Miami City Ballet’s Open Barre Offers A Sneak Peek At The Upcoming Season

Get an up-close glimpse of Miami City Ballet’s 2009-2010 season with Edward Villella’s jazzy The Quick-Step, one of the acts from The Neighborhood Ballroom which will be featured on Program III in February 2010. Also on the program, is George Balanchine’s Serenade, which the company will perform at the prestigious Vail International Dance Festival in August, 2009. Open Barre shows are Friday, April 17 at 7pm (with an open bar reception at 6:30pm) and Saturday, April 18 at 2:30p.m. (with reception at 2p.m.) and 7p.m. (with reception at 6:30p.m.). Performances take place at the Ophelia and Juan Js. Roca Center, Lynn and Louis Wolfson II Theatre – Miami City Ballet Studios (2200 Liberty Ave., Miami Beach). Tickets are $29 and available by calling Miami City Ballet’s Box Office at (305) 929-7010 or online at www.miamicityballet.org.Open Barre is part of the Company’s Dancer Journal Program on Miami Beach which is meant to showcase interesting topics related to the Company. Miami City Ballet performs in the Tri-County South Florida area: in Broward at