• MCB is among the largest ballet companies in the United States, with 55 dancers and a fiscal year 2008-2009 budget of approximately $14.5 million.
• The Company has four Home Counties in South Florida: Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach, plus Collier (on Florida's west coast), where MCB is presented as the resident ballet company at the Naples Philharmonic Center. In addition to its Repertory Series in the four counties, Miami City Ballet performs holiday spectacular George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker™ in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties.
• Founding Artistic Director Edward Villella was the first American-born male star of New York City Ballet (1957-1975); his career established the male's role in classical dance in the U.S. Mr. Villella's vision and style for the Company are based on the neoclassical 20th-century aesthetic established by choreographer George Balanchine. In 1997, Mr. Villella received the highest and most prestigious cultural honor that can be bestowed upon an artist by the United States, the National Medal of Arts, presented by President Clinton. In 1997, he was named a Kennedy Center Honoree and was inducted into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame. He was also inducted into the Dancers’ Hall of Fame at the National Museum of Dance in Saratoga in 2004. In 2003 Miami City Ballet premiered Mr. Villella’s four-act ballet, The Neighborhood Ballroom.
• The Company's active repertoire has 88 ballets, including 9 world premieres. It includes: George Balanchine's masterworks, most notably Prodigal Son, Apollo, Agon, The Four Temperaments, Stravinsky Violin Concerto, Symphony in C, Ballet Imperial and the full-length Jewels and works by contemporary choreographers such as Paul Taylor, Twyla Tharp, Jerome Robbins, and Trey McIntyre. Ballets by Frederick Ashton, Petipa, Bournonville, Edward Villella and others also highlight the repertoire. The Company repertoire also includes classical works such as Giselle, Coppélia and Don Quixote.
