In-Depth Coverage By Miami's Top Arts Journalists
BY GEORGE FISHMAN
With a heightened emphasis on “Noise” as an innovative musical genre, this sixth installment of the Miami Performance Festival International (M/P’17), running June 23 to 25, challenges South Floridians to a riot of styles and mediums that should intrigue, offend, astonish, and titillate audiences.
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from George Fishman
May’s “MUJERES” series of strong, multi-faceted, women-focused productions, commissioned for Miami Theater Center’s “SandBox,” space concludes with Spanish-born dancer-choreographer Carlota Pradera’s presentation of “Volcanic.”
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From the tradition of marching bands that grew out of the network of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in the United States, DRUMLine Live, presented a revue of music based on sports halftime shows and more.
It took place on the Main Stage of the South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center on April 1, 2017.
CULTURE SHOCKERS, 13 to 22 years-old students who love the arts, were in the audience. They talked with CULTURE SHOCK MIAMI’s YOU Review Video Crew and offered their thoughts about the performance . . .
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For 35 years, MOMIX has created a unique art form that defies definition. The company describes itself as dancer-illusionist. MOMIX returned to South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center on March 18 and 19, 2017.
Copresented by SMDCAC and CULTURE SHOCK MIAMI, MOMIX performed a revitalized and reimagined program called “Opus Cactus,” depicting life on the desert.
Attending the performance were CULTURE SHOCKERS, 13 to 22 years-old students who love the arts. Some of them shared their thoughts about what they saw and heard. . .
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Video by Carlos Ochoa
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CULTURE SHOCK MIAMI Presents The YOU Review: TAJ EXPRESS
Produced by Kay and Stephen Belth, Arts Marketing Network
Hooray for Bollywood! The live Bollywood musical review, TAJ EXPRESS, came to the South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center on March 5, 2017, complete with singers, dancers, musicians, costumes and a dazzling set.
Presented by the South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center and CULTURE SHOCK MIAMI, TAJ EXPRESS introduced many in the audience to one of the most popular of India’s entertainment art forms.
Attending the performance were CULTURE SHOCKERS, 13 to 22 years-old students who love the arts. Some of them shared their thoughts about what they saw and heard. . .
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CULTURE SHOCK MIAMI Presents The YOU Review: THE PEKING ACROBATS 2017
Produced by Kay and Stephen Belth, Arts Marketing Network
In its return engagement to South Florida, The PEKING ACROBATS took the Main Stage of the South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center on February 25, 2017 in the Year of the Rooster.
Once again, these artists from Beijing, China brought their 2,000 year-old tradition of music, martial arts, juggling and gymnastics to Cutler Bay.
Culture Shocker students, ages 13 to 22, were heavily represented in the audience. The Culture Shock YOU Review Crew talked with some of these students who shared their reactions to the performance.
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CULTURE SHOCK MIAMI Presents The YOU Review: Vocalosity
Produced by Kay and Stephen Belth, Arts Marketing Network
“A Cappella” is vocal harmony without instruments. VOCALOCITY, with its 10 voices strong, treated South Florida to a night of “a cappella” from Gregorian chants to contemporary pop hits. It all took place on February 3, 2017, on the Main Stage of South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center.
The Culture Shock Miami YOU Review Crew talked with some CULTURE SHOCKERS who attended. Here is what they had to say about the performance . . .
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CULTURE SHOCK MIAMI Presents The YOU Review: PIANO SLAM 9
Produced by Kay and Stephen Belth, Arts Marketing Network
For the 9th consecutive year, the Dranoff 2 Piano Foundation has engaged more than 60,000 Miami-Dade County public middle and high school students in live in-school 2-piano concert experiences.
The program inspires students to explore their own creativity and relationship to Music and to express themselves through the spoken word and poetry. They then compete to win a place on the stage of the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts and perform their original poems along with professional dancers, musicians, a poet and DJ.
The Culture Shock Miami YOU Review Crew met with students on both sides of the curtain of PIANO SLAM 9 on February 16, 2017 to find out what the arts and PIANO SLAM have meant to them . . . .
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Culture Shock Miami Presents The YOU Review: Aspen Santa Fe Ballet
Produced by Kay and Stephen Belth, Arts Marketing Network
As part of its celebration of 20 years of dance, the ASPEN SANTA FE BALLET came to the South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center on January 28, 2017 bringing a corps of 11 dancers. They were presented by CULTURE SHOCK MIAMI and South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center in a program of 3 works including some of their own commissions.
CULTURE SHOCKERS, Miami-Dade’s 13 to 22 year-old students who love the arts, attended the performance in force. The Culture Shock YOU Review Crew hooked up with some of them to hear their opinions about their experiences. . .
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Culture Shock Miami Presents The YOU Review: The Boston Pops-“Gershwin, By George!”
Produced by Kay and Stephen Belth, Arts Marketing Network
On January 30, 2017, the world-famous BOSTON POPS under the baton of conductor Keith Lockhart took the Main Stage of the South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center in a program called “Gershwin, By George!” It was dedicated to the music of the great American composer, GEORGE GERSHWIN. CULTURE SHOCKERS were in attendance and shared their thoughts about the performance with The Culture Shock Miami YOU Review Crew. . .
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ADAM TRENT, one of the fastest rising stars in the world of Illusion, came to the South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center on January 21, 2017 with his show, “A New Generation of Magic.”
Presented by CULTURE SHOCK MIAMI, Trent delivered his unique blend of magic,
music, and comedy to a capacity crowd.
CULTURE SHOCK MIAMI’S YOU Review Crew talked to Culture Shockers in the audience, who shared their thoughts on the performance. . .
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