Program II Featuring Blue Pencil

Friday, February 28, 2025   8:00pm          

Miami Theater Center, 9806 NE 2nd Ave, Miami Shores

Tickets $20-$40 available January, 2025

DNM presents the world premiere of “Blue Pencil.” Co-Artistic Directors Diego Salterini and Hannah Baumgarten join forces with Portuguese-based Dance em Diálogos Artistic Directors Fernando Duarte and Solange Melo to present this politically charged ballet based on the Blue Pencil Censorship in Portugal, implemented by the Salazar government during the Estado Novo regime from 1933 to 1974; this censorship act that dominated all branches of Portuguese culture: nothing escaped the "blue pencil of silence.

Baumgarten and Salterini will approach the subject matter as a cautionary tale about government driven censorship in the United States and specifically in the State of Florida, made even more poignant after the radical cuts to the arts this year. The original choreographic work will transform the stories of this time into dance, highlighting the power of the arts to resist cultural repression.

DNM will perform their part of the ballet in March and will travel to Portugal to perform the complete work with sections by both companies later in the season. The evening of dance will also include audience favorites Court Dance, Baumgarten’s Machiavellian Political Tribal Dance and Salterini’s Drawing Circles, a tribute to MIMO architecture, as part of the ongoing 25th anniversary celebration.