Curtain Up: Miami City Ballet

For the 2014-15 season in Palm Beach, Miami City Ballet (305-929-7010) is reinventing classics and presenting a world premiere. It begins with the romantic “Program I: Romeo and Juliet” (November 21-23), with John Cranko choreography set to a Sergei Prokofiev score. Following a run of The Nutcracker (December 27-30), the ballet dances “Program II: Hear the Dance” (January 23-25), which is anchored by Twyla Tharp’s mix of ballet and ballroom in Nine Sinatra Songs. Afterward, the ballet performs Carmen, with choreography by Richard Alston, as part of “Program III: Passion and Grace,” from February 27 to March 1. The season concludes with a bang; “Program IV: Points of Departure” (March 27-29) includes the world premiere of a work by choreographer Justin Peck, who joined with visual artist Shepard Fairey to build a piece that explores the collision of movement, music, costume and set design.

Patricia Delgado and Renan Cardeiro in Romeo and Juliet - Miami City Ballet

Patricia Delgado and Renan Cardeiro in Program I: Romeo and Juliet

Photo by Alberto Oviedo

Renato Penteado and Mary Carmen Catoya in Miami City Ballet’s The Nutcracker

Renato Penteado and Mary Carmen Catoya in Miami City Ballet’s The Nutcracker

Photo by Kyle Froman

Carlos Guerra and Jennifer Kronenberg in Nine Sinatra Songs

Carlos Guerra and Jennifer Kronenberg in Nine Sinatra Songs, part of “Program II: Hear the Dance”

Callie Manning and Carlos Guerra in The Concert, Part of “Program IV: Points of Departure”

Callie Manning and Carlos Guerra in The Concert, Part of “Program IV: Points of Departure”

Photo by Kyle Froman

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