Miami City Ballet "Diamonds"

Ballet Gamonet presents Divine Choreography of Contemporary Dance in Program I

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Miami-Dade: Gusman Center for the Performing Arts, 174 East Flagler Street, Downtown Miami, October 26-27, Friday 8pm, Saturday 2pm & 8pm
Broward: Bailey Concert Hall, 3501 SW Davie Rd., Davie, October 20-21, Saturday 8 pm, Sunday 3pm

Jimmy Gamonet, internationally acclaimed, Gold Medal award winning, modern ballet choreographer has formed his own Miami dance company, which will open its third successful season this Fall. 

Gamonet has received international recognition for ballet choreography "whose excellence extends the aesthetic boundaries" of modern dance.

Program I presents an exciting program with a world premiere by Jerry Opdenaker, and encore performance of Gamonet favorites, ""Pan Nuit Suite" and "Transtangos."

"Pan Nuit Suite" is a series of festive dances set to music from Gounod's opera, "Faust." This neoclassical ballet is airy and feminine, yet beneath pretty displays of Pan and Nymphs convorting, Gamonet's choreography demands steely strength and perfection of form by its dancers.  Andres Felipe Figueroa effortlessly and beautifully partnered a divine Hiroko Sakakibara in the Adagio of this Suite.

"Transtangos," set to the music of Piazzola, is a Latin-inspired favorite that creates excitement by wedding contemporary Ballet and sexy Tango.  This modern set showcased the beautifully expressive dancing of Prima ballerina Illiana Lopez and the entire Ballet Gamonet company. 

"Pinch me, I must be dreaming we're in New York," I murmured to Tony as the audience's attention was riveted by Opdenaker's complicated and fluid choreography of dancers twirling and coming together in unexpected ways across the stage.  "Bailame" is fascinating and probably a work of genius, that is worthwhile seeing a second time, if only to understand what Opdenaker described as "the story of each dancer as it is revealed." 

Delighted viewers gave Jimmy Gamonet, Opdenaker and Ballet Gamonet a standing ovation.

Liz & Tony guarantee you will be astonished and delighted with Ballet Gamonet dance performances this 2007-2008 Season.

For "magical photographs" of Ballet Gamonet's past performances please click on these links:
 
http://www.magicalphotos.com/BalletGamonetSeason1_2005-2006

http://www.magicalphotos.com/BalletGamonetSeason2_2006-2007

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