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Legendary Dancer Continues To Pass On The Art Form In Miami

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The Miami City Ballet has become one of America's leading dance companies in the last three decades. And Edward Villella was an essential part of that. The legendary dancer is one of the company's founders and a former star performer in the New York City Ballet . Villella based the style of the Miami company on dance he learned from New York City Ballet founder and choreographer George Balanchine . Villella says he wanted to pass on the knowledge he learned from Balanchine to all future dancers. The Miami City Ballet was founded in 1985 and its first performance was in 1986 under Villella. In 2012, the Miami City Ballet board ousted Villella in the midst of a financial crisis, but he is back in Miami to coach dancers at Dimensions Dance Theatre of Miami for a performance this weekend . He joined Sundial to discuss his return. WLRN: Edward, this is the first time that you've been back in Miami since 2012 to teach dancers. How does it feel to be back here coaching? Well it feels

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