Miami City Ballet comprises 55 professional dancers, many of whom come from some of the most prestigious ballet training centers in the world. The company serves the counties of Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach, and Collier on Florida’s west coast. Having danced for 18 years with George Balanchine at New York City Ballet and originated many lead roles, founding artistic director Edward Villella has made the Balanchine style and repertory the foundation of this company. Yet, the repertory is rounded out with more traditional classics, as well as with works by notable choreographers of the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

In 2009, Miami City Ballet will launch a new artistic partnership with the Cleveland Orchestra. The project was initiated after a successful residency program with the Cleveland Orchestra in 2007 and the establishment of a Musical Arts Association network of supporters across Miami. With a history of working with internationally renowned ballet companies, there are high hopes for the partnership with Cleveland to bring a new vibrancy to ballet performances, as well as generate future collaborative projects.