MOMENTUM DANCE COMPANY
SPRING SEASON SCHEDULE 2010
February
Fish Tales
Fish Tales
Director Delma Iles
Event schedule to date
April 9-May 29, Gusman Center for the Performing Arts, Byron Carlyle Theater, Colony Theater, Miami Beach Cinematheque, Miami Beach Botanical Garden, Coral Gables Public Library, PAN & Books and Books, Cocoplum Women’s Club, North Beach Bandshell and other venues
Festival Opening EventBrazz Dance Theater and Companhia C (Brazil) in OriApril 9 & 10 at 8:30 PMByron Carlyle Theater500 71st Street Miami Beach, FL 33141$23 general; $20 advance; $12 students/seniors; group rates availableBox Office: 305-867-4194, Ticketmaster For info call: 305-858-7002www.momentumdance.com Description: One of Brazil’s most contemporary dance troupes, Companhia C sizzles with an exciting blend of Afro-Brazilian, modern dance and folkloric dance reshaped into new unforeseen imagery. This shared concert with Miami’s Brazz Dance Theater consists of newly created choreography and company repertory that takes into consideration contemporary interpretations of various aspects of Candomblé, an Afro-Brazilian religion with origins in West African culture. Companhia C is presented by Brazz Dance Theater in partnership with the Miami Dance Festival. DNE and Dade Heritage Trust Present Dance Now! at Coco Plum Women’s ClubApril 23, 2010: 8:00 pm1375 Sunset Dr. Coral Gables, Fl 33143$20 general; $15 students/seniors;All tickets available at the door or at www.momentumdance.comFor info call: 305-975-8489/305-858-7002www.dancenowmiami.org/www.momentumdance.com Description: The Dance Now! Ensemble joins forces with the Dade Heritage Trust in a performance at the Historical Coco Plum Women’s Club in Coral Gables. The evening of athletic and poignant dance will feature audience favorites from the company’s decade of critically acclaimed repertory, as well as a sneak preview of the world premiers in its upcoming 10th Anniversary Season Finale.DNE presents Little Haiti Neighborhood Nights
April 30, 2010 7:00 pm212 NE 59th Terrace Miami, Fl 33137Free to the PublicContact: 305-975-8489/305-858-7002for more info: info@dancenowmiami.org/www.momentumdance.com Description: Dance Now! presents an afternoon of dance featuring a sneak preview of the 10th season finale! Ballet Flamenco La Rosa in La Dama Macbeth, an original Flamenco ballet by Ilisa Rosal with Guest Artists from Spain: La Tati as Lady Macbeth and Miguel Canas as Macbeth.May 1 at 8:00 PMGusman Center for the Performing Arts101 East Flagler StreetMiami, Fl 33132Tickets $20-$50 Students & Seniors $12For info call 305- 305-858-7002 Description: Ballet Flamenco La Rosa continues its innovative juxtaposition of classical drama and Flamenco. La Dama Macbeth is a passionate Flamenco interpretation of one of Shakespeare’s best-known works! It will feature international Flamenco stars La Tati as Lady Macbeth and Miguel Canas as Macbeth, along with an international cast of musician singers and dancers from Spain, the US and Latin America. Workshops and master classes with the guest artists will be announced soon.Dance Now! presents an Afternoon at the Bandshell
May 2, 2010: 5:00 pmNorth Beach BandshellCollins Ave and 73rd St.Miami Beach, Fl 33141Free to the PublicContact: 305-975-8489/305-858-7002for more info: info@dancenowmiami.org/www.momentumdance.com Description: Dance Now! presents an afternoon of dance featuring a sneak preview of the 10th season finale! Miami/Mumbai evening with Guest Artists Geeta Dias and NeSh DanceMay 6 at 6:30 PM
Miami Beach Botanical Garden,
2000 Convention Center Drive.
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Admission Free. Cash Bar.
Contact: 305-673-7256
For more info: www.momentumdance.com
Description: Two of the world’s most compelling young dance styles come together as Miami meets Mumbai! Miami/Mumbai Night at the beautiful Miami Beach Botanical Garden presents the latest in Bollywood and Semi-Classical Indian Dance with all of the flair, color and drama intrinsic to Mumbai, the home of Bollywood movies and dance. Under the direction of Geeta Dias, dance students from Momentum Dance Company’s Arts in Education Residency at Ferguson Senior High School and Miami Dade College perform original choreography. Plus the evening offers the premiere performance by the latest in Miami-style Hip-Hop with the newly-formed NeSh Dance, the most exciting new troupe on the local scene. NeSh is characterized by an extravagant array of cultural diversity with its international cast of dancers. The crew fuses diverse dance styles from modern to break dance, evolving a personal cultural style that is unique in the Miami hip hop scene. NeSh is committed to passionate creation that reflects a dream and a lifestyle with highly energized choreography in every performance!
DNE Program II: TEN YEARS OF NOW! Dance Now! at the Miami Dance FestivalMay 8, 2010: 8:00 pmMay 9, 2010: 7:00 pmByron Carlyle Theater500 71st Street, Miami Beach, FL 33141$30 general; $25 advance; $15 students/seniors; group rates availableBox Office: 305-867-4194, Ticketmaster For info call: 305-975-8489/305-858-7002www.dancenowmiami.org/www.momentumdance.com Description: The Dance Now! Ensemble concludes its 10th anniversary season at the Miami Dance Festival with highlights from ten years of audience favorites, a collaboration with Seattle-Based poet Janée Baugher, and a world premiere collaboration between Directors Diego Salterini and Hannah Baumgarten celebrating their ten-year partnership.May 15 at 8:00 PM & May 16 at 2:00 PM
Momentum Dance Company in Concert with Guest Artists Andrea Seidel and the Isadora Duncan DancersByron Carlyle Theater500 71st Street Miami Beach, FL 33141$22 general; $20 advance; $12 students/seniors; group rates availableBox Office: 305-867-4194For info and ticketing call: 305-858-7002Online ticketing: www.momentumdance.com Momentum Dance Company celebrates the close of its Twenty-Eighth Season with the World Premiere of two new works by Artistic Director Delma Iles, Cobia and Just Barely…. The program also includes the critically acclaimed Obamanomics, and Iles’ exquisite 1994 work Requiem. Momentum is joined by the Isadora Duncan Dancers in a rare return engagement of solo, duet and trio performances by Andrea Mantell-Seidel and members of the internationally acclaimed Miami-based Isadora Duncan Dance Ensemble. Momentum Dance Company: Lecture/Performance “Ballet and Modern Dance – Understanding the Difference”May 20 at 7:30 PM
Coral Gables Public Library
400 Anastasia Avenue, Coral Gables, FL 33143
Free Admission
phone 305-460-5600
For info: www.momentumdance.com
Description: Momentum dancers join Guest Artist and noted teacher Ruth Weisen of the Thomas Armour Youth Ballet to demonstrate the physical, stylistic and philosophical differences between ballet and modern dance. An audience discussion follows the presentation. This is a great opportunity for everyone who is confused by dance to have their questions answered.
FESTIVAL FRIENDS FUNDRAISING PARTYMay 22 at 7:00 PM
Taking place at a beautiful private home on Bayshore Drive. Detailed information released with ticket purchase or inquiry.
$30 per person
For info and ticketing call 305-858-7002 or visit www.momentumdance.com
Description: Join the Miami Dance Festival’s inner circle and meet the fabulous Festival artists at our first Festival Friends fundraising party. Complimentary hors d’oeuvres and open bar plus the fabulous Finger Circus performed by members of Fantasy Theater Factory! In this intimate and charming form of movement entertainment, the entire circus – animals, acrobats, clowns, etc. – is performed with the hands only in an intricate and highly unusual tour de force!
Brazz Dance Theater in Ori, a collaboration with Companhia CMay 22 & 23 at 8:00 PM
Byron Carlyle Theater.
500 71st Street Miami Beach, FL 33141$23 general; $20 advance; $12 students/seniors; group rates availableBox Office: 305-867-4194For info and ticketing call: 305-858-7002Online ticketing: www.momentumdance.com Description: Ori is an evening of contemporary Afro-Brazilian dance that takes into consideration various aspects of daily rituals in Candomblé, an Afro-Brazilian religion with roots in Yoruban culture of West Africa. The evening is a shared event with Miami-based Brazz Dance Theater. Ori is presented by Brazz Dance Theater in partnership with the Miami Dance Festival. Momentum Dance Company & Shakespeare Miami: Moving ShakespeareMay 27 at 7:00 PM
Books and Books
265 Aragon Avenue
Coral Gables, FL 33134
Free Admission
Phone: 305-424-4408
For information: www.momentumdance.com/www.booksandbooks.com
Description: Momentum Dance Company joins Shakespeare Miami for an informal evening of poetry readings and improvisational dance based on sonnets and other poetry by William Shakespeare.
May 26 – Film Night. Miami Beach Cinematheque screens the dance classic The Red Shoes. The hard choices the central character must face as she wavers between her personal life and her professional career are still relevant today. Three professional dancers will discuss the difficult personal choices that dancers have to make in today’s professional world. There is limited seating for this event, so buy your tickets in advance!
Miami Beach Cinematheque
508 Espanola Way
Miami Beach, Fl 33139
$10 General Admission $6 for Cinematheque Members & Miami Dance Festival contributors.
For info and ticketing call 305-673-4567 or 305-858-7002
Online ticketing: www.momentumdance.com Brazz Dance Theater and Moving Current Collective (Tampa) in Some Things Revealed in collaboration with Brazz Dance TheaterMay 28 & 29 at 8:30 PMByron Carlyle Theater.
500 71st Street Miami Beach, FL 33141$23 general; $20 advance; $12 students/seniors; group rates availableBox Office: 305-867-4194For info and ticketing call: 305-858-7002Online ticketing: www.momentumdance.com Description: This evening will feature repertory from these two distinct dance companies as a way to celebrate aesthetic diversity and the coming together of singular approaches to the creation of dance. It will be a night of beautiful and moving poetics.Festival Master Classes: Dates TBA. Ballet, Afro-Cuban, Bollywood, Jazz, Modern
To be scheduled:
Miami Dance Festival Awards
Miami Dance Festival Master Classes:
Ballet, Modern dance, Jazz, Flamenco, Afro-Brazilian, Bollywood