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DANCE NOW Boston

The Dance Complex
May 11, 2024
8:00 pm - 9:15 pm
May 12, 2024
7:00 pm - 8:15 pm
May 18, 2024
8:00 pm - 9:15 pm

DANCE NOW Boston brings together exceptional artists from New York and Boston to share the stage in two programs over two weekends at The Dance Complex. Now in its 9th season, this popular series is produced by The Bang Group’s David Parker and Jeffrey Kazin in partnership with The Dance Complex and DANCE NOW NYC. … Continued

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May 4, 2024
8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
May 5, 2024
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

aMaSSiT presents works in progress by local choreographers through pitch sessions designed to propel them further towards realizing their ambitious dance creations. The pitch session allows the artist to give more information about their aspirations for the project, and outline what they might need to bring their creation into its next phase. Join us to … Continued

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May 2, 2024
7:00 pm

To Feel the Earth, and Touch the Sky, Living the Legacy of American Modern Dance, highlights the boundary breaking figures in the evolution of American Modern Dance. Come hear how Boston dance teachers, choreographers and writers tell this continuing story.

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May 18, 2024
8:00 pm
May 19, 2024
4:00 pm

Centering on intergenerational trauma in refugee experience, “OtherWise” is a multidisciplinary production that investigates and responds to Soviet-era songs of oppression and hope. Drawing upon and interpreting the censored texts of iconic singer-songwriters, or “bards,” Bulat Okudzhava and Vladimir Vysotsky, “OtherWise” fuses dance, music, and spoken word to illuminate the sublime social power of poetic … Continued

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FirstWorks’ 20th Anniversary Celebration

The Ballroom at the Providence G
May 2, 2024
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Celebrate 20 years of FirstWorks! Mix and mingle with fellow supporters and friends over thrilling performances, drinks and small bites in our pop-up nightclub. Raise a glass to FirstWorks and raise your pulse to the passionate dance and music of flamenco legends Soledad Barrio and Noche Flamenca, plus special appearances by FirstWorks friends Becky Bass … Continued

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Members of the Senior Dance Class of 2024 proudly present their capstone projects in the Spring Dance Concert, marking the conclusion of our 40th Anniversary year of the Dance Program at Tufts University! Taking place on April 19-20 in the Jackson Dance Lab, the concert showcases original works by seven talented seniors.

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May 4, 2024
4:30 pm
May 5, 2024
4:30 pm

Join Continuum Dance Project for a free work-in-progress showing on May 4th. This event is part of a year long Artist Residency at the BU Wheelock’s Earl Center for Innovation and Learning. Rain date: May 5th.

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The New England Inspirational Dance Festival

The Amato Center for Performing Arts

Experience an inspiring evening of dance to include professional, pre-professional and youth performers! The evening, produced by Saving Grace Dance Ensemble will include other wonderful, New England based choreographers and dancers featuring Classical, Contemporary, Tap and Jazz dance.

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Hosted in partnership with The Dance Complex, A Trike Called Funk’s “Juxtaposed Flows” is a mini-series of events designed to bring together members of the local street / club dance scene with those from the internationally rooted heritage dance scene to learn from & exchange with one another in a fun & interactive format. Each … Continued

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In Between

The Dance Complex

“In Between” explores the position of being in-between two concepts through South Asian music, dance and poetry. We reflect on the binaries that can affect us in a myriad of ways: between people, places, identities, schools of thought, and arts. Through the lens of South Asian poetry that spans from centuries ago to modern thought, … Continued