Dance

The nation’s most exceptional young dancers and filmmakers come to Miami for a special, one-night performance and screening.

Join IlluminArts for the Premiere Screening of a film created about the 2022 IlluminArts program, "To Reach the Light". In April 2022, IlluminArts presented the Philadelphia based vocal ensemble Variant 6 in a collaborative, multi-disciplinary performance featuring six newly commissioned pieces by composers from across the United States and Europe with new original choreography performed by Dimensions Dance Theatre of Miami. In the height of the pandemic, IlluminArts asked each composer to write a piece based on ideas of transformation, adaptation, growth and change: themes that resonated through the world at the time. The results were six wildly different, exciting compositions. The April 2022 performances took place in Miami at the Rubell Museum and in Philadelphia at the Glen Foerd Estate. The film, captured and edited by Alex Markow with sound engineering by The Guild Live, features fascinating interviews with the artists and composers, as well as the entire extraordinary performance. The Live Premiere Film Screening will take place at the Coral Gables Art Cinema on Saturday, December 3rd at 12 PM. Tickets are available for $10. If you are not able to attend the Live Premiere Film Screening on December 3, the film will be available online from December 3-17. IlluminArts is offering Pay-What-You-Can tickets for access this virtual concert. Simply purchase a ticket at www.eventbrite.com/e/459309215227 at the price point you most prefer, and you will be sent instructions about how to access the video whenever you wish between December 3 and 17.

The sweetest of all holiday traditions is back. Little Marie’s dream comes alive in George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker® and you are invited on her enchanted journey! She bravely fights off an army of mice and their ferocious King. With her gallant Nutcracker Prince, she travels through a wintry wonderland of darting, swirling snowflakes to the Land of Sweets where waltzing flowers and curious confections from around the world dance for her.

Let the enchantment of the Nutcracker Ballet and Tchaikovsky’s music sweep you away. Every member of the family will enjoy this timeless classic from the wintery Snowflakes to the Land of the Sweets! Armour Dance Theatre’s production of The Nutcracker is Miami’s oldest presentation of the holiday classic and has been enjoyed by over 300,000 audience members over 42 years. The cast is a celebration of Miami’s diversity, featuring students from all five Armour Dance Theatre locations, dancers from New World School of the Arts, and internationally known guest stars.

Dance NOW! Miami presents Clara, a reimagining of The Nutcracker that charts the journey of a young woman, exploring and experiencing the exotic, the unknown and the forbidden, in search of love, identity and self-determination. 

Compagnia Opus Ballet will perform an excerpt from The Four Seasons, an homage to the Renaissance, and the iconic Vivaldi music and Ototeman. Their performance will include light, playful work with a popular music score. 

Snowflakes, sugarplums, naughty little boys, and magical dolls! The charm of the Holidays fascinates all audiences as Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida presents the classic ballet "The Nutcracker" to Tchaikovsky's popular score based on the tale of Ernest Hoffman. The critically acclaimed performance is choreographed and directed by renowned Ballet Master Vladimir Issaev. This awarded professional company features their own ballet stars performing the principal roles, as well as a community cast made up of local character artists and children. The engaging choreography from the fun of the party scene to the harrowing battle scene, to the enchanting kingdom of the sweets is guaranteed to entertain any age. The Nutcracker is not only the most popular ballet enjoyed by audiences around the world during this time of the year but it also serves as an introduction to ballet for young audiences.