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Celebrating 25 years of artistic and academic excellence.
A Center of Excellence in the Visual and Performing Arts, at Miami Dade College - February 2012
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GIVE THE GIFT OF ART
Make this Valentine's Day last the whole month with New World School of the Arts,
by demonstrating your love and appreciation through the arts.
When you chose to bring your special one or significant other to an inspiring dance concert,
a stirring symphony orchestra, a thought-provoking play or perhaps to an unexpected yet highly rewarding art exhibition,
your gift will undoubtedly offer a memorable experience that will stir the senses and foster the passion for the arts.
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 THREE SISTERS GRACES STAGE AT NWSA New World School of the Arts' Silver Anniversary brings forth one of Anton Chekhov's masterpieces. Three Sisters, directed by NWSA theater faculty member Gail Garrisan, highlights the artistic talent of the college juniors and seniors. Considered a drama by the playwright himself, the play explores the complexity of human nature by looking through the lens of realism rather than sensationalism and placing particular emphasis on the mundane. Garrisan notes the significance of this production "one of the criticisms of Chekhov plays is that "nothing happens". There is no action! Perhaps. But maybe his genius is that everything happens. Just not in a way that we would expect. Sometimes, life is outrageous. Sometimes, it is dramatic. But mostly it is not." February 10, 11, 17, & 18; 7:30 PM February 12 & 19; 2:00 PM Louise O. Gerrits Theater 25 NE 2nd Street, 8th Floor, downtown Miami General admission $12 / students and seniors $5 Information at 305-237-3541 
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 BEETHOVEN'S 5TH SYMPHONY COMES TO LIFE WITH THE NWSA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. SPECIAL PRESENTATION BY RENOWNED SOPRANO, ELAINE ALVAREZ, OPENS THE EVENING
Compared to legendary soprano Maria Callas by Opera News and hailed as a "bountiful, focused and alluring bright soprano" by the Frankfurter Neue Presse, Elaine Alvarez joins the musical energy of the NWSA Symphony Orchestra to present her alma mater's annual symphony concert. In celebration of New World School of the Arts 25th Anniversary, the performance will feature a powerful rendition of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony conducted by Maestro Alfred Gershfeld and presented by more than eighty exceptional young musicians.
 Elaine Alvarez, world-renowned Cuban-American soprano and NWSA alumna will open the program with a collection of beloved arias from Mozart, Verdi and Puccini operas. The much-anticipated symphony will be followed by a private reception to honor founders and supporters who have, for more than two and half decades, demonstrated their love and commitment for NWSA.
February 16; 7:30 PM
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
1300 Biscayne Boulevard, downtown Miami
General admission $20 / students and seniors $10
Information at 305-237-7855
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 BFA DANCE CONCERT PAYS TRIBUTE TO PHENOMENAL WOMEN
As one of the most anticipated performances of the college year, "X" College BFA Dance Concert marks the most comprehensive and final project delivered by NWSA's dance aspiring graduates and this year explores and illustrates the concept of sisterhood. The class will present ten works by young female choreographers, which explore their relationship to each other and to their communities as daughters, friends, mothers, and artists. From the words of Maya Angelou's poem Phenomenal Woman to the music of Beethoven and rock band The Fall, the ten original works resonate with a heartbeat, the fire that is life, and the warmth of human connection and dislocation of loss. The 2012 BFA Dance candidates are: Kira Alvarado, Gabriella Bhatia, Patricia Carby, Veronica Cato, Maribel Cordero, Paola Escobar, Paige Henry, La'Dreauna Johnson, Pei-Rong Wu, and Andrea Ollarvide.
February 17 & 18; 7:30 PM
New World Dance Theater
25 NE 2nd Street, 8th floor, downtown, Miami
General admission, students & seniors $5
Information at 305-237-3341
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 POPULAR ONE-PERSON SHOWS OFFER YOU A SECOND CHANCE TO SUPPORT NWSA! HURRY, ONLY ONE NIGHT SPECIAL PRESENTATION If you didn't have an opportunity to catch our popular monologues this year, this is your opportunity to do so! Four one-person shows by NWSA Theater BFA candidates will present their original scripts at GableStage as a fund-raising event. All proceeds will go to New World School of the Arts to help cover the cost of sending the college senior class to New York City in May as part of their Senior Showcase, where they will perform for NYC producers and agents. The four shows are: Mary Sunshine by Ashley Chang. A quirky, fun spoof of 'performance art'. Where is the old proverbial 'hook' to get someone off the stage when you need it?! The Magical Journey of Abraham and the Moon by Luis Restrepo. A faraway land, a hero in search of his mother, a guiding moon, an iron beast, danger, magic, and adventure. This is the all-too-real story of the migrant children, as seen through magical eyes of a singular child. Oo, Mr. Corey, You Bad! by Devon Dassaw. A Baptist minister meets his congregation for the last time - and what he has to say is The Gospel Truth. Be prepared to go to church and respond to his holler! Who Are YOU? by José Ignacio Elósegui. A young man's story of all the important moments of his life and how they have shaped his identity. Middle school and high school was never this painful or funny! March 6; 7:30 PM GableStage 1200 Anastasia Avenue, Coral Gables General admission $20 / students with ID $10 Tickets at the GableStage Box Office: 305-445-1119 |
 SAVE THE DATE! 2012 RISING STARS SHOWCASE
On Friday, March 23, NWSA will showcase the talent of its high school and college students in both the performing and visual arts. The Rising Stars Showcase is a three-part celebration that begins with an exhibition of artworks by NWSA students followed by a performance of dance, music and theater and concludes with an evening gala in celebration of yet another year of academic and artistic excellence.
March 23 5:00 PM - Exhibition and Champagne reception | New World Gallery, MDC Wolfson Campus, Building 5 - Lobby, 25 NE 2nd Street, downtown Miami 7:00 PM - Performance | Gusman Center for the Performing Arts, 175 E. Flagler Street, downtown Miami 9:00 PM - 25th Anniversary Party | New World Gallery, MDC Wolfson Campus, Building 5 - 8th Floor, 25 NE 2nd Street, downtown Miami
Ticket prices range from $20 for performance only to $250 for performance and VIP reception.
To purchase VIP Tickets please contact Rafi Maldonado-Lopez by clicking on
this link or by calling 305-237-3753. CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE VIP TICKETS
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 DO TOUCH! In collaboration with MDC's ACCESS-MEED Center, New World School of the Arts is currently presenting a ceramics exhibition designed specifically for low vision and visually challenged students and arts enthusiasts. Conceived by Susan Miller, sign language interpreter at the MEED Center and gallery curator, and led by NWSA ceramics faculty Susan Banks, DO TOUCH a tactile exhibition, is comprised of more than two dozen wall-hung and free standing sculptures that offer a compelling design for the visually challenged. The forms and themes for this body of work has been created keeping in mind the highly specific audience, in order to present an exhibition that is understandable by touch alone. With titles such as Mr. Bumps, Freedom, and In Search of Lost Time, among others, each piece offers rich textural changes that are both, visually and tactualy pleasing. Valuable components of the show are the corresponding label in braille and the audio tours conducted by Access-Meed Center staff. On view through April 14 ACCESS-MEED Center - William Berger Gallery Miami Dade College, Wolfson Campus, Building One 300 NE 2nd Avenue, downtown Miami
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 NWSA ALUMNI GARNER IMPRESSIVE REVIEWS
Theater alumni Gladys Ramirez and Betsy Graver received notable reviews in the Wall Street Journal for their stellar performance in The Motherf**ker With the Hat - hailed by the WSJ as "the best new play in 2011." Ethan Henry, who plays the role originated by Chris Rock in the original Broadway cast, is currently an adjunct faculty member in the NWSA theater division. The Motherf**ker With the Hat runs through February 5 at the GableStage Theater - Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables.
Full Wall Street Journal review
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 RECORD NWSA YOUNGARTS FINALISTS BRING FORTH THREE PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLAR NOMINATIONS
With a total of seventeen YoungArts recognitions this year, New World School of the Arts talent was well represented among the select group of young artists. Of the six finalists, three came from the NWSA award-winning music program while the remaining three represented Theater and Visual Arts. The gifted students were Tony Madruga, Jazz; Anna Litvinenko, Music; Jaylon Ballard, Voice; Kelly Kessell, Voice; Brandon Flyn, Theater; and Jessica Suhr, Visual Arts. Sabrina Granados, also a visual artist, received an honorable mention. In addition, eleven NWSA students received merit awards.
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FASCINATING FACULTY FACTS
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THE LOVE SICK MAC: [a poem by David Kwiat]
I long so to interface with your Microsoft touch again.
I would offer you mega bytes, if only I could.
You have reduced me to an obsolete 5" floppy
when once my expandable hard drive was the talk of every modem.
Once you scanned a high-resolution 3D color picture of me
forever to be kept in your internal memory.
Little did I process that you would one day purge me like one of
your viruses forever to be booted out and dumped in the trash.
I swear, my cursor will follow you to the four corners of your
screen, I will look inside your Windows and scroll,
until I can coax a soft return from you.
. . . . and that's not just AppleTalk®.
 David Kwiat has been a professor in the Theater Division at New World School of the Arts since 1989. He is the recipient of an Endowed Teaching Chair and his many performances in South Florida have earned him two Carbonell Awards: "Best Actor" and "Best Supporting Actor." David authored John Barrymore: Confessions of an Actor, which he has performed at the Edinburgh International Theatre Festival, The King's Head Theatre in London and throughout the United States. He also penned A Traveler in Residence - a collection of poems from which this one was borrowed.
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 THANK YOU, NEW WORLD SCHOOL OF THE ARTS SUPPORTERS
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THREE GREAT PARTNERS. ONE GREAT CONSERVATORY
New World School of the Arts was created by the Florida Legislature as a Center of Excellence in the visual and the performing arts. An educational partnership of Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Miami Dade College and the University of Florida.
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Written, edited and produced by the NWSA Marketing and Communications Department |
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Maria M. Flores Director of Marketing and Communications mflores1@mdc.edu
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