The team at Tigertail have a literary gift for you. The ninth edition of “Tigertail, A South Florida Annual: Florida Flash,” edited by author and distinguished FIU creative writing professor Lynne Barrett, is set to be releasedMonday, Oct. 17, 2011 at Books & Books in Coral Gables. This year’s annual contains work by 54 authors, […]
Article · September 15, 2011 by Neil de la Flor
Last Friday night, Carlos Caballero and Elizabeth Doud, under the visionary directorship of Carlos Diaz from Cuba’s Teatro El Publico, surprised the audience with their beautifully intense{C}and idiosyncratic portrayal of two cross-species lovers (a human and a mermaid) in their play, “If You’re Going to Pull a Knife, USAlo.” Presented by FUNDarte, a Knight Arts […]
Article · September 12, 2011 by Neil de la Flor
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 in all disciplines of the performing arts. Many of the works showcased during Miami Made Weekend have since been developed into larger-scale […]
Article · September 9, 2011 by Neil de la Flor
This past Friday, I had the opportunity to eavesdrop on a rehearsal for “If You’re Going to Pull A Knife, USAlo,” a new play by South Florida artists Carlos Caballero and Elizabeth Doud. The play, which opens next Thursday, Sept. 8 at On.Stage Black.Box Theater at the Miami-Dade County Auditorium, is a sort of fairytale/love […]
Article · September 5, 2011 by Neil de la Flor
I interviewed director, choreographer and co-founder of the Borscht Film Festival (a Knight Arts grantee) Yara Travieso last May when “SET,” her latest work, premiered during the Metamoto Musician + Choreographer Forum at the New World Symphony. Travieso’s work is sonic, visceral and rich. It is also unexpected. In this interview, Travieso discusses the creative energy […]
Article · September 1, 2011 by Neil de la Flor
It’s that time of year again, when the creative minds and open arms at Inkub8 unlock their doors for Miami-based artists during the 2011- 2012 Inkub8r Open-Studio Series. This year, like every year, the incubator series accepts applications from performance-based artists and filmmakers whose work is hybrid, experimental, sound, physical(theatre) and/or movement. The Open-Studio Series […]
Article · August 29, 2011 by Neil de la Flor
Summer is almost over, but the arts are eternal. Even though the kids are going back to school and hurricane Irene is packing up and shimmying up the coast, the performing arts scene in Miami is still chugging along with an array of events for everyone. “Cirque Éloize iD,” which runs for two more weeks […]
Article · August 25, 2011 by Neil de la Flor
I always thought art was simple. The artist paints, sculpts, photographs, writes, even dances around a faux fire made of papier-mâché flames while a projector projects bumble bees around a gallery space, and that’s that. Voila, art. We, the viewers and art critics, admire and/or admonish the work, and then everyone goes home happy or […]
Article · August 22, 2011 by Neil de la Flor
Short films are magical. They are complete worlds unto themselves, but they are also windows into larger universes. On Saturday, Aug. 27 at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m., the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), a Knight Arts grantee, opens its doors to these short wonders when it presents its annual Optic Nerve Film Festival, featuring new […]
Article · August 18, 2011 by Neil de la Flor
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the oceans support more than 50 percent of all life on Earth and cover more than 70 percent of the planet. The oceans are a big deal. In “If You’re Going to Pull A Knife, USAlo,” a theatrical collaborationbetween Carlos Caballero and Elizabeth Doud, the oceans […]
Article · August 17, 2011 by Neil de la Flor
I wanted to do something different last weekend, so I did. I ventured out to Tango Ocho, a traditional Milonga, or tango event, that was once banned by the military government in Argentina. Held every Friday night on the second floor of a nondescript building, Tango Ocho thrives in a quaint dance studio on Miami’s […]
Article · August 11, 2011 by Neil de la Flor