The Golden Section (1983), with music by David Byrne, is a ballet of pure energy. Thirteen dancers in athletic costumes sail, soar and tear through the air bathed in golden, glowing light. Dashing, jogging, coupling and intermixing, the men and women act as individuals and as an individually select race of super beings.

“WAVES OF APPLAUSE! These Miami dancers keep highlighting, with relish, some of Ms. Tharp’s most startling demands.”
– Alastair Macaulay, The New York Times

“The six women and seven men, in gold trunks and tank tops, hurled themselves into the vertiginous, luscious movement with full-tilt relish driven by David Byrne’s churning, electro-rock score.”
– Jordan Levin, The Miami Herald

“Miami City Ballet is a sharp, energetic interpreter of Tharp’s work and we can’t get enough of this match – it’s A DANCE FEAST!”
– Harriet Howard Heithaus, Naples News

Miami City Ballet was founded in 1985 by former New York City Ballet principal Edward Villella. It features the largest Balanchine repertory in the world after NYCB and presents works by other major choreographers of our time – including Twyla Tharp, Paul Taylor and Christopher Wheeldon – as well as a host of 19th century classics. Now celebrating its 25th anniversary season, the company boasts more than 45 dancers from around the world, as well as a school of its own.