Miami City Ballet
United States
/ Florida
| Arts/Culture
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Miami City Ballet (MCB) is among the largest ballet companies in the United States, with 40+ dancers and a fiscal year 2010-2011 budget of approximately $15 million. The Company has four home counties in South Florida: Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach, plus Collier (on Florida's west coast), where MCB is presented as the resident ballet company at the Naples Philharmonic Center. Our City Ballet School, which opened in Miami Beach in January 1993, trains students for a professional career in ballet. The School has an enrollment of more than 350 students, and no child of talent is turned away for lack of funds. In June 1997, Miami City Ballet accepted the first School graduate for a professional position with the Company. The School launched the Miami City Ballet School Summer Intensive Program in July 2001. The Summer Program draws approximately 200 students from around the world. The Company's Education program is experienced by thousands of young people annually, who are treated to lecture demonstrations narrated by Edward Villella or a member of the Artistic Staff. Pre-performance talks by Villella or one of the Artistic Staff are free to the ticketed audience prior to each main stage repertory performance.
