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twenty-ninth season events calendar
Tigertail Season Kick-Off Party
Party and celebration - free and open to the public!
Tuesday, October 7
7:00 to 9:00 pm
Open Doors
7300 Biscayne Boulevard, MiMo District of Miami
Free admission
The Eric Vloeimans Trio: Fugimundi
Stand-out Dutch Jazz Trumpeter's U.S. Debut Tour
8:30 pm – Friday, October 10, 2008
Byron Carlyle Theater
500 71st Street, Miami Beach
Regarded as one of Europe's best performers, Vloeimans' playing captures the full range of the instrument, from brassy high notes to a reedy lower register, while his original compositions create an evocative, harmonic language of their own.
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Tere O'Connor Dance
Florida Premiere of Rammed Earth
Friday, November 14, 2008, 8:30 pm FRIDAY SOLD OUT
Saturday November 15, 2008, 2:00 & 8:30 pm
Dorsch Gallery, 151 NW 24th Street, Wynwood Arts District, Miami
An evening of site-specific dance from this much lauded New York-based company exploring architecture as a fundamental, subliminal force in choreography as well as in the human experience.
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DIN A 13
Acclaimed Mixed-ability Dance Company from Germany
Saturday, December 27, 2008, 8:00 pm
Colony Theatre
1040 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach
Presented by Florida Dance Association and Tigertail Productions, as part of danceAble at the FDA WinterFest, choreographer and company founder Gerda König returns to Miami with her piece Body Distance Between the Minds.
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Speak Out with Staceyann Chin
Tigertail's Gay & Lesbian Teen Spoken Word Project
Friday, January 23, 2009, 7:30 pm, Free Reading/Performance
Books & Books, 265 Aragon Avenue, Coral Gables
SpeakOut Youth Events, January 20-23
Nationally recognized Jamaican lesbian poet Staceyann Chin comes to Miami for a weeklong Tigertail SpeakOut residency that includes workshops and an open mic for GLBT youth, and readings for the general public.
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John Hammond
A Solo Evening with a Blues Great
Saturday, February 7, 2009, 8:30 pm
Colony Theatre, 1040 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach
Grammy Award winner and four time nominee John Hammond, who has been mining the vein of the American Blues for most of his 40-year career, performs a solo acoustic set that ranges from raw and dirty to the emotionally powerful.
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Compagnie Marie Chouinard
Florida Premieres of Rite of Spring and Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Friday & Saturday, March 13 & 14, 2009, 8:30 pm
Colony Theatre, 1040 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach
This internationally acclaimed Montreal-based dance company returns to Miami with two outstanding pieces that showcase choreographer Marie Chouinard's unique, startling, moving dance works.
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WordSpeak with Mayda del Valle
Tigertail's Teen Spoken Word Project
Friday, March 27, 2009, 7:30 pm, Free Reading/Performance
Books & Books, 265 Aragon Avenue, Coral Gables
Residency March 22-28, other WordSpeak Youth Events
March-July, 2009
Tigertail's WordSpeak, ongoing spoken word project for teens, features award-winning Puerto Rican poet Mayda del Valle for a weeklong residency that includes workshops, slams and performances.
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Alfredo Triff Trio & Special Guests
New Cuban Music, Dada-Son
Saturday, April 18, 2009, 8:30 pm
Colony Theatre, 1040 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach
An evening of lush, sultry, melancholic urban versions by Miami's own – violinist and
composer Alfredo Triff and his outstanding trio of virtuoso performers with special guest
artists Roberto Poveda, Adrian Castro and Rosie Inguanzo.
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Tigertail Annual Special Event
An Evening of Frolic and Fundraising
Saturday, May 16, 2009, 8:00 – 11:00 pm
Galerie Adler Bertin-Toublanc
2534 North Miami Avenue, Miami, Wynwood Arts District
Party with us at the Art With Edge fundraiser for Tigertail at this stunning gallery. Put on your edgiest outfit and enjoy over-the-edge entertainment, food, drinks and more.
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Tigertail, A South Florida Poetry Annual
presents 3 x 3
Book Launch and Reading
Thursday, October 15, 2009, 7:30 pm, free admission
Books & Books
265 Aragon Avenue, Coral Gables
This seventh edition of Tigertail's annual poetry publication, edited by poets Denise Duhamel, Michael Hettich and Campbell McGrath with a cover by visual artist Susan Lee-Chun, showcases three poets selected by each of the editors.
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