In-Depth Coverage By Miami's Top Arts Journalists
The Miami Dances blog features insight into traditional and nontraditional dance programs, performers and choreographers that make Miami’s dance scene special. In this post we feature, Kalyn James, an accomplished model, dancer and choreographer with more than 30 years of dance training. Kalyn has taught dance classes at In Motion Dance, Dance Exchange, Sixth Street Dance Studio and is currently
Miami Dances features insight into traditional and nontraditional dance programs, performers and choreographers that make Miami’s dance scene special. In this post we
Wanting to honor his dance mentor, Daniel Lewis, a legend in Miami’s dance community and former Dean of the New World School of the Arts dance department, is offering master classes
Following a 40-year career at the Miami Herald, Christine Dolen, the daily newspaper’s now retired theater critic has found a new home at Artburst Miami. As the arts media bureau has launched its theater section, gaining her insight and knowledge
The pARTnership Movement campaign initiated by Americans for the Arts focuses primarily on eight key reasons why business and arts partnerships are so vital. Recently, Jordan Shue, private sector initiatives coordinator for the organization, led a workshop for the Arts & Business Council of Miami. The Movement kicked off in 2012 after a group of key stakeholders, strategic partners, and Americans for the Arts members identified a need for a cohesive strategy of outreach to businesses to foster partnerships with the arts community. At the workshop, she outlined the eight reasons why such partnerships are important, as stated in the pARTnership Movement. They are: Recruit and Retain Talent, because employees want to live in a vibrant community Put Your Company in the Spotlight, because the arts help build market share, enhance the brand and reach new customers Advance Corporate Objectives and Strategies to help get your message across in creative
Diana Dunbar was a voracious reader from a very young age and while all the kids in her neighborhood were outside playing, she was content to be inside with her nose in a book. She also became a dancer and found a way to join those two passions when she was given one of her favorite books To Dance, To Dream. It’s the story of dancers who overcame incredible odds in order to dance. “After I started dancing, I started
Think how many times you’ve sat in your car and watched the N.E. Second Avenue’s drawbridge at the Miami River open and close. It’s one of those mundane, almost daily occurrences that all Downtown Miami commuters must deal with. The view was just as boring for Christine Zavesky, a bicycle commuter and studio design associate formerly with Arquitectonica who had an epiphany of sorts one day while waiting at the bridge. “Activating the drawbridge in
Wanting to provide a cultural outlet to travelers passing through Miami International Airport, Yolanda Sanchez, director of Airport Fine Arts & Cultural Affairs, was inspired to create a rotating exhibition program at the airport in 1995. Her inspiration came when she realized that this was the wave of the future and at the time, the
Design and Architecture High School graduate and 2008 YoungArts winner in Visual Arts James Allister Sprang served as moderator for the YoungArts Salon Discussion with legendary hip-hop pioneer, visual artist, and filmmaker Fab 5 Freddy (Fred Braithwaite). In a capacity-filled room, the crowd gathered to listen and take a trip through the life of Fab