On the morning of May 1, Miriam Barbosa posted a photo of her daughter, Itzkan, on Facebook. The image itself is striking—Itzkan stands smiling on pointe in front of Miami City Ballet, where she has spent the last year as a pre-professional student, perched atop a mountain of old pointe shoes of all different sizes. […]
What does it mean to be human? Well, many things. But if you were at the Dance Magazine Awards last week, you could argue that to be human is to dance. Speeches about the powerful humanity of our art form were backed up with performances by incredible dancers hailing from everywhere from Hubbard Street Dance […]
These four ballet companies refreshed their productions of the beloved holiday classic. Pacific Northwest Ballet School student Eden Anan as Clara. Photo courtesy of PNB. From 1983 to 2014, PNB had performed its own Nutcracker, choreographed by founding artistic director Kent Stowell, with scenic and costume design by children’s author and illustrator Maurice Sendak. […]
Overlooking the Great South Bay, the sunset was upstaged by the annual Fire Island Dance Festival’s powerful dancing. The three sold-out shows featured performances from 10 companies, including five premieres, (one by ACE Award winner Al Blackstone) in styles ranging from Broadway to contemporary, and raised a record $585,045 for Dancers Responding to AIDS, a […]
Just two years after being appointed director of the School of Pennsylvania Ballet, former PAB principal Arantxa Ochoa (DT, November 2012) has stepped down and relocated to Miami. Last month she began her new position as Miami City Ballet School director of faculty and curriculum. Ochoa’s departure comes on the heels of some significant changes […]
A screen capture from Heatscape Vogue recently spotlighted this film, which previews Justin Peck’s new work, Heatscape, to be premiered by Miami City Ballet at end of the month. In the video, dancers—casual in jeans and Keds—explore the city’s mural-covered Wynwood Walls, which inspired the ballet. If you like that, be sure you’ve seen the music video for “Man […]
Football season’s over, and March Madness is right around the corner. Miami is getting us in the mood by celebrating the city’s 25 years of basketball and ballet. Miami City Ballet principals Jeanette and Patricia Delgado teamed up with Miami Heat basketball superstars LeBron James and Dwyane Wade for a recent photo campaign. The photos […]
Reflected in the mirrors of Miami City Ballet’s large, airy studio on Miami Beach, Edward Villella’s teaching persona is deceptively understated. Standing before his dancers, the dance icon and founder of MCB waves his hand in an incomplete gesture and mumbles a few almost inaudible words. However, as soon as the first piano chord is […]