Jennifer Kronenberg and Carlos Guerra.(Photo by Lois Greenfield)By Gretel SarmientoFollowing impressive performances at the Arsht Center, the Miami City Ballet’s production of Romeo and Juliet, which opens tomorrow at the Kravis Center, is quickly establishing itself as the company’s newest, and biggest, hit.The company is mounting legendary South African … [Read more...]
Film feature: Documentary chronicles life in dance, photography
Steven Caras sets up a shot.By Hap ErsteinThe old saying, attributed to F. Scott Fitzgerald, declares that there are no second acts in American life.But West Palm Beach’s Steve Caras has had a second, third and fourth life, re-inventing himself at regular intervals or at least tackling and mastering new careers.He began as a classical dancer in the New York City … [Read more...]
Dance review: MCB makes splendid showing in Kravis program
Miami City Ballet dancers in Baker’s Dozen.(Photo by Kyle Froman)Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct factual errors.By Rex HearnTwenty-five years can be like a lifetime for a ballet company.First there were the early struggles with fundraising, performing without an orchestra, then finding the corps de ballet, the soloists, the prima … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Nov. 26-30
A scene from a past Florida Classical Ballet Theatreproduction of The Nutcracker.Dance: Let the Nutcrackers begin: Today marks the beginning of the annual productions of the ballet Peter Tchaikovsky scored in 1892, a year before his death, and while the composer thought his work was inferior to his other ballets, generations of dancers, choreographers … [Read more...]
Dance review: MCB marks 25th anniversary with sparkling opener
A scene from Miami City Ballet's staging of Bugaku.By Jan EngorenThe Miami City Ballet is nothing if not synonymous with the name Edward Villella, the founder and artistic director.Villella’s second act, after a long and distinguished career dancing with George Balanchine’s New York City Ballet, was the creation of Miami’s world-class ballet troupe, … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Nov. 19-22
Bjorn Lomborg in Cool It!Film: Somehow the matter of global warning has become a political football, perhaps in part because it veracity was expressed so eloquently by former Vice President Al Gore in his Oscar-winning film, An Inconvenient Truth. Now comes what is essentially a rebuttal film, Cool It!, in which Danish environmentalist Bjorn Lomborg argues that a … [Read more...]
ArtsPreview 2010-11: The season in dance
A scene from Barak Marshall’s Monger.By Sharon McDanielThere’s dance in a variety of styles, stars and stripes this season.The mix runs from modern dance to Irish, contemporary ballet to tango, flamenco to Philippine. A dance fan can catch a Russian ballet classic—featuring a cast of Russians to the ballet born—then make tracks for really rad, cutting-edge … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Jan. 15-21
A wall sculpture by Federico Uribe,made of clothespins and plastic forks. (Photo by Ed Sheahan)Art: The biggest news in the local art world this weekend is artpalmbeach, which opened Friday night. Featuring more than 70 dealers and special exhibition spaces, this show at the Palm Beach County Convention Center looks every bit as dynamic as the Art Basel show last December.Not … [Read more...]
ArtsBuzz: Florida Stage moving to Kravis, MCB gets live orchestra back
An artist's rendering of the revamped Rinker Playhouse for Florida Stage. Florida Stage moving to Kravis CenterFlorida Stage is making a long-anticipated move to West Palm Beach.Beginning in July 2010, Florida’s largest professional theater company dedicated exclusively to new and emerging plays will take up residence in the Marshall E. Rinker Sr. Playhouse at the Kravis … [Read more...]
Dance review: ‘Symphony’ provides much-needed spark at MCB
Carlos Guerra and Jennifer Kronenbergin Symphony in Three Movements. (Photo by Joe Gato).By Sharon McDanielFor a season opener, Program I seemed a bit tame.Friday’s performance at the Kravis Center, heralding the start of Miami City Ballet’s 24th year, was remarkably low-key: No sets, for one thing. And of course, in these lean times, again no orchestra.And no new repertoire. … [Read more...]