This is fukking pitiful

Edward Villella Leaving Miami City Ballet Sooner Than Expected

By JENNIFER KAY 09/04/12 11:21 AM ET AP
Edward Villella Resigns Early Miami City Ballet

MIAMI — The artistic director who founded the Miami City Ballet and built it into an internationally recognized company is leaving sooner than expected.

Edward Villella said last year he would retire after the 2012-2013 season ends in April. But ballet officials announced Tuesday that Villella has decided to leave now.

The former New York City Ballet star founded the Miami Beach-based dance company in 1986.

Officials say Villella "had given the matter a great deal of thought" and decided with the company's executive board to speed up the transition to new leadership.

The Cuban-born dancer Lourdes Lopez was set to succeed Villella as artistic director. Ballet officials say Lopez now takes over immediately.

Lopez is currently the director of the New York dance company Morphoses.

More here  I bet he's not really smiling, unless he's happy he screwed the people who screwed him. Lourdes Lopez is nobody and he's very much somebody. This is the end of Miami City Ballet and the board is too stupid and rich to know it. Wait till they can't find any dancers to come here. Wait till the school starts sucking because it's not run by his wife & daughter. Wait till the dancers leave. Wait till the audience leaves. I know I will. But first I'm going to write them all letters and tell them why I'm not buying any full-price, expensive tickets this year. Or any other year in my future. Maybe I need to move back to New York too.