Saturday, May 25, 2013

Miami-Dade County Auditorium

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Karen Peterson and Dancers Season of Dance

Mixed abilities dance first occurred to Karen Peterson in 1990. She received a phone call from a wheelchair bound woman who wanted a part in a ballet. “My direction to her was to write about her physical memories, and that …

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Karen Peterson and Dancers

New works from the mixed-ability (and mixed-age) dance company, including guest artists from Sarajevo and live music from local violinist Vicki

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Emily Johnson Brings on ‘Niicugni’

Choreographer and dancer Emily Johnson's critically acclaimed work The Thank -you Bar was a Bessie-Award winner that placed her on the international stage. The piece explored ideas of

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Tatsuya Nakatani, Gongs, and the Essence of Sound

[This preview can also be viewed on the WLRN website.] A gong hangs suspended from its stand, light dancing across its bronzed surface, each hammered dent hinting

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Tatsuya Nakatani and the Gong Orchestra

Nakatani's percussive sound comes from drums, bowed gongs, cymbals, singing bowls and metal objects, not easy to categorize.  Presented by Tigertail Productions, the orchestra is joined by musicians

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Nu Flamenco ‘Of Essence and Time’

Spanish guitarist Jose Luis Rodriguez and choreographer Niurca Marquez mix up some styles in their latest flamenco concert, infusing Sephardic songs, violin, and bass into the

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Nuevo Ballet Español Brings Flamenco to Life

Does traditional dance have a place on the contemporary stage? Nuevo Ballet Español rendered the debate irrelevant at the Miami-Dade County Auditorium last weekend, boldly opening the 2012-13

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Nuevo Ballet Espanol in Cambio de Tercio

The kick of MDC's Live! art season begins with thisUS premier, mixing traditional dance, flamenco,  and contemporary trends from southern

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Nuevo Ballet Sticks With Classical Flamenco

Miami’s cultural landscape is beginning to wake up from the summer daze. Miami-Dade College’s 2012-13 MDC Live Arts performance series opens soon with the first of many stellar

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Soulé and a Night To Remember

Soulé was a transformative experience whose news needs to be spread like a testament. This one-night only performance of contemporary flamenco, blues and rhythm -- presented by Art