Miami Transfer ~ The new opera

The Miami Transfer Project was initially inspired by the seminal Manhattan Transfer novel by John Dos Passos and its intersection with the language and the subjects of his contemporary Edward Hopper. As in its counterpart, Miami Transfer was to exult a city that had come of age. The work, celebrating the variegated lives of our city and Miami’s unique landscape, was to explore timeless subjects such as love and friendship, as well as contemporary themes such as alienation, immigration, and mental illness -within the existential encounters and dis-encounters of modern urban life. The artistic language was to combine dance, cinematographic elements, and performance art, emphasizing the wisdom of the body, and exploring the intersections of the art forms along a common expressive thread. The characters were to inhabit Hopper-like spaces with a Miami twist developed by contemporary Venezuelan sculptor Xiomara Ponce, and virtual scenographer Jacqueline Solórzano.

Since both Dos Passos…