Miami City Ballet announces its 2009-2010 Season

Miami City Ballet announces its 2009-2010 Season
From October 2009 through April 2010

MCB Dancers in Symphony in Three Movements, Choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust. Photo © Joe Gato

Miami City Ballet’s (MCB) 2009-2010 season of dance in South Florida begins in October 2009 and runs through April 2010. The Company performs at Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade, at Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale; and at Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach.
Program I features modern choreographer Paul Taylor’s Company B. This work, last seen in South Florida almost a decade ago, is performed to carefree World War II hits by the Andrews Sisters (“Rum and Coca Cola,” Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy,” “Oh, Johnny, Oh!”) contrasted with the melancholy realities of soldiers at war. Also on this program are George Balanchine’s Allegro Brillante, Symphony in Three Movements and Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux.
Program II will show for the first time on MCB’s main stages, Twyla Tharp’s “The Golden Section” a thrilling segment from her famous work The Catherine Wheel. The piece is set to music by David Byrne (of the Talking Heads) and it is pure energy as thirteen dancers in gold costumes sail, soar, and tear through the air of the stage’s glowing light. Also featured are Balanchine’s Divertimento No. 15, Valse Fantaisie (1953), and Slaughter on Tenth Avenue.
Program III is Edward Villella’s The Neighborhood Ballroom. Back for its first full encore since its 2003 premiere, this is an evening-length, action-packed, atmosphere-drenched tale of a poet, his muses, and the great ballroom music and dances of the early and mid-20th century. The four sections of this work showcase the seductive waltz, quick-stepping jazz (including the Charleston), the fox-trot where couples dance in the dark to big-band music, and the mambo, which ruled the dance floor in the 1950s.

Program IV will feature Dances at a Gathering, Jerome Robbins’ masterpiece. Ten dancers, live Chopin piano music, endlessly beautiful and original invention - a celebration of dance, dancers…and life. Also on this program is Balanchine’s breezily romantic Who Cares? set to music by Gershwin.
Once again, Miami City Ballet will present George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker™. This delightful holiday season family event features a cast of more than 100 professional dancers and talented students from Miami City Ballet School. Performances will take place at The Arsht Center in Miami and at Broward Center in Fort Lauderdale.
New 2009-2010 full subscription renewal packages, to which Nutcracker tickets can be added, will be mailed in February and mini-series renewals will be mailed in March. Reservations for single tickets will be accepted at Miami City Ballet’s Box Office starting in April.
Subscription packages and single-show tickets are on sale now. Four-program subscription series are priced from $635 to $69; two-program “mini-subscriptions” are priced from $330 to $36. Single ticket prices for the repertory are $169 to $19. Nutcracker ticket prices are $65 to $19.75 (discounted to $58-$19 when ordered with a subscription package).
For more information about subscription packages, including group discounts, please call Miami City Ballet Box Office toll-free at (877) 929.7010.
Tickets can be purchased at the theaters' Box Offices and online at Miami City Ballet or Ticketmaster.
Following is the entire season line-up. (Programs subject to change)
Program I
Company B (Andrews Sisters/Taylor)
Allegro Brillante (Tchaikovsky/Balanchine)
Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux (Delibes/Balanchine)
Symphony in Three Movements (Stravinsky/Balanchine)
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade
Sanford and Dolores Ziff Ballet Opera House
Friday, October 23 at 8p.m.
Saturday, October 24 at 8p.m.
Sunday, October 25 at 2p.m.
Broward Center for the Performing Arts
Friday, November 6 at 8p.m.
Saturday, November 7 at 2p.m. and 8p.m.
Sunday, November 8 at 2p.m.
Kravis Center for the Performing Arts
Friday, November 20 at 8p.m.
Saturday, November 21 at 2p.m. and 8p.m.
Sunday, November 22 at 1p.m.
Program II
Divertimento No. 15 (Mozart/Balanchine)
Valse Fantaisie (1953) (Glinka/Balanchine)
“The Golden Section” (Byrne/Tharp)
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (Kay/Balanchine)
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade
Sanford and Dolores Ziff Ballet Opera House
Friday, January 8 at 8p.m.
Saturday, January 9 at 8p.m.
Sunday, January 10 at 2p.m.
Kravis Center for the Performing Arts
Friday, January 15 at 8p.m.
Saturday, January 16 at 2p.m. and 8p.m.
Sunday, January 17 at 1p.m.
Broward Center for the Performing Arts
Friday, January 22 at 8p.m.
Saturday, January 23 at 2p.m. and 8p.m.
Sunday, January 24 at 2p.m.
Program III
The Neighborhood Ballroom (Rennó, Ellington, et. al /Villella)
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade
Sanford and Dolores Ziff Ballet Opera House
Friday, February 5 at 8p.m.
Saturday, February 6 at 8p.m.
Sunday, February 7 at 2p.m.
Broward Center for the Performing Arts
Friday, February 12 at 8p.m.
Saturday, February 13 at 2p.m. and 8p.m.
Sunday, February 14 at 2p.m.

Kravis Center for the Performing Arts
Friday, February 19 at 8p.m.
Saturday, February 20 at 2p.m. and 8p.m.
Sunday, February 21 at 1p.m.

Program IV
Dances at a Gathering (Chopin/Robbins)
Who Cares? (Gershwin/Balanchine)
Broward Center for the Performing Arts
Friday, March 12 at 8p.m.
Saturday, March 13 at 2p.m. and 8p.m.
Sunday, March 14 at 2p.m.
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade
Sanford and Dolores Ziff Ballet Opera House
Friday, April 9 at 7:30p.m.
Saturday, April 10 at 8p.m.
Sunday, April 11 at 2p.m.
Kravis Center for the Performing Arts
Friday, April 16 at 8p.m.
Saturday, April 17 at 2p.m. and 8p.m.
Sunday, April 18 at 1p.m.
George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker™
Broward Center for the Performing Arts
Friday, December 11 at 7:30p.m.
Saturday, December 12 at 2p.m. and 7:30p.m.
Sunday, December 13 at 2p.m. and 7:30p.m.
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade
Sanford and Dolores Ziff Ballet Opera House
Friday, December 18 at 7:30p.m.
Saturday, December 19 at 2p.m. and 7:30p.m.
Sunday, December 20 at 2p.m.
Tuesday, December 22 at 7:30p.m.
Wednesday, December 23 at 7:30p.m.