Miami Dade College and the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County Present Tania Pérez-Salas Compañía de Danza
Miami, September 1, 2010 -
The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County and Miami Dade College’s acclaimed Cultura del Lobo Performance Series proudly announce the Miami debut of Mexico’s premier contemporary dance company, Tania Pérez-Salas Compañía de Danza. One of the most renowned contemporary dance companies in all of Latin America, Tania Pérez-Salas Compañía de Danza will present a program of exquisitely theatrical and evocative dance works on October 2, 2010 at 8 p.m. in the Sanford and Dolores Ziff Ballet Opera House.
Tickets range from $25 to $90, and may be purchased through the Adrienne Arsht Center box office by calling (305) 949-6722, or online at www.arshtcenter.org. A special $5 ticket offer for Miami Dade College students and staff is available in person at the Adrienne Arsht Center box office with a valid Miami Dade College I.D.
Born in Mexico City, Tania Pérez-Salas is an award-winning dancer and choreographer whose work has been seen across the globe. In 1994, she founded Tania Pérez-Salas Compañía de Danza as a platform for her distinctive choreographic vision – combining intense emotions, driving passion, and flawless classical dance technique. The company’s engagement at the Adrienne Arsht Center marks its first Miami appearance and celebrates Mexico’s 200th anniversary of independence with a program of thrilling dance works from Pérez-Salas’ acclaimed repertoire.
“Tania Pérez-Salas is a fresh and innovative voice making major waves on the international contemporary dance scene,” said M. John Richard, president and CEO of the Adrienne Arsht Center. “We are thrilled to include her astounding body of work as the opening dance performance of our 5th Anniversary Season and the 2010-2011 Masterworks Season, Signature Dance Series, celebrating Mexico’s anniversary of independence with this soaring, independent artistic spirit!”
Tania Pérez-Salas Compañía de Danza has appeared throughout Mexico, Canada, the Unites States, South America, China, and Europe to widespread acclaim. The company arrives at the Adrienne Arsht Center directly following their engagement at The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., showcasing Pérez-Salas’ elegant company of dancers and her powerful, theatrical dance works. The program includes “Fourteen Sixteen,” a hauntingly romantic piece with a sweeping abstract ballet vocabulary and set to a musical collage including Antonio Vivaldi, Francois Couperini, and Giovanni Batista Pergolesi. “EX-STASIS,” Pérez-Salas’ latest choreographic feat, tackles the idea of connecting mind, body, and spirit through an exploration of dreams and sensuality. The program closes with Pérez-Salas’ signature work, “The Waters of Forgetfullness,” flooding the stage with water to create a cinematic landscape full of shadowed romantic encounters and dramatic duets.
Tania Pérez-Salas has worked in dance, theater, and films as an actress, dancer, and choreographer. She is one of Mexico’s most highly acclaimed figures on the contemporary dance scene, and is the recipient of several awards including Best Female Performer in the National Dance Competition in Mexico City, Mexico’s National and Continental Prizes for Choreography, and the award for best choreography at Mexico’s International San Luis Potosi Festival. Her work has been commissioned and presented by the Mexican Fund for Culture, the 2002 Biennale de la Danse in Lyon, France and performed at venues including Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, New York’s City Center, and The Great Theatre of Shanghai during the International Shanghai Festival of the Performing Arts.
About the Adrienne Arsht Center for Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County:
The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County is one of the world’s leading performing arts organizations and venues. Made possible by Miami-Dade County’s largest ever public/private-sector partnership, the Center plays host to three resident companies (Florida Grand Opera, Miami City Ballet and New World Symphony, America’s Orchestral Academy) in addition to numerous South Florida arts organizations that perform in its theaters regularly. Since opening in 2006, the Center has emerged as a leader in offering and presenting world-class programming that mirrors South Florida’s diversity, as a catalyst for development in Miami, and as a host of impactful community and educational programs.
Designed by world-renowned architect Cesar Pelli of Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, the venue is comprised of the 2,400-seat Sanford and Dolores Ziff Ballet Opera House, the 2,200-seat John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall, the black box Carnival Studio Theater, a restored Carnival Art Deco Tower, the Peacock Foundation, Inc. Studio, the Peacock Foundation, Inc. Education Center, and the outdoor Parker and Vann Thomson Plaza for the Arts. Events impresario and restaurateur Barton G. Weiss brought his signature style to the Center in 2009 with PRELUDE BY BARTON G, a full-service upscale restaurant open five days a week. Visit www.arshtcenter.org for more information.
About Miami Dade College
Miami Dade College is the largest and most diverse institution of higher education in the nation. With eight campuses and more than 170,000 students, the College offers more than 300 major areas of study and several degree options, including vocational, associate, and baccalaureate degrees. It is home of the renowned New World School of the Arts, The Honors College and the richest cultural program in the region. In fact, MDC produces and hosts The Miami International Bookfair, The Miami International Film Festival, the Florida Center for Literary Arts, the MDC Art Gallery System, acclaimed theaters at several campuses, numerous cultural programs at its National Historic Landmark Freedom Tower, the Tower Theatre in Little Havana, and the Cultura del Lobo Performance Series, among others.
The mission of MDC’s Cultura del Lobo Performance Series is to produce and present the newest, most challenging contemporary and culturally specific work being created in the U.S. and abroad, with an emphasis on the Americas, and to present work that is reflective of our multi-ethnic community. Established in 1990, Cultura del Lobo is unique among arts presenting organizations in its emphasis on the commissioning of new work and commitment to residency opportunities that allow artists to engage the community in the process of making art. The Cultura del Lobo Performance Series brings exceptional national and international performing artists to the region annually and provides opportunities for extensive community engagement through residency activities in the public schools, on-site within the eight-campus college, and through partnerships with local arts providers, social service agencies and community centers. Visit www.mdc.edu/culture for more information.
Tania Perez-Salas Compañía de Danza
- WHEN: Saturday, Oct. 2, 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
- WHERE: Sanford and Dolores Ziff Ballet Opera House Adrienne Arsht Center 1300 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, FL 33132
- COST: $25 - $90; Special $5 ticket offer for Miami-Dade College students and staff (with valid I.D.)
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.arshtcenter.org or call the box office at (305) 949-6722.
Media-only contacts:
Juan Mendieta, 305-237-7611, jmendiet@mdc.edu, MDC communications director
Tere Estorino, 305-237-3949, testorin@mdc.edu, MDC media relations director
Sue Arrowsmith, 305-237-3710, sue.arrowsmith@mdc.edu, media specialist
Tarnell Carroll, 305-237-3359, tcarroll@mdc.edu, media specialist
Alejandro Rios, 305-237-7482, arios1@mdc.edu
Adrienne Arsht Center Media Contacts: Suzette Espinosa Fuentes, 786-468-2221, sespinosa@arshtcenter.org; Eva Bordeaux Silverstein, 786-468-2323, esilverstein@arshtcenter.org.