On August 1 at 7:30pm, the internationally celebrated Miami City Ballet comes to Vail, Colorado for its debut, fresh off a critically acclaimed winter season in New York. Edward Villella, one of the great heroes of American dance history, directs. The evening features the choreography of George Balanchine©. For information and tickets, call the Vail Valley Foundation www.vaildance.org at 888.920.ARTS (2787). Go to www.vail.funafar.com DANCE to learn more. Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, Vail – $17/65/85Write here and tell us what you like about visiting Vail. Use the Reply Box below or click on Submit Comment. If you have travel or scheduling questions, ask Funafar for advice.
[...] Miami City Ballet was created in 1986 by former New York City Ballet principal dancer Edward Villella. The Miami City Ballet flourishes as one of America’s most respected Balanchine-style based ballet companies. A bulk of the repertoire is made up of the work of George Balanchine, Villella’s mentor, though the company also performs works by Jerome Robbins, Twyla Tharp, Mark Morris and others, in addition to performing standard full-length classics like Giselle and Don Quixote. [...]