SMDCAC presents Darius & Twig

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 … +

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 … +

FUNDarte and Miami Light Project present Global Cuba Fest 2015, featuring some of the most prominent names in Latin Jazz, and world music. The festival kicks off with an Opening Night Contemporary Cuban Sound Extravaganza on Saturday, March 7, from 7:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. at the Miami Dade County Auditorium . The remaining three events will be held at The Light … +

FUNDarte presents Teatro El Público’s Antigonón, written by the young playwright Rogelio Orizondo, and directed by Carlos Díaz. The work departs from the myth of Antigone to fuse with old and new heroes of Cuban history, in particular José Martí, considered the founder of Cuban revolutionary thought- and join in the post-modern Greek tragic chorus to serve up a remix of frustrations … +

FUNDarte and Miami Light Project present Global Cuba Fest 2016, the ninth edition of the much awaited festival that this year brings to the stage some of the most recognized musicians of the Cuban Diaspora in Spain. The program includes sets by Iván “Melon” Lewis, considered one of the most recognized jazz pianists of his generation; by Yadam, singer-songwriter who in the … +

Companhia Urbana de Dança, direct from Rio de Janeiro is back in Miami. This fierce young company will perform two works from their high energy repertory, featuring choreography by Artistic Director Sonia Destri Lie: NÊGO (I. You. We. All Black) and Chapa Quente. Founded in Brazil in 2004 by dancer Tiago Sousa and choreographer and Artistic Director Sonia Destri Lie, Companhia Urbana … +