Boston Ballet School’s annual Next Generation performance offers audiences a look at the future of dance. This year’s program includes the famous Peasant Pas de Deux in Giselle, Strut, a world premiere by Harvard Dance Director and choreographer Jill Johnson, George Balanchine’s Walpurgisnacht, and Jaime Sierra’s Legión. The performance includes dancers from Boston Ballet II, … Continued
Exit Dance Theatre presents its 30th Anniversary Performance This highly acclaimed dance company creates an eclectic mix of modern, contemporary and movement-theater through its trademark methods of collaboration and improvisational exploration. The show will premier eight dances created by eight different choreographers, thus giving the audience a unique and broad experience of approaches as opposed … Continued
Join us for the formal presentation of our aMaSSiT cohort’s works in progresses created this season, with special guest performances by aMaSSiT Facilitators Peter DiMuro and Aysha Upchurch, as well as aMaSSiT alumni Molly Hess and Colleen Walsh. This season’s aMaSSiT artists include: Jordan Jamil Ahmed, Meghan Carmichael, Claire Johannes, Margaret Wiss, and UnCharted Dance … Continued
A new production based on Shakespeare’s classic love story! Dance Prism premiers its original treatment of “Romeo and Juliet” and all performances will be followed by a complimentary Renaissance themed reception with the principal dancers. Group discounts and special pre-performance programs for youth groups and other organizations may be arranged. Seating is reserved; handicapped seating is … Continued
Last season, Luminarium held an open call for applications from cultural organizations across the state, from which the company would select its 2017 Cultural Community Outreach Project location (a project now in its 6th year). The winner was obvious: The Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton MA. Congratulations to Fuller Craft! Yesterday, Luminarium officially kicked off its one-week … Continued
ABOUT CATALOGUE An “intricate, almost baroque piece” is how the celebrated choreographer William Forsythe describes Catalogue (First Edition), his new piece for the DANCE ON ENSEMBLE. The idea for the duet came from an intention to highlight the special relationship, shared sensibilities, and coordinative skill set of Jill Johnson and Christopher Roman. They have collaborated closely … Continued
Please join ArtWeek Boston, the Arthur Murray Dance Centers, and the Newbury Street League in the heart of Boston for evening of dancing! Our studio will be transformed into a 1920’s Speakeasy where guests will take part in a 45 minute dance lesson full of iconic dances from the era. Once you get the Charleston, … Continued
Join Danza Orgánica as we built our new piece based on explore Puerto Rican/Caribbean identity as it pertains to Blackness and miscegenation in Puerto Rico and the Diaspora. Participants will be able to join our warm up, witness our creative process, and learn a section from our repertoire.
Fresh Dance Friday is an informal, free performance series at Green Street Street Studios. It provides local artists the opportunity to show work in progress and receive feedback, as well as a casual welcoming environment for dance audiences new and old to see new dances, ask questions and make connections. Special for ArtWeek, join us … Continued
Imagine dancing to mambo in a New York ballroom in the 1950s, during the height of this genre’s time. Eguie Castrillo, a Grammy Award winning timbalero and his 18-piece big band will take you there, with space to dance the night away. This world-class musician’s infectious rhythms and electrifying performance has entertained audiences from around … Continued