by Catja Christensen | Jul 8, 2022 | Onstage, The Latest
July is full of outdoor performances, long-awaited returns to the theater, and tours across North America. Read and discover dance events in a city near you. Joffrey Ballet/Miami City Ballet Collaboration Premieres in Chicago The Joffrey Ballet presents the world...
by Guillermo Perez | Apr 28, 2022 | Onstage, The Latest
A week into final rehearsals for The Source, her second world premiere for Miami City Ballet, Claudia Schreier fine-tuned its closing section, keen on demonstrating tricky moves for the dancers but also huddling with them, balm in her voice. Later, Julius Eastman’s...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Feb 4, 2022 | Onstage, The Latest
This month, Miami City Ballet presents the highly anticipated North American premiere of Alexei Ratmansky’s Swan Lake. Originally co-produced by Zurich Ballet and La Scala Ballet in 2016, Ratmansky’s version of the beloved classic harkens back to Marius Petipa and Lev...
by Sponsored by Miami City Ballet School | Jan 28, 2022 | From Our Sponsors, Summer Study, Training
Ask current Miami City Ballet corps member Juliet Hay to describe her first summer at Miami City Ballet School, and one word comes to mind first: “intense.” While that may sound obvious—aren’t all summer intensives by their very nature “intense”?—the word takes on...
by Estefania Garcia for Dance Magazine | Aug 25, 2021 | Career, Profiles
Andrei Chagas has taken many leaps of faith in his career. His latest has him landing back where it all started: After making his Broadway debut in the revival of Carousel and playing a Shark in the upcoming West Side Story film remake, he’s...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Oct 14, 2020 | Profiles
Flying across the stage in her February debut as the Firebird, Miami City Ballet’s Nina Fernandes was electrifying and commanding. MCB’s new Firebird production is sleeker and flashier than Balanchine and Robbins’ original, and Fernandes more than...
by Rachel Hellwig | Oct 12, 2020 | Career, Health & Body, Instagram
Editor’s note: Last week in a viral YouTube video, Kathryn Morgan shared that she decided to leave Miami City Ballet, where she was a soloist, after she was taken out of roles because of her body. In our Fall 2020 issue, we spoke with Morgan about the experience...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Oct 6, 2020 | Career, Profiles
When it comes to studio essentials, Miami City Ballet principal Katia Carranza has a classic sense of style. Her Lululemon dance bag is filled with warm-ups in pink, black, gray and navy. “I like legwarmers from the knee down,” she says. “Keeping my...
