MIAMI CITY BALLET RETURNS TO LINCOLN ROAD WITH BALLET ON THE BEACH

Miami City Ballet returns to Lincoln Road, the company’s original home, with Ballet on the Beach, two special performances on Miami Beach in the intimate setting of Colony Theatre on Lincoln Road on Saturday, November 23 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, November 24 at 2 p.m. Ballet on the Beach consists of shorter performances in a more casual setting and features highlights from the highly anticipated 2019-20 season. All tickets are $35 and include the performance, a pre-show glass of prosecco, and a post-performance chat with Artistic Director Lourdes Lopez and MCB dancers. Tickets can be purchased at miamicityballet.org, or by phone at 305.929.7010.

 

In addition to captivating audiences in Miami Beach, Miami City Ballet will further its reach with a free performance for more than 400 school children of Ballet for Young People, MCB’s signature Community Engagement program, on Friday November 22 at 10:30 a.m. Ballet for Young People is an interactive, behind-the-scenes look at the art of ballet, including performance excerpts. By increasing access to the transformative power of ballet, Miami City Ballet aims to bridge the gap in arts education and exposure, and change the lives of local youth.

 

“We’re excited to present Ballet on the Beach,” said Lourdes Lopez, Artistic Director. “We’re delighted to return to Lincoln Road where the Company was born and present the first of these performances. We hope these events provide the public, especially our fans on the Beach, a new way to experience Miami City Ballet, broaden access to new people and hopefully a whole new generation of audiences to this beautiful, enchanting world of ballet.”

 

Packed with popular hits and moving soundtracks, Ballet on the Beach features a sneak peek from the upcoming MCB premiere of Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes choreographed by Tony Award-winner Justin Peck. Two dancers will perform Peck’s inventive pas de deux to the legendary score by Aaron Copland, an irresistibly affecting duet punctuated with exquisite moments of playful athleticism and a delightful sense of wonder.

 

Christopher Wheeldons This Bitter Earth, features breathtaking, expressive dance for two, set to the hauntingly gorgeous 1960 soul hit This Bitter Earth by Dinah Washington remixed with Max Richter’s cinematic soundtrack, On the Nature of Daylight. The volume continues to turn up with a smashing finale: clad in fabulously glamorous costumes designed by Oscar de la Renta, the Miami City Ballet dancers spring into step to Frank Sinatra in Twyla Tharp’s Nine Sinatra Songs.

 

Ballet on the Beach will mark the first time MCB performs on Lincoln Road since 1989. Lincoln Road was the site of its original home and studio, where MCB first began 34 years ago. Since then, in relatively short time, the Company grew to what is now recognized internationally and considered one of the nation’s top ballet companies. With Ballet on the Beach, Miami City Ballet aims to broaden audiences in Southern Florida by providing more accessibility and connection to world-class ballet.

 

This event is proudly supported by WLRN.

 

Thank you to our prosecco sponsor.

 

 

BALLET ON THE BEACH: PROGRAM IN BRIEF

 

This Bitter Earth

CHOREOGRAPHY Christopher Wheeldon

MUSIC Max Richter, Clyde Otis, performed by Dinah Washington

 

Nine Sinatra Songs

CHOREOGRAPHY Twyla Tharp

SONGS SUNG Frank Sinatra

 

Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes (excerpt)

CHOREOGRAPHY Justin Peck

MUSIC Aaron Copland

 

PERFORMANCE DATES

Saturday, November 23, 7 p.m.

Sunday, November 24, 2 p.m.

 

 PRE-SHOW

Tickets include a complimentary pre-show glass of prosecco thanks to Freixenet Mionetto. Lobby doors open 30 mins prior to performance start.

 

POST-SHOW Q&A

Stay after the performance and join our post-show chat and Q&A with Artistic Director Lourdes Lopez and MCB dancers.

 

TICKETS

All tickets are $35

Tickets can be purchased at miamicityballet.org, by phone at 305.929.7010 and in-person at 2200 Liberty Ave, Miami Beach FL, 33139. Box Office hours are 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., Monday – Friday.

 

BALLET FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

Special free performance for school children, including excerpts from Serenade, Don Quixote, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker.

Friday, November 22, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m.

 

VENUE

Colony Theatre

1040 Lincoln Rd
Miami Beach, FL 33139

 

Miami City Ballet’s Ballet On the Beach is supported by the City of Miami Beach, Cultural Affairs Program, Cultural Arts Council and media sponsor WLRN.


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