Check out the newest season of Strictly Ballet featuring up and coming dancers from Miami: http://vid.io/xqXm Welcome to Miami where the sand is hot and the competition is fierce. Meet Mayumi, a student at Miami City Ballet School and a company apprentice.
Check out the newest season of Strictly Ballet featuring up-and-coming dancers in Miami: http://vid.io/xqMb Ella Titus is not your typical high school student. With dreams of becoming a professional ballerina, Ella shows us a glimpse of her atypical world: she lives alone, attends regular high school for roughly an hour and a half a day, and spends most of her time dancing.
Check out the newest season of Strictly Ballet featuring up-and-coming dancers in Miami: http://vid.io/xqMb Valeriia Chaykina left Russia to train in America and adapt her classically trained technique to a modern, Western style of ballet. Now the pressure is on to find a job and stay in America as a professional dancer.
Check out the newest season of Strictly Ballet featuring up-and-coming dancers in Miami: http://vid.io/xqMb Carlos Valdés and his family left everything behind in Cuba when they moved to America to support Carlos' pursuit of a professional ballet career. Then when Carlos got injured and could not dance for several months, his psychological fear of another injury became its own obstacle.
Check out the newest season of Strictly Ballet featuring up-and-coming dancers in Miami: http://vid.io/xqMb Ballet dancer Gustavo Pachecco describes the challenges of living away from his family in Brazil as he pursues his ballet dreams in Miami. Even though his parents and siblings are far away, he carries their energy, love, and support as he dances.
Check out the newest season of Strictly Ballet featuring up-and-coming dancers in Miami: http://vid.io/xqMb Miami City Ballet students prepare for a high-stakes performance that could determine whether they are offered a spot in the company. As pressure mounts to deliver a flawless performance, the students take a break to cool off (and practice lifts) at the beach.
Check out the newest season of Strictly Ballet featuring up-and-coming dancers in Miami: http://vid.io/xqMb After months of preparation, the dancers take the stage for their open barre ballet performance. This performance in part determines who is offered a contract with the company at Miami City Ballet. Find out who makes the cut.
Strictly Ballet
DOCUMENTARY series
directed and edited by David Petersen
This eight-part documentary series for Condé Nast follows the challenges and aspirations of six young dancers at Miami City Ballet School. Following the success of the first series about the School of American Ballet in New York City which David Petersen directed, story-produced and edited, this series focuses on the American immigrant experience as it relates to ballet. Since the school makes a special effort to recruit abroad, the series tracks not only the aspirations of these talented young dancers, but also the dreams that many immigrants share who hope to make it in America.