THE CHOREOGRAPHERS

One of the main concepts of  Founder and Director Marie Hale was she never wanted another "museum company." Mrs. Hale wanted not only to present classical ballet but also contemporary works from established, and new choreographers of all types of dance styles. 

From 1986 to 2009, the original Ballet Florida presented and mounted impressive full-length classical and contemporary ballets including:  

• A Midsummer Night's Dream (Choreography by Norbert Vesak, Visuals by Robert del a Rose)

• Cinderella (Choreography by Vicente Nebrada, Commissioned by Ballet Florida

• Cleopatra (Choreography by Ben Stevenson O.B.E)

• Coppélia (Choreography by Robert Davis, Commissioned by Ballet Florida)

• Dracula (Choreography by Ben Stevenson O.B.E)

• George Sand (Choreography by Vicente Nebrada, Commissioned by Ballet Florida)

• Lady of the Camellias (Choreography by Val Caniparoli, Co-commissioned and produced by Ballet Florida and Ballet West )

• Romeo and Juliet (Choreography by Vicente Nebrada, Commissioned by Ballet Florida)

• Starry Night (Choreography by William Soleau, Commissioned by Ballet Florida)

• The Stone Flower  (Choreography by Thierry Malandain, Commissioned by Ballet Florida) 

and of course, the world  renowned production of

• Marie Hale's The Nutcracker

Favorite Half - Evening Story Ballets Include:

• Carmina Burana (Choreography by John Butler)

• Anne Frank (Choreography by Wauricio Wainrot)

• Firebird (Choreography by Vecente Nebrada)

• On the Air (Choreography by William Soleau) 

• Rite of Spring (Choreography by Mauricio Wainrot)

• Sebastian (Choreography by Vecente Nebrada) 

• Sphinx (Choreography by John Butler)

• Peter and the Wolf (Choreography by Richard Munro)

Ballet Florida’s Mixed Bill performances brought astonishing variety and artistry to their audiences. Created by internationally recognized choreographers, this was unprecedented for a dance company of its size at this time. Many of these works were commissioned by the company.

Ballet Florida was extremely proud of it's artistic reputation while attracting the world's most renown and innovative creators of dance.

George Balanchine ®

John Butler 

Val Caniparoli

Ma Cong

Lou Conte

Lynne Taylor Corbett

Robert Davis

Daniel Ezarolw 

William Forsythe

Jimmy Gammonet de los Heros

Mark Godden C.M.

Geoffrey Holder

Demetrius Kline

Lambros Lambrou