MCB’s 30th Anniversary Season Opens with Red Carpet Celebration

MIAMI CITY BALLET’S 30th ANNIVERSARY SEASON OPENS WITH RED CARPET CELEBRATION, PERFORMANCES OF GEORGE BALANCHINE’S SWAN LAKEJEROME ROBBINS’ FANCY FREE AND LIAM SCARLETT’S VISCERA

October 23-25, 2015 at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami,
November 7-8, 2015 at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Ft. Lauderdale,
and November 13-15 at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – (September 24, 2015) – Miami City Ballet will kick off its landmark 30th Anniversary Season with a red-carpet opening night celebration at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, on October 23, 2015 at 6:30pm.

Ticket holders are invited to join the company 90 minutes prior to curtain on the Arsht Center’s Thompson Plaza for the Arts for an open-air reception with specialty cocktails, a live DJ, photo ops and a toast to 30 years of ballet. No RSVP necessary.

Program One opens the season with three fan favorites, including Swan Lake, George Balanchine’s one-act version of the most famous of all ballets, set to Tchaikovsky’s most dramatic and evocative score. The program also features the return of Viscera, a rhythmic and intensely physical work created on MCB by Liam Scarlett, widely considered to be England’s most promising new choreographer; and Fancy Free, Jerome Robbins’ and Leonard Bernstein’s breakthrough World War II ballet – the story of three sailors making the most of their 24-hour shore leave in New York City, and the basis for the hit musical “On The Town.”

MCB’s 30th Anniversary Season is presented in loving memory of R. Kirk Landon, a remarkable philanthropist, leader and beloved friend to Miami City Ballet.

Tickets start at just $20 and are on sale now. To purchase tickets or to learn more, visit miamicityballet.org or call the MCB Box Office at 305.929.7010 or toll free at 877.929.7010.