Miami-based Pioneer Winter, who is Recognized in Dance Magazine’s 25 to Watch, is one of the most creative and original choreographers in contemporary dance theater today in the US.   He is the Artistic Director of the Pioneer Winter Collective, an intergenerational and physically integrated dance-theater company, rooted in social practice and community, queer visibility and beauty beyond the mainstream.

Following its commission and premiere by the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in September 2021, Winter has further developed BIRDS OF PARADISE and the company will now perform the next chapter in this series, which explores how in the process of finding our flock, we find ourselves.

Birds of Paradise is iridescent and effortful. It is a provocative, immersive piece perched between fight and flight. Featuring film, installation, and live dance performance, this new work is developed in collaboration with the performers, the White Elephant Group media company, sound artist Juraj Kojš and costume designer Chaplin Tyler.

The piece confronts our notions of dance by exploring movement with people of varied physical ability, body type, gender identity, race, ethnicity, and experiences. This radical assemblage of birds living in our paradise will challenge us to explore our own humanity.

May 13th - May 14th
Miami-Dade County Auditorium
2901 West Flagler Street
Miami, FL 33135