performed outside of New York City Ballet.
Firebird
Balanchine / Stravinsky
Alive with color, excitement and spectacular effects, Firebird is a fantastical and thrilling fairy tale about magic, love, danger and liberation. This reimagined Miami City Ballet production was the smash hit of our 2019-20 season and the only Balanchine Firebird performed outside of New York City Ballet.
While out hunting, Prince Ivan strays into a mystical forest where he encounters the exotic, immortal Firebird, who gives him an enchanted feather that will summon her when he is in dire need. When Ivan falls in love with a beautiful princess who is under the spell of evil sorcerer Kastchei, he calls the Firebird, and the battle between good and evil is joined.
Concerto DSCH
Ratmansky / Shostakovich
Ratmansky / Shostakovich
With its thrilling Shostakovich score and dramatic texture, Alexei Ratmansky’s acclaimed 2008 work Concerto DSCH puts on full display the dancers’ mastery of classical technique and contemporary sensibility. The ballet’s title refers to a musical motif used by Shostakovich to represent himself, with four notes that when written in German notation stand in for his initials in the German spelling (D. Sch.).
World Premiere
Armas / Aukai / Miss Meadow / Nina Simone
Born and raised in Miami, up-and-coming choreographer Margarita Armas has created her second commission for Miami City Ballet. Armas was featured in the second season of Teen Vogue’s Strictly Ballet Series and was the recipient of the Silver Award in the 2018 YoungArts Ballet Category.
World Premiere
Verzola / Paganini
Rising star and Miami City Ballet School resident choreographer Durante Verzola presents his third world premiere for Miami City Ballet. His work has been described as “sharp and witty … so vibrant it is like a celebration of classicism and vitality … he continues to present classical ballet vocabulary in thrilling ways” (Philadelphia Dance).
