Free Event! Miami City Ballet 'Ballet For Young People'

FREE EVENT!

MIAMI CITY BALLET

"BALLET FOR YOUNG PEOPLE"

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2011

ADRIENNE ARSHT CENTER

ZIFF BALLET OPERA HOUSE 

ONE HOUR FAMILY PROGRAM FEATURES HARLEQUIN AND COLUMBINE, BASED ON George Balanchine'S HARLEQUINADE AND BALANCHINE'S SCOTCH SYMPHONY.

ALL TICKETS FREE! 

Miami City Ballet's internationally and critically acclaimed company of 50 dancers will be joined by Miami City Ballet School students to present the second Ballet for Young People program at the Adrienne Arsht Center Ziff Ballet Opera House on Saturday, February 12, 2011, 2pm-3pm. The school students open the program with Harlequin and Columbine, based on George Balanchine's Harlequinade, followed by the company dancers in Balanchine's Scotch Symphony. 

THIS IS A FREE EVENT: complimentary tickets are available in person Monday-Friday (10am-5pm) at Miami City Ballet Studios, 2200 Liberty Ave., Miami Beach or by phone at (305) 929-7010 or toll-free (877) 929-7010. General admission seating. No service fees apply.

Ballet for Young People features two entertaining ballets the entire family will love. They have been entertaining audiences for more than 50 years, sure to make dance fans out of children who have never seen a live dance performance: 

Harlequin and Columbine is based on George Balanchine Harlequinade, which premiered in 1965 for the 65th Anniversary of Marius Petipa's original production Les Millions d'Harlequin. Balanchine, by his own admission "attempted to remain faithful to the spirit of Petipa's dances," following the tradition of commedia dell'arte with humor, slapstick and mimicry. Excerpts from Harlequin and Columbine will be performed entirely by students from the prestigious Miami City Ballet School.

Balanchine's Scotch Symphony, with its lovely allusions to Romantic ballet, has been enthralling audiences for more than 50 years. With its masterful deployment of Mendelssohn's rousing symphony, the ballet, based on the novel "La Sylphide" by Sir Walter Scott, is set in the Scottish Highlands and tells the story of James, a restless young man who is entranced on his wedding day by a Sylph - a magical creature visible only to him. Period costumes are by the famed designer Karinska. 

This performance of Ballet for Young People is generously supported by Peacock Foundation, Rundgren Foundation, Citizens Interested in Arts, Inc and Marlins Community Foundation. 

Ballet for Young People at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Ziff Ballet Opera House, 1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami, Saturday, February 12, 2011, 2pm-3pm. All tickets are complimentary and available in person Monday-Friday (10am-5pm) at Miami City Ballet Studios, 2200 Liberty Ave., Miami Beach or by phone at (305) 929-7010 or toll-free (877) 929-7010. No service fees apply. For information, visit www.miamicityballet.org. 

Tickets are also available in person at the Adrienne Arsht Center box office, by calling (305) 949-6722 or online at www.arshtcenter.org.  Service fees apply. 

Critically acclaimed by The New York Times, Miami City Ballet (MCB) was founded in 1985 by Artistic Director Edward Villella. The Company has 50 dancers, and a repertoire of 88 ballets which they perform in the four home counties of Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach and Collier, and around the world. MCB maintains its headquarters in Miami Beach in a facility designed by renowned architectural firm Arquitectonica. The facility houses rehearsal studios and administrative offices as well as the Company's school: Miami City Ballet School.  

Visit them at www.miamicityballet.org. You can also "like" them on Facebook or follow them on Twitter.

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