Theater & Dance “[Our audience is] not looking to
see the umpteenth Fiddler on the Roof,” says Adler. “There’s this idea that when you come to the theater, you want to escape all of the issues you’re confronted with outside. It’s not the way we want to go. We want to deal with those issues, and people who come here come along for the ride.” Patrons who attend Adler’s next
Pericet
production, Sarah Burgess’s Dry Powder (opens March 25), can rest assured they won’t see much in the way of lopped heads or nudity. But it’s as cutting-edge as anything from the company’s early days and features its own kind of violence—that of the fiscal kind. The play—peppered with fast- talking banking jargon and overflowing with the venality of Wall Street insiders—stars Katherine McDonald (Jenny), Alex Alvarez (Seth), Stephen Anthony (Rick) and Robert Strain (Jeff) as partners in a private-equity firm who are at odds over a deal. It’s serious and topical but nevertheless funny in its handling of major issues like income inequality and the dismal state of American manufacturing. “It deals with our issues of business, [which]
“Our audience is not looking to see the umpteenth Fiddler on the Roof.”
could not be more important than they are right now,” says Adler. “We’re heading into a time when all the constraints are going to be removed. This play is relevant in the most important sense: It will make people think.” à Dry Powder is at GableStage Mar 25–Apr 23 at various times (
gablestage.org). $45–$60.
Leo Finnie and Sara Oliva in Between Riverside and Crazy
Big skirts. Bold moves.
Check out these world-class dancers at the 10th annual Flamenco Festival Miami. By Joel Meares
Juana Amaya This powerful, charismatic gypsy dancer of flamenco puro—the traditional, unadulterated “pure” style of the dance—hails from the Gastor clan of flamenco gypsies, in southern Seville. There, she is considered a legend, and Miamians are about to find out why. At the Arsht, she’s backed by dancers Olga Pericet, Jesús Carmona and young gun Patricia Guerrero in a show called— appropriately—Stars of Flamenco (March 2).
Olga Pericet Less traditional but equally celebrated, Pericet is a tiny
dynamo known for her highly technical and precise style—and some killer, dramatic costumes. For her solo program, Pisadas (March 4), she is accompanied by her own group of singers and musicians, not to mention a special treat for flamenco fans: Seville dancer Juan Carlos Lérida, who’s loved by dance fans the world over for splicing that puro style with contemporary flair.
Jesús Carmona Carmona’s latest program to hit Miami—his first since
he debuted here in 2014—is titled Ímpetus (“bursting with energy”) (March 5), and the name fits. The onetime child prodigy (he started dancing at age 7) hits the stage with some 11 dancers and musicians for this intense and emotional performance.
à Flamenco Festival Miami is at Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts Mar 2–5 at various times and prices (
arshtcenter.org).
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