Afro Blue: MB Arts in the Parks – Miami Beach, FL

Afro Blue: MB Arts in the Parks – Miami Beach, FL

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Don’t miss this upcoming 2024 Local Event in Miami Beach, FL. Happening on Sunday, November 3, 2024 at Miami Beach Bandshell. Doors open at 7:00 PM.

Afro Blue, a dance performance by choreographer Gentry George’s Zest Collective, designed to commemorate Black musicians.

Afro Blue is Gentry Isaiah George’s latest installment from his series ‘Roots & Rhythms,’ designed to commemorate Black Musicians of the 20th century. Renditions of the Jazz standard Afro-Blue recorded by American Jazz Vocalist Abbey Lincoln and Cuban Percussionist Mongo Santamaria are the centerpieces for the new work. Harmonizing biography, social history, music, and performance, George’s Zest Collective dance troupe celebrates the beauty and triumph of musical pioneers whose songs rang out despite the dark history of oppression.

Zest Collective founder Gentry George is a graduate from the Juilliard School and began dancing with Ailey II and later with the Dance Theatre of Harlem. A Level 1 YoungArts award recipient, featured on HBO’s ‘Masterclass,’ he is also currently a professor at Miami Dade College’s New World School of the Arts.

This piece was commissioned by Miami Light Project for the 2023 Here and Now. This performance is presented free to the public as part of the Rhythm Foundation and City of Miami Beach’s Arts in the Parks series.

The show will be approximately an hour long.

Food & beverage are available for purchase at the show. The Bandshell is an open-air covered venue, all programs are rain or shine. Your ticket, once purchased, is non-refundable. Any questions? info@miamibeachbandshell.com

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Event ID - 961672597627

Event Venue - Miami Beach Bandshell

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Date And Time

Sunday, November 3rd, 2024 @ 07:00 PM
 

Venue

Miami Beach Bandshell
 

Location

7275 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33141
 

Event Types

Concert or PerformancePerforming & Visual ArtsTheatre
 

Event Category

FLMiami

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