From May 18th through May 21st, 2006Multiple award-winning South Florida playwright, Michael McKeever, has written a dramatic masterpiece entitled The Impressionists, which takes the audience inside the lives of those artists who founded the Movement. This is a wonderful opportunity to re-create this historical time through paintings by the creative geniuses of Degas, Manet, Monet, Morisot, Pissarro and Renoir, sharing behind the scenes secrets of their salon. The play features performances by Eric Martin Brown, Tim Burke, Michael Corry, Terrell Hardcastle, Deanna Henson, Kathryn Johnston, George Kapetan and Bruce Linser. The Impressionist Movement began as a Paris-based salon comprised of artists who exhibited their art beginning in the 1860’s. Its name stems from Claude Monet’s painting, “Impression, Sunrise” that was reviewed by critic Louis Leroy on April 25, 1874 in the satirical newspaper Le Charivari. In his article, “The Exhibition of the Impressionists,” Leroy imagined a dialogue between two viewers of the painting in order to denigrate Monet’s work. “Impression I was certain of it. I was just telling myself that, since I was impressed, there had to be some impression in it …,” and Leroy unexpectedly found himself as the originator of the term, which the artists themselves later adopted to define themselves. Fighting the system and at times each other, a few stout individuals broke all the rules and changed forever how modern man would look at art. From the rigid conformity of the Paris Salon to the exhilaration and freedom of their first independent show, these artists’ story is one filled with human drama. Great loss and remarkable triumph all play a part in the birth of what would become known as Impressionism. For more information, please call: 561. 241.7432
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Requiem for a Stone Curlew, by Lu... +
Réquiem por un alcaraván (Requiem for a stone curlew) is the performative dance of the man-woman. The Zapotec culture, through muxheidad, lives homosexuality, gaycity and same-sex marriages with certain contradictions: a muxhe is a man who assumes roles culturally destined for women, both work and affective, emotional and sexual, muxheidad is a veiled social acceptance and at the same time the celebration … +
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FUNDarte and Teatro El Publico pr... +
Colony Theatre. From November 22 through 24, 2013. A highly unconventional and innovative staging of the Pulitzer Prize winning play “Anna in the Tropics” will be presented in three full-evening performances on Miami Beach.
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Chilean World-Renowned Theater Co... +
When Christopher Columbus is arrested for abuse of power in the Indies, he begs an audience with Queen Isabella to explain his actions and to plead for absolution. La Reunión, a play written and directed by Trinidad González and played by Trinidad González, Jorge Becker and Tomás González, uses this historic event to build a story that reflects on the human condition … +
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World Premiere of Writing in Sand... +
Writing in Sand is a multidisciplinary stage production directed by Carlos Caballero, featuring actress Mabel Roch, choreographer and dancer Lucia Aratanha, musician Inez Barlatier, and the writing of Griselda Ortíz. The work opens a dialogue that explores themes of displacement, immigration, trauma, personal crisis, and assimilation as a mirror of Miami itself. Three female performers – one Cuban, one Brazilian and one … +
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FUNDarte presents the world premi... +
“Yellow Dream Road” examines the relationship between Miami and Havana; written in Miami by visiting Cuban dramaturge and playwright Rogelio Orizondo from Cuba; directed by renowned director Carlos Diaz of Havana’s Teatro El Publico; and performed byLili Renteria, Mabel Roch, Javier Fano, Mabel Valiente , and Alegnis Castillo among others. About Carlos Díaz Born in Havana, Cuba, (1955) and a graduate of … +
Events
FUNDarte presents Children¹s Art ... +
To celebrate the presence of Hispanic American culture in the United States, FUNDarte present Miami’s first Hispanic Arts Festival for Children and Youth. Spanning one week and several cultural venus in the city, the festival will include academic talks, musical concerts, and plays. The festival will close with a Children’s Art Gala on October 3 at Miami-Dade County Auditorium. Tickets to this … +
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