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Live Arts Miami Presents: SUMMON By Shamar Watt

Jamaican-American performance artist Shamar Watt incorporates experimental cinema alongside live performance to investigate the spirit of resistance embodied by the Maroon people of Jamaica and its timely relevance to the fight for racial justice. Watt proudly traces his heritage back to the Maroons, formerly enslaved Africans who escaped and rebelled against British colonialists on the island in the 18th century. “Summon” seeks to give form to this spirited lineage through the screening of a new cinematic work led by Jamaican based filmmaker Nile Saulter and a live performance featuring multiple dancers and percussionist Austin Williamson.

DESEO By Ballet Flamenco La Rosa, Inspired By A Streetcar Named Desire

Deseo is a full evening length work, using Flamenco music and dance as a language to tell the iconic story of one of the most critically acclaimed plays of the 20th Century. With some of the most engaging characters in American Theatre, Tennessee Williams' sensuous and emotional work centers around troubled former schoolteacher Blanche DuBois, who leaves small-town Mississippi and moves in with her sister, Stella Kowalski, and her husband, Stanley, in New Orleans. Blanche's flirtatious Southern-belle presence causes problems for Stella and Stanley, who already have a volatile relationship. This sets the stage for intense drama, as each of the characters fights his or her demons and struggles to escape the world around them, in a violent storm of frustrated dreams, poetry, love, passion, illusion and cruelty.

Siudy Garrido Bailaora, mis pies so mi voz Presented by Arsht Center

Siudy Garrido is one of the most exciting international flamenco performers today. Latin Grammy-nominated with an unmistakable virtuosity, Garrido and company blend contemporary influences and traditional elements over original flamenco compositions. Their new show, Bailaora, mis pies son mi voz, features music composed by Juan Parrilla, Manuel Fernandez, Siudy Garrido and Jose Luis de la Paz. It departs from traditional flamenco by blending non-traditional instruments such as jazz guitar, piano, flute and drums into a contemporary vision of the art form. Enjoy 80 minutes of dance-theater showcasing vivid and colorful costumes, award-winning choreography and astoundingly percussive footwork. Siudy Garrido and her troupe transport the audience to an exotic world of Spanish artistry. It’s a must-see spectacular!

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