At Miami Theater Center, collaboration is in our DNA. When artists share space, ideas grow bigger, and communities grow stronger. That’s why we’re proud to have Miami Light Project living under our roof. Having Miami Light Project in residence means our building hums with creativity every day, benefiting Miami Shores and the broader Miami-Dade community.
This January, alongside the Miami Jewish Film Festival, we also partnered with Miami Light Project on their ScreenDance Miami education program. We welcomed high school dance students from across the county, including North Miami Senior High School and New World School of the Arts, and bused them to MTC for a curated screening of exceptional dance on film from around the world.
For many, it was their first chance to experience choreography created specifically for the camera. ScreenDance Miami highlights choreographers and directors pushing the boundaries of movement on film. The festival supports dance created for the lens and gives audiences a front-row seat to this adventurous art form. Students quickly realized that dance on camera isn’t just a filmed stage performance. Editing, framing, setting, and perspective become part of the choreography itself. It challenged everything they thought they knew about modern and contemporary dance.
After the screening, featured artists Lisa Kusanagi and local dancer/filmmaker Osmani Tellez led an interactive workshop. Students moved, experimented, and explored how intention shifts when the camera becomes your audience. They asked thoughtful questions, collaborated with peers from other schools, and expanded their artistic vocabulary in real time. Watching these young dancers connect and create inside our theater reminded us why partnerships like this matter. MTC brings our commitment to arts education and community access. Miami Light Project brings decades of experience commissioning and presenting bold contemporary performance. Together, we create opportunities neither organization could achieve alone.
That spirit continues this spring. On April 24 and 25, 2026, Miami Light Project will present Adele Myers and Dancers: a world gone FABULOUS at MTC. Led by Artistic Director Adele Myers, this nationally recognized Miami-based company blends robust athleticism with personal theatricality and wit. Myers calls her performers “athletes of the heart,” and their work dives into what we cherish and what we wish for as we imagine a better future. With Miami Light Project as lead commissioning partner and collaborators like Opening Nights at Florida State University, this world-class work is being developed and premiered right here in Miami Shores. For tickets, visit miamilightproject.com.
And don’t miss our MTC Spotlight Kids after-school productions of Shrek Jr. and Annie Jr. on May 14, 15, 29, and 30. These young artists have worked all year under the amazing guidance of Ms. Amy Siama to create performances that are pure joy to watch. For tickets, visit mtcmiami.org.
We love collaborations because they fill our theater with possibility. When organizations share space and vision, the entire community benefits!
