On Saturday, July 14th we shut down Davis Square for craft vendors, two stages of music, dance in the Somerville Theater, and a host of great interactive peformances from 11 am to 10 pm. This year’s ArtBeat theme is “flip”, a celebration of all things upside down, backwards and sideways. We invite artists and community members to explore … Continued
This summer choreographer Michelle Boulé will continue to research her current choreographic project The Field during her Summer Stages Dance @ ICA residency. Working with New York-based dancer Marion Spencer and a group of local dancers, Boulé will explore aesthetics and emergent forms in choreography, in relationship to the science behind traditional and contemporary healing … Continued
Boston-born choreographer Will Rawls returns to his hometown for a weeklong Summer Stages Dance @ ICA residency. While at the ICA, Rawls and his collaborators will investigate cultural violence and disappearance through movement, language, installation, and projection for his upcoming performance What Remains. Created with writer Claudia Rankine and filmmaker John Lucas, What Remains explores … Continued
This annual summer tap dance festival brings together a variety of performing artists from around the globe for its 9th knockout showcase of tap dance at its finest. ON TAP 2018 features a top-notch cast of tap dancers and musicians featuring Christopher Broughton (NY); Lisa La Touche (NY); Barbara Duffy (NY); Josh Hilberman (Belgium); Sean … Continued
LIVE MUSIC Daniel Ulbricht’s Stars of American Ballet bring together some of today’s most remarkable ballet talents. With a cast highlighting principal dancers of New York City Ballet including Sterling Hyltin, Adrian Danchig-Waring, Ask la Cour, Teresa Reichlen, and Ulbricht, this collaborative celebrates the legacy of choreographic legend Jerome Robbins with a program dedicated to … Continued
Acclaimed for dramatic expression, technical mastery, and expansive yet nuanced movement, Limón Dance Company is under the new artistic direction of Colin Connor and perpetuates the timelessness of José Limón’s work and vision. Limón Dance Company brings Limón’s Chaconne, The Moor’s Pavane, and beloved A Choreographic Offering, with special archival footage of José Limón performing … Continued
2018 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award winner Faye Driscoll returns to the Pillow for the second consecutive summer with the next installment of the Thank You For Coming trilogy. Play, described as “captivating and complex” (Portland Mercury), investigates the ritual of storytelling, focusing on the shadows, gaps, repetitions, and stutters between what we say and what … Continued
On the occasion of its 40th anniversary, world-renowned Hubbard Street Dance Chicago (HSDC) returns to Jacob’s Pillow with a diverse program featuring today’s leading contemporary choreographers including Crystal Pite and resident choreographer Alejandro Cerrudo, among others. Praised as “a near-perfect storm of movement, music, and choreography” (Los Angeles Times), HSDC brings an eclectic repertoire performed … Continued
Madrid-based Compañía Sharon Fridman makes its U.S. debut, with athletic, adventurous work rooted in contact improvisation. In a versatile program where “even the smallest movement speaks volumes” (The Coast), Compañía Sharon Fridman performs “Hasta Dónde..?” and “Free fall.” The first is a duet that has been performed over 300 times around the world and explores … Continued
LIVE MUSIC Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE performs New Conversations, a soulful, uplifting new work marked by Brown’s iconic blend of African, Caribbean, and contemporary choreography and set to Afro-Cuban jazz music by GRAMMY-Award winning musician Arturo O’Farrill, performed live by O’Farrill and jazz ensemble Resist. Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE has deeply moved audiences for over thirty years, … Continued