Boston Ballet presents George Balanchine’s Coppélia, a lighthearted comedy set in a country village about a life-size dancing doll created by Doctor Coppélius. The life-like doll becomes the source of love troubles for a village couple, Swanilda and Frantz, when Frantz mistakes the doll for a real girl and becomes infatuated with it. Mayhem … Continued
JUST ADDED, extra performance on Friday March 15 at 8:30 pm. All other performances are sold out. Monica Bill Barnes & Company – last seen on the Series as the titular dancers alongside Ira Glass in 2015’s Three Acts, Two Dancers, and a Radio Host – return with Happy Hour, an immersive show that finds the cringe-worthy … Continued
Samvād is a forum for professional artists and committed practitioners of classical Indian dance and music in the Greater Boston area to meet and interact in an informal environment. Samvād aims to create a space for artists to come together to converse, evaluate and reflect. 1. Samvād is not a platform for formal performances. Participants … Continued
Innovative, transformative and daring, Salomé: Woman of Valor is the culmination of five years of work by Grammy Award-winning composer/trumpeter Frank London and poet/performer Adeena Karasick. This “spoken word opera” features live music, poetry, dance and video, that refutes misogynistic and anti-Semitic interpretations of Salome and recaptures her rightful place as a powerful revolutionary matriarch. … Continued
In a society that increasingly supports disconnection and relishes conflict, All Around + In Between hones in on the empathetic energy that can exist between beings on an emotional, spiritual, and even a physical level. Boston-based company Mystique Illusions Dance Theatre will present their third evening-length production, All Around + In Between. Director Ronnie Terrell … Continued
Perhaps the best-loved and most famous ballet the world has ever known, “Swan Lake” is a masterpiece of dance and music, rich with drama and glowing with grace. The ballet weaves together a story of young love and wicked deception against a backdrop of Tchaikovsky’s lush, passionate score, enchanting audiences around the world with its … Continued
Boston University’s Dance Theatre Group is pleased to present MOTION ART AT FITREC, an evening of multiple mediums of art. This is a collaborative site-specific performance of dancers, singers, artists, and musicians that highlights the power of overlapping forms of art. Highlighting the talent and creativity of BU students, MOTION ART AT FITREC will include: … Continued
Bayadère Suite Choreography arranged by Carlos Molina & Erica Cornejo after Marius Petipa Music by Ludwig Minkus Danced by Integrarte’s Pre-Professional students Passagio Serenata Choreography by David Sun Music by Josef Suk Danced by Morgan Brown Sanborn, Kendra Frank, Katie Judge, Christopher Phillips, Avery Saulnier de Reyes, Taryn Scott-Kolbe
Natalie Johnson Dance’s inaugural Boston performance, “Nice to Miss You” will showcase new and old company repertory. The performance will include the premier of ‘Here Now, Thereafter’ a dynamic, playful quartet created entirely on the newest company members, as well as excerpts of the original evening-length ‘AGEN’. The show will also feature works by Guest … Continued
Odissi is a classical dance from the state of Orissa in Eastern India. It has its roots in ritual temple dancing dating back to the 2nd Century BCE and brings to life the sculptures that decorate the walls of these ancient temples. ‘Udaiyavar: An Offering in Odissi Dance’ explores the concept of the Transcendent Being … Continued