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Saturday, May 20 @ 7:30 pm

Performance #1 Featuring Adele Myers and Dancers, Ballet Florida, Ballet Vero Beach, Delou African Dance Ensemble, Destiny Delancy, Karen Peterson & Dancers

*Panel discussion prior to the performance

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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.

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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

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​Ballet Flamenco La Rosa opens the afternoon with sizzling and passionate flamenco dance accompanied by live guitar and voice.   Dimensions Dance Theatre of Miami presents Cuban couple, Beatriz Garcia and Armando Brydson in the enthralling, duet, “To Zero Point”. 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.