Tricia Albertson and Miami City Ballet dancers in Year of the Rabbit. (Photo by Daniel Azoulay) By Tara Mitton Catao Miami City Ballet gave yet another sparkling performance Saturday afternoon at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts. The company was in excellent form — dancing with command — in Program Three, which was an elegant and richly satisfying selection of works … [Read more...]
Cultural Council Biennial heavy on color, nature
With all the recent dialogue challenging longstanding notions of gender, race and marriage, one would expect to find these themes daringly reflected in art. And they are — just not so much in Palm Beach County. The Cultural Council Biennial 2015, running now through Aug. 29 at the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County’s Lake Worth locale, sounds promising. One finds a … [Read more...]
‘Color Purple’ director always believed in story’s power
Eight-time Jefferson Award-winning director Gary Griffin made his Broadway debut six years ago with the musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s beloved epistolary novel, The Color Purple, a runaway hit now on its second national tour, completing a week’s run at the Kravis Center on Sunday. Although this story of Celie, a young black girl raped and impregnated by her father and … [Read more...]