Video holds a unique position in contemporary art. On one level, it is the newest medium, one totally based on technology that was nonexistent a century ago. But it also seems to be the most immediate of vehicles — a video can express a snapshot of time, and its Zeitgeist, like no other form. MoCA‘s [...]
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Ever since I saw a brief performance by the Peruvian dance troupe Afro conTempo the other week, I’ve been itching to know more about this group. I’d never heard of conTempo or Marcela Díaz before, yet here they were on stage, fully formed. I’d scoured the city for an Afro-Peruvian troupe last year — how [...]
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2008 Knight Arts Challenge winner The Miami Music Project is looking for six musicians to join its string quartet and brass quintet for the 2010-11 season – read below for details and click here for audition information. Auditions will be held Sept 7 and 8, applications must be received in the MMP office by Tuesday, [...]
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The Miami Poster Project is not about changing the way people see Miami. People already see Miami in all sorts of ways. The issue is representation. Miami is typecast. It’s stereotyped. It’s got an image issue. Can something be simultaneously stale and moldy? Because that’s what we’re dealing with when it comes to visual representations [...]
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By Miami City Ballet This season, Miami City Ballet celebrates its 25th anniversary with the return of live music and the Opus One Orchestra led by award-winning principal conductor Maestro Gary Sheldon. Orchestral accompaniment was cancelled halfway through the 2008-09 season due to lack of funding. The orchestra returns to MCB courtesy of a $900,000 [...]
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The upcoming concert season in South Florida will see the debut of a local ensemble devoted to the performance of Baroque music. The group, named Arcanum, has been formed by tenor Tony Boutté and Baroque flutist Colin St. Martin, and will be featured in the Miami Bach Society’s Tropical Baroque Festival in March. But before [...]
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The giant inflatable art sculptures swaying in the wind at the Miami Beach Botanical Garden are truly lovely spectacles — the only thing negative to say about this outdoor art exhibit is that it is so short-lived and will only last through Friday night, so haul yourself over to the gardens asap. There have been [...]
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By Susan Patterson, Charlotte Program Director Since its opening last fall with Steven Martin playing the banjo with the Steep Canyon Rangers bluegrass group, Knight Theater has had diverse programming on its stage. From Alvin Ailey to a Monterey Jazz Festival trio to the locally produced Tosco Music Party, all the performances I’ve attended have had enthusiastic audiences. I [...]
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Last week I sat for a spell with Mary Luft, founder and director of Miami’s indispensable presenting organization Tigertail. Luft founded Tigertail more than 30 years ago, so she seemed like a great person to talk to about the history of the performing arts in Miami. Sure enough, as we sat in the dining room [...]
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By Gary Farmer, Cultural Affairs Program Manager Another one of my dreams came true: we finally got to present Sarruga, the phenomenal Barcelona street theater team we’d tried to bring for the first Sleepless Night in 2007. Fresh from its U.S. premiere in Chicago’s Millennium Park, Sarruga came to town for a series of free [...]
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