As many of us process the results of this year’s presidential election, we as artists have an important role to play in our communities, our nation, and the world. This gathering is intended to identify ways in which we can collaborate and come together as a community. Please join us on Sunday, November 27 for … Continued
A new dance installation created by Artist-in-Residence Sidra Bell and Dance Director Jill Johnson in collaboration with The Harvard Dance Project student dancers. Brooklyn-based, artistic director/choreographer of Sidra Bell Dance New York, and 2015 National Dance Project awardee, Sidra Bell has been Artist-in-Residence at the Harvard Dance Center during the Fall of 2016. She and … Continued
The performance will showcase original works by student choreographers who participated in Dance Composition I and II. These dance pieces have been created throughout the semester, under the teaching and mentoring of professors, Nicole Sao Pedro-Welch and Emily Beattie. Choreographed works of Endicott dance alumni will also be featured throughout the show.
Gumdrops & The Funny Uncle is an alternative non-Nutcracker dance/theater performance celebrating families of choice through an LGTBQ lens. In partnership with The Dance Complex and The Theater Offensive, an intergenerational cast (12 to 70 years of age, professional and community performers alike) illuminates the adapted holiday celebrations of families we’re born to and families … Continued
A witty response to the Nutcracker, David Parker and The Bang Group’s Nut/Cracked has delighted audiences for more than a decade. Nut/Cracked takes its inspiration from all corners of the dance canon, from tap riffs to en pointe ballet, by way of bubble wrap, disco, and Chinese take-out noodles (consumed en pointe!). Choreographer David Parker … Continued
Dance Prism’s production, celebrating its 34th season, is a fully staged professional production of The Nutcracker featuring lively choreography, Tchaikovsky’s beloved music, and the traditional delights of this favorite holiday tradition — falling snow, a growing Christmas tree, and a cast of 120 professional dancers and ballet students. Dance Prism’s “Nutcracker” offers an affordable family-friendly … Continued
Boston Center for the Arts hosts world-renowned choreographer Itzik Galili for a special session of Martha’s Salon. In conversation with Debra Cash, Executive Director of Boston Dance Alliance, Galili will share highlights from his remarkable career including commissions from Nederlands Dans Theater, Ballets Jazz Montreal, Batsheva Dance Company, Rambert Dance Company, knighthood for his contribution … Continued
Alive Dance Collective is proud to be presenting its first show “We Dance When Ice Gets Thin” at Green Street Studios on November 18 and 19 at 8pm. “We Dance When Ice Gets Thin” will aim to put together all of Alive’s work that helps us express when and why we dance: we dance to … Continued
Running in Stillness is a dance theater piece that delves into the human condition of being imprisoned, and how this affects people imprisoned, their families, and all of us in the community. Through a close collaboration with formerly incarcerated women and daughters of incarcerated parents, we are creating a project that sheds light on this … Continued
Art historian Dr. Robert S. Mattison highlights Rauschenberg’s powerful and long-held interest in dance and performance in a conversation capped by a performance of “Tracer,” an early collaboration between choreographer Paul Taylor and visual artist Robert Rauschenberg, who went on to become giants of dance and art. Throughout his career, Paul Taylor collaborated with visual … Continued