Dance

Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida, under the direction of Vladimir Issaev, will be opening its 20th season with an exciting repertoire. The company will feature two new important works for the company: “Nuestros Valses” by Venezuelan choreographer Vicente Nebrada. This piece has been performed by some of the most important international ballet companies in the US, South America and Europe. Considered the … +

Miami Hispanic Ballet  presents the 22nd edition of the International Ballet Festival of Miami, recognized as one of the most successful in the US and the only one of its kind in the State of Florida, considered the most ambitious ballet project ever conceived in the region.  The festival introduces every year over 100 artists from more than 20 ballet companies encompassing … +

Siempre Flamenco’s 12th annual Festival de Cante Flamenco returns to South Florida featuring Spain’s brightest stars. This festival, a celebration of cante, brings a unique opportunity to enjoy an art form that is seldom heard outside of Spain. This year’s festival features acclaimed Spanish singers Morenito de Illora, Joselito Montoya “Morenito hijo” and Rocio Bazan, guitarist Paco Fernandez, and world renowned dancer … +

The popular Uruguayan carnival ensemble, Los Parodistas Zingaros come for their first time, to share their incomparable show loaded with humor, singing, dancing, parody and emotion. Twenty artists on stage under the Direction and participation of Ariel Pinocho Sosa, featuring Leo Pachela and Fabrizio Esperanza, the voice of “Canario” Pereira, together with Andres, Atay, Romy, Mariana, Mathias Cuadro and a Full Choir, Christian Amacoria accompanied by an excellent … +

Main Street Players bring to Miami Lakes,  Arranque Flamenco starring directly from (Seville) Spain, Mariana Martinez, along with Alessandra Torres, Cachela Judez, and Jorge Robledo. These world-famous Flamenco dancers and their musicians will be performing  for two-nights-only. They have performed at the Arscht Center and other venues around South Florida and across the country. Mariana Martínez is a well known “bailaora” (professional … +

After conquering the planet’s leading cities many times over, SLAVA’S SNOWSHOW, a visual and musical extravaganza described as “eye-catching” and “dazzling” by the Miami Herald, returns to South Florida following two critically acclaimed engagements. Join the more than 70,000 Miamians who have already been blown away by the SNOWSHOW’s awe-inducing, profoundly moving theatrical experience. Full of wondrous images, delightful comedy, haunting music, … +

All children, except one, grow up. JM Barrie’s much-loved tale takes flight. When Peter Pan, leader of the Lost Boys, loses his shadow during a visit to London, headstrong Wendy (Madeleine Worrall, Jane Eyre) helps him re-attach it. In return she is invited to Neverland – where Tinker Bell the fairy, Tiger Lily and the vengeful Captain Hook (Anna Francolini, wonder.land), await. … +

CCEMiami and Microtheater Miami present Micromusicals the new season. This season will include Espejito, espejito directed by Kevin Cass; Jewbans in Miami directed by Sylvie Billings; Quiero vivir! directed by Gonzalo Rodriguez; The Promotion directed by Stefano Cipan; Milantis directed by Jason Yoskowitz; Te quede grande directed by Rosalba Maldonado and Y fueron felices directed by Carlos Villar. Prime Time Thu – … +

Dimensions Dance Theatre of Miami, newest critically acclaimed contemporary ballet company brings a collection of ballets this summer. The program includes three Miami premieres, and the reprise of two audience favorites. The featured ballet is renowned Venezuelan choreographer Vicente Nebrada’s “Fiebre,” set to the hits of Cuban singing sensation La Lupe, with live musical accompaniment by Alain Garcia and his Latin Power … +

Kirova Ballet Academy presents Dream and Dance, the annual students showcase. Featuring KBA students, from beginning – intermediate through advanced, will perform original pieces choreographed by faculty members, from jazz, hip-hop, modern dance and classical pieces that have captivated audiences for centuries. Broward Center for the Performing Arts 201 SW Fifth Avenue Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312 954.522.5334 www.browardcenter.org

Finding Neverland is Broadway’s biggest new hit and the winner of Broadway.com‘s Audience Choice Award for Best Musical. Directed by visionary Tony winner Diane Paulus, Finding Neverland tells the incredible story behind one of the world’s most beloved characters: Peter Pan. Playwright J.M. Barrie struggles to find inspiration until he meets four young brothers and their beautiful widowed mother. Spellbound by the … +

Centro Cultural Español in Miami (CCEMiami) and Microtheater Miami present the new season Out of the Container, dedicated to the LGTBQ community through June 25, 2017. The programming offers drama and comedy with 12 plays inspired by themes such as sexual identity, gender politics and other topics related to LGBTQ. Out of the Container will premiere Teatro Sorpresa, produced by filmmaker Abraham … +

America’s Short Play Festival returns in 2017 with an all new line up of the best ten-minute plays and amazing mini-musicals in the country. Considered Florida’s Best Summer Show! it celebrates the diversity of Miami through laughter starring a company of South Florida theatre all-stars. This season features all new collection of scripts penned by the country’s best writers including the hilarious … +

Over 50 million people all around the world have fallen in love with the characters, the story and the music of MAMMA MIA! Writer Catherine Johnson’s sunny, funny tale unfolds on a Greek island paradise on the eve of a wedding. A daughter’s quest to discover the identity of her father brings 3 men from her mother’s past back to the island … +

It Shoulda Been You aka “the wedding of the year” is an entertaining musical comedie that comes direct from Broadway to Miami. The bride is Jewish. The groom is Catholic. Her mother is a force of nature; his mother is a tempest in a cocktail shaker. And when the bride’s ex-boyfriend shows up, the perfect wedding starts to unravel faster than one … +

Lincoln Center’s critically acclaimed production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The King and I directed by Tony Award Winner Bartlett Sher won four 2015 Tony Awards including Best Revival of a Musical. It features such beloved classics as “Getting To Know You,” “I Whistle a Happy Tune,” “Hello Young Lovers,” “Shall We Dance” and “Something Wonderful.” Set in 1860’s Bangkok, the musical tells … +

Reappearing by popular demand following a sold-out run in 2012, Death & Harry Houdini delivers a ride through the life of the legendary Harry Houdini. Death and Harry Houdini is reappearing on stage with The House Theatre of Chicago, the Chicago company that presented the acclaimed plays: The Sparrow and The Magnificents. House Company Member and award-winning magician Dennis Watkins performs Houdini’s … +

International Mixed Ability Dance Collaboration with Austria’s LizArt Productions What makes a person or object physically beautiful? How do our ideas of what makes compelling contemporary dance change when people with disabilities are fully included on stage? Together, Miami’s Karen Peterson and Dancers (KPD) and Austria’s LizArt Productions (LAP) dive into these questions, and address the state of the world today, in … +

A reimagined of Vivaldi’s masterwork The Four Seasons! Come witness the world premiere of The Vivaldi Project: “4”, a collaboration between Miami’s own Nu Deco Ensemble and Brooklyn’s phenomenal hip-hop dance company Decadancetheatre at the Arsht Center!! Hear and see a new take on The Four Seasons! The program will also include work by Bach and Stravinsky, both with special twists! Join … +

Gallim Dance is one of New York’s leading contemporary dance companies. Artistic Director Andrea Miller creates works of uncompromising language that exert every drop of sweat, every breath, and full abandonment from a virtuosic company of dancers. With each new work, Gallim dives into singular explorations of universal struggles such as love, spirituality, and the tensions between the individual and collective experience. … +

A film performed in real time with overhead projectors, shadow puppets, actors in silhouette, and live music. The film’s setting is the mid-century American Southwest and is inspired by the music of Hank Williams, Roy Orbison, and Patsy Cline. Lula Del Ray is a mythic reinvention of the classic coming-of-age story. There will be an O, Miami Poetry Festival Free Closing Night … +