By Emily Parkinson, Miami City Ballet It was a rigorous but rewarding week at Miami City Ballet’s studios. The renowned choreographer from Russia Alexei Ratmansky visited the company to prepare his work Symphonic Dances for its return to the stage in Program III: The Masters. During his first visit to Miami last season, Ratmansky set […]
Article · November 21, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
Host Alex Trajano interviews Mariam Noland, President, Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, about The Knight Foundation’s $20 million investment in Detroit arts.
Article · November 21, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Sue Arrowsmith, Miami Dade College Miami Dade College’s MDC Live Arts series presents the internationally-acclaimed Rennie Harris Puremovement (RHPM) dance company in commemoration of its 20th anniversary. Experience the pure, contagious stage magic on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, at 8 p.m. at The Colony Theatre, 1040 Lincoln Road. Rennie Harris […]
Article · November 21, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Sebastian Spreng, Visual Artist and Classical Music Writer Two distinguished young representatives of the French tradition took part in a remarkable concert at the New World Symphony this November. Though Honegger was the only Gallic composer on a program that included works by Mendelssohn and Prokofiev, it was the artists’ form, style and color that lent […]
Article · November 21, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Elissa Weller, VocalEssence On a Friday morning in September 2012, students from South High School in Minneapolis crowd into the choir room and listen intently as soprano Marlissa Hudson sings for them. Hudson is a lyric coloratura soprano visiting Minnesota from her home in Washington, D.C. Her visit to Minnesota is the first of […]
Article · November 19, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Peter Leggett, Walker West Music Academy At this time of year at Walker West Music Academy, we’re amidst planning for our next fiscal year. We’re reviewing our annual budget and configuring next year’s, forecasting enrollment trends for the year using data from the last, evaluating and reflecting on this year’s program successes and shortfalls […]
Article · November 19, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Viernes Culturales Join us on Nov. 30, 2012 to celebrate Little Havana’s popular arts and culture festival. Enjoy music, discover works by local artists and artisans in and around our iconic Domino Plaza on SW 8th St & SW 15th Ave, visit the many art galleries along Calle 8. Gallery 1637 SW 8th St Miami […]
Article · November 19, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
How do you make your local museum better? Nina Simon explores the participatory museum experience in a recent Museum 2.0 blog post. Click here to read the entire piece and see below for an excerpt: Reprinted from Museum 2.0: I like to ask myself this question periodically, challenging myself to find substantive ways for visitors […]
Article · November 19, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
In 2011, Knight Foundation granted $100,000 to the Philadelphia Mural Project. The Project brought Dutch artists Jeroen Koolhaas and Dre Urhahn (Haas & Hahn), known as the Favela Painters, from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Philadelphia to produce their first permanent art projects in North America. This month Kaid Benfield writes about the project’s impact […]
Article · November 19, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Nick Ducassi, Borscht Corp Just a few days after Art Basel packs up and heads out of town, the Borscht Film Festival is set to take over Miami. This year’s festival runs from December 12-21st, with screenings, parties, and happenings going on all over Miami, including Wynwood, Downtown, and Miami Beach. From a “Bring […]
Article · November 17, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Alejandra Serna, Florida Grand Opera It’s opera time again! Florida Grand Opera is opening its 72nd season with one of opera’s biggest crowd pleasers, Puccini’s La bohème. To top off what is sure to be a fast selling production, the lead role of Mimì is being sung by Mexican-American soprano Ailyn Pérez, who recently […]
Article · November 17, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad