2009-2010 CONTEMPORARY PERFORMANCE SERIES
SNEAK PEAK!
Season Kick Off Cocktail Party
November 7, 2009, 6:00pm
Join Miami Light Project as we celebrate 21 years of presenting innovative and provocative performance and kick off our season during Miami Beach’s Sleepless Night Festival with an all night party of performance!
7:00pm-1:00am
Global Cuba Fest featuring Carlos AverhoffJr., Br@ily & Jose “Pepito” Gomez
The Fillmore at the Jackie Gleason, Miami BeachThe evening features a showcase of some of the best of contemporary and time-honored Cuban rhythms, with three extraordinary musical groups and a DJ.The night begins with Boston based Jazz saxophonist Carlos Averhoff Jr. and his quartet, then the Salsa/Timba “Miami vs. New York” Dance Party showcasing Br@ily, the amazing Miami-based Timba and Salsa trombone player and singer, whose unique electrifying performances show off his non-stop energy and virtuosity. The evening closes with the New York-based vocalist Jose “Pepito” Gomez and his band, who the New York Times has called “another order of performer.” The M.C. for the night will be a very special Mega TV personality, with DJ’d dancing before, between and after the live
Co-presented with FUNDarte and the City of Miami Beach Sleepless Night
8:00pm
CIE Julie Dossavi
Colony Theater, Miami Beach
Infusing contemporary African dance forms with jolts of high fashion and street culture, the mesmerizing Julie Dossavi presents a collection of solos and duets accompanied by live African percussion, voice and electronic music. This Paris-based, Benin-born dancer and choreographer draws on sources from electronic dance music and club culture to gymnastics and tribal ritual to shape distinctive works that are modern, ethnic, expressive and abstract-and always alive with a distillation of human experience.
Co-presented with City of Miami Beach Sleepless Night and the French Consul