Archive for February, 2011
An Evening with Ailey
Originally published in SunPost on February 24,2011 Last weekend at the Adrienne Arsht center, the Ziff Opera house was filled to the brim with a buzzing, vibrant, and mixed audience. People of diverse ages and backgrounds, races and relationship to …
CTD: The Flash Mobster for Social Change
Justin Perez is trying to change lives. A native of New York, raised in Orlando, Perez is the founder and creative director of Change Through Dance (CTD), a
RHAW’s Raw But Promising Debut
The pre-professional youth dance company Rennie Harris Awe-inspiring Works (RHAW) made its Miami debut Thursday in the presence of some of the city’s finest b-boys. Harris spoke briefly
Rennie Harris is RHAW, Roots, and Real
Originally published in SunPost on February 10, 2011 Welcome to the Dirty South. Repeat again, “dirty dirty” — but pronounced ‘durteh.” Geographically,
MCB: Spotlight on Scotch Symphony’s Kilt-Clad Soloist
“Scotch Symphony” (1952), on Program III of Miami City Ballet’s silver anniversary season alongside Paul Taylor’s “Promethean Fire” and Twyla Tharp’s “Nine Sinatra Songs,” can be counted as
The Next Generation of Hip-Hop Dance is Rennie Harris
In gauging the responses of young dance-goers today, it’s probably safe to say that the Facebook post has replaced — and, perhaps, improved — the paper-and-miniature-pencil survey. “OMFG
Peru Negro: Sights and Sounds of Black Peru
What with Mario Vargas Llosa winning the Nobel Prize in Literature last year, Lima finally shedding its dour and grim image, and ceviche becoming a foodie’s darling, it
