The Miami City Ballet debuted the North American premiere of choreographer Alexei Ratmansky’s “restored” production of “Swan Lake” at Miami’s Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, restaging the 1895 version by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov. The ballet will be performed Feb. 26-27 at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts.
It has taken Miami City Ballet six years to get the Alexei Ratmansky production the biggest and most expensive in the company’s history off the ground.
As COVID-19 rages this winter, the Miami City Ballet continues to dance, preparing to perform “Swan Lake” in February, under the careful eye of celebrated choreographer Alexei Ratmansky. Jeffrey Brown spent a day with Ratmansky and dancers to see how they’ve brought this traditional ballet going back to its rediscovered historical roots. This report is for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.