If you love the drama of theatre (dance, music, plays, art, multimedia performances) and have a special child in your life, now’s the time to introduce them to this fabulous world. Theatre provides an outlet for imagination, illustrates the wonder of art, presents passionate
We live in Miami. By the ocean. We know tides and waves are fickle and that we shouldn’t turn our backs on the sea. In 1962, Miami — and the United States as a whole — was in flux. Especially momentous for Miami and its sizeable Cuban population were the “Cuban Democracy Act,”
This weekend marks the arrival at the Arsht Center’s Knight Concert Hall of the Minnesota Orchestra, one of the nation’s finest, along with its conductor Osmo Vänskä. They’ll be joined by the Japanese-American violinist Midori, who told me in an e-mail earlier this week of her experience working with the Minnesotans that it was “wonderful [...]
“Even those from whom art has been stolen away by tyranny, by poverty,” Jeanette Winterson writes, “begin to make it again … in song, out of dust and
I’ve always found sweaty, entwined (possibly naked) bodies one of the most challenging forms of artistic expression. Sometimes things can get awkward, but not when said bodies belong to the incredibly talented dancers from Pilobolus. Pilobolus is an experimental dance company created out of Dartmouth College in 1971. In case you’re bad at math, that’s [...]
Let’s face it. Miami is s expensive, especially if you want to hear live music during a night on the town. However, thanks to Miami Made Festival 2012: When the Sun Goes Down, March 1 through 4, 2012, you have the chance to listen to hip local bands do their thing Miami-style — for free. [...]
Miami native and now New York-based artist Daniel Arsham is having a pretty good week nationally, as works that reveal his broad reach into artistic exploration will be on show from coast to coast. Arsham’s first Los Angeles solo show just opened up at OHWOW, “the fall, the ball, and the wall.” As has become [...]
…what it would be like to be an elf employed by Macy’s during the rush and push of the holidays season, then see the sharp-as-razorblades satire “Santaland Diaries” by David Sedaris. This off-kilter show for mature audiences (beware
Supporting South Florida’s performing arts and artists is what Miami Made at the Arsht Center is all about. Miami Made is a program developed in 2005 to nurture emerging and established local artists
If you love Cirque du Soleil as I do, you will enjoy the edgier and more aggressive “Cirque Éloize iD,” which opened last Tuesday night at the Adrienne Arsht Center, but don’t expect the same quality of storytelling you would from
