Receive Weekly Email and Text Message Updates:
Sign up for latest info on concerts, dining, promotions and more!
Go!

National Features >

  • City Pages

    Michele Bachmann, Unmuzzled

    You don't need to read Sarah Palin's book to hear the ravings of a mad woman.

    By Matt Snyders

  • Riverfront Times

    Babe 'n' Arms

    Tom was a hot-tempered cross-dresser with a garage full of guns--and then he became Rachel.

    By Nicholas Phillips

  • Dallas Observer

    The Fight for Texas

    Rick Perry and Kay Bailey Hutchison are locked in a battle over the soul of the GOP. They're also running for governor.

    By Sam Merten

Dance to the Depression

Share

  • rss

By Omar Sommereyns

Published on April 02, 2009 at 3:01am

If dance can cure all ills — including these recession doldrums, natch —the sixth annual Miami Dance Festival is the ultimate monthlong panacea. It seems like artists in all fields are responding to the economic debacle in one way or another, and nimble-bodied dancers are no exception. To wit, check out the Momentum Dance Company tonight at the Manuel Artime Theater, where the fest’s host organization will present a diverse program of new and historic works, among them the premiere of a satirical piece portraying troupe artistic director Delma Iles’s current crisis.

The highlights of this year’s festival are manifold, including a sultry Bollywood film night featuring a movie screening and a performance by Indian dancer and teacher Geeta Dias; “Dreaming Amazonia,” a spirited Brazz Dance Theater piece reflecting on the state of the Amazon rain forest in Brazil; and an improvisational, site-specific outdoor work by the Dance Now! ensemble. Performances will take place through May 10 in Miami and Miami Beach at venues such as the Miami Beach Cinematheque, the Colony Theatre, the Byron Carlyle Theater, and the Performing Arts Network.
Sat., April 4, 2009