By Juan Carlos Pérez-Duthie, artburstmiami.com Say the word dance or think of a dancer, and legs invariably come to mind. What if, however, that weren’t always the case? What if someone were to subvert the traditional notions of what to expect from form and movement? In South Florida, that someone has been choreographer Karen Peterson, [...]
By Miguel Angel Estefan, Jr., artburstmiami.com On May 6, Dance Now! Miami and the Bass Museum of Art will present their third annual collaboration of The Ekphrasis Project: Art From Art. Ekphrasis, the Greek term for the graphic or dramatic description of a visual art work, is used here by co-directors Hannah Baumgarten and Diego [...]
By Neil de la Flor, artburstmiami.com The Miami Dance Festival returns with a diverse and eclectic program that promises to enrich the cultural palette of the city. The six-week long festival, which runs across Miami-Dade County, includes a variety of provocative dance performances, including flamenco, contemporary ballet, and Indian folk dance and Bollywood. Part of [...]
By Annie Hollingsworth, artburstmiami.com Paris-based choreographer and performer Radhouane el Meddeb, born and raised in Tunisia, is on the way to Miami. This weekend, on April 13 and 14, Miami Light Project will present his multi-sensory work I Dance and I Feed You. Firmly rooted in the cultural traditions of his country, el Meddeb was [...]
By Miguel Angel Estefan, Jr., artburstmiami.com The performance highlight of Dance Now!’s Spring to Dance Now! is the second-half encore presentation of Six Characters, a critically acclaimed “Whodunit Murder Mystery” with theatrical inspiration from Luigi Pirandello’s Six Characters in Search of an Author (on March 31 and April 1 at The Colony Theatre). The dramatic [...]
By Elizabeth Hanly, artburstmiami.com A promise was made to the South Miami Dade community after the destruction of Hurricane Andrew. The “revitalization plan” developed by Commissioner Dennis Moss envisioned an anchor, a new public space around which the community could again build their lives. And so the idea for The South Miami Dade Arts Center [...]
By Annie Holingsworth, artburstmiami.com Miami Light Project’s latest bunch of Here & Now artists are about to get their shining moment. Fresh from the rehearsal studios, Here & Now: 2012 opens on Feb. 2 with new work by Luis Alberto Cuevas, Ivonne Batanero, Carlota Pradera & Priscilla Marrero, and Natasha Tsakos. Each artist will debut [...]
By Celeste Fraser Delgado, artburstmiami.com What is dance? That question has been posed by experimental choreographers for decades now. Often the answer for the audience of such experiments is “not this.” Such was the case of Wally Cardona and Jennifer Lacey’s “Tool Is Loot.” If the dancers noticed audience members walking out during their performance, [...]
Brazz Dance Plays with Territory in New Work Cordel By Celeste Fraser Delgado, artburstmiami.com Dancer Anasthasia Grand-Pierre flips her partner, Ilana Reynolds, then holds her with her head hanging upside down. So choreographer Augusto Soledade sets in motion a series of games where dancers flip, spin, and roll, turning the world upside down, right side [...]
The Artwork by Jordan Schaps & Benjamin Martin Debuts This Week for Art Basel. Written By: John Zur Photography: Mitchell Zachs/MagicalPhotos.com In late September, SunPost was invited to photograph Jordan Schaps and Benjamin Martin as they painted a ballerina of the Miami City Ballet. The model posed for a mixed media rendition [...]
By Annie Hollingsworth, artburstmiami.com Argentine tango and American hip hop may look completely different on the surface, but both were born from the friction of social inequality. Both dance styles served, originally, as a form of underground cultural resistance. Coming up in the following November weekends, Miami’s Brazz Dance Theater will unveil Cordel, a full-length [...]
By Annie Hollingsworth, artburstmiami.com This year, for the 13th annual Ifé-Ilé Afro-Cuban Dance and Music Festival, Neri Torres returns with family and friends to present a workshop in the full spectrum of Afro-inspired dance and drumming from her native country. Cuban dance and music carry histories — of the West African traditions brought to the [...]
