(51) Part III: Edward Villella, Founding Artistic Director of Miami City Ballet

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Welcome to our third and final installment with Edward Villella, founding Artistic Director of Miami City Ballet and former Principal Dancer with the New York City Ballet.  Today Edward talks at length about the founding of Miami City Ballet, what he learned from Balanchine about being an Artistic Director, and how he kept his dancers in mind every step of the way.  Join us at the very end of this episode for his lightening round, where he reveals what ballet he would want to dance if he could come back to the stage tomorrow.

If you missed any of our previous episodes withe Edward, please tune into episode 47 and 50 for parts 1 and 2.