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This publication is made possible by a grant from
the Miami-Dade County
Department of Cultural
Affairs, and the Board of
County Commissioners |
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June 8, 2007 |
Issue # 41 |
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Short Stuff, Tall Order
Summer Shorts Festival Reinvents Itself at
Carnival Center
By Mary Damiano
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Irene Adjan, Stephen Trovillian and
Antonio Amadeo in Splat! by Davie playwright Michael McKeever, part of
Summer Shorts, City Theatre’s short play festival Photo: George Schiavonne |
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If Summer Shorts were the type of event to have a theme, this year’s would be
‘reinvention’.
City Theatre’s short play festival is now in its 12th year, and
it’s a year of transition. First, there’s the venue, which has changed from the
Ring Theatre on the campus of the University of Miami in Coral Gables to the
Studio Theatre, a black box space in downtown Miami’s new Carnival Center. The
festival’s food has changed too, from the traditional picnic-style box lunch to
a moveable feast of tapas stations. Then there’s the staging; for the first
time, the 15 plays will be produced in the round. And this year, a children’s
component called Shorts for Kids has been added, which essentially means that
City Theatre will be producing two entirely separate short play festivals at the
same time.
Which all begs the question: Are the City Theatre folks masochists? |
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Redefining Dance
Festival Features Mixed-Ability Dancers
By Jan Engoren
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The Moving Current dance company,
on the program of the 29th annual Florida Dance Festival, June 20-30 |
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In a year where Heather Mills, amputee and ex-wife of
Beatle Paul McCartney, cartwheeled, flipped and cha-cha-cha-ed on Dancing
with the Stars and the one-legged man in a tux and top hat jitterbugged
on U-Tube, it is not surprising that dancing with disabilities is receiving more
of a public face and raising consciousness.
This is no surprise to the
Florida Dance
Festival, which returns this year June 20-30 for its 29th year of showcasing
dance. Accenting a wide variety of mixed-ability dancers alongside traditional
able-bodied dancers, the Florida Dance Festival is the leading summer dance
training program in Florida. What makes this festival special is that this is
the most comprehensive gathering of dance and dancers in Florida. A critical
mass of dance masters is gathering here to give workshops, inspire students and
offer master classes. The festival marks a milestone of what is happening in
dance trends and connects Florida to the national dance scene. |
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