"Symphonic Dances" costumes by Adeline Andre and Istvan Duhar (Joe Gato /March 7, 2013)
Mary Carmen Catoya and Renato Penteado in Tchaikovsky's Pas de Deux
The Miami City Ballet's triumphant "Program III: The Masters" has migrated down from Kravis Center in late February to Broward Center last weekend and now heads into Adrienne Arsht in Miami this weekend (March 8 - 10).
The company presents Alexei Ratmansky's commissioned "Symphonic Dances" as the closing of a performance that will also include three ballets by George Balanchine: "La Valse," "Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux" (from the lost music of "Swan Lake, Act III") and "The Steadfast Tin Soldier."
And the costumes are scrumptious. Karinska's looks for "La Valse" could have come off of a Paris catwalk.
And the proletariat-versus-the-elites (at least that's what I think it was about) designs for "Symphonic Dances" that were done by Adeline Andre and Istvan Dohar could have tour jete'd right off the stage and into any chic cocktail party.
Tickets: $20-$175 at 877-929-7010 or MiamiCityBallet.org.
So how do people dress for the ballet? Check out my video below of the lobby scene at Broward Center:
Rod Hagwood: I could have sworn I was interviewing for "fashionable" editor back in 1990 when I applied for this job. I imagined I was just going to sashay around the newsroom wearing an array of fabulous designer ensembles. Imagine my disappointment when I found out my bosses wanted me to actually work...instead of working it.