The first of the 2017 Genre Specific Shared Concert series, the GSS Ballet Showcase features the Boston area’s most exciting and active ballet companies and choreographers, presenting ballet across the spectrum of the genre from classical to contemporary/modern-infused. After each performance, audiences will be invited to participate in an artist talk back, hosted by a … Continued
Mass is Leonard Bernstein’s most ambitious theater work, inspired by the Tridentine Mass of the Roman Catholic Church. Despite its adaptation of the Latin text interspersed with songs, choreographic sequences, and symphonic interludes, Mass is ecumenical in nature and cannot be categorized. Perhaps the most accurate description of the piece is “pageant.” With a large … Continued
Choreographed by Ronnie Terrell Thomas, founder and artistic Director of Mystique Illusions Dance Theatre, Hypnotic Manipulation provides a lens to explore shape-shifting and physical transformation, and examines the ability of an entity to physically transform into another being or form. Mystique Illusion Dance Theatre is a vibrant dance company, creating highly structured choreography that … Continued
Join us for our OnStage Residency Showcase featuring NEW work by Alexander Davis, Jimika Mehta, Alexandria Nunweiler, Ellen Oliver, Alyson Vilhena, OnStage | Repertory This informal event includes a pre-show reception, in-studio Showcase, and post-show Q&A with the choreographers. Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/382259942166623/
The city’s premier jazz and modern dance education program for teens presents its annual concert. The evening of jazz, tap, contemporary, and theatre dance features choreography from renowned artists performed by one of the region’s best-known youth dance companies. There will be a fundraising Champagne Reception following its closing performance on March 11. The concert … Continued
Join us online for a conversation about the Future of Dance in America with Director, Producer, Arts Activist and former NYC Ballet Principal Dancer, Damian Woetzel, and Sphinx Organization’s, President and Artistic Director, Afa Dworkin AFA DWORKIN serves as President and Artistic Director of the Sphinx Organization. Named one of Crain’s 40 Under 40 and among Musical … Continued
Where do art, politics and subversive acts collide? Finding Heaven Under Our Feet: Making Modern Dance, a feature-length documentary film, is a journey through time. Choreographer and dance historian, Dr. Jody Weber describes the roots of modern dance in the expressive dance movement of 19th century Boston, illustrating the art form’s ties to the early … Continued
From ballet to musical theatre, modern to jazz, join us for The School of Classical Ballet’s first-ever Repertory Company performance, an evening of upbeat, spirited, and contemplative dances. The School of Classical Ballet’s Repertory Company is a performance based program, giving middle school students the opportunity to work with local professional choreographers in a variety … Continued
Repercussions of the word NO reverberate around the historic walls of the Cyclorama in this site-specific installation created by Masary Studios for Boston Center for the Arts. Explore complex, emotional and visceral human reactions to denial with a dozen performers who combine light, sound and poetry in a thrilling spectacle that is the first … Continued
Galatea Fine Arts presents teXtmoVes (Karen Klein and collaborators) and Jessie Jeanne & Dancers (with Sarah Anne Stinnett) in an afternoon closing reception and performance. Works performed in the gallery space will incorporate dance, movement, poetry, and spoken word. All three rooms of the gallery will be filled with art, so there will be plenty … Continued