Durante Verzola

Durante Verzola has choreographed works for Miami City Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet II, Joffrey Studio Company, Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, Ballet Chicago, Columbia Ballet Collaborative, School of Pennsylvania Ballet, and Princeton University Ballet, among others. Mr. Verzola has led Miami City Ballet School's Choreographic Intensive since its inception and has participated in CPYB's ChoreoPlan. He is a winner of Joffrey Ballet's Winning Works, which recognizes emerging ALAANA choreographers and was invited to the Center for Ballet and the Arts at NYU for an Artistic Partnership Initiative Fellowship. Most recently, his work was shown at Guggenheim's Works & Process and he was selected to make new work on the dancers of New York City Ballet at the New York Choreographic Institute.

His work has been described as "sharp and witty...so vibrant it is like a celebration of classicism and vitality…he continues to present classical ballet vocabulary in unfussy, thrilling ways," by Philadelphia Dance. Explore Dance said, "For a 20-something choreographer, Verzola startled with his inventiveness via straightforward balletics."

Mr. Verzola trained with Kansas City Ballet School and Kansas School of Classical Ballet before being accepted to Miami City Ballet School on full scholarship. He has attended summer courses at School of American Ballet and Pacific Northwest Ballet School. Verzola danced with Pennsylvania Ballet and The Suzanne Farrell Ballet.