For 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. Two ballets, from the midpoint of George Balanchine’s New York City Ballet career, announced a short, … [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...]
ArtsPreview 2009-10: The season in dance
Yes, Virginia, there will be a Nutcracker at the Kravis Center. But Santa is bringing it by sleigh -- from Russia. With Ballet Florida out of commission and Miami City Ballet staging it only in Broward and Miami, the door is open for the Moscow Classical Ballet (Dec.24-26, Kravis Center, West Palm Beach). Of the dizzying list of ballet companies with titles like Moscow this … [Read more...]
ArtsPreview 2009-10: The season in dance
A scene from Israel Ballet's Don Quixote. By Sharon McDanielYes, Virginia, there will be a Nutcracker at the Kravis Center. But Santa is bringing it by sleigh -- from Russia. With Ballet Florida out of commission and Miami City Ballet staging it only in Broward and Miami, the door is open for the Moscow Classical Ballet (Dec.24-26, Kravis Center, West Palm Beach).Of the … [Read more...]
Film feature: West Coast swing hits Lake Park in ‘Love N’ Dancing’
Amy Smart and Tom Malloy in Love N' Dancing.By Hap ErsteinThe still-fledgling Mos’Art Theatre, Lake Park’s independent art cinema playhouse, has a double coup this weekend. Not only is it presenting the South Florida premiere of Love N’ Dancing, a romance set amid the West Coast swing dance craze, but tonight and Saturday afternoon, producer Sylvia Caminer puts in a personal … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: August 7-9
Jazzman, by Sharon Koskoff.Art: Watching artists create their work can be fascinating, as it allows one to enter into their world, watch their processes, and then see the images emerge from a blank canvas. This Friday night, starting at 7 p.m., 20 artists will start with a 16-inch-by-20-inch canvas and for the next 90 minutes will create their work in a variety of mediums on … [Read more...]
Weekend picks: July 30-August 2
Gabrielle Chou, a musical triple threat.Music: Earlier this year, the now-defunct Boynton Regional Symphony Orchestra featured a performance by a 13-year-old Hollywood violinist in the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto. Gabrielle Chou proved to have a good command of the concerto, demonstrating thorough technique and some attractive elements of personal style. She's a triple threat, … [Read more...]
Theater review: Bold, original ‘Vices’ lights new fire at Caldwell
Marcus Bellamy and Holly Shunkey in Vices: A Love Story. (Photo by Sean Lawson)By Hap ErsteinHave you ever heard cobwebs being dusted off a theater company?It sounds exactly like Vices: A Love Story, the world premiere musical that yanks the Caldwell Theatre into a new era and announces the arrival of Clive Cholerton as the Boca Raton stage troupe’s new artistic director.That … [Read more...]
Film review: ‘Every Little Step’ movingly depicts backstage reality show
The kick-line moment from A Chorus Line, as seen in Every Little Step.By Hap ErsteinIf ever there were a natural angle for a documentary about a Broadway show, it would be to show the auditions for A Chorus Line, the Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical about dancer hopefuls auditioning for a fictional Broadway show.Even though having the idea and gaining the … [Read more...]
Show of new work bids affectionate farewell to Klein space
LAKE WORTH -- The tiny studio was packed. A Klein Dance Company audience normally fits onto the two rows of benches that overlook the dance floor and stretch the length of the Lake Avenue studio. Sunday night was different. Chairs had been added, lots of them, creating a semi-circle, as if embracing the stage and dancers. Modern-dance fans, former company dancers and family … [Read more...]