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Shortly after Adriana Pierce joined Miami City Ballet, someone watched her train and made an assessment: “Is Adriana a lesbian? Because she looks like one.” The comment propelled Pierce into exacting self-scrutiny: “I was like, does my dancing look gay? Do I look different? I
am different – is that OK?”
Pierce, who left the company after seven seasons to focus on choreography and musical theatre, has rarely felt represented as a queer woman in the ballet world but with her new movement, #QueertheBallet, she hopes to inspire change. Her first project is a pas de deux en pointe choreographed on the American Ballet Theatre dancers Remy Young and Sierra Armstrong, which she is developing during a dance residency at the Bridge Street theatre in Catskill, New York. “I want to show people an authentic, complex relationship between two women through ballet,” Pierce explains. “I want people to see that ballet can be more than a ma
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The Bookleggers Library was one of nine nonprofit beneficiaries of a $2.2 million investment by the Knight Foundation. Its staff includes, from left, Robert Colom, founder Nathaniel Sandler and Laura Monzon.
Nathaniel Sandler founded Bookleggers in 2012 out of his Miami Beach apartment, with the dream of opening his own public library.
His mission: To use books as a way of building community.
Since growing out of its original home space, the Bookleggers Library had a few incarnations, moving to Mana Contemporary Miami in 2018, then to its current home at Wynwood’s Bakehouse Art Complex in 2020. These moves allowed Sandler to host ever-expanding community gatherings.
This is a roundup of current and upcoming virtual calendar events available in South Florida; includes family, community, entertainment, social and holiday activities.
Calendar: Virtual community, entertainment events beginning Jan. 13
Sun Sentinel 1/11/2021 Mary Lou Cruz, South Florida Sun Sentinel
This is a list of reader-submitted opportunities to learn, take classes, stroll through galleries and museums or have front-row seats to experience some great performances from the convenience and comfort of your own home. All programs and activities are subject to change.
Reflections of South Florida, 6:30-8 p.m. Jan. 13. Presented by local chapter of Women’s National Book Association. Virtual on Zoom from Delray Beach. 561-569-2625. southflorida.wnba-books.org/events. Free.
Wellington Art Society to Feature Artist Laurie Snow Hein, 7-8 p.m. Jan. 13. RSVP via email for the link to attend this virtual monthly meeting. Contact Laura Jaffe at presidentofwas@gmail.com or Leslie Pfeiffer at mysticway1@bellsouth.net See more info at wellingtonartsociety.org. Free.