End-of-Year Student Workshop Performances
Friday, May 31 – Sunday, June 2, 2024
To celebrate the culmination of our 23/24 school year, we are excited to announce our annual End-of -Year Student Workshop Performances for Miami City Ballet School Students!
This year MCB School is delighted to share that our Workshop performances will proudly shine a spotlight on the up-and-coming choreographers of today. In this special end of year performances, we’re providing a stage and platform for modern-day dance visionaries to unleash their creativity and present their innovative works to audiences. Through these special end-of-year performances, we aim to challenge our students and allow them to showcase their artistic growth by working with new choreographers and featuring choreographies that push boundaries and inspire. Join us as we support and nurture the talent of tomorrow, giving them the opportunity to shine and leaving a lasting impact on the world of dance.
Miami City Ballet School is pleased to welcome our families and friends to support our students from level I and up as they demonstrate the technique and artistry they have gained throughout the year.
Space for dedication tribute – Miami City Ballet School’s 23/24 Workshop Performances are dedicated to the memory of Ella Riley Adler. “Always in our Memories, Forever in our hearts”
Tickets on sale now!
Ticket Price: $35.00
Friday, May 31st, 2024
7:00pm – BUY TICKETS
Saturday, June 1st, 2024
2:00pm – BUY TICKETS
7:00pm – BUY TICKETS
Sunday, June 2nd, 2024
2:00pm – BUY TICKETS
All performances are held in-person in our Lynn & Louis Wolfson II Theater located at:
MCB Studios
2200 Liberty Ave
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Important: Limited seats are available for this event please make sure you buy your tickets prior to your performance. Due to limited theater capacity, there is a ticket limit of two tickets per student for one performance on all orders. Remaining tickets will be released on Tuesday, May 28 at 12pm for anyone wishing to purchase more than two tickets or for multiple performances. Any accounts that are found with more than this initial limit will have their orders voided.
We are implementing the new Early release with two tickets to ensure each family has the opportunity to purchase tickets to attend a performance.
For additional ticket details please contact the Box Office at (305) 929-7010 or
email AudienceServices@miamicityballet.org.
The Box Office phone hours from May 31st June 3rd are 12pm to 5pm. The box office is closed on Sunday, June 4th. Tickets are available to purchase online when the box office is closed.
The 23/24 End-of-Year Student Workshop performances will highlight the following works danced by our Student & Pre-Professional Division.
Program Details Below:
“Tabula Rasa”
Choreography by Arantxa Ochoa & Artistic Faculty
Music: (Variations on ‘Come un Agnello’, in A major) Wolfgang A. Mozart, Excerpts from (Piano Sonata no.11 in A major, k.331 – I.Andante grazioso)
Composer: Wolfgang A. Mozart
New Premiere 2024
Dancers Involved: Student Division (Levels I – VII)
This work is a window to experience the progression of ballet training at Miami City Ballet School through a student demonstration spotlighting each division. This piece highlights the dedication and hard work of each student at every level throughout the school year, capturing the essence of their journey with grace and precision.
“Balletto Di Windsor (Windsor Ballet) ”
Choreography by Ariel Rose
Music: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor (The Merry Wives of Windsor) Overture (from the Opera)
Composer: Otto Nicolai
Premiere 2024
Dancers Involved: Pre-Professional Division
“This ballet is purely inspired by the music. It’s sweet, excitingly fun and grand with a hint of comedy. I wanted to bring all of that out in the choreography and bring joy to the audience while simultaneously challenging the dancers with fiendishly fast counts and steps. Because our company and school are trained in the Balanchine style, I knew the Pre-Professional students of MCB School would be more than capable of taking on this work and making it their own. It’s been such a pleasure finally getting to know some of them whom I have only passed in the hallways or the back of company rehearsals.
Funny story, the first time I heard this music, I was running on a track field when by chance it came on the radio in my Spotify. Even though I was already tired from the first two miles, as it played, I found myself actually speeding up despite my exhaustion! I didn’t know what was happening to me, but it was my body responding in kind to the dynamism and energy of the music! I immediately imagined a horse race full of galloping, leaping and rebounding and that energy became the driving force for the rhythmic patterns I embedded into many of the steps in this work.
I want this piece to feel celebratory for these students for all the hard work they’ve done and everything they’ve accomplished this season as well as a toast to all they will achieve in the future.
– Ariel Rose, Choreographer & Miami City Ballet Soloist
“Classical Symphony”
Choreography by Durante Verzola
Music: Excerpts from Symphony No. 1 in D Major – Op. 25, Symphony No. 7 – Op. 131, and Symphony No. 6 in E Flat Major – Op. 111
Compser: Sergei Prokofiev
Premiered 2018
Dancers Involved: Pre-Professional Division
Classical Symphony was originally choreographed by Durante Verzola as one of the ballets for the Miami City Ballet School 2018 Choreographic Intensive. Many of the original cast members of Classical Symphony are now in Miami City Ballet, including Mary Kate Edwards, Taylor Naturkas, and Cameron Catazaro.
Verzola was inspired by the infectious energy of the dancers he choreographed the work on, as well as the grand, powerful, yet whimsical music of Prokofiev. Verzola strived to make a work to showcase every single dancer—from the principals, demi soloists, and corps de ballet—in a way likened to an intricate crown: made up of many different gems, jewels, and diamonds. Each dancer shines brightly and individually, but come together to create one brilliant, beautiful, sparkling ballet.
– Durante Verzola, Choreographer& MCB School Faculty Member
“Los Jóvenes”
Choreography by Durante Verzola
Music: Polka in A-Flat Major, The Dying Poet, The Maiden’s Blush and Tico Tico no Fuba
Compser: Louis Moreau Gottschalk and Zequinha de Abreu
New Premiere – 2024
Dancers Involved: Pre-Professional I
Los Jóvenes is a premiere by Durante Verzola, created on this year’s Pre-Professional I class. It originally started as an exercise to teach the group of young dancers how to learn choreography, and how to turn the steps they were working on in class into artistic and dynamic dancing. Throughout the year, the piece evolved into a full ballet. Verzola was inspired by the youthfulness of the dancers and wanted to capture that quality through a pure dance work. Each section has its own unique mood, and Gottschalk and Abreu‘s music is rich, layered, and nuanced, inspiring the dancers and the audience to be transported to different fleeting feelings and emotions of reminiscence.
– Durante Verzola, Choreographer& MCB School Faculty Member