Program II featuring Italy’s Compagnia Opus Ballet

Sunday March 17, 2024 3:00 pm

Miami Theater Center 9806 NE 2nd Ave. Miami Shores, FL 33138

Tickets $45 General $25 Miami Shores Residents $15 Student

The advent of spring can mean just one thing – the return of Compagnia Opus Ballet, direct from Florence, Italy, for a new performance with Dance NOW!. The two ensembles will share the stage for a new, joint version of Gli Altri/The Others, and other works from each group.
 
This presentation of Gli Altri/The Others is the culmination of an international cultural partnership. Dance Now! Miami traveled to Florence last July to work with Compagnia Opus Ballet, developing an expanded piece incorporating a blended cast and new sections never-before seen in Miami. Gli Altri/The Others, which had its original world premiere last May, was originally choreographed by Dance Now Artistic Directors Hannah Baumgarten and Diego Salterini, and marries filmmaker Federico Fellini’s cinematic imagery with confessional storytelling to create unique symbolism. The work is a social commentary on the identities of marginalized people. This iteration will include the work of Italian choreographer Emiliano Candiago.

“We are excited to share the stage with Opus again in Miami, to present the entire work.” said Salterini. It includes sets and lighting from Bruce F. Brown, costumes by Haydee and Maria Morales, and original music by Davidson Jaconello.

The program will also include The White Room, a new-to-Miami work from Opus Ballet, with choreography by Adriano Bolognino and music by Max Richter, Joep Beving and The National. This contemporary piece features nine performers in an abstract white space inspired by the painting, The Return From the Woods, by Giovanni Segantini. The afternoon performance will also include Sogni, the things my dreams are made of, a surreal journey into the mind of choreographer Diego Salterini. Don’t miss this international cultural partnership and striking program of contemporary works.