Dance

Mixed bill performance of Swan Lake Act II and Paquita Suite featuring young, up-and-coming dancers, training at Ballet Etudes. Includes a pre-show performance by our youth Flamenco and Hip-Hop Classes.

For 45 years, Ballet Nacional de España (BNE) has been bringing the history of Spanish dance to life while remaining true to the nation’s spirit of innovation and artistry. The company’s repertoire includes classic 20th century works as well as bold new choreographies such as Invocación, a program created by BNE director Rubén Olmo that salutes past masters of the castanet-driven style known as Escuela Bolera. The company will perform Invocación and several other original works that combine flamenco, ballet and stylized dance during its Flamenco Festival appearance. This year’s festival celebrates the legacy of Paco de Lucia.

In an emotional tribute to the poet Federico García Lorca, director Miguel Sahid presents a version of "La Casa de Bernarda Alba". While staying faithful to the original text, Sahid incorporates flamenco elements of cante and cajón as part of the setting to complement the powerful and passionate performances of a group of international actors. "The House of Bernarda Alba" invites you to explore the fight for freedom and expression in a rigid society. Join us for this unique theatrical experience, produced by Sociedad Actoral Hispanoamericana, where tradition meets innovation in an exciting setting. Take advantage of this opportunity to witness one of the most moving works of Spanish literature.

Karen Peterson and Dancers presents the Fifth Edition of the Forward Motion Dance Festival with dance performances played live by The Spirit of the Goodwill Band Musicians and Singers as well as guest choreographers and dancers, Julie Crothers from San Francisco, Pawel Karpinski from Poland, guest choreographer Mark Travis from Atlanta as well as home grown, Karen Peterson and Dancers. This performance provides the best work of national and international dancers who create and perform under the umbrella of physically integrated dance.

Bird Woman is a multimedia performance that fuses dance, film, original music and sounds installation. It is based on and inspired by stories of Latina immigrant women. The piece explores the human condition and translates their stories into gestures, emotions, and movements, creating a new language to express these women's thoughts, desires, emotions and hopes.

Duets, Reimagined ... Duets choreographed by Pioneer Winter between 2012-2022 are reinvestigated and interwoven to collide past and present. Unconventional, intimate, and raw, these dances explore love in its many forms: why we love, how we love, what love feels like, and how we recall it in its absence.

The advent of spring can mean just one thing – the return of Compagnia Opus Ballet (COB), direct from Florence, Italy, for a new performance with Florida’s own Dance Now! Miami (DNM). The two ensembles will share the stage of the Miami Theater Center in Miami Shores. The afternoon will include a new, joint version of “Gli Altri/The Others,” the critically acclaimed social commentary on identities of marginalized people. The performance will also include an encore of DNM’s “(B)orgia,” their take on the Italian power family, and the Miami premiere of COB’s “The White Room” (excerpts), inspired by the paintings of Giovanni Segantini.

The groundbreaking company returns with new and classic works, including founder Alvin Ailey’s masterpiece Revelations, the “Ailey gift that somehow keeps on giving” (The New York Times). Celebrating its 65th anniversary season, the company will perform three shows in the Ziff Ballet Opera House. These will include new works commissioned specifically for Ailey: Amy Hall Garner’s rousing, high-spirited tribute to her grandfather, CENTURY; Elizabeth Roxas-Dobrish’s dreamlike reminiscence of romance, Me, Myself and You; new productions of Ronald K. Brown’s Dancing Spirit, Jamar Roberts’ Ode and Solo by Hans van Manen; and, as always, Alvin Ailey’s timeless triumph Revelations, which has been moving audiences for decades with its powerful storytelling and soul-stirring music. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater never fails to remind us of the power of dance to bring people together. With their trademark brilliance and passionate energy, these dancers bring the audiences to their feet at every performance. Learn choreography from Revelations and see the award-winning Florida Memorial University marching band! Before the Friday night performance on February 2, we will celebrate the extraordinary legacy of Alvin Ailey and the African American cultural experience through a pre-show activation on the plaza in partnership with BOMA (Black Owned Media Alliance). Beginning at 6:00 p.m., Step Into Dance – A Tribute to Black History Month will feature a Revelations workshop where the community can learn choreography from the masterpiece followed by performances from the Florida Memorial University marching band, drumline, dance and step teams. Admission to the pre-show activation is free with a ticket to that evening's performance.

Considered one of the foremost masters of Odissi in the world, Bijayini Satpathy is renowned the world over for her grace and she embodies the spirit and profound storytelling of classical Indian dance in a way few others have achieved. Now, in the prime of her artistic life, Satpathy embarks on a journey to expand the tradition through her own choreographic work. After 25 years as Principal Dancer with India’s famed Nrityagram Dance Ensemble, Satpathy strikes out on her own to create this singular solo work that radically integrates Odissi’s past and proposes its possible futures. In this evening – length choreographic debut, Satpathy reimagines classical Odissi forms through a personalized interpretation that charts a journey of discovery in physical, emotional, and spiritual realms. This critical success, a dramatic exploration and reshaping of an ancient tradition, has catapulted Satpathy to the forefront of the field. Satpathy has been hailed by New Yorker Magazine for her “exquisite grace and technique” and by international press around the world for her unparalleled artistic expression.

Celebrating 10 Years! Join Miami Light Project to revisit work by the incredible local artists who have made ScreenDance Miami the thriving, international festival that it is today. Program Order: Selfness (2016, 4:35 min) Isis Masoud gods always behave like the people that make them (2016, 5:35 min) Dinorah de Jesus Rodriguez & Shaneeka Harrell Release (2016, 6:15 min) Christin Paige Minnotte & Marissa Alma Nick Containment (2015, 1:37 min) Moira Holohan & Niurca Marquez Gimp Gait (2016, 5:06 minutes) Pioneer Winter & Tabatha Mudra Heron (2016, 5:01) Roxana Barba HOME (2017, 7:50 min) Jenny Larsson Docked (2017, 3:20) Maya Billig Marooned (2021, 11:09 min) Hattie Williams & Christian Salazar Nostalgia in Domicella (2019, 6:00 min) Carla Forte & Alexey Taran Flickering Glades (2019, 9:32 min) Dale Andree and Claudio Marcotulli HOW TO: Oh, look at me (2021, 12:00 min) GeoVanna Gonzalez, Alondra Balbuena, Cheina Ramos D3C05 (2021, 3:42 min) Blaze Gonzalez, Hannah Gaengler, Liony Garcia