LINDA VILLELLA/SCHOOL DIRECTOR

 
Want to have some great fun -- as you help keep yourself in shape too? Adults of all ages and all levels of dance experience -- from beginner to advanced -- can do both in special Ballet, Jazz and Hip Hop classes taught by dance experts at the International Miami City Ballet School.
 

Open Classes:
Ballet
Jazz

For further information call 305.929.7007 or e-mail registrar@miamicityballet.org  

Ballet
taught by Kris Kramer

Mondays:
6:45 - 8:15 p.m. (Intermediate/Advanced)

Tuesdays:
10 - 11:30 a.m. (Intermediate/Advanced)

Wednesdays:
10 - 11:30 a.m. (Intermediate/Advanced)
6:30 - 8 p.m. (Beginner)

Thursdays:
10 - 11:30 a.m. (Intermediate/Advanced)

Jazz
taught by Richard Amaro

Mondays:
6:30 - 8 p.m.

Wednesdays:
6:30 - 8 p.m.

Class levels will be based on student ability.

All individual classes are $20.00 or you can purchase a card of ten classes for $150.00.

No registration required.

Any loose-fitting attire can be worn. Proper shoes should be worn.

Classes are held at Miami City Ballet Studios (2200 Liberty Avenue, Miami Beach). Metered parking is available throughout the area.

School Closed:
Mon., Oct. 11, 2011
Wed., Nov. 23-27, 2011
Mon., Dec. 19, 2011 - Sun., Jan. 1, 2012 
Mon., Jan. 16, 2012
Mon., Feb. 20, 2012
Mon. March 12 - Sun. March 18, 2012
Mon., May 28, 2012


Teachers

Richard Amaro - has danced in film, television, commercials, and numerous Broadway shows, including West Side Story, Jerome Robbins Broadway, and Kiss of the Spider Woman; and music videos with Prince, Tina Turner, Vanessa Williams, and Michael Bolton.   He has choreographed Chita Rivera and All That Jazz and Dream Girls national tour. He has been a master teacher in Vienna, Venice, Amsterdam, Boston, London, Japan, Los Angeles and New York.  He was also a National Judo Champion.  Mr. Amaro recently finished a 2-year Broadway and international tour as a lead dancer for Chita Rivera in her Broadway show Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life.

Kris Kramer - was born in upstate New York, where she began her training at the Saugerties Ballet Center and later attended the Albany Dance Institute, under the direction of former New York City Ballet dancer, David Otto.  During the summers, she studied at the School of American Ballet, American Ballet Theatre and Chatauqua Dance Institute.  Kris joined Miami City Ballet in 2001, after being a scholarship student at Miami City Ballet School and apprenticing for the Company for a year.  During her six years with MCB, she was featured in ballets such as Giselle, Edward Villella's "THE QUICK-STEP: Unspeakable Jazz Must Go!", George Balanchine's The Nutcracker™, among others. 

 
Miami City Ballet School students, Photo © Bruce Hibbs

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