Edward Villella To Depart The Company At The End Of The 2012-2013 Season

(Miami Beach, FL: Sept. 23, 2011): Ron Esserman, Interim President of Miami City Ballet’s Board of Trustees announced today that Edward Villella, the company’s founding and current Artistic Director, will be departing at the end of the 2012-2013 season, twenty-nine years after his first discussions about creating a classical ballet company in Miami. Villella is leaving to continue his professional life.Esserman states: ‘As we all know, Edward has had an extraordinary success. From its modest beginnings