The Palm Beach County performance season is just around the corner even though the oppressive heat and humidity of summer is still with us. When the weather is cool, Palm Beach comes alive with things to do and places to go and the season recommences with the joy of the performing arts, which are such an important part of the culture here. However, things have changed. … [Read more...]
MCB ends season in superb style at Kravis with ‘Spring Mix’
Miami City Ballet presented an outstanding lineup for its Spring Mix program earlier this month as the company wrapped up its much abbreviated season at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts. The program was nicely balanced, offering artistic variety with a diverse range of choreographers and composers as well as beautifully showcasing the company dancers. The … [Read more...]
Dimensions Dance Theatre of Miami brings Duncan dance series to brilliant end
Dimensions Dance Theatre of Miami boldly took to the stage at the Duncan Theatre in Lake Worth Beach on March 21, closing out this season’s ever-popular Modern Dance Series. Under the leadership of former Miami City Ballet Principal dancers Carlos Guerra and Jennifer Kronenberg, this small 14-member contemporary ballet company from Miami has been building acclaim for itself … [Read more...]
MCB’s Palm Beach presence smaller, but Balanchine was beautiful
Two weekends ago, the Miami City Ballet appeared for the first time in their now-abbreviated season at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts presenting just three performances of its second program, Winter Mix. The company’s offerings in Palm Beach have been dramatically clipped. Its previous seasons were composed of four different programs ranging from repertory shows … [Read more...]
South Korean dance troupe makes powerful debut at Duncan
When a dance company is well-known, there is a constant pressure of needing to satisfy the expectations of its audiences, but when an audience comes to the theater to see a dance company for the first time, there are no set expectations. And that is especially true when the company comes from the other side of the world. Curiosity is more the mood in that case, and so it … [Read more...]
Pilobolus 50th anniversary show at Duncan underwhelms
Even for an arts organization as renowned as Pilobolus, dealing with audience expectations must be a hurdle. People who have seen the company perform numerous times naturally arrive at the theater with a certain set of expectations. Meeting those expectations time after time must be a difficult task. New works give vitality to a company but often it is the tried-and-true … [Read more...]
Parsons Dance exhilarating at opening of Duncan dance series
While I was watching Parsons Dance perform, the workings of a finely-tuned sports car came to mind. I further thought that after almost 40 years of cruising around, that perhaps Parsons Dance might now, like a sports car, be considered vintage despite its impressive speed and continued precision in performance. Without a doubt, Artistic Director David Parsons’ constant … [Read more...]
Season Preview 2024-25: A reduced, but still-vibrant season of dance
Is this the fallout year for the performing arts? It is alarming to see the sparse offerings for the 2024-25 dance season, especially after the enormous struggle it was for the arts to survive the hardships imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. I hope that this decline in performances is not a trend that will persist. A supreme effort must be made by all to get up off that … [Read more...]
MCB’s ‘Spring Mix’ boasts brilliant King premiere, Balanchine classic
The dancers of Miami City Ballet did themselves proud performing an exciting and strikingly different choreographic work in the company’s Spring Mix program at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts on March 23. Nestled between two more traditional-style works for the company to perform was the company premiere of visionary choreographer Alonzo King’s Following the Subtle … [Read more...]
At Duncan, Paul Taylor troupe demonstrates its bright future
Once again, the Paul Taylor Dance Company graced the stage of the Duncan Theatre as they closed out the season for the 2024 Modern Dance Series. This world-famous modern dance company (which last performed at the Duncan pre-COVID) has been a regular participant in the Modern Dance Series for the last decade and the March 15 show marked its seventh visit. One can view a dance … [Read more...]