Here & Now: 2012
February 2-11, 2012
The Light Box at Goldman Warehouse
404 NW 26 Street, Miami FL 33127

Miami Light Project proudly presents the 13th annual installment of our signature commissioning program Here & Now February 1-11 at The Light Box at Goldman Warehouse.

Artists commissioned for Here & Now: 2012 are Ivonne Batanero, Luis Alberto Cuevas, Priscilla Marrero & Carlota Pradera and Natasha Tsakos.

Global Cuba Fest
Direct from La Havana: INTERACTIVO
April 1, 2012, 7pm
North Beach BandShell, Collins Ave & 73rd St, Miami Beach, FL 33141
$20 General Admission / $15 Students and Seniors
TICKETS: www.fundarte.us or by phone: 1.800.595.4849

On Sunday, April 1st, some of the most exciting musicians of the contemporary Cuban music scene will be sharing their unique sound in the opened-air North Beach BandShell on Miami Beach: Roberto Carcassés , William Vivanco, Melvis Santa, Francis del Río y Telmary,are only some of the outstanding names headlining in Interactivo, the most provocative timba-funk band out there.

This concert is presented by FUNDarte and Miami Light Project as part of the fifth edition of Miami’s Global Cuba Fest.

Symphony for the Dance Floor
Music by Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) featuring Lord Jamar
Choreography by Millicent Johnnie
Directed by DJ Mendel Thursday October 6-8, 2011 8:00pm
The Light Box at Goldman Warehouse
404 NW 26 Street, Miami FL 33127

Acclaimed composer/violinist Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) presents an ecstatic fusion of music, art and movement in a new evening-length work Symphony for the Dance Floor. Known for bringing audiences to their feet with sonic collages of classical, pop and hip-hop sounds, DBR ushers the concert hall and dance club into the theater with Symphony for the Dance Floor.  Centered around the shrieking, singing, and seduction of DBR’s violin playing, the production is augmented with  masterful collaborations including: choreography by Millicent Johnnie (former resident choreographer of Urban Bush Women); ebullient live dancing; bombastic laptop/turntable soundscapes; raw, uncompromising photography and video by Jonathan Mannion (best known for his soul bearing portraits  of hip-hop icons Jay-Z, Lauryn Hill, Mos Def and Eminem); and emceeing by actor/rapper Lord Jamar (member of hip-hop group Brand Nubian and former star of HBO’s Oz) – all under the direction of D.J. Mendel. 

The Tiger Lillies
November 5 1am
Ocean Drive Stage Sleepless Night

The Tiger Lillies are an extraordinary three piece band with a large cult following in London. They are fronted by singer Martyn Jacques who trained himself as an opera singer with a castrati style voice of heartbreaking beauty, whilst living alone above a strip joint in Soho for seven years. Accompanied by drummer Adrian Huge, whose appearance was described by David Byrne as James Joyce on drums, and double bass player Adrian Stout, Jacques plays accordion and sings savage and passionate songs about prostitutes, drug addicts and losers, his voice soaring and growling like a man possessed. Ken Campbell has described him as "the criminal castrati", and with his dickensian style of dress, long pigtail and bowler hat, his corrosive lyrics and his astonishing voice, all the while singing with his eyes closed, he makes an indelible impression. Jacques sings about life at the bottom of contemporary Britain with the voice of an angel.

Co-presented with Sleepless Night and the City of Miami Beach

Dana Leong
November 5, 2011 8pm & 11pm
XO Stage at Sleepless Night

Presented as part of Sleepless Night, this will be the Florida premiere of the critically accalimied Dana Leong Trio. Composer/cellist/trombonist Dana Leong blends jazz, classical and pop to create a signature sound. Dana’s pioneering collage of musical styles has garnered critical acclaim and wowed audiences around the world. He has collaborated with top jazz artists including Paquito D’Rivera, Christian McBride, Dafnis Prieto, and Henry Threadgill; and has worked with such diverse artists as Ray Charles, Barry White, Kanye West, Wynton Marsalis, Bjork, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Yoko Ono and Lila Downs.

Co-presented with Sleepless Night and the City of Miami Beach

Nora Chipaumire
Chimurenga and Dark Swan
January 20-21, 2012 8pm
The Light Box at Goldman Warehouse
404 NW 26 Street, Miami FL 33127

Nora Chipaumire is a remarkable solo artist who investigates the collaborative process within cultural, political, economic, and technological identities of African contemporary life. Her work is transnational, unafraid, and eager to burn cultural, creative, and geographic boundaries whilst illuminating what it means to be Zimbabwean/woman/black /human in an increasingly borderless world. She views the theatrical stage as a "harrowing place of purging and paradoxically a place for reclaiming strength.

Co-presented with Miami-Dade College Cultura del Lobo series

David Zambrano
The Soul Project
May 17-19, 2012, 8pm
The Light Box at Goldman Warehouse
404 NW 26 Street, Miami FL 33127
$25 General Admission / $20 Members / $15 Students and Seniors at the door

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Soul Project is a dance piece conceived and directed by David Zambrano in collaboration with an
international cast, and is realized through the individual movement quest of each performer as guided by soul music. Being continuously alive. On, like a candle.  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. His pieces range from set choreography, structured improvisation, and pure improvisation. Born in Venezuela, Zambrano spent 15 years in New York, and now lives in Amsterdam continuing to perform and teach worldwide. His improvisation is committed to art as a cultural exchange developing the creative process in a world without borders. Zambrano sees improvisation as an art and choreography as a vehicle to further develop his work in improvisation.

Radhouane El-Meddeb
I Dance & I Feed You
April 13-14, 2012, 8pm
The Light Box at Goldman Warehouse
404 NW 26 Street, Miami FL 33127
$25 General Admission / $20 Members / $15 Students and Seniors at the door

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Using tomato, courgettes, carrots and cinnamon, Tunisian dancer El Meddeb transforms the art of making couscous into a poetic dance before allowing the audience to eat the fragrant dish.  Educated at the Institute of higher learning of Dramatic art of Tunis, Radhouane was rewarded as “young hope of the Tunisian theatre” in 1996 by the Tunisia section of the International institute of Theatre. He was then chosen for participating to the formation and research workshop at the National theatre of Toulouse under the direction of Jacques Rosner. In Tunisia, he worked with the pioneers of the Tunisian theatre and the Arabic world: Fadhel Jaîbi, Taoufik Jebali and Mohamed Driss. In France, he works with the directors Jacques Rosner, Lotfi Achour and Catherine Boskowitz. He built artistic collaborations with contemporary authors such as Adel Hakim and Natacha de Pontcharra. In 2010, he created his first company performance with five dancers : “ce que nous sommes” at the Centre national de la danse in Pantin.