By Tigertail Productions and Florida Dance Association From Jun 25th through Jun 29th, 2007One of the highlights of the Florida Dance Festival is the DanceAble Event, a collaborative project co-presented by Tigertail Productions and Florida Dance Association. This program is part of a burgeoning global disability arts movement. Aimed at gathering dance artists and professionals, DanceAble’s workshops, seminars and other activities confront traditional ideologies and challenge the notion of who can create and perform this ever-evolving art form. New Zealand’s Touch Compass is this year’s featured company for DanceAble. This vibrant, theatrical, integrated dance company from Auckland, New Zealand, mixes film, aerial work and dance/theater in their concerts. The company is in residence from June 25th through 29th, offering aerial workshops, a film screening and a full evening performance. For the second year in a row, the half-day forum, Beyond Accessibility, Impacting the Lives of Artists with Disabilities, in partnership with VSA arts of Florida, takes place at the Miami Dade College, ETCOTA Auditorium. The forum is a unique opportunity to share challenges and successes with South Florida, national and international leaders in the field of mixed ability arts. Special forum guests include Judy Smith, Artistic Director of AXIS Dance Company and John Killacky, Program Officer for Arts and Culture at the San Francisco Foundation. For more information, please call: 305.547.1117
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The White Peacock by Ba... +
The White Peacock, a Flamenco ballet by Ilisa Rosal, inspired by the D. H. Lawrence novel of the same name with three Guest Artists from Spain and four company dancers and musicians at The Colony … +
Performing Arts
Zoetic Stage' Gring... +
Returning to the country he escaped from 50 years ago, a man returns to Cuba in search of a family heirloom. Accompanied by his non Spanish-speaking son and daughter, the family commences on a journey … +
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Ballet Dr. Ouch! III by... +
Opening the Spring season, the company brings “Dr. Ouch! ” a ballet in two acts based on children poems about the fun adventures lived by nice Dr. Ouch while going to Africa to cure ill … +
Performing Arts
Turning 15 on the Road ... +
Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom tells the moving, true story of Lynda Blackmon Lowery, one of the youngest participants in the Selma to Montgomery march in 1965. Jailed nine times before her fifteenth … +
Performing Arts
Peking Acrobats at SMDCAC
For over 30 years, The Peking Acrobats’ jaw-dropping acrobatic skills and colorful productions have enchanted audiences worldwide. Based on centuries old Chinese folk traditions, their impossible-seeming feats of balance, juggling, trick cycling, and precision tumbling … +
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SMDCAC presents SPEAK b... +
Divided by oceans and centuries, American tap and Indian Kathak dance come together in a celebration of rhythm and culture in SPEAK. Leela Dance Collective’s Rachna Nivas and Rina Mehta, contemporary leaders in the ancient … +
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