Lourdes López is the director of the Miami City Ballet. At age 16 she had joined the corps de ballet at the New York City Ballet where she became soloist and then principal dancer in renowned roles in George Balanchine’s Violin Concerto, Firebird, Serenade, Liebeslieder Walzer, Divertimento No. 15, and Agon and in Jerome Robbins’ Dances at a Gathering, Glass Pieces, Fancy Free, In the Night, Four Seasons and Brandenburg. She would go on to become Executive Director of the George Balanchine Foundation, which emphasizes his work and theMorphoses/The Wheeldon Company which aims to revitalize dance with artists from the worlds of music, visual arts, design, film, and fashion to capture a younger audience. Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company which aims to revitalize dance with artists from the worlds of music, visual arts, design, film, and fashion to capture a younger audience.