In 1979, at the age of 71, Ethel Merman recorded her last studio album before her death. “The Ethel Merman Disco Album” exists as a centerpiece of gay camp culture that raises questions of artistic integrity, the commercialization of queer culture, and gay male/straight female relationships. According to some VERY credible and rigorous research, there … Continued
Gender free dancing is the theme of LCFD dance camps. Our main focus is Contra dancing, but we regularly supplement the program with English Country dancing and occasionally have some other form of folk dancing. Dancing is pretty much non-stop, with meal and sleeping breaks. The program is organized as a single main track, with part time alternate tracks … Continued
In this dance/theater performance based on her experience growing up with a learning disability, Vermont dancer, choreographer and spoken word artist Lida Winfield shares the gifts and heartache that accompanied her struggle to learn to read – which did not occur until her early twenties. The evening includes a discussion with Lida Winfield immeidately following … Continued
“Are You Buying?” is a new theatrical dance performance by Somerville-based artist Catherine Siller. A fashion mannequin in a Downtown Boston storefront dreams she has it all, traveling back in time through fashion and beauty advertisements from the 1920s to today. Initially thrilled to constantly reinvent herself, she ultimately realizes she’s caught in a loop … Continued
Visit a new exhibition, Step Back: Seeing Ballet’s Future in the Past, based on Harvard’s remarkable Sergeyev collection. This exhibit celebrates the bicentenary of Marius Petipa’s birth. Petipa (1818–1910) came to Russia in 1847, and spent the rest of his career at the Maryinsky Imperial Ballet. He created more than 50 ballets, Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, and The Sleeping … Continued
Please join us for the premiere screening of “Deviation, Twice Removed,” a short contemporary dance film inspired by research into the concept of genetic memory. A collaboration between choreographer Erin McNulty, filmmakers Chris Di Nunzio and Skip Shea, and musician Josh Knowles, the film was shot in the Madame Sherri Forest of NH as a … Continued
A singer-songwriter and drummer influenced by pop, African music, and French rock, Martin Tamisier’s music is shaped by his love for the meaning and power of words. Dancer/choreographer John Chin also performs. There is no place better to be in Boston on summer Thursdays than the ICA. Take a seat on the Harborwalk as up-and-coming … Continued
Dance/NYC is pleased to join with Buglisi Dance Theatre and all of its professional colleagues and friends from the NYC dance community in realizing the eighth annual 9/11 Table of Silence Project, a performance ritual for peace at Lincoln Center on Tuesday, September 11, 8:15 a.m. Since 2011, several hundred thousand people across all 50 states … Continued
With four female resident choreographers—Brenda Way, KT Nelson, Kimi Okada, and Kate Weare—this contemporary dance company is widely recognized for its rigorous technique, full-throttle partnering, interdisciplinary collaboration, and musical commissions. San Francisco-based ODC/Dance began as a collective at Oberlin College in 1971 and has since transformed and relocated to become one of the most active … Continued
Join Evolve Dyanmicz as they put on an evening-length work to the Roberto Cacciapaglia’s album Quarto Tempo. The evening will include choreography by co-founders and artistic directors of Evolve Dynamicz Lisa Costello and Nicole Zizzi as well as works by Mackenzie Ferraro,Kaylee Mahan, and Samantha Nunes. This event is part of the Onstage Summer Performance … Continued