Dance

A Dance for Heroes

A Dance For Heroes is a new work commissioned by Artistic Director Lourdes Lopez, by choreographer Durante Verzola inspired by and dedicated to the first responders and essential workers that have worked with uncompromising courage and grace throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tune into our Miami City Ballet's Facebook Page for the premiere of A Dance For Heroes on Friday, May 8 at 8pm.

 

30th Anniversary Performance Presented by Karen Peterson and Dancers

What do you do when you turn thirty? Some people mourn the end of their youth, while others are excited about becoming full-fledged adults. Karen Peterson and Dancers (KPD), the leading physically integrated dance company in the Southeast United States, bringing together professional dancers with and without disabilities on the same stage, decided to throw themselves their very own celebration. Looking forward to a new decade of groundbreaking performances, KPD will present their 30th-anniversary performances, with invited guests REVolutions Dance, from Tampa, on Thursday and Friday, April 9 and 10, at 8 PM at the Miami-Dade County Auditorium On. Stage Black.Box. ADMISSION: $20 general admission, special promotion two for $30, inclusive of all fees, through Ticketmaster at tinyurl.com/KPD30th or in-person at the Auditorium box office. Limited Culture Shock Tickets available through MDCA box office.

Jewels of Russian Ballet Presented by Cuban Classical Ballet of Miami

Cuban Classical Ballet of Miami (CCBM) artistic director Eriberto Jimenez, in collaboration with St. Lucie Ballet, artistic directors Rogelio Corrales and Lydia Oquendo, will present “Jewels of the Russian Ballet” at the Seminole Theatre on Saturday, March 28 at 7:30 pm. “Jewels of the Russian Ballet” will highlight selected pieces of the most famous Classical Ballet Repertoire from the renowned Russian choreographers Mikhail Fokine and Marius Petipa, including: “Scheherazade”, based on the female character and storyteller of the Middle Eastern collection of tales known as ‘One Thousand and One Nights’; the Odalisque’s pas de trois from “Le Corsaire” inspired by Lord Byron's epic poem, and “The Awakening of Flora” based on the Greek myth of Flora Goddess of Spring. Original works include “Yerma”, a tragic poem by Spanish dramatist Federico García Lorca that tells the story of a childless woman living in rural Spain. Her desperate desire for motherhood becomes an obsession that eventually drives her to commit a horrific crime, and “Habaneras.” La Habanera is a sign of cultural identity that reaches all artistic expressions with great refinement from intimacy to higher and romantic states of mind. Saturday, March 28 / 7:30 pm. Seminole Theatre 18 N Krome Ave. Homestead, Fl. 33030 Tickets at: Seminoletheatre.org Theater Box Office 786-650-2073 contact@cubanclassicalballetofmiami.org

Dance, Jazz, Theater & Voice Performance Presented by National YoungArts Foundation

The region's most accomplished young artists come to Miami for special one-night-only performances. During the intensive, weeklong and all-inclusive program, artists across 10 disciplines participate in master classes and workshops with internationally recognized leaders, including visual artists Loni Johnson and Robert Chambers, jazz pianist and composer Emmet Cohen (2009 YoungArts Winner in Jazz), author and award-winning journalist Dr. Joan Morgan and cinematographer Rick Delgado (1992 YoungArts Winner in Film), among others. The accomplished young artists then have the opportunity to share their talents with the public through multidisciplinary performances, writers’ readings, film screenings and a visual arts exhibition.

VOTE! A dance production centered around the 2020 Black History National theme Presented by Miami Dade College

VOTE! is a dance production that activates spaces and engages audiences with thought provoking movement exploring African American history. As part of this year’s Black History theme, African Americans and the Vote, the audience will experience traditions of African American culture from West Africa to southern Baptist Churches as well as exploring the elements of Hip-hop to Afrofuturism.

The end of the performance includes a Q&A between the audience, performers and the producer. The performance will include a voter registration engagement.

Tap Pack Presented by BCPA

A MODERN RAT PACK WITH WORLD CLASS TAP - The Tap Pack is an elegant and entertaining nod to the Rat Pack era featuring high energy performances of mind-blowing tap dancing, smooth vocals, a swinging live jazz band and witty on-stage banter. The five-member cast wins the audience from the first downbeat and the pace of their amazing performances never slows. They joke, they compete, they croon and they cajole while performing cool classics with a fresh twist.

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