Miami City Ballet Opens its 21/22 Season with Alexei Ratmansky’s Swan Lake

Miami, FL – February 11, 2022 – Miami City Ballet celebrated the opening of its 2021/22 season with the North American premiere of famed choreographer Alexei Ratmansky’s Swan Lake at the Adrienne Arsht Center, the largest production in the company’s history. Guests including MCB Board Members, philanthropists, and supporters attended a private, outdoor post-performance reception on Thomson Plaza, sponsored by Van Cleef & Arpels. Attendees sipped on wine courtesy of Marqués de Riscal Wines.  MCB Board Chair Jeffrey Davis addressed the attendees, thanking sponsors and donors for their support of Miami City Ballet, and introduced Artistic Director Lourdes Lopez. Lourdes spoke about how momentous bringing the Swan Lake production to South Florida is and introduced choreographer Alexei Ratmanksy and set and costumer Jérôme Kaplan, who made remarks.

Jeffrey Davis

Alexei Ratmanksy & Jérôme Kaplan

Lourdes Lopez, Alexei Ratmanksy, & Jérôme Kaplan

Jérôme Kaplan, Lourdes Lopez, & Alexei Ratmanksy

Kristi Jernigan & Barbara Vogelstein

Suzy Wahba, Kristi Jernigan, & Tania Castroverde Moskalenko

Rainey, Kristi, & Lindsay Jernigan

Dean & Kristi Jernigan

Lourdes Lopez & Jeffrey Davis

Tania Castroverde Moskalenko & Jeffery Davis

Alexei & Tatiana Ratmanksy, & Jérôme Kaplan

Holly Wright, & Cindy, & Robert Friezo

Toby Ansin, & Cindy, & Robert Friezo

Jeffrey Davis, George Skouras, Bob Gottlieb, Anne-Camille Hersch, & Lourdes Lopez