- Winner:
- Miami City Ballet
- Summary:
- To support an artistic collaboration between the Cleveland Orchestra and the Miami City Ballet.
- Amount:
- $250,000
- Applicants:
- Dan Lewis, Mike Eidson
Description
In a rare artistic collaboration between a major orchestra and a major ballet company, the Cleveland Orchestra and the Miami City Ballet will perform together on Jan. 29, 2009 at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts. The orchestra will play works by Stravinsky and Bizet, while the ballet dances to the compositions with choreography by Balanchine. The project will allow the organizations to assess the demand and financial support for future artistic joint ventures that could include commissioning new works.
Background
Founded in 1985, Miami City Ballet continues to receive acclaim under Founding Artistic Director Edward Villella as one of the nation's top ballet companies. The ballet performs throughout South Florida and has toured to more than 100 cities in the United States. Among several distinctions, Villella is a recipient of a National Medal of Arts and a Kennedy Center Honor.
In 2007, The Cleveland Orchestra launched its landmark Miami Residency designed to serve the Miami-Dade community through subscription concerts and education and community outreach activities. Ranked by Gramophone Magazine (2008) in the Top Ten Orchestras in the World, The Cleveland Orchestra’s long tradition of international acclaim continues with high demand for its concerts under its current music director, Franz Welser-Möst.
Project Links
http://miamicityballet.org
http://www.clevelandorchestramiami.com