Alfredo Garcia, associate executive director of the Miami City Ballet, wants his students to be ready for life after school. “These are young men and women who have dedicated their lives to dance and are trying to obtain gainful employment after they leave our school,” Garcia said about the challenge…
For actress and playwright Carmen Pelaez, inspiration comes from real-life work experience. “I was working in the art world and I would deal with all these people on eBay selling obvious fakes,” she explains, recalling the beginnings of her latest play, “Fake.” “They were doing it very poorly and being…
In times of turmoil and chaos, Miami choreographer Brigid Baker encourages us to see the beauty. In her show Big Wonder, premiering January 18 at the Miami Dade County Auditorium, Baker will take audiences through a journey of remembrance and celebration. “In the end, there is only beauty,” remarks Baker,…
Bodies swirling in motion, traversing space, and challenging expectations, all on the big screen. That’s what ScreenDance Miami, a film festival dedicated to showcasing dance on film, is all about. From Wednesday, January 16, to Saturday, January 19, ScreenDance will project films at three locations: The Light Box at the…
After premiering in London’s West End, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime tied the record for most Olivier Awards received by a single play. For those unaware, the Oliver Awards are like the Tony Awards of London. For those who are further unaware, the Tony Awards are…
Comedian Ryan Hamilton doesn’t mind his clean comic reputation. He thinks it probably has helped his comedy career. And besides, he knows there are worse things he could be called.
It may not be in the same world-class league as Art Basel — at least, not yet — but the unspoken promise of what this celebration of cultural contribution could represent to a neighborhood brimming with diverse, undiscovered talent is equally important to the people of Broward County.
South Florida has a League of Lady Arm Wrestlers and, yes, they dominate.
Miami Improv will celebrate its grand opening in CityPlace Doral with performances by Full House dad and raunchy comic Bob Saget.
Comedian Eliot Chang warmed up to the Monday-night crowd at RedBar in Brickell. You might have seen him on Chelsea Lately or his episode of Comedy Central Presents. Chang had headlined a show at the Open Stage Club in Coral Gables the previous Saturday but opted to stick around a few more days to enjoy the Miami weather.
Did you wait too long to get tickets to this month’s run of Hamilton at the Broward Center? The box office sold out quickly, but you still have one more shot to see the show. A lottery of tickets cheekily named #Ham4Ham will offer 40 tickets to each show of…
It’s a Saturday afternoon at the Brickell Metrorail station. The usual weekday rush is absent. Instead, bodies lounge under the elevated tracks on the cool concrete as the October sun beams overhead. Among them sits local playwright Juan C. Sanchez.
Ana Maria Alvarez fights the patriarchy with creativity. The founding artistic director of Los Angeles dance company Contra-Tiempo will premiere her new work, joyUS justUS, at the Arsht on November 16. “We’re an urban Latin dance theater company. Our mission from day one has been about social justice and using…
Piano chords thrum as a sole spotlight illuminates a male staring defiantly into a camera, adorned in makeup and a flowing, ethereal white gown. Under two minutes of flawlessly executed contemporary dance follows, the male-female duo onstage narrating a story through their movements. It’s a tale of a man grappling with an intrinsic desire to be himself and the expectations society has thrust upon him.
In the hip-hop world, attitude is everything. And no one has more swagger than Ill-Abilities, a mixed-ability b-boy crew. This all-star team with members from all over the world is ready to tear Miami stages apart in A New Definition of Dance: Featuring Ill-Abilities, which consists of a…
Longing Lasts Longer by Penny Arcade is a dynamic blend of stand-up comedy, political rant, and performance,
Celebrities hanging out together have become quite the artistic muse. A photograph of Richard Nixon and Elvis shaking hands inspired a movie. The urban legend of Michael Jackson, Elizabeth Taylor, and Marlon Brando driving out of New York City after the World Trade Center towers fell was made into a British TV show and short story.
Let’s get real for a second: midterms are right around the corner and it’s causing people to feel every type of way. Blue and red waves of America are crashing together tsunami-style as candidates vie for political seats in a race instrumental to our nation’s imminent future. Drowning in a media riptide of mudslinging public servants, we the people deserve a break every once in a blue moon. And what better way to escape the roar of the dichotomy than to ensure your spot in the audience of one of America’s most universally beloved musicals?
Yearning for the chance to step into the figurative shoes of President Trump? The Daily Show With Trevor Noah is bringing a replica of the Oval Office to Miami. Here’s your shot at taking a seat on a golden toilet while a timer gives you 30 seconds to type out a crisis-related presidential tweet.
The musical explores the experiences of Cuban artists after their lives are torn apart by the revolution.
Choreographer Paul Taylor, a colossus of modern dance eagerly embraced by classical companies, died in August at age 88. Now Miami City Ballet will resurrect his expansive spirit in a work that lends its name to the season’s first program. Company B, featuring nine quicken-the-heart songs by the Andrews Sisters,…
This week, a racial discrimination case against Harvard claiming that the university discriminates against Asian-American applicants went to trial. Students for Fair Admissions, the group bringing the suit, also sued the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill earlier this year. Over 100 colleges could be next. Beyond college diversity,…
