Performing Arts

New World Dance Theater. May 17 through 20, 2012. A showcase of talent, versatility, and virtuosity the New World School of the Arts High School Spring Dance Concert offers a varied program of dances, including first movement of the Balanchine masterwork, Serenade, in a dynamic weekend of performances. concert starts at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, May 17, 18 and … +

Olympia Theater at the Gusman CenterMay 26th at 8:00 p.m. and May 27th at 4:00 p.m. Join Florida Classical Ballet, South Florida’s promising emerging ballet company, for its debut Red Curtain Series performance, “Spring Unique Galas,” at the Olympia Theater at the Gusman Center.

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Louise O. Gerrits Theater. From May 17 through 20, 2012. Our Town, by one of America’s best and most prolific playwrights, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Thornton Wilder, highlights the talent of the NWSA high school juniors and seniors as they present for the last time this year.

May 17 through 19, 2012. 8:00 p.m. David Zambrano has been making dance for over 20 years. In his pursuits as both a creator and educator, Zambrano has visited 40 countries, worked with more than 25,000 students, and has performed at hundreds of venues across the world.

Coral Gables Art Cinema. May 19 and 20, 2012. 1:00 p.m. Comedic mayhem is the name of the game One Man, Two Guvnors, which follows Francis (James Corden) after he is fired from his band and finds work as a bodyguard for small-time East End hood Roscoe.

May 6, 2012. 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Back by popular demand, Dance Now! Miami returns to the Bass Museum of Art May 6 for The Ekphrasis Project, presenting poignant and edgy works based on the current exhibitions. This migrating site-specific event is a unique dance and art experience conceived and created by DNM Directors Diego Salterini and Hannah Baumgarten.

From May 5 through June 3, 2012. Sarah and James, a photojournalist and a foreign correspondent, have been together for nine years and share a passion for documenting the realities of war. When her battlefield injuries force them to return home to New York, they find their future together threatened by the prospect of a more conventional life.

May 12, 2012. 7:30 p.m. New Theatre has recently announced its 6th Annual Miami Stories taking place on Saturday, May 12, 2012 from 7:30 to 11:00 p.m. at New Theatre’s new home at The Roxy Performing Arts Center. Miami Stories is New Theatre’s signature annual fundraising event.

Colony Theatre. May 12, 2012. 8:00 p.m. Out in the Tropics brings a full range of award-winning, contemporary Gay and Lesbian artists and art events to South Florida annually. In the third year of Out in the Tropics, FUNDarte is presenting two wildly different and intriguing groups: Sean Dorsey Dance from San Francisco on May 12, 2012 and Teatro El Publico’s staging … +

From May 11 through 13, 2012. The South Miami Dade Cultural Arts Center presents Asolo Repertory Theatre’s Hamlet, Prince of Cuba, adapted and directed by Asolo Rep Producing Artistic Director Michael Donald Edwards and featuring a Spanish translation by Pulitzer Prize-winner Nilo Cruz. Hamlet, Prince of Cuba will run from May 11 through 13, 2012. The show will be presented both in … +

May 12 and 13, 2012. 4:00 p.m. Four musicians from the CrossTown String Quartet will collaborate on stage with members of the Karen Peterson & Dancers troupe in two unique performances which combine live classical music and contemporary dance. The performances will take place on Saturday, May 12 at 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., and Sunday, May 13, at 4:00 p.m. at … +

Broward Center for the Performing Arts. May 5, 2012.  7:00 p.m.Aventura Arts & Cultural Center. May 6, 2012. 5:00 p.m. Under the direction of Ballet Master Vladimir Issaev, the Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida ends its season with the world premiere of contemporary choreographer Edgar Anido’s piece “Fragmentos” and the return of Vladimir Issaev’s exciting neo-classical ballet “Shostakovich Suites”.

New World Dance Theater. From April 12 through 15, 2012. A showcase of talent, versatility, and virtuosity the New World School of the Arts College Spring Dance Concert presents a wide range of exciting dance works – two classics by modern dance masters and four contemporary premieres.

April 27 and 28, 2012. 8:00 p.m. Dance NOW! Miami joins forces with the Florida Dance Association in celebration of National Dance Week with the revival of the Miami Dance Sampler. This community-building event was founded and run for many years by South Florida dance pioneer and New World School of the Arts Dance Department Dean, Daniel Lewis.

From March 30 through April 15, 2012. Coppélia, choreography after Arthur Saint-Léon; Music by Léo Delibes, is a classical work that is considered ballet’s masterpiece of comedy. The ballet takes place in three acts. Franz loves Swanilda – except when he has eyes for Coppélia,

Through April 8, 2012. Following a successful revival and tour in the United Kingdom, Actors’ Playhouse is presenting it’s own revival of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, the award-winning hit that brought home eight Carbonell Awards for the company in 2000.

March 31, 2012. 8:00 p.m. South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center (SMDCAC) presents The Radio Show by acclaimed contemporary dance choreographer Kyle Abraham and performed by his company Abraham.In.Motion.

From March 23 through April 8, 2012. New Theatre’s World Premiere of Property Line, by local Carbonell nominated playwright Juan C. Sanchez, stars Florida International University Alumnus Evelyn Perez, New World School of the Arts & Barry University Professor Scott Douglas Wilson, retired City of Miami police Lt. Bill Schwartz,

From March 16 through April 8th, 2012. The Alliance Theatre Lab of Miami is presenting the World Premiere of “Off Center of Nowhere” by Resident Playwright and Ensemble Member David Michael Sirois.

March 2012. New World School of the Arts (NWSA) has been invited by The Martha Graham Dance Company, along with The Hartt School and just five other collegiate dance programs to perform at the Joyce Theater in New York, as part of the Company’s 86th Anniversary season.