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This exhibition is part of the University of Miami’s homage to the theatrical innovations of Cuban playwright Virgilio Piñera Llera (1912-1979) on the 100^th anniversary of his birth. Credited with having brought modernism to Latin American theatre and for writing the first theatre of the absurd play, Piñera is one of Latin America’s most important playwrights.

08/30/2012 7:00 PM

Colloquium: Sexual and Cultural Politics in Virgilio Piñera’s Theateroquium:

08/31/2012 4:17 PM

Los Siervos / The Serfs. Teatro de la Luna (Cuba)

August 31-Sept. 2: Los Siervos / The Serfs. Teatro de la Luna (Cuba). Director – Raúl Martín. After three sold-out performances of Delirio Habanero last October at the Miami Dade County Auditorium, Teatro de la Luna returns to Miami with Los siervos / The Serfs. Written in 1955 as a mockery of the false ideology of Soviet Communism, it is an anti-bourgeois farce that derides hierarchies, dictatorships, and the many uses and abuses of power that determine human conduct. Its director takes advantage of absurdist techniques, singing and dancing to bring us a brilliant and funny play that from stage design to acting techniques is far from the realism we are used to seeing in the contemporary American stage.

08/31/2012 8:00 PM

Una caja de zapatos vacía / An Empty Shoe Box. The Mudras Project (Miami)

September 7-9: Una caja de zapatos vacía / An Empty Shoe Box.The Mudras Project (Miami). Twenty-five years after the world premiere in Miami, Eloy Ganuza brings back to the stage a new version of Piñera’s classic about power relationships. This new production highlights the interconnections between gender, sexuality and politics through the use of black humor.

09/07/2012 8:00 PM

Carrying Water in a Sieve: an evening of two one acts: You Always Forget Something and False Alarm. UM Jerry Herman Ring Theatre (Miami). Director - Henry Fonte

Produced by the University of Miami’s Department of Theatre Arts and Jerry Herman Ring Theatre, these two delightful one-act comedies highlight Piñera’s playful sense of humor. The first, You Always Forget Something, is a fanciful comedy about four eccentric women who try to make order out of a capricious society, but by doing so they create chaos, disorder, and mayhem. The other, False Alarm, hilariously portrays the predicament of a man charged with murder who struggles to save his crumbling sanity in the face of a demented widow and an irrational judge. Both short plays exemplify Piñera’s unique writing style and his wonderfully absurd sense of humor.

09/14/2012 8:00 PM

2012-2013

2012-2013 Season

09/28/2012 9:59 PM

Aldo Lopez-Gavilan & Harold Lopez-Nussa in concert

FUNDarte presents Aldo López-Gavilan, straight from an engagement at Carnegie Hall, and Harold Lopez Nusa for only one night of mesmerizing and heart stopping piano genius. These two young musicians have shaken the contemporary Latin Jazz world with their virtuosity and originality. This program is presented in support of the mission of the new No Borders Performance Series.

11/24/2012 8:00 PM

Ivette Cepeda in Concert

Ivette Cepeda, direct from Havana, Cuba, will perform for the first time in the US. on Saturday, March 9th, at 8:00 p.m. at Miami Dade County Auditorium, 2901 Flagler St., Miami. This exceptional and highly charismatic artist brings her own soulful blend of salsa, bolero and Cuban filin to the stage while covering compositions from traditional and established composers to contemporary trailblazers. Influenced by both traditional and contemporary Cuban music, as well as international sounds, Ivette Cepeda is sure to thrill Miami audiences of all ages with her exceptional range and a repertoire that spills beyond any single musical genre.

03/09/2013 8:00 PM

Global Cuba Fest in Miami Beach

Global Cuba Fest celebrates in Miami Beach the roots of Cuban music and the genre’s funkiest innovations that explore jazz, son montuno, bolero, trova, timba and Afro-Cuban rhythms with a weekend-long celebration of Afro-Cuban percussion, songwriting and musical artistry featuring some of the hottest contemporary musicians such as Julio Fowler, Yadam, Pavel Urkiza, Yosvany Terry, Hilario Bell, Horacio “El Negro” Hernandez & Italluba, and The Cuban Creole Choir of Cuba, working in the genre today, with workshops for local youth and an interactive concert for the whole family.

03/15/2013 7:00 PM

Pavel Urkiza, Yadam & Julio Fowler in concert!

The Deauville Hotel Jazz Club will re-open its doors on Friday, March, 15th, at 8:00pm: with a unique concert by three of the best contemporary Cuban singers and songwriters currently based in Madrid, who have been revitalizing the Cuban music scene in Spain for more than a decade: Yadam, Pavel Urkiza and Julio Fowler. Yadam will bring his unique cutting-edge lyrics and electrifying energy to the local stage along with Pavel Urkiza, an exceptional guitarist and songwriter, whose music combines indigenous and New Age sensibilities with traditional Cuban rhythms and Jazz. Joining them, and appearing for the first time in the U.S., will be the talented Julio Fowler, representing the new wave of Cuban singer/ songwriter whose music is an original mixture of identity & vanguard, an assembly of his Cuban roots with an infusion of international musical trends that complement it. These 3 musicians will perform together in an unprecedented collaboration that celebrates the best of the post-filin generation, and the new fusions of the Diaspora’s most innovative and poetic songwriters and interpreters.

03/15/2013 8:00 PM

Hilario Bell: Inteactive percussion concert & workshop

North Beach Bandshell will be the site for a Special Interactive Concert and workshop for Children and Families on march 16th at 2pm, featuring award-winning Miami-based percussionist Hilario Bell and his jazz ensemble. This is an offering for the whole family and will be a FREE EVENT!

03/16/2013 2:00 PM

Yosvany Terry Quintet and Horacio “El Negro” Hernandez & Italuba in concert!

On Saturday, March 16th at 7:00 p.m. at The North Beach Bandshell, the New York-based saxophonist and world-class chekeré player Yosvany Terry and his quintet’s multidisciplinary presentation of “Afro Cuban Roots” with Osmany Paredes, Yunior Terry and Pedrito Martinez as invited artists. This performance is followed on the same night by the Miami-based Grammy Award winner Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez who will heat up the dance floor with his high-powered, sizzling contemporary Latin Jazz percussion, accompanied by his Italy-based Jazz troupe Italuba, performing for the first time in the U.S.

03/16/2013 7:00 PM

Gema Corredera in Concert

Gema Corredera, one of Miami’s local musical treasures, will be performing highlights from her first solo album, “Derramando Luz” (“Spreading Light”) on Saturday, April 6th, at 8:00 p.m. at Miami Dade County Auditorium, 2901 Flagler St., Miami. This celebrated vocalist and guitarist brings her exceptional voice and musicianship to the local stage with a sound influenced as much by her Cuban roots as by Jazz, Brazilian music, Opera, and Flamenco. Her voice moves fluently through a multitude of genres, creating a rich tapestry of Jazz and Cuban music that continuously recalls the tropical sensuality of Cuban Rumba, Son,"Filin," Bolero and Afro-Caribbean rhythms. With a stage presence that is unassuming yet captivating, Gema Corredera is an earthy, yet sophisticated singer with an amazing vocal range and versatile interpretative style that is intimate, smooth, funky, playful and seductive.

04/06/2013 8:00 PM

Miami On Stage 2013

Local Latino Artists take center stage during FUNDarte’s high-powered Miami On Stage 2013 series! This year FUNDarte combines the work of three powerhouse musicians, Leslie Cartaya, Alfredo Chacón and Mr. Haka, each working in a unique genre. Along with the musical offerings, experience the wildly psychedelic video work of experimental filmmaker and multimedia artist Dinorah de Jesús Rodriguez and her local, interactive “mujer_cita_MIA” project, presented in the theater lobby and façade as a visual arts component with each concert.

04/18/2013 8:30 PM

Leslie Cartaya in Concert "No Pares"

Catch one of Miami’s hottest and most innovative female vocalists: Leslie Cartaya, best known as the unstoppable front woman for Palo! Miami’s signature Afro-Cuban Funk band, rising to local stardom thanks in large part to Leslie’s dynamic and contagious electricity on stage. Wooing her audience via her trailblazing ability to fuse genres and provide constant surprises via the musically unexpected, Leslie will be performing from her new independent release entitled “No Pares.” On Thursday, April 18

04/18/2013 8:30 PM

Alfredo Chacón in Concert!

Experience the unique, extraordinary sound of Latin Jazz master Alfredo Chacón on Vibraphone and Percussion. Chacón’s mysterious, sensual music is imbued with influences from Latin America, Brazil, Europe and particularly Scandinavia, while rooted in the African-based rhythms of his native Cuba, creating an unforgettable, heart-stopping concert that will leave you breathless and renewed. Trained classically in Cuba and aged like fine wine in Europe, Chacón will perform work from his latest independent project, “Magic Place,” transporting us to a hauntingly beautiful place of timeless romance and utterly unforgettable magic.

04/19/2013 8:30 PM

Mr. Haka "Autorretrato”

Get ready for Mr. Haka, explosive underground rapero extraordinaire and local force-to-be-reckoned-with on the Latin HipHop scene, performing from his latest release “Autorretrato.” This artist’s versatility and lyrical wizardry seamlessly merge raw HipHop and Urban Fusion while occasionally letting his Latin roots hijack the musical sensibility of the project, culminating in a riveting rhythmic explosion of socially-motivating music that energizes audiences across all genres of contemporary urban fusion.

04/20/2013 8:30 PM

Out in The Tropics 2013

Jun. 14^th - 16^th Out in the Tropics

Out in the Tropics is Miami’s first and only contemporary performing arts series specifically representing the GLBTQ art community…

Artists:

CarmelitaTropicana

Taylor Mac: The Century Show

El Ciervo Encantado: Cubalandia

at The Colony Theater, Miami Beach

06/13/2013 7:00 PM

Cubalandia, by Teatro El Ciervo Encantado

Direct from Cuba: El Ciervo Encantado presents “Cubalandia” a hilariously profound interactive performance by Cuba’s outrageously daring and controversial Lesbian Feminist theater collective addressing the social and political conditions of present-day Cuba. Presented in Spanish with English supertitles.

06/14/2013 8:30 PM

The 20th Century Show, by Taylor Mac

From New York: the inimitable and wildly flamboyant Taylor Mac presents his latest work “The 20th Century Show,” an incredible visual feast and concert consisting of one song from each decade of the 20th Century (plus two encores) presented as “a performance ritual to help the audience let go of the 20th century and move into the 21st.”

06/14/2013 8:30 PM

Post Plastica Miami 2013, by Carmelita Tropicana & Ela Troyano

From New York: the hilarious Cuban-American diva of queer comedy Carmelita Tropicana presents “Post Plastica Miami 2013” in collaboration with New York based filmmaker Ela Troyano. Part live performance, part video installation, “Post Plastica Miami 2013” offers a glimpse into a future in which celebrity culture has pitched a battle between the primacy of virtual and artistic lives; in which revolutionaries keep bees in a secret underground; and in which a half-woman, half-bear scientist has gained the upper hand…

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