Nick Klein's poster for the Ollarvide show.By Sharon McDaniel 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 … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: May 29-31
A landscape by Alfred Hair of the Florida Highwaymen.Ongoing now at the Spady Cultural Heritage Museum in Delray Beach is an exhibit of paintings by two of the Florida Highwaymen, the African-American landscape artists who sold their visions of the state from the trunks of their cars in the 1950s and 1960s. The paintings by Alfred Hair and Harold Newton come from the private … [Read more...]
Rasta Thomas’s Bad Boys – and girl – electrify at Rinker
Each of Rasta Thomas’ three nights at the Kravis Center packed the little Rinker Playhouse to the gills. An imaginative lighting plot kept even the bare black-box stage looking good for the Bad Boys of Dance. And the eight dancers of enormous ability and facility – including Thomas and his wife of two years, Adrienne Caterna-Thomas -- could be mesmerizing in the sheer … [Read more...]
Dance review: Rasta Thomas’s Bad Boys — and girl — electrify at Rinker
Rasta Thomas in flight.By Sharon McDanielEach of Rasta Thomas’ three nights at the Kravis Center packed the little Rinker Playhouse to the gills.An imaginative lighting plot kept even the bare black-box stage looking good for the Bad Boys of Dance. And the eight dancers of enormous ability and facility – including Thomas and his wife of two years, Adrienne Caterna-Thomas -- … [Read more...]
ArtsBuzz: Young star Thomas aims to shake up the dance world
Dancer and choreographer Rasta Thomas.Rasta Thomas, one of the most talked-about dance stars in the world, is as unconventional as he is outstanding. He has been called a cross between Russian ballet legend Mikhail Baryshnikov for his sensuous line and fiery passion, and Chinese martial arts master Bruce Lee for his pre-ballet training, when he earned a black belt in tae kwon … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: April 9-15
A model wears a Laurance Rassin design.Art: Artist, innovator, entertainer and fashion designer Laurance Rassin will be in town Saturday evening at the Paul Fisher Gallery in West Palm Beach for an exhibit, fashion show and entertainment evening dedicated to his work.Based in New York, Rassin creates paintings by hand and then digitally prints them onto high-end fabrics to … [Read more...]
Dance review: Klein company boldly counts the ways we love
The Demetrius Klein Dance Company's Accepting Perfectexplores the frustrations and fulfillments of love. By Sharon McDanielLAKE WORTH – The Klein Dance Studio is a sure-fire source of the thoughtful, the uplifting and the new in modern dance.But it took a visit to Lake Worth last month by the likes of international choreographer Bill T. Jones and company to jog the memory of … [Read more...]
Dance review: Miami City Ballet program slow to catch fire
A scene from Miami City Ballet's Symphony in C.By Sharon McDanielFew stories on the arts can begin without a disclaimer about today’s economy. That goes for Miami City Ballet, and South Florida dance as a whole.Friday night’s season finale at the Kravis Center went forward without live orchestra accompaniment. Miami originally scheduled live music for the entire season, … [Read more...]
Dance review: Trey McIntyre Group outstanding at Duncan
By Sharon McDanielLAKE WORTH -- Trey McIntyre “gets” it. Not all choreographers do.But for McIntyre, the music isn’t simply a convenient coat rack, inert and ever-available to hold whatever he drapes on it. He knows and respects the music to a startling degree, whether it’s a children’s song or classical trio, a folksy tune with guitar or elaborately orchestrated rock song.His … [Read more...]
ArtsBuzz: Ballet Florida cancels rest of season
A scene from the Ballet Florida staging of The Nutcracker.WEST PALM BEACH -- Citing the failure of a proposed partnership with the city of West Palm Beach and "unforeseen financial challenges," Ballet Florida this afternoon canceled the remainder of its 2008-09 season.The troupe had been scheduled to present performances at the Broward Center on April 4-5, the Duncan Theater at … [Read more...]