Flamenco, like art and human nature, is unpredictable. But Google “flamenco images” and predictably you’ll see a fiery red tomato kaleidoscope of traditional and outrageously trained and ruffled flamenco gowns explode on screen screaming drama. The gowns are so lush and overpowering one forgets there is a dancer wielding those fire-breathing dresses around. Strip away […]
Article · May 3, 2012 by Neil de la Flor
In celebration of National Dance Week, Dance NOW! Miami, Florida Dance Association and the Little Haiti Cultural Center presented an eclectic and diverse sampling of local modern dance companies and choreographers during the revival of the Daniel Lewis Miami Dance Sampler. The 11 individual performances, though a bit overwhelming to absorb in one evening, allows […]
Article · April 30, 2012 by Neil de la Flor
As the sun sets on Miami this Thursday and the crescent moon rises, the Miami Dance Festival will open on the grounds of the Miami Beach Botanical Gardens, where a choreography of movement by the Florida Dance Theatre will take shape under the stars. The Miami Dance Festival, which began in 2007, will showcase dance […]
Article · April 26, 2012 by Neil de la Flor
As a tourist, I saw my first flamenco performance at the Poble Espanyol de Montjuic in Barcelona. I liked it. For sure the meal and red wine that came with the touristy-priced ticket had something to do with my objectivity, but there was a cosmic energy emitted by the dancers that mesmerized me. It drew […]
Article · April 23, 2012 by Neil de la Flor
Art may not be our mother-tongue, but the language of food is spoken in every language. Food brings people together. It is a sacred and ancient language that evokes the history, flavors and aromas of a culture. Last weekend, Radhouane El Meddeb, the Tunisian-born choreographer,dancer and cook, performed “I Dance & I Feed You” at […]
Article · April 20, 2012 by Neil de la Flor
Last Friday, I met Brigid Baker at her 6th Street Dance Studio WholeProject in Little Havana. Baker is a quantum force of nature and a Northern girl who comes from a politically active family heavily involved in the fight for civil rights. She isn’t shy about speaking politics and the destabilizing forces plaguing our culture […]
Article · April 16, 2012 by Neil de la Flor
Art is a playground of energy + imagination. It’s a force that cannot be contained and often stops us in our tracks — and sometimes it gives us whiplash. This Saturday, April 14 at 8 p.m., jump into the Sandbox at the Playground Theatre, a Knight Arts grantee, and join artistic directors Octavio Campos and […]
Article · April 12, 2012 by Neil de la Flor
The last week in April is National Dance Week. The Miami Dance Sampler, run for many years by South Florida dance pioneer and New World School of the Arts Dance Department Dean Daniel Lewis, is being revived by the Florida Dance Association. Dance NOW! joins forces with the Florida Dance Association to create a performance […]
Article · April 9, 2012 by Neil de la Flor
If you’ve ever wanted to move like a shape-shifter or create a new body language, the ongoing workshop series at Inkub8 is the place. Learn how to fly, spin, spiral, fall, leap, collapse and shout in new ways at the alternative, hybrid white box studio space in Wynwood. Every Tuesday and Thursday from 11 a.m. […]
Article · April 5, 2012 by Neil de la Flor
Art cannot be tamed. It should be as wild and as free-range as possible. That’s what we got Sunday (April Fools’ Day) at “Mapping: Time + Space” at Art/Center South Florida (a Knight Arts grantee) — an exhibition that loosely interprets and represents the relationships between objects on a physical, psychological or liminal map. The […]
Article · April 2, 2012 by Neil de la Flor
If you love poetry, then you probably know that April is National Poetry Month. In honor of the magic of poetry. In Miami, we’re celebrating with O, Miami, a biennial poetry festival created by the University of Wynwood and Knight Foundation, which aims for every single person in Miami-Dade County to encounter a poem during […]
Article · March 29, 2012 by Neil de la Flor