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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 Balanchine. No surprise there, since the MCB has been acclaimed far and …

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Trey McIntyre + Miami City Ballet = Pas de Deux

In a single weekend, we will be able to see two of this country’s reputable dance companies, both selecting ballets made in the United States and in a

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Red Weather over South Miami-Dade

The lovely weather down here these days, the vibrant cultural scene, the ethnically diverse food options, all those are reasons that have Alison Chase jumping for joy. It

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Marie Chouinard Draws New Lines in Dance

When performances are “based on” something, we all get that the inspiration is real, the interpretation not recognizable. Then there is the up-coming concert from the Montreal dance

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Trans Music, Transatlantic Style

Traditions are kept alive by constant change. The roots music of the 21st century is being created as much with electric guitars, sequencers and laptops as with drums

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The Descendants, Haiti in Cuba

In a city sometimes so seemingly separated along ethnic lines as Miami, one would hardly think that Cubans and Haitians have anything in common. But they do, and

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Peter London Global Dance in Little Haiti

Afro-Caribbean folklore entered Peter London’s soul at age six, and never left. In the hilly Trinidadian countryside, the then-youngster would take part in religious ceremonies often led by his

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Review: Alvin Ailey

Alvin Ailey Dance Theater’s performance at the Arsht Center Friday night began and ended with a prayer, or rather with an electrifying, raging, shimmering, sassy, full-bodied reminder of

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The Return of the Haitian Dance and Music of Ayikodans

After two seasons of sold-out  performances at the Arsht Center, Haiti’s Ayikodans is returning for a weekend of dance February through Sunday. The company will be presenting a

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Able to dance with danceAble

To dance on a stage, most people would probably say that one must not only be well-trained, but able to do just that: dance. The training part should be