From Jul 13th through Jul 16th, 2006The IFÉ-ILÉ Afro-Cuban Dance Festival, formerly called Baila USA, features a series of dance and music workshops taught by both local and international master artists, bilingual discussions and dialogues on Cuban arts and culture, dance parties and a dance gala performance featuring workshop participants and teachers. The theme of the 2006 festival is Son. Son is a sensual style of dance that originated in Cuba during the 1920s. This year’s festival will also include optional cultural heritage tours of Miami’s Calle Ocho, Coconut Grove and South Beach neighborhoods. During the festival, audiences will have the opportunity to listen to talented Afro-Cuban musicians perform in clubs and jazz cafes and visit the many art galleries and botanicas. The festival will take place at the Arts and Mind Center located at 3138 Commodore Plaza, Coconut Grove, FL. For more information, please call: 305.476-0388
Dance
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 … +
Dance
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 … +
Music
Pianist MISHA DACIĆ pla... +
Pianist Misha Dacic performs at Key Biscayne Piano Festival, acclaimed for its passion and virtuosity, this one-time-only concert will include a wide program. There will also be an introductory talk by Frank Cooper. RACHMANINOFF Elegie … +
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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