Tchaikovsky and Duke Ellington. Hip-hop and ballet. Urban Nutcracker is a classic holiday treat with an inner city twist! A true Boston story, local dance legend Tony Williams re-imagined the classic holiday tale to become a Boston inner-city story with a neon-buzz, blending the rhythms of Duke Ellington with the classical music of Tchaikovsky. Annually, … Continued
THANGsgiving 2017 what: new music, poetry, dance and performative thangs THE PROGRAM: 10:00am to 5pm–performances but at noon, 7th inning stretch, music by joe brown–public participation, no special clothes or skills required. SO WE HAVE FOR YOU andrea pensado www.andreapensado.com www.sonorium.net melissa shook http://www.melissashook.com/ walter wright https://nohtv.wordpress.com/performance/egregoros/ lacey sasso https://laceysasso.com/ carla schwartz carlapoet.com Intimacy … Continued
The Shanghai Dance Theatre will make its long-awaited Boston debut with two performance of the modern ballet drama Soaring Wings: Journey of the Crested Ibis at the Boch Center Shubert Theatre, January 11-12, 2018. Telling the tale of the nearly extinct crested ibis bird, Soaring Wings traces the history of the majestic bird; from the … Continued
A lively discussion among critics from WBUR (Amy Gorel) , the Boston Globe (Ty Burr) , and The Arts Fuse (William Marx) ! Come listen and share your experiences as an artist, a reader, and a person who lives in our community.
Tap dancing is one of the great American art forms, an important expression of African American heritage and culture, but it had fallen out of favor by the mid-20th century. The arrival of these documentaries by George T. Nierenberg in the early 1980s catalyzed a revival, relaunching tap’s popularity. Featuring several legends of the form … Continued
Dance Currents Inc. is presenting a concert of nine Modern dances by famous choreographers as well as a panel following the performance discussing how Modern dance does or does not withstand the test of time. The panel consists of Boston choreographers, dancers and writers. The choreographers whose dances will be presented are a few of … Continued
Northeast School of Ballet’s Fall Series is a public performance showcasing the pre-professional students of The Conservatory at NSB. The advanced dancers, ages 13-17, will demonstrate their versatility and passion presenting classical and contemporary repertoire. The ballets on the program include the classic Swan Lake Act II and three new works by NSB faculty; Joseph … Continued
The Dance Complex hosts an evening celebrating experimentation in dance making and dance viewing. Choreographers and performers will investigate the constrictions of space and time as a means to expand choreographic structures and movement invention and ultimately how they communicate with audiences. Within the casually intimate environment of Studio 7, audiences will be immersed in … Continued
Boston Ballet’s 2017–2018 season opens with Obsidian Tear, featuring the North American premiere of Wayne McGregor’s Obsidian Tear, a co-production with The Royal Ballet of London, and a world premiere by Resident Choreographer Jorma Elo. The program includes music by two acclaimed Finnish composers, Esa-Pekka Salonen and Jean Sibelius, and will open with an orchestral … Continued
Ali Kenner Brodsky and Betsy Miller present “A+B”: a shared evening of contemporary dance. This event includes two new commissioned scores by Rhode Island musician MorganEve Swain. It’s the third joint venture between Miller and Kenner Brodsky, who presented the first “A + B” concert in 2013. The latest A+B installment showcases intimate solos and … Continued