oh man my grandaughter was just offered a contract by the miami ballet to be a permanent member of the troupe.....the youngest at 17 to be a part of the professional troupe bypassing their apprentice program.......taylor naturkas.....remember that name... On Sunday sixteen year old Taylor Naturkas – a second year Miami City Ballet School student – was a surprising choice for a role second only in importance to the Sugar Plum Fairy. Though she rushed some transitions, Naturkas shined with the precision she brought to the part and showed eye-popping strength in jetés. For the dance of the Sugarplum Fairy and her Cavalier, lighting designer James Ingalls drenched the scene in cyan blue before shading it with the tones of a ripening mango. Costumed in pale mint and white, Jennifer Lauren and Renan Cerdeiro as her Cavalier brought the ballet to a powerful close. During their pas de deux, Cerdeiro provided terrific support in lifts — whether planting Lauren on his shoulder or pressing her overhead. Lauren made unsupported arabesques look effortless, and the Arsht stage seemed snug for Cerdeiro’s circle of jetés.
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