Nathalie Zarate: Belly-Dance Superstar

In this week’s Miami New Times, we profile 30 of the most interesting characters in town, with portraits of each from photographer Stian Roenning. See the entire Miami New Times People Issue here. These days it’s entirely fair to call Nathalie Zarate a belly-dance superstar. She runs the popular Dreams…

Nery Saenz: Killer Comic

In this week’s Miami New Times, we profile 30 of the most interesting characters in town, with portraits of each from photographer Stian Roenning. See the entire Miami New Times People Issue here. Nery Saenz is a funny guy. Everybody around him can sense it. In fact, his friends and…

Audition To Be the InterContinental’s Dancing Silhouette Saturday

In a city where couples break out stellar salsa in dive bars and backyards, it’s obvious that Miami is rhythmically gifted. For those of you breaking down at clubs and parties, now’s your chance to snatch some real recognition for your remarkable moves. The InterContinental Miami is once again searching…

Touring Company TU Dance Returns To Its Miami Roots

TU Dance, a 12-member dance company, will be performing for one night only on Saturday at the South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center. It’s a highly collaborative dance initiative, a company that routinely mixes up the idioms of classical ballet, African dance, modern dance and urban vernacular. Perhaps not surprising then,…

Hedda Gabler at Miami Theater Center: A Bold, Bloodless Reimagining

Miami Theater Center’s Hedda Gabler opens in a way no other versions of Henrik Ibsen’s 19th-century classic ever have. In a wordless prologue, with semitranslucent curtains shrouding the audience’s view, the title character (Jessica Farr) slinks down the elegant staircase of her new home, a strikingly modern, antiseptically white villa…

Batsheva Dance Company Brings Exclusive Performance to Miami

The acclaimed and crowd-pleasing Tel Aviv-based Batsheva Dance Company, celebrating its 50th Jubilee, returns for an adapted version of Deca Dance, the company’s montage of signature past repertory pieces. The dance will be performed exclusively in Miami — which will also be the company’s opening city during its 2014 U.S…

Wynwood Salon Junior & Hatter Celebrates Two-Year Anniversary

III Points kicks off today, and shit in Wynwood is about to get all sorts of weird. But the three-day festival, boasting a gnarly lineup of artists, isn’t the only place to get-down at this weekend. This Saturday, Wynwood’s savior of hair care, Junior & Hatter, is hosting a feted…

The Spotlight: New Spoken Word Venue Seeks Poets and Performers

Everyone has a story, but some of us are blessed with the ability to convey it beautifully. Edwin Sheppard, founder of Blooming Rose Promotions and Entertainment, and business partner Jerris “Quickthepoet” Evans, invite you to lend an ear to some of the world’s most articulate poets, including three-time Poetry Slam…