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Finally ‘Fela!’ Takes the Stage

  If ever a Broadway show was to be written about a man, Fela Kuti is that man. When he died in 1997, over a million people attended his funeral in Nigeria. But Fela lives on, in almost 70 albums …

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Augusto Soledade and BrazzDance

Previews of the upcoming show can be seen on the WLRN website and in the Sun Post. Click on the

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‘Etudes’: The Whole House As Performance

Walking into artist Pablo Cano’s Red Velvet Theater in Little Havana, you are greeted by the most elegant of ladies -- Marie Antoinette herself. The larger than life

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Ife Ile and a Week of Cuban Dance

As one of the most pluralistic cities in the country, Miami is home to diverse enclaves from Haiti, Argentina, Cuba, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Nicaragua and others. Aptly,

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Delou and the African Diaspora Drum and Dance Fest

Night is falling in Little Haiti. Summer rains moisten the air even after the last late afternoon drop. Humidity connects bodies and elements in our tropical, pluralistic town.

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Ayikodans at the Arsht

The Haiti-based contemporary dance company Ayikodans did more than sell out three performances at the Adrienne Arsht center, they moved people to exultation, standing ovations, and deep pocketed

A Feild Day for Experimental Performance

Originally published in SunPost on April 28, 2011 Last Friday at Inkub8, the new white box performance space run by local dancer

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Rumba, as Good as it Gets

Originally published in SunPost on April 21, 2011 Here’s the scoop. Very few things in this world are cooler than Cuban rumba,

Camposition’s “Please Don’t Hate Me” Takes on Same-Sex Domestic Violence

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Lakeland Troupe Gets the Dance Festival in Motion

Originally published in SunPost on April 14, 2011 The Miami Dance Festival is in motion and our city is bursting at the seams