Toby Ansin (née Lerner; born January 3, 1941) is the founder of Miami City Ballet and widow of [1][full citation needed] Edmund Ansin, co-founder of Sunbeam Television[2] In 1985, she founded Miami City Ballet,[3][4][5][6][7][8] a dance company that altered the cultural landscape of the city of Miami[9][10][11][12][13] and which subsequently acquired a national and international reputation.[14][15] Ansin has continuously served on the Board of Trustees since its founding.[16] Miami City Ballet is the largest South Florida arts organization reaching an annual audience of over 125,000 in four Florida counties. It includes a ballet school with over 1500 students and adults.
- ^ TV ‘trailblazer’ Ed Ansin, who helped change the flavor of news, dies in Miami at 84, July 27, 2020
- ^ Sun Sentinel, "WSVN-TV's Ed Ansin keeps blazing a trail, even after 50 years" Archived September 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, January 8, 2013
- ^ Miami Herald, Living Arts, May 21, 1997, "A WOMAN OF VISION", by Fernando Gonzalez
- ^ Miami Herald, Entertainment, October 16, 2010 Miami City Ballet's Fanfare "SHOWY BUT SHALLOW"
- ^ Social Miami.com Arts & Culture, "VIDEO: FOUNDING VISIONARY Toby Lerner Ansin and Miami City Ballet"
- ^ Miami Today October 10, 1989, "Movers who shake the art world" M.J. Taylor
- ^ Macaulay, Alastair (March 20, 2016). "Review: Balanchine and Shakespeare Catch Some Waves in Miami". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
- ^ Dance Magazine, March 2006, Going Platinum By Allegra Kent, See Villella quote, "...starting with Toby Ansin, the prime mover."
- ^ Miami Herald, Miami Stories January 10, 2014, "54 Years Have Seen Dramatic Changes", Diane Sepler
- ^ St. Petersburg Times Dance Critic, Michael Fleming, October 26, 1986
- ^ The Miami Herald, Business/Monday, December 7, 1987, Page 1 Business Section, Authors J. Chrissos & L. Horn, Herald Staff writers, "LEAP TOWARD THE TOP"
- ^ Dance Magazine, November 1989, Taking Care of The Roles: Villella Victorious, Miami's Prometheus by Laurie Horn, Dance Critic Miami Herald, See page 47
- ^ New York Times, September 3, 1989, "In Miami, the Visual and Performing Arts Seek Their Place In The Sun'" by George Volsky
- ^ "DANCE REVIEW MIAMI CITY BALLET, Finally Arriving in Manhattan, With Balanchine as Its Calling Card", By ALASTAIR MACAULAY, Published: January 22, 2009
- ^ Indulge Magazine, Special Miami Herald Publication, Art Basel Issue, December 2015/January 2016, Page 79, (The Pioneers) Stephanie Ansin & Toby Lerner Ansin
- ^ MiamiCityBallet.org/Company See:Founders