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  Contra-Tiempo Director Ana Maria Alvarez: "Joy Is a Radical Act"

  November 15 at 8:30 a.m.

  Ana Maria Alvarez fights the patriarchy with creativity. The founding artistic director of Los Angeles dance company Contra-Tiempo will premiere her new work, joyUS justUS, at the Arsht on November 16. “We’re an urban Latin dance theater company. Our mission from day one has been about social justice and using...

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  How Darius Hickman's Rocky Florida Childhood Made Him a Star

  November 9 at 9:30 a.m.

  Piano chords thrum as a sole spotlight illuminates a male staring defiantly into a camera, adorned in makeup and a flowing, ethereal white gown. Under two minutes of flawlessly executed contemporary dance follows, the male-female duo onstage narrating a story through their movements. It's a tale of a man grappling with an intrinsic desire to be himself and the expectations society has thrust upon him.

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  Ill-Abilities Hip Hop Dance Crew Will Move Your Body

  November 8 at 9:30 a.m.

  In the hip-hop world, attitude is everything. And no one has more swagger than Ill-Abilities, a mixed-ability b-boy crew. This all-star team with members from all over the world is ready to tear Miami stages apart in A New Definition of Dance: Featuring Ill-Abilities, which consists of a...

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  The Late Great Paul Taylor Comes Back to Life at Miami City Ballet

  October 17 at 9:10 a.m.

  Choreographer Paul Taylor, a colossus of modern dance eagerly embraced by classical companies, died in August at age 88. Now Miami City Ballet will resurrect his expansive spirit in a work that lends its name to the season’s first program. Company B, featuring nine quicken-the-heart songs by the Andrews Sisters,...

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  InterContinental Miami Is Looking for Its Next Skyline Dancer

  September 28 at 9:30 a.m.

  To enter, all your booty-shaking self needs to do is submit a video before October 22.

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  Forward Motion Dance Festival Brings Dancers of All Abilities to the Stage

  September 24 at 9 a.m.

  Respect. Equality. Inclusion. These are tenets that should be upheld in all facets of life. Karen Peterson, founder and artistic director of Karen Peterson and Dancers, is working for dancers with disabilities to be respected and included in the contemporary dance world. September 26 through 29, the inaugural Forward Motion International...