Miami City Ballet will dance, along with the Kirov Ballet, on March 11. (People and Companies).
MIAMI CITY BALLET Miami City Ballet was created in 1986 with former New York City Ballet principal dancer Edward Villella helming the company. The Miami City Ballet flourishes as one of America's most respected Balanchine-style based ballet companies. will dance, along with the KIROV BALLET Kirov Ballet, one of the two major ballet companies of Russia, the other being the Bolshoi Ballet. In 1991 it was officially renamed the St. Petersburg Maryinsky Ballet; however, on its frequent tours abroad it is still called the Kirov Ballet. , on March 11, the opening night of the Kennedy Center's six-day International Ballet ballet (băl`ā, bălā`) [Ital. ballare=to dance], classic, formalized solo or ensemble dancing of a highly controlled, dramatic nature performed to music.
See also dance; modern dance. Festival.
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