Several dance groups from Pine Manor College as well as alumni, and guest companies will perform short (5 minute) pieces. Art forms represented include jazz, self-defense, and the moving art of kung fu. Featuring dance ensemble Alum Legacy Guinyard, Carline Kirksey, Karm Syndia and Abilities Dance, ‘A’ Major Dance, CreationDance Helena Froehlich, Dangerous Brood, Sarah … Continued
Explore the role of activism in art with artist-educator Rose Pasquarello Beauchamp. Together we will trace the history of socially-engaged art as a practice in this discussion and workshop that examines the interwoven nature of dance and social justice. A community-led conversation, Martha’s Salon at the BCA was created to encourage Boston-area dance artists, choreographers, … Continued
All ages are invited to celebrate Christmas with Moscow Ballet’s company of almost 40 ballerinas and danseurs on its 25th Anniversary Tour! Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker is known for its award-winning Principal Dancers, lavish costumes in the style of the Victorian era, backdrops created by La La Land designer Carl Sprague, and Russian focus including life-sized Matryoshka Dolls, … Continued
KAIROS Dance Theater, Transformative Culture Project and NuVu Studio are working together with Heidi Latsky Dance to bring ON DISPLAY GLOBAL to Boston on Sunday, December 3, 2017 from 2:00pm to 3:30pm for International Day of Persons with Disabilities. This performance, taking place at the McCormick Gallery at the Boston Architectural College at 320 Newbury … Continued
December 1, 2017 24 hour Vigil! Medicine Wheel is an epic work of art created by Michael Dowling. Produced annually since 1992 in conjunction with World AIDS Day/ A Day With(Out) Art, “Medicine Wheel,” a 24-hour vigil with a major sculptural art installation, brings people from every walk of life and every social class together … Continued
Visionary choreographer Alonzo King actively develops bold original works with other artists from diverse disciplines and cultures. World Music/CRASHarts has commissioned Alonzo King LINES Ballet’s new collaboration with tabla virtuoso Zakir Hussain, who has composed music especially for this project and will perform the East Coast premiere on stage, with Sabir Khan playing sarangi. You … Continued
An extraordinary artist famed for her bold, powerful performances, Eva Yerbabuena maintains a riveting balance between artistic innovation and rich flamenco tradition. She performs the Boston premiere of ¡Ay! featuring dramatic solo dance accompanied by a percussionist, guitarist, violinist, and trio of male singers. Flamenco Festival 2018 begins with Ballet Flamenco Jesús Carmona on Saturday, … Continued
Celebrated flamenco dancer Jesús Carmona and his company of 10 dancers, musicians, and vocalists perform an innovative and emotionally charged program titled Impetu’s (bursting with energy), set to beloved Spanish scores by Albéniz, Riqueni, and Escudero. Flamenco Festival 2018 continues with Compañía Eva Yerbabuena on Sunday, March 11, 8pm at the Berklee Performance Center.
The award-winning pioneer of contemporary dance in Cuba, DanzAbierta performs the Boston premiere of Malson, a sharp and melancholic love letter to Havana based in a virtual world of relationships and conflict. Cuba’s bustling streets, colorful cityscapes, and blue sea come alive in film vignettes that partner with high-energy movement and original music by renowned … Continued
MONKEY DANCE is a documentary film about three teens coming of age in Lowell, Massachusetts. Children of Cambodian refugees, they inhabit a tough, working class world shadowed by their parents’ nightmares of the Khmer Rouge. Traditional Cambodian dance links them to their parents’ culture, but fast cars, hip consumerism, and good times often pull harder. … Continued