Review: Miami City Ballet’s ‘Spring Mix’: Variations in Dance
By Marj O’Neill Butler, Dance Writer
Miami City Ballet presented four pieces signifying “where we are today” in its opening of Spring Mix at the Adrienne Arsht Center on Friday, March 26.
And the four pieces couldn’t have been more different.
“Spring Mix” now heads to the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale for shows on Saturday, April 5 and Sunday, April 6 at at West Palm Beach’s Kravis Center on Saturday, April 12 and Sunday, April 13.
The program opened with “Pictures at an Exhibition” with music by Modest Mussorgsky. Accompanied only by a piano solo played by Francisco Renno, the piece featured ten principal dancers in pastel costume. The movement combined traditional ballet steps as well as abstract movement. I found the sound of the women’s toe boxes from their pointe shoes hitting the floor an interesting addition to the piece. There was also sudden percussive movement that was surprising.
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This same program will be repeated at the Broward Center and the Kravis Center in coming weeks. And coming up at both the Arsht Center and the Broward Center is the MCB world premiere of the new ballet Carmen later this month. For more information, visit .
Miami City Ballet Presents ‘Spring Mix’
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The many sides of dance take center stage in Miami City Ballet’s “Spring Mix” this weekend at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts.
The program blooms with invigorating works featuring Jerome Robbins’ “Glass Pieces,” José Limón’s “Chaconne,” Balanchine’s “Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux,” and the company premiere of Alexei Ratmansky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition.”
Ratmansky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition” transforms Modest Mussorgsky’s famed piano suite into a vibrant, ever-shifting world of movement. Inspired by Mussorgsky’s musical interpretation of Viktor Hartmann’s artwork, Ratmansky’s ballet captures the spirit of artistic cross-pollination—where painting, music, and dance collide.
Set against projections of artist Wassily Kandinsky’s” Color Study Squares with Concentric Circles,” the ballet unfolds as a series of shifting moods and dynamic encounters, echoing the suite’s progression through fantastical and evocative tableaux. This will be the company’s premiere of the piece.
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IF YOU GO:
WHAT: Miami City Ballet program featuring works by Alexei Ratmansky, José Limón, George Balanchine, and Jerome Robbins.
WHERE: Arsht Center (1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami). Additional performances at the Broward Center (201 SW 5th Ave., Fort Lauderdale) and the Kravis Center (701 Okeechobee Blvd. West Palm Beach).
WHEN: March 28–30 (Arsht Center). April 5–6 at the Broward Center; and April 12–13 at the Kravis Center.
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