Celebrating Dance in Southern Florida!
May 19-21, 2023
Culminate the South Florida dance season with a celebratory finale of multi-genre and multi-cultural family friendly dance!
Lehman Theater in Miami Dade College - North Campus
11380 NW 27th Ave Room 1315, Miami, FL 33167
*The Lehman Theater is ADA accessible. Ample parking on site.
TWO different performances:
May 20, 2023 @ 7:00 pm & May 21, 2023 @ 3:00 pm
Featuring Adele Myers and Dancers, Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida, Ballet Flamenco La Rosa, Ballet Florida, Ballet Vero Beach, Cultura, Dance NOW! Miami, Delou Africa Dance Ensemble, Destiny Delancy, Dimensions Dance Theater of Miami, Karen Peterson & Dancers, & Miami City Ballet
Masterclasses with local artists:
May 19-21, 2023
West African Dance, Ballet, Contemporary, Flamenco, Hip-Hop, Neo-Classical & Yoga! Classes are geared to intermediate and advanced dancers.
All tickets are $10 - Individual classes & performances
Weekend pass $50 - Includes ALL classes & performances
More information below ↓

Miami Dance Hub Events

Saturday, May 20 @ 7:00 pm
Performance #1 Featuring Adele Myers and Dancers, Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida, Ballet Florida, Ballet Vero Beach, Delou Africa Dance Ensemble, Destiny Delancy, Karen Peterson & Dancers
*Panel discussion prior to the performance
Presenting a diverse mix of genres, Performance #1 includes the athletic and whimsical theater dance of Adele Myers and Dancers in “Is That All There Is,” classical dance at its finest as Arts Ballet Theater of Florida presents Grand Pas Classique performed by Remina Tanaka and Yayoi Sasaki, Laureates at the Miami International Ballet Competition 2023. Joining from the north is Ballet Vero Beach presenting an Art Deco inspired solo performed and choreographed by Camilo Rodriguez and Ballet Florida featuring hot and sensuous contemporary movement. Destiny Delancy, trained at Miami’s Thomas Armour Youth Ballet shakes things up with a vibrant tap solo. Adding a touch of humor, Karen Peterson and Dancers presents her mixed ability dance company in "Time Being” choreographed by researcher, educator and dance expert, Victoria Marks. Delou Africa Dance Ensemble with live drumming and voice closes the performance with a rousing and interactive finale for all to participate in and enjoy.
Sunday, May 21 @ 3:00 pm
Performance #2 Featuring Ballet Flamenco La Rosa, Dance NOW! Miami, Dimensions Dance Theater of Miami, Cultura, Miami City Ballet
*Panel discussion following the performance
Ballet Flamenco La Rosa opens the afternoon with sizzling and passionate flamenco dance accompanied by live guitar and voice. Hip Hop takes over the stage as Cultura showcases her ensemble of dynamic artists in percussive and crafty hip hop choreo. Miami City Ballet presents the heartfelt solo, “Geta,” created by Margarita Armas and dedicated to Geta Constantinescu, a much loved Miami City Ballet School teacher who died in 2017. The two co-directors of Dance NOW! Miami , Hannah Baumgarten and Diego Salterini, partner up once again in the choreography “Anusim” a full company piece that says we are who we are no matter the challenges. Anusim was initially an international Cultural Partnership between Florida based Dance NOW! Miami (DNM) and Dança Em Diálogós (DeD) from Braga, Portugal. Dimensions Dance Theatre, headed by artistic directors Jennifer Kronenburg and Carlos Guerra, closes the show with their high energy and much loved piece, “Adiemus” choreographed by David Palmer and Miami’s own Yanis Pikieris.
(geared to intermediate and advanced dancers)
Friday, May 19:
5:00 - 6:15 pm
Flamenco with Ballet Flamenco La Rosa
6:30 - 7:25 pm
Ballet with Jennifer Kronenberg of Dimensions Dance Theatre of Miami
7:30 - 8:55 pm
Contemporary with Armando Brydson
Saturday, May 20
3:00 - 3:55 pm
West African Dance with Delou Africa Dance Ensemble
4:00 - 5:00 pm
Neo-Classical Ballet with Ballet Florida
Sunday, May 21
10:00 - 11:00 am
Yoga on the plaza with Bianca Mestre Cabrero (open to all)
11:30 - 12:30 pm
Hip Hop with Cultura
Supported by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts, the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners.
Participating Organizations

Adele Myers and Dancers
Adele Myers and Dancers, Inc. (AMD) is a Miami based not-for-profit dance theater company committed to advancing and amplifying female dance artists through process, performance, and community engagement. For over a decade, AMD has been presented throughout the U.S. and hailed for their signature blend of robust physicality and personal theatricality performed by dynamite athletes of the heart.

Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida
For the past 25 years, Artistic Director Vladimir Issaev’s passion and commitment to presenting the highest quality ballet productions, alongside our artists' devotion of time and creativity, has contributed to the success of Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida developing it as a solid organization. As a result, the South Florida area has a stunning ballet company for all its residents to enjoy. Since its inception in 1997, Arts Ballet has continuously produced full seasons of excellent works of classical ballet, New-Classical ballet and Contemporary dance works, making professional ballet performances accessible to broad audiences including students, the elderly and the diverse residents and visitors to our area. The company dancers are awarded international artists who have received the greatest accolades due to the high quality of the artistry and technique they bring to the stage. They have made of our company an organization that truly represents the diversity of South Florida.

Ballet Flamenco La Rosa
Ballet Flamenco La Rosa (BFLR) is an International professional company dedicated to Flamenco as an ever-evolving art form. The innovative and creative artists of BFLR, under the Artistic Direction of founder Ilisa Rosal, present Flamenco dance in a theatrical setting - expanding the art form beyond traditional limits to reach and enlighten students and audiences with its beauty and magic. The dancers and musicians of BFLR are creators. The combination of sophisticated theatre, traditional Flamenco and original choreography allows the company to present a consummate theatre experience. Their continuing quest to create new artistic forms is furthered by intricate collaborative works. This ground breaking approach traces the connection between Flamenco and other styles of dance and music, exploring the common elements and developing new dance forms. These collaborations, from Jazz, Tap, Blues and American Country Music, to Middle Eastern, Afro-Cuban, Afro-Haitian, African, Sefardic, Indian Dance and Celtic Music and Dance, offer the community the opportunity to see different cultures' art forms taken to new heights.

Ballet Florida
Ballet Florida is a 501(c)(3) non for profit organization in the heart of the Palm Beaches. Divided into three parts, we make dance accessible to everyone. Dance education taught by world renowned teachers at The Academy of Ballet Florida, performances and artistic development incubated by dancers of The Professional Company, and momentous Community Outreach and scholarship programs allow us to reach our widest possible audience.

Ballet Vero Beach
Ballet Vero Beach was founded January 1, 2013. They are the only professional ballet company in their region, and represent the first professional ballet company located in Vero Beach. Throughout their short history, they have gained a reputation for innovative and dynamic programming. They regularly collaborate with the area’s major cultural institutions: the Vero Beach Museum of Art and Riverside Theatre, and have been recognized for the quality of our productions by The George Balanchine Trust, master choreographer Peter Anastos, and The Estate of Samuel Kurkjian. Ballet Vero Beach’s work will be guided by our commitments to artistic quality, community engagement, and cultural relevance.

Cultura
Cultura is a choreographer, musician, and creative director born in Miami, FL and raised in Los Angeles, CA. Cultura choreography credits include, Wisin y Yandel, J Balvin, Nicky Jam, Pleasure P, Karol G, Farruko, Ariana Grande, Zion y Lennox, Will.I.Am & more. She was the first female dancer to dance as a male/gender neutral dancer amongst 9 men on the "Dangerous Woman Tour" (Ariana Grande). Cultura most recently choreographed Wisin y Yandel's "Como Antes World Tour", "Maluma's 11:11 World Tour", and Farruko's "Gangalee World Tour". Cultura currently resides in Miami, FL.

Dance NOW! Miami
Dance NOW! Miami, the leading contemporary dance company in Florida was founded in 2000 by Artistic Directors Hannah Baumgarten and Diego Salterini. The artistic work of the company is based in their two-decades long investigation and fusion of ballet, modern, and jazz dance styles, now recognized around the world as contemporary dance. The company serves as a model for collaboration and entrepreneurship headed by two individuals from different continents who intersected and made Miami their home, creating an organization that now leads the South Florida dance community.

Delou Africa Dance Ensemble
Delou Africa Dance Ensemble (D.A.D.E.), was established in 1987 by Njeri Plato to provide a platform that showcases the rich traditions of West Africa through artistic expression, education and cultural preservation. D.A.D.E. is a premier cultural arts, traditional West African, folklore company comprised of an artist’s collective of talented drummers/musicians, dancers and oral historians/storytellers. Their purpose is to foster awareness, by connecting the timeless traditions of West Africa to the vast presence of the African Diaspora. Their performance presentations are motivated by folktale and life transitions that inspires cultural artistic interpretations that leaves their audience captivated.

Destiny Delancy (Tap Artist)
Destiny Delancy was born and raised in Miami, Florida. She is a multi-faceted artist who trained at Armour Dance Theatre (Miami,FL) under the direction of Ruth Wiesen and then attended New World School of the Arts graduating Cum Laude. She is an artist who never limits herself to the possibilities of what she can do. Trained in Ballet, Tap, Modern: Horton, Limon, Graham, Hip Hop, Jazz and Contemporary, Destiny is also an alumna of The School at Jacob’s Pillow. She has performed works by notable choreographers such as Robert Battle, Camille A. Brown, Stephen Petronio, Molissa Fenley, Michelle Dorrance, Derrick K. Grant, Jason Saumels Smith, and Maurice Chestnut. She was a part of the ensemble in the first annual Tap Family Reunion in New York led by Dormeshia, Derrick K. Grant and Jason Samuels Smith. Destiny is a recent graduate from New York University as a Dean Scholar. She continues to encompass vulnerability to who she is as a dancer, as an artist, as a woman, most importantly as a black woman. She plans to evoke this sense of expansion and expression in telling her story and the story of dance as an art form.

Dimensions Dance Theatre of Miami
Dimensions Dance Theatre of Miami was founded in 2016 by former Miami City Ballet principal dancers Carlos Guerra and Jennifer Kronenberg. Carlos and Jennifer offer audiences a fresh and diverse view of ballet through their direction of Dimensions Dance Theatre of Miami, exploring collaborative avenues that are distinct in their reflection of South Florida. Drawing on 50+ years of cumulative experience working with many of today's most celebrated international choreographers and directors, the two bring a unique & promising perspective. Dimensions Dance Theatre of Miami seeks to connect with residents of South Florida and familiarize them with the ever evolving depth and relevance of the ballet art form; enriching their lives through accessible performances of the highest quality which emphasize ballet’s vast stylistic range and its significance as a part of American arts and culture. The organization fosters and creates professional opportunities for both local and performing artists from abroad. Local ballet students of an advanced pre-professional level are offered educational and performance opportunities through an apprenticeship program which allows them to collaborate and learn directly from experienced professionals. The resulting creations are presented for the enjoyment and cultural advancement of the greater South Florida community. Dimensions Dance Theatre of Miami interacts with Miami’s youth by creating a variety of outreach programs including community youth classes in conjunction with particular performances, children & family educational presentations and demonstrations, and after-school workshop classes for public school students.

Karen Peterson and Dancers
KPD is Florida’s only full-time dance organization that features choreography performed by dancers with and without disabilities and has been a role model for the artistic and disability communities in Miami Dade County for twenty-nine years. Under the dedicated direction of Artistic Director Karen Peterson, the company provides educational programming for students with special needs and provides inclusive rehearsal, performance and touring opportunities for adult professional dancers and choreographers with diverse abilities. The organization provides a positive “can-do” role model for both the disability and dance communities through education and outreach and maintains a high quality of an artistic product. Artistic Director and Founder of KPD, Karen Peterson has won multiple dance fellowship awards, two from the State and two from Miami Dade Cultural Affairs, for her choreographic vision. She shares her tradition and knowledge of contemporary, conservatory dance training with individuals, who despite their difference have a professional and artistic desire to create and perform. It is the collaborative and creative spirit within the two populations that makes this art form possible.

Miami City Ballet
Miami City Ballet's mission is to produce and present the highest level of dance performances throughout Florida, the United States and abroad, train young aspiring dancers, and develop Miami City Ballet School into a leader of dance education. Founded in 1985 by Miami philanthropist Toby Lerner Ansin and Founding Artistic Director and ballet legend Edward Villella, MCB is universally admired as one of the world’s preeminent interpreters of the choreography of George Balanchine. MCB Is led by Artistic Director Lourdes Lopez and is considered a leader in the field – nurturing new choreographic voices, creating innovative collaborations and opening new avenues of inclusivity within classical ballet. MCB School, founded in 1993, is one of the largest dance training programs in the nation, training dancers for careers with MCB and other professional companies throughout the world.