Internationally acclaimed dance theater production announces its two-city showcase of Flamenco Fusion featuring performance legends from Seville and Broadway
“Raw passion that surges through the arching torsos, the staccato footwork, the rich curves of arm and wrist…”
– The New York Times
Back by popular demand, the award-winning Pablo Croce Productions announces its return to the Sunshine State in September with a highly anticipated double weekend showcase of SIUDY Between Worlds Entre Mundos, featuring two of today’s legendary acts from the world of Flamenco and Broadway.
The Miami-based award-winning dance theater and screen production company will stage SIUDY Between Worlds – the highly acclaimed story inspired by a tribal tale of passion and love – on Saturday, September 20th and Sunday, September 21st in the ZIFF Ballet Opera House at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami. The performance will also make its debut in Central Florida on Saturday, September 27th, at the Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre in Orlando. Tickets are now available for all dates through Ticketmaster or the respective theater box offices.
Following a highly acclaimed return to South Florida and its home town of Miami in 2012, for three shows at the Adrienne Arsht Center’s prestigious Knight Concert Hall, the Latin Grammy nominee, award-winning executive producer and artistic director, Pablo Croce, was overwhelmed with the demand to bring the show back to it’s hometown state of Florida for additional dates in multiple cities.
“We are very excited to return back to Florida,” says the show’s co-creator and executive producer, Pablo Croce. “We originally brought the show back to Miami in 2012, following an extensive 50-show stretch off Broadway over the previous year, that really allowed the production to build a strong foundation in the U.S. Since 2012, the show has matured significantly and has grown after bringing the essential artistic elements and disciplines introduced to the performance by Siudy Garrido herself. With a series of well received shows in Venezuela and Mexico last year, we are thrilled to have attracted a prolific team of world class talent that we are pleased to introduce for our newly developed and re-imagined shows in Miami and Orlando.”
The new 2014 edition of Between Worlds comes to both cities with an amazingly re-designed production, set and lighting. The Miami shows will feature a special dance troupe that has not traveled or toured with the production previously, and will introduce a special guest appearance by the world renowned Flamenco legend from Seville, Antonio Canales, who will perform exclusively for the two Miami shows only. Siudy Garrido was originally an understudy in Canales’ dance company, and Canales now makes a headline performance as Siudy’s father in the Flamenco World during the re-imagined Entre Mundos show. The shows in both Miami and Orlando will also feature a new addition and special guest appearance by the acclaimed Broadway star of West Side Story, George Akram, who plays Siudy’s love interest. Celebrated Flamenco guitarist, Jose Luis Rodriguez will provide his own unmistakable style of musical accompaniment.
The progressive and contemporary fusion of traditional Flamenco with multiple urban dance forms, features a lead performance by the show’s co-founder and talented choreographer, Siudy Garrido – a 2011 nominee for the Drama Desk Award in outstanding choreography.
A cast of more than 20 performers will take to the stage, manifesting the primeval and futuristic vision of Pablo Croce and the choreographic excellence of Siudy Garrido. The show brings to life an unforgettable love story, told through the universal language of percussion and dance that is set in a futuristic world. In the wake of a catastrophic and climatic apocalypse, humankind grasps desperately to its existence, forcing the survival of small, segregated tribes. In a world without rain – lakes, rivers and seas are evaporating and tensions rise between the remaining tribes that are on the brink of war, leading humanity into a desperate struggle for survival. Confrontation prevails, with tribes competing for water – as the most important resource for life – in a world in which lawlessness is abundant. From the moment the curtains are raised, Siudy makes a dramatic entrance, commanding the stage with her presence in a perilous landscape that provides the perfect juxtaposition between the art of melodic Flamenco and an aggressive hybrid of urban dance. Each tribe represents a core artistic talent that is carefully revealed throughout the intensity of the storyline. As a desperate world continues to unfold, the audience experiences the true extent of this spectacular, world-class performance, intricately weaved into an unforgettable and climactic ending.
SIUDY Between Worlds is a cross-discipline dance theater performance spectacle that integrates one-of-a-kind, progressive, Flamenco choreography using a sampling of live urban and afro percussion. Traditional instruments from across the globe are organically weaved into street beats and beatboxing, among other musical influences. Breakdance, hip-hop and funk dance troupes fuse their movements in a portrayal of a struggle for survival. Award-winning Flamenco composer, Sevillian Diego Franco, scores the original music for Siudy Between Worlds.
Executive producer, Pablo Croce, interprets the performance as “Shakespearean,” but simplistic in its outlook on drama. He describes both ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ together with ‘West Side Story’ as prominent influences on the theme of prohibited love that is a common thread throughout the tale. While presenting a newly established world-class cast of performers on-stage, the Florida homecoming of SIUDY Between Worlds Entre Mundos will be an uncensored showcase of Siudy’s finest work.
A portion of proceeds from ticket sales for the Orlando show will go to the BeBrave Foundation, benefiting children receiving treatment for cancer. Siudy Garrido will perform a private showcase for children from the BeBrave Foundation at the Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre in Orlando during the afternoon of Friday, September 26th.
SIUDY Between Worlds Entre Mundos presented by Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts and Pablo Croce Productions will take place Saturday, September 20th and Sunday, September 21st in the ZIFF Ballet Opera House at the Adrienne Arsht Center For The Performing Arts in Miami. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster, at www.arshtcenter.org or by calling 305.949.6722. SIUDY Between Worlds Entre Mundos will make its debut in Orlando on Saturday, September 27th, at the Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre, for which tickets are also available through Ticketmaster.
SIUDY Between Worlds Entre Mundos will also stage performances in the following cities in 2014:
Houston, TX – October 12th (celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month)
Panama City, Panama – October 16th
Mexico City, Mexico – November 7th, 8th and 9th
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