The Trisha Brown Dance Company continues Brown’s legacy through its Trisha Brown: In Plain Site initiative. Through this effort, the company draws on Brown’s model for reinvigorating her choreography at new sites and in new contexts. In a co-presentation by Jacob’s Pillow and the Clark, the company will present Trisha Brown: In Plain Site on … Continued
Come experience the infectious spirit of dance …learn the official National Dance Day routine at 1:30 . At 2pm the multi-cultural dance performance begins featuring the traditional rhythms of Benkadi Drum and Dance, Flamenco Boston, Irish step to Bollywood, Spirituals, Swing , Hip Hop and more!
The Ghost Festival is the first multi-disciplinary solo project by Koma. Using a mobile trailer, he creates a gallery of works meant to be both an interactive visual art installment and performance space. Koma envisions a meditative and communal space to honor the connection between past and present, and provide a home for lost … Continued
In times of struggle, women must support one another. In times of triumph, women must celebrate one another. We are bolder and stronger as a collective. This is what drives “Bodies & Choices”. This performance is centered around the theme of female empowerment. The dances will depict the full spectrum of this concept, from the … Continued
Two evenings of an interplay of image, music, sound, and movement featuring five professional dancers. Like a dream, River Spirits evokes water’s power to wash away, move, create liquid flow, support life, turn into ice, and become nature’s sparkling mirror. The piece plays with and celebrates the central place of the Assabet in the making … Continued
Cafe Raqs returns not only with some of New England’s best and brightest belly dancing stars, but with internationally touring dancer, Aaliyah Jenny! Aaliyah Jenny placed first place in the Pro Tribal Fusion category at the 2014 East Coast Classic and has performed with Sera Solstice and the Solstice Ensemble. Local dancers Namid, Mafalda, Seyyide … Continued
Originally organized by writer Eva Yaa Asantewaa, the collective Skeleton Architecture first came together to perform at Danspace Project last fall, around the theme of dance as a healing force. Inspired by the Audre Lorde essay “Poetry is Not a Luxury,” the evening was organized to “highlight the power of Black womyn within community.” Skeleton … Continued
Join us on Sunday, JULY 23rd for the next edition of the legendary SyC Social as we take it outdoors to the beautiful Piers Park in East Boston overlooking the Boston skyline. We are teaming up with ZUMIX Summer Concert Series to bring you this exciting evening of culture, music and of course dance! From … Continued
Marie Chouinard of Montréal, Canada is a “hurricane of unbridled imaginativeness” (The New York Times). Her world-renowned company makes its Jacob’s Pillow debut with original and daring works honoring two French artists: the dynamic 24 Preludes by Chopin set to 24 contrasting piano works by Frédéric Chopin, dubbed one of Chouinard’s “most refreshingly inventive works” … Continued
“Simply breathtaking” (The Globe and Mail) British artist Aakash Odedra takes the stage in the captivating solo Rising with choreography from acclaimed international artists Akram Khan, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Russell Maliphant, and Odedra himself. Guardian dance critic Judith Mackrell termed this astonishing collection of talent the “dance equivalent of a red-carpet event.” A contemporary dancer … Continued