April 10, 2008
The Miami Beach Dance Festival kicked off its 5th Anniversary on Thursday April 3rd. This year’s festival is due to impress many offering a unique menu of ballet, modern dance, Afro-Brazilian dance, jazz, Irish step dancing, and, of course our local favorite, Spanish dance.
Ten exciting days of performances, films, master classes—held by world renounced dancers and choreographers, and parties.
The Ballet Hispanico will step out on its first public appearance in South Florida. Artistic director, Tina Ramirez has produced the country’s finest ballet company celebrating Latin themes and heritage.
The Dance Festival’s International Cultural Exchange project is bringing back Ballet Contemporaneo de Oaxaca from Mexico for two of the festival’s events this year.
Under the Artistic Dictatorship of Augusto Soledad, the Brazz Dance Theatre will bring a new appreciation for Afro-Brazilian dance and samba to the streets of Miami Beach.
Ballet Flamenco La Rosa has been featured in the festival since its inception and has always brought with them the excitement of traditional flamenco and a large following. This year, Ilisa Rosal and her dancers have come up with an innovative collaboration with the Breffni Irish Dancers in a program that draws parallels between Spanish dance and Irish step dancing.
No festival is complete without awards; this is the perfect time to honor those that work tirelessly to keep dance on the upswing in their communities.
This years honorees are Virginia Shuker and Ruth Weisen. Shuker oversees the Miami-Dade County Public Schools Division of Life Skills and has fought to include dance as part of the fine arts requirement in school’s curriculum. Weisen is the Artistic Director of the Thomas Armour Youth Ballet and carried over the legacy of Thomas Armour to new generations taking part in the Miami Conservatory providing scholarships and outstanding dance training.
The purpose of this year’s festival was developed to acknowledge and celebrate dance as a living, ever-evolving dance form. The goal: to engage as many elements of the community as possible with a program full of events and activities that open up dance in a way that everyone can learn about, participate in, and enjoy.
The Miami Beach Dance Festival kicked off its 5th Anniversary on Thursday April 3rd. This year’s festival is due to impress many offering a unique menu of ballet, modern dance, Afro-Brazilian dance, jazz, Irish step dancing, and, of course our local favorite, Spanish dance.
Ten exciting days of performances, films, master classes—held by world renounced dancers and choreographers, and parties.
The Ballet Hispanico will step out on its first public appearance in South Florida. Artistic director, Tina Ramirez has produced the country’s finest ballet company celebrating Latin themes and heritage.
The Dance Festival’s International Cultural Exchange project is bringing back Ballet Contemporaneo de Oaxaca from Mexico for two of the festival’s events this year.
Under the Artistic Dictatorship of Augusto Soledad, the Brazz Dance Theatre will bring a new appreciation for Afro-Brazilian dance and samba to the streets of Miami Beach.
Ballet Flamenco La Rosa has been featured in the festival since its inception and has always brought with them the excitement of traditional flamenco and a large following. This year, Ilisa Rosal and her dancers have come up with an innovative collaboration with the Breffni Irish Dancers in a program that draws parallels between Spanish dance and Irish step dancing.
No festival is complete without awards; this is the perfect time to honor those that work tirelessly to keep dance on the upswing in their communities.
This years honorees are Virginia Shuker and Ruth Weisen. Shuker oversees the Miami-Dade County Public Schools Division of Life Skills and has fought to include dance as part of the fine arts requirement in school’s curriculum. Weisen is the Artistic Director of the Thomas Armour Youth Ballet and carried over the legacy of Thomas Armour to new generations taking part in the Miami Conservatory providing scholarships and outstanding dance training.
The purpose of this year’s festival was developed to acknowledge and celebrate dance as a living, ever-evolving dance form. The goal: to engage as many elements of the community as possible with a program full of events and activities that open up dance in a way that everyone can learn about, participate in, and enjoy.
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