I locked myself out of my house yesterday. I had woken up and decided to wash my clothes before morning coffee. This led me directly to the laundry room in the garage when, for some magical reason, the door locked behind me. Wearing nothing but dirty clothes I dug out of the laundry and bed […]
Article · July 7, 2014 by Neil de la Flor
Next week, the 29th annual International Hispanic Theatre Festival (IHTF) returns to Miami with a tribute to Argentina. The Festival, which runs from July 10-27, features leading theater companies from Spain, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Argentina and the United States. “Caligula” by Cibrián Campoy and Ángel Malher. The festival opens with “Caligula” (July 10, 11 and […]
Article · July 3, 2014 by Neil de la Flor
Carlota Pradera’s “Bare Bones,” a fantastic collaborative effort with special guest artist Lazaro Godoy, Cuban filmmaker Juan Carlos Zaldivar, lighting designer Alexey Taran and sound artists/composers Juraj Kojs and Rainer Davies, was an exquisitely aggressive and well-cultivated production that stripped down elements of experimental dance, live music and video installation. “Bare Bones” by Carlota Pradera. […]
Article · June 30, 2014 by Neil de la Flor
FEAST Miami is a meals-based micro-funding project that hosts pop-up dinners to support emerging artists and arts organizations with small grants. These grants are used by the winning artists to execute their projects that will ultimately have a direct impact on our culture and our economy. I spoke with FEAST Miami co-founder Chef Loren Pulitzer […]
Article · June 26, 2014 by Neil de la Flor
Attention Miami-based artists: Tigertail is looking for high-quality films that examine movement and dance for the 2015 ScreenDance Miami Festival, which will run January 22-25, 2015. Summer workshops begin in July at Inkub8. The deadline for film submissions is September 1st of this year. Screendance Miami. ScreenDance Miami is curated by Marissa Alma Nick and […]
Article · June 23, 2014 by Neil de la Flor
I met Oscar Fuentes a little over 1o years ago in a creative writing class at Miami Dade College led by teacher and poet Michael Hettich. Hettich, who has had a major influence on Miami’s literary scene, helped propel Fuentes into the author, filmmaker and multidisciplinary artist he is today. Oh, Fuentes is also the front […]
Article · June 19, 2014 by Neil de la Flor
Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands? -Ernest J. Gaines I don’t know if the 5th annual Out in the Tropics festival (June 25th – 29th) answers this question, but its existence underscores a steady shift going on in our culture. We are […]
Article · June 16, 2014 by Neil de la Flor
The 2014-2015 season of the Knight Masterworks Signature Dance Series gets a boost with the addition of three innovative global dance companies. The Masterworks Season, which opens October 25th at the Arsht Center, features the Tel-Aviv based Batsheva Dance Company, Ballet Nacional de España and Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo. Deca Dance. Photo by […]
Article · June 12, 2014 by Neil de la Flor
Last Saturday, Latin fusion dance company Ballet Hispanico executed a mostly coherent and unified performance at the Arsht Center. The performance featured a repertoire of solid works by Ballet Hispanico Artistic Director Eduardo Vilaro (“Danzón”), Annabelle Lopez Ochoa (“Sombrerísimo”), Cayetano Soto (“Sortijas”), as well as a world premiere by Miami-based choreographer and dancer Rosie Herrera […]
Article · June 10, 2014 by Neil de la Flor
Every year, Tigertail fosters the literary prowess of South Florida teens through WordSpeak, a “life-changing spoken word programs for 1,000 South Florida youth.” Through WordSpeak and SpeakOut, Tigertail’s parallel LGBT spoken word youth program, the organization provides Miami students with access to prominent local spoken word mentor Teo Castellanos, as well as mentors from outside […]
Article · May 30, 2014 by Neil de la Flor
Carlota Pradera returns to the Miami Theater Center as part of its 2013-2014 SandBox Series for the premiere of “Bare Bones,” an experimental dance performance featuring special guest artist Lazaro Godoy, who has just returned after a few years performing in Israel. I sat down with Pradera & Godoy on floor of the SandBox Theater […]
Article · May 27, 2014 by Neil de la Flor