Join us MLK Weekend, 2025
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JAN 12, 13, 14, 2024
Enjoy live jazz by FIU students! The FIU Art Deco Combo is directed by Dr. Lisanne Lyons and consists of vocalists and a rhythm section who perform a varied and challenging repertoire of jazz and jazz-influenced music, as well as contemporary, latin, and a cappella styles. The group emphasizes close harmonies, improvisation, cutting-edge repertoire, and […]
Anibal Berraute presents a Milonga Under the Stars. Enjoy a night of Tango Fusion with special dance performances. The program is led by Berraute, an Argentinean piano player, composer, arranger, and producer, that fuses the tango with elements of other musical forms. The fusion includes the "Uruguayan candombe" with its African roots and Argentinean rhythms, […]
SOLD OUT - The show is sold out but may be enjoyed from Ocean Drive or Lummus Park adjacent to 12th street without a required ticket. Dress dapper at VIP Night for MDPL Members— featuring The Cab Calloway Orchestra, swing dance performances, mini dance lessons, and more! Get ready for a high-energy, joyous, and soulful […]
In the 1920s and '30s, social dancing was more popular in America than at any other time in history. Dancing happened almost anywhere people got together, infused with the same modern spirit that animated the art and architecture of the period. The popularity of dance created a vast infrastructure to support it, from sumptuous dance […]
Learn the basic dance steps of Swing and Charleston with All Swing Miami! All Swing Miami is based in Little Havana at Miami Baila Dance Studio. With progressive swing dance and aerials classes along with social dance events and workshops, founders Yuval Hod and Juls Slavikas continue their mission of growing and nourishing the swing […]
Authentic traditional New Orleans Dixieland jazz music at its finest is what you get with “The Fabulous Dixie Kings.” It's a toe-tapping, swinging, and infectious music to create the perfect fun, upbeat atmosphere during Art Deco Weekend. The Fabulous Dixie King's repertoire includes all the classic Dixieland standards and New Orleans jazz favorites. Flexibility of […]
Get ready for a high-energy, joyous, and soulful performance ignited with audience participation! The Cab Calloway Orchestra, directed by Cab's first-born grandson, "The Prince of Hi De Ho," C. Calloway Brooks, comes from the Big Band Swing Jazz Orchestra style that came bursting out of the Cotton Club and Savoy Ballroom in the Harlem Renaissance […]
Learn the basic dance steps of Swing and Charleston with All Swing Miami! All Swing Miami is based in Little Havana at Miami Baila Dance Studio. With progressive swing dance and aerials classes along with social dance events and workshops, founders Yuval Hod and Juls Slavikas continue their mission of growing and nourishing the swing […]
Enjoy live jazz by FIU students! The FIU Art Deco Combo is directed by Dr. Lisanne Lyons and consists of vocalists and a rhythm section who perform a varied and challenging repertoire of jazz and jazz-influenced music, as well as contemporary, latin, and a cappella styles. The group emphasizes close harmonies, improvisation, cutting-edge repertoire, and […]
Captivating, soul stirring, earthy and funky— LeNard Rutledge and his jazz ensemble are Miami-based musicians who are known to entertain its listeners, and “swing the music” for dancers. Named by the Miami New Times as the “Best Jazz Artist,” Rutledge’s elegance is often permeated by the raw passion of his church choir work. The warm […]
Anibal Berraute presents a Milonga Under the Stars. Enjoy a night of Tango Fusion with special dance performances. The program is led by Berraute, an Argentinean piano player, composer, arranger, and producer, that fuses the tango with elements of other musical forms. The fusion includes the "Uruguayan candombe" with its African roots and Argentinean rhythms, […]
Learn the basic dance steps of Swing/Lindy Hop with 4 x World Champions Nathalie Gomes Adams and Yuval Hod! No partner required! ABOUT YOUR TEACHERS NATHALIE GOMES ADAMS YUVAL HOD ABOUT THE DANCE Lindy Hop is an American dance born in the African-American communities of Harlem, New York City, in 1928 and has evolved since […]
Get a taster of Collegiate Shag and Balboa steps with International Champions Minn Vo & Karolina Chrapkova! No partner required! ABOUT YOUR TEACHERS MINN VO KAROLINA CHRAPKOVA ABOUT THE DANCE STYLES Collegiate Shag (or "Shag") is a partner dance done primarily to uptempo swing and pre-swing jazz music (185-250+ beats per minute). It belongs to […]
Learn the basic dance steps of 20's Charleston with 4 x World Champion Yuval Hod & Juls Slavikas! No partner required! ABOUT YOUR TEACHERS YUVAL HOD JULS SLAVIKAS ABOUT THE DANCE 20's Charleston is a dance named after the harbor city of Charleston, South Carolina. The rhythm was popularized in mainstream dance music in the United […]
Jazz is alive in South Florida and Jesse Jones Jr. is here to prove it! The Miami native is a saxophonist extraordinaire and continues to be on the forefront of a burgeoning jazz renaissance in South Florida. Jones and his brother, Melton Mustafa, who is one of the great trumpet players of our time, have […]
