China Arts and Entertainment Group will present the Boston Debut of the China National Opera & Dance Drama Theater in a new production of Princess Zhaojun. Direct from China, the production brings back to life the real story of one of China’s most important heroines Wang Zhaojun who sacrifices her comfortable palace life to maintain … Continued
Since September 2018, we have held a series of community meetings with the goal of hearing directly from you – whether you teach, dance, perform, or attend performances here. The Dance Complex is many things to many people, and through these meetings, we have sought to learn how we can take our next deep step … Continued
Join us for a film presentation of short experimental dances created specifically for the camera. The films collected here represent a diversity of cultural backgrounds and artistic languages; and though all are concerned with the capture of the moving body within the moving frame, each does so in its own unique way – crafting worlds … Continued
Connections Dance Theater explores “Ansel Adams in Our Time.” The group choreographs visceral dance that interprets American sociopolitical landscapes and is currently participating in the Boston Dance Makers Residency where they are developing Hot Water over Raised Fists, an evening-long moving art installation inspired by the protests against water contamination at Standing Rock and Flint, … Continued
David Leventhal will speak about the development and theory behind Dance for PD during this interactive lecture! David Leventhal is a founding teacher and program director for Dance for PD®, a program of the Mark Morris Dance Group used as a model for classes in more than 300 communities in 25 countries. He leads classes … Continued
The Complex Quartet (+ Guests) presents At the Pace of Dawn—A Climate Change Trilogy Choreography and direction by Lynn E. Frederiksen Music composed and performed by Liza Kitchell and Mark Chenevert In collaboration and performance with Paul Kafka-Gibbons, Amanda Ng Yann Chwen, and Josephine Schneider And other dances including: IJ Chan performing “Night Kitchen” choreographed … Continued
“The Roxbury Center for the Performing Arts production of SANKOFA celebrates the rich history of the people of the African diaspora and brings you on a journey from the African kingdoms, through the Middle Passage, the cotton fields, to Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Movement, social justice, the election of President Obama and recent successes in … Continued
Ipswich Moving Company premiers Point of Departure February 8-10th at Ipswich Moving Company Studio. Noted visual artist, Peggy Badenhausen, created a series of Monotypes influenced by Dance Notation (Labanotation). These Monotypes became the inspiration for Ipswich Moving Company’s latest new dances entitled, Point of Departure. Artistic Director/Choreographer, Janet Taisey Craft and Badenhausen began their collaboration … Continued
Festival Ballet Providence presents three striking ballets including Viktor Plotnikov’s gripping dance-drama Coma, the RI premiere of Balanchine’s sumptuous Serenade, and Yury Yanowsky’s apocalyptic Smoke & Mirrors. Plotnikov, FBP’s Resident Choreographer, was inspired to create Coma after seeing Michael Crichton’s 1978 sci-fi film. From its opening tableau — suspended bodies float and sway — to … Continued
Alessandro Sciarroni returns to the ICA for an intimate, singular performance experience. In don’t be frightened of turning the page, Sciarroni performs a dance of duration, repeatedly rotating for the entire length of his solo. Through variations in speed and velocity, Sciarroni creates a kind of hypnotic link between the performer and the viewer.