Thursday, June 20, 2013

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Destination Opera: Susan Danis Shares Her Vision for FGO’s Future

Opera lovers have long been willing to board a plane for New York City to get their opera fix. Susan Danis believes that one day soon Miami can be an opera destination too. The new general director and CEO of …

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For the Eyes and the Ears: ‘Touch Me Hear’

Shrouded in darkness and wrapped in a tangle of white fabrics, a mysterious four-legged, dragon-like creature haltingly weaves between the audience’s folding chairs. An increasingly loud bass drone

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Ekphrasis 4: Dance Now! at the Bass Museum

On Sunday, June 2, Dance Now! Miami returned to the Bass Museum for its fourth annual Ekphrasis concert. As the Greek word suggests, co-directors Hannah Baumgarten and Diego

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Abbey Rader Generations Quartet at Audiotheque

On the band leader Abbey Rader’s Website, the link to information about his Buddhist meditation and martial arts practices precedes that for his music. In a husky Bronx-accented

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Dance Now! Miami Doesn’t Slow Down

Although their last major stage production of the season, Songs of Spring, closed at The Colony two months ago, Dance Now! Miami remains actively in production and will

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‘Touch Me Hear’

An experimental multimedia work commissioned by Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center (New York). It explores the relationship between touch, sound and movement, directed by FETA Foundation's Jurj Kojs,

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‘Inanna and the Huluppu Tree’ Not Just For Kids

By the fourth time the rows of fifth graders were exhorted to raise their voices, they were psyched. “Roooooaaaaaaarhhhh,” they again shouted. This time it worked. The community

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Peter London Global Dance

The recently formed multicultural dance troupe founded by dancer/choreographer and NWSA professor Peter London gets its first big local stage outing for "Spring Nights at the Arsht," which

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Cuban Classical Ballet Gala

“The Best of the Classical Repertoire Gala” includes eight dances, two of which come from Marius Petipa from the 19th century. But the highlight of these performances is

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Miami City Ballet Jazzes Up Its Step

The Miami City Ballet Company (MCB) will close its 2012-2013 season this weekend at the Arsht Center with Broadway and Ballet, a valentine to Jerome Robbins and George