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End-Of-Year Student Workshop Performances

End-Of-Year Student Workshop Performances

Friday, May 30 – Sunday, June 1, 2025

Workshop Performances, May 30 - June 1, 2025

To celebrate the culmination of our 24/25 school year, we are excited to announce our annual End-of-Year Student Workshop Performances for Miami City Ballet School Students!

We welcome families and friends to see the progress that our students have made over the course of the year through their hard work and focus. Starting from our level I students all the way to our Pre-Professionals, these performances allow the students to take center stage in a variety of classwork and choreography that is especially created to showcase their accomplishments and skills. 

This year, Miami City Ballet School workshop performances spotlight our students in creation by MCBS Resident Choreographer, Durante Verzola, as well as new choreography by our Pre-Professional students. Through these special performances, students display the refined technique and inspirational artistry that is a hallmark of MCBS and that they work on in every class. Join us as we support and nurture the talent of tomorrow and future generations. 

FRIDAY, MAY 30, 2025
7:00 PM - PURCHASE HERE

SATURDAY, MAY 31, 2025
2:00 PM - PURCHASE HERE
7:00 PM - PURCHASE HERE

SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 2025
2:00 PM - PURCHASE HERE

Ticket Price: $35.00

All performances are held in-person in our Lynn & Louis Wolfson II Theater located at:
MCB Studios
2200 Liberty Ave
Miami Beach, FL 33139

IMPORTANT TICKET INFORMATION: 

  • Due to limited theater capacity and to ensure all student families have the opportunity to secure tickets to a performance, there is a ticket limit of two (2) tickets per student for one (1) out of the four (4) performances on all orders between 5/16 – 5/26.
    • This new early release limit is intended to allow each family the opportunity to purchase tickets to attend a performance.
  • Remaining tickets will be released on Tuesday, May 27, at 12 PM for everyone wishing to purchase more than two tickets or tickets for multiple performances until seats are sold out.
    • Any accounts found with more than this initial limit before Tuesday, May 27, will have their orders voided.
  • Every person, regardless of age, requires a ticket for entry to watch the performance.
  • For additional ticket information and questions, call the Box Office at (305) 929-7010 or email AudienceServices@miamicityballet.org.
    • The Box Office phone hours from May 21 – May 31 are 12 pm to 5 pm (M – F). The box office is closed on Monday, May 26th & Sunday, June 1st. Tickets are available to purchase online when the box office is closed.

24/25 Workshop Program

This year, our Student Workshop performances will highlight the following works danced by our Student & Pre-Professional Division.

Program Details

Danse des enfants

Music: TBD
Composer: Wolfgang A. Mozart
New Premiere 2025
Dancers Involved: Student Division (Levels I – V)

This collective piece is an experience in the journey of ballet training at Miami City Ballet School through a student demonstration spotlighting each division. This piece highlights the dedication and hard work of each student at every level throughout the school year, capturing the essence of their journey with grace and precision. Audiences will enjoy a progression of dance through classical music suites from Minuets to Gavottes; each is an excerpt from music that builds in energy and tempo.

A Simple Symphony

Choreography by: Durante Verzola
Composer: Benjamin Britten
Premiered: 2016
Dancers Involved: Level VI & VII Students

A Simple Symphony was originally choreographed for The School of Philadelphia Ballet in 2016. Verzola has reworked the ballet for the Miami City Ballet School students. The core intention of this work is to teach the students how to perform on stage through clarity and precision in their technique, personality, and nuance in their artistry, attention to musicality, and through challenging group formations. The ballet is energetic and full of youthful vitality. 

Verzola Premiere

Choreography by: Durante Verzola
Composer: Leroy Anderson, Scott Joplin, George Gershwin
New Premiere 2025
Dancers Involved: Pre-Professional Division (I & II)

Through this new work, Verzola draws inspiration from the jazzy rhythms of composers Leroy Anderson, Scott Joplin, and George Gershwin. The ballet is playful in both the movement and layered musicality. The dancers move through various sections that bring out their personalities and connections to one another. 

Le Petite Danse

Choreography by: Durante Verzola
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Premiered: 2017
Dancers Involved: Pre-Professional Division (I & II)

Le Petite Danse was originally choreographed at Miami City Ballet School’s inaugural Choreographic Intensive in 2017. It celebrates classicism and some of Mozart’s elegant, dynamic, and musically intricate Divertimentos. It challenges the dancers’ technique, artistry, and abilities to breathe life into pure dance movement.

Impressions

Choreography by: Rachel Collett (Pre-Professional II Student)
Music: String Quartet no. 14 in A-Flat Major, Op. 105: I. Adagio ma non Troppo
Composer: Antonín Dvořák
New Premiere 2025
Dancers Involved: Pre-Professional II