Remember Ashley and Erick? We touched base with them recently to see how it feels to be at the halfway mark of the Summer Intensive Program. Ashley and Erick share with us what they’ve been learning and what works they’ve been rehearsing for the presentation at the end of the summer.
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The Summer Intensive students spend lots of time in the studios during the program, so they have to bring tons of stuff with them in their dance bags. We’ve been so curious as to what they carry around all day that we just had to ask!
The 2011 Summer Intensive Program is in full swing! The students have adapted to the schedule and their new teachers, and are feeling at home in sunny South Beach!
Meet Ashley and Erick, two of the Advanced students in the program. They will be checking back with us again through the end of the Summer Intensive to share their thoughts on their training and time here at Miami City Ballet School. Stay tuned!
Miami City Ballet School student Lexie Overholt has recently had the opportunity to dance with the Company. We had a chat with Lexie about the time she’s spent dancing with MCB and how she got here.
Don’t miss Lexie this weekend at Open Barre in Symphony in Three Movements. She’ll be dressed in white!
One of the best parts of MCB’s production of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker™ is that the children in the cast are students at Miami City Ballet School! Every year these talented young dancers take on the roles of the Party Children, Soldiers, Angels, Candy Canes, Tea, and of course the Little Prince and Little Princess (Marie). They all work extremely hard during their rehearsal period and at the end of it all get to perform onstage with the company during this loved family tradition.
We talked to a few of the cast members to find out their thoughts about The Nutcracker.
MCB will perform George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker™ at Adrienne Arsht Center from December 17-19 and 21-23.
Have you thought about getting back into dancing…or trying it for the first time? Miami City Ballet School gives you the opportunity to do so in the same studios the Company dances in! MCB School is not just for children. The School offers open ballet and jazz classes for adults.
We sat down with Kyra Homeres, former MCB dancer and the ballet teacher for open classes, to chat a little about the classes.
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Miami City Ballet School runs year round – we never stop! Friday will mark the end of the two-week summer program (a program for dancers who are still too young for our five-week intensive program). A presentation will take place on that day to showcase what these little bright stars have learned over the past couple weeks. Rafi Maldonado, the head of our jazz department, recently chatted with us about the program and the kids.
“A wealth of fresh talent is emerging… Numerous dancers who made impressions in solo roles included several who have graduated (from the company’s school and then its apprentice ranks) into the corps de ballet.” The New York Times, 2010
It’s that time of the year again when parents and friends from all over the world visit our studio theater to watch their favorite students in the Miami City Ballet School Student Showcase. With a program that includes George Balanchine’s Serenade and The Four Temperaments, the School is buzzing with excitement about the performances!
Dancers, who are now members of the Company, remember feeling the same rush as they prepared to dance in the Showcase. Here are some faces you may recognize from our stage — check them out in their MCB School days!
Rebecca King, Corps de Ballet
Ashley Knox, Corps de Ballet
Sara and Leigh-Ann Esty, Corps de Ballet
Elizabeth Smedley, Corps de Ballet, with MCBS faculty member Geta Constantinescu
Nicole Stalker, Corps de Ballet
Patricia Delgado, Principal Dancer
Jeanette Delgado, Principal Dancer
Bradley Dunlap, Corps de Ballet, with Sara Esty
Zoe Zien, Corps de Ballet
Christina is one of the students at MCB School who has been performing with the Company this Season. She moved to Miami just to attend the School and was presented with the opportunity to take the stage with our super human dancers!
Christina chatted with us about what is was like to relocate and how it feels to dance with Miami City Ballet.
The first-floor dancer lounge was buzzing with excitement as young ballerinas waited for their Freed of London pointe shoe fitting. “She was counting down the days,” said one of the ballet mothers. This is such an important time in a dancer’s life. After so many years in ballet slippers, students finally get into pointe shoes! Although the fitting itself may take extra time and effort with Freed’s careful attention to detail, it’s all worth it in the end. Soon these young dancers will be experts on pointe!