Lopez Reveals Plans For Miami Ballet, Its Audience

By JENNIFER KAYAssociated PressMIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Lourdes Lopez had heard the rumors about Miami City Ballet, that it was a failing institution in a city she remembered as a cultural wasteland she needed to leave 40 years ago to pursue a career in dance.She didn’t recognize the Miami that welcomed her in September when she took over as artistic director. The dancers were part of a vibrant arts scene, and the financial struggles that threatened the company’s survival were resolved.”I think there’s support, interest and desire here,” Lopez said Thursday.The plans she laid out for the company’s 2013-14 season, its school and a partnership with Morphoses, the New York dance company she co-founded in 2007, build on that support while challenging the dancers and their audience to stretch their conceptions of ballet…