Ballet Etudes' The Nutcracker

Ballet Etudes Company is proud to have the longest-running Nutcracker tradition in South Florida. 2011 marks its 37th consecutive year of bringing this holiday classic to South Florida families. Over the years, Ballet Etudes' The Nutcracker has also brought international guest artists to South Florida to star in the production while also giving students from Ballet Etudes School the opportunity to perform in a professional ballet production. With lavish sets and costumes, as well as a cast of 100 dancers, Ballet Etudes' The Nutcracker has been widely acclaimed throughout the community. Performed in the past at such venues as the historic Jackie Gleason Theater and Miami-Dade County Auditorium, Ballet Etudes' The Nutcracker was held for the first time at Miramar Cultural Center in December 2009 and at the Colony Theater for the first time in December 2011. Please visit our News & Events sections for more information on how to audition and purchase tickets.

1974 - Susana Prieto and Gilberto Almaguer	1987 -Merrill Ashley and Petter Jacobsen	2000 - Dagmar Moradillos and Charles Askegard
1975 - Susana Prieto and Gilberto Almaguer	1988 - Ludmila Lopukhova and Petter Jacobsen	2001 - Dagmar Moradillos and Charles Askegard
1976 - Susana Prieto and Gilberto Almaguer	1989 - Cheryl Yeager  and Wes Chapman	2002 - Dagmar Moradillos and Marcelo Gomes
1977 - Susana Prieto and Gilberto Almaguer	1990 - Cheryl Yeager and Wes Chapman	2003 - Dagmar Moradillos and Wes Chapman
1978 - Susana Prieto and Gilberto Almaguer	1991 - Cynthia Gregory and Medhi Bahiri	2004 - Maria Kowroski and Charles Askegard
1979 - Susana Prieto and Gilberto Almaguer	1992 - Cheryl Yeager and Wes Chapman	2005 - Darci Kistler Moradillos and Charles Askegard
1980 - Susana Prieto and Gilberto Almaguer	1993 - Cheryl Yeager and Wes Chapman	2006 - Maria Kowroski and Charles Askegard
1981 - Susana Prieto and Terry Emanuel	1994 - Cheryl Yeager and Johan Renvall	2007 - Jennie Somogyi and Charles Askegard
1982 - Yoko Ichino and Marin Boieru	1995 - Amanda McKerrow and Wes Chapman	2008 - Maria Kowroski and Charles Askegard
1983 - Marianna Tcherkassky and Peter Fonseca	1996 - Dagmar Moradillos and Guillaume Graffin	2009 - Michelle Saramago and Fernando Maciel Tais Diana and Alysson Rocha
1984 - Magali Messac and Robert La Fosse	1997 - Dagmar Moradillos and Gennadi Saveliev	2010 - Michelle Saramago and Juan Pablo Ledo
1985 - Maria Teresa del Real and Pablo Savoy	1998 - Dagmar Moradillos and Gennadi Saveliev	2011 - Laura Valentin and Jose Rodriguez
1986 - Yoko Ichino and David Nixon	1999 - Dagmar Moradillos and Charles Askegard

Sunday Afternoon at the Ballet Series

In 2007, Ballet Etudes Company instituted the Sunday Afternoon at the Ballet series to make the ballet classics more accessible to the local South Florida community. Now in its fourth year, the series has brought such classics as Paquita, Grand Pas de Quatre, Graduation Ball as well as excerpts from Coppélia and El Cid to the city of Hialeah, the home of Ballet Etudes Company for over 35 years. Thus, with the support of the Miami-Dade Cultural Affairs Council and The Children's Trust, Ballet Etudes is making the enjoyment of classical ballet more attainable and feasible to the community who has served it so well for so many years.

 The latest installment of Sunday Afternoon at the Ballet took place on Sunday, February 27, 2011 at Hialeah Performing Arts Theater and featured the debut of Anne of a Thousand Days, an original ballet by Choreographer Peter a Fox, and Atlantide: An Underwater Adventure, re-staged by Artistic Director Susana Prieto.

The Sunday Afternoon at the Ballet is made possible with the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners.