Dance

2022 Artistry In Rhythm (AIR) Dance Conference UPCLOSE: EMERGING LEGACIES, DANCE ETHNOGRAPHY, AND INNOVATION The 2022 Artistry in Rhythm (A.I.R.) Dance Conference is a dance symposium centered on intergenerational learning and mentorship. Its goal is creating environments that foster artistic development and personal growth through the creative practice of dance. This year’s UPCLOSE theme bridges the gaps between undergraduate, graduate, and professional artistry through innovation, rigor, abundance, and longevity. Organized by MDC Kendall Campus’ Performing Arts and Industries Department, and Jubilation Dance Ensemble, this annual event offers a unique immersion into the world of socially-committed contemporary dance, an experience and celebration of the transformative and restorative power of expressive movement. Join master dance classes and conversations with the established, nationally recognized choreographers and teachers. Experience the power of community and coalition in movement through a rigorous curriculum of technical training. Find yourself at the crossroads of change-making and embodied creativity. This years' performances honors legendary dancers and choreographers whose impact continues to evolve and shift the field of dance Dr. Lorenzo "Rennie" Harris and Dyane Harvey - Salaam. A.I.R. Ancestral Footprints Honoree: will pay homage to the life and legacy of Eleo Pomare.

Experience the passion of pure Flamenco mixed with the Jewish Ladino traditions of Spain. Featuring a 9 member cast of international opera stars, guitarists, flamenco masters, and distinguished classical musicians, Flamenco Sephardit promises audiences an emotional and transcendent experience. The show has delighted thousands since premiering in Miami Beach 9 years ago. The show explores the connection between Ladino and Flamenco music, two distinct cultures born in Spain. The message of Flamenco Sephardit has always been to bring people of diverse cultures and religions together--to remind us that we all have similar origins, and to live together in peace. This year the Producers are excited to welcome guitar sensation Adam Del Monte and Flamenco dancer Natalia Novela to the cast, and to welcome back international opera stars Audrey Babcock, Nelson Martinez, and Flamenco all-stars Paco and Celia Fonta, Jose Moreno, and classical musicians Chava Appiah and Natalie Lee.

COPPELIA Arts Ballet will bring its own version of "Coppelia" in March of 2022 with music by Leo Delibes and choreography by Vladimir Issaev based on such of Arthur Saint-Leon. Coppelia is a timeless ballet, favorite of dancers and audiences alike about the love story of a young girl Swanilda and her boyfriend Frantz. They believe a doll named “Coppelia” is a real girl and Frantz starts flirting with the adorable puppet. Captivated at the sight of Dr. Coppelius's new life-size doll, Frantz sneaks into the mad inventor’s workshop, and confusion begins leading into a delightful and lovely comedy.

Join Miami Light Project and Maya Billig for a new dance theater work that transforms The Light Box into a post-apocalyptic speakeasy on February 4-5! Through contemporary movement and original live instrumental elements blended with electronic sounds, audiences are invited to lounge, strap-in, and take flight. The evening is composed of weaving narratives and electric encounters threaded together by notes of surrealism, outer space, the roaring 20’s, and of course, Miami.

Audiences and critics agree, America’s Got Talent finalist Cirque Zuma Zuma is unlike anything they have ever seen before. An African-style cirque spectacular with awe-inspiring acrobats, circus and street performers, this talented cast brings non-stop action and amazing features which take audiences breath away. Cirque Zuma Zuma wows audiences world-wide and will never disappoint the crowd.

Choregrapher, Karen Peterson Corash, will create a new multimedia physically integrated dance work, for eight dancers and three children, entitled "Samsara", with long time video collaborator, Maria Lino. The full-length work, based on disability, family dynamics and generational lineage comes from the Sanskrit/Pali word meaning the "cyclicality of all life, matter, existence". SAMSARA is the cycle of death and rebirth to which life in the material world is bound and the traces the life journey of many dance artists the KPD Company.

Wishing you could easily visit Europe after two years of a public health crisis that has made travel difficult? Don't miss a taste of Lisbon's vibrant cultural scene with Dance NOW! Miami's Program II, featuring special guests Portugal's Dança em Diálogos (DeD), in their Florida debut. The evening will feature new interpretation of "Anusim, What is Hidden is Never Lost," choreographed and performed by both companies, as well as contemporary ballet works from DeD "Não Canteis A Valsa (Don’t Sing the Waltz)," a U.S. premiere, and the Florida premiere of "Prelude," with live music from the South Beach Chamber Ensemble. Dance NOW! Miami has two of their own pieces on the program, the Florida premiere of the new work "E/Motion," and the repertory "Grace."

An extraordinary and much lauded artist whose talent encompasses concert dance, opera, musicals and film, Doug Varone’s dances combine emotional depth, thrilling physicality, and a movingly accessible humanity. His company performs the yearning Somewhere, danced to the gorgeous West Side Story score. Additional dance pieces to be announced. Run Time: 90 minutes with 20 min intermission