Tense Vagina: an actual diagnosis is about motherhood- its beauty, challenges, isolation, comedy and influence on the human experience. This hour-long evening-length solo uses humor, movement, sounds, songs, text and audience participation to reveal all that is awesome and all that sucks when it comes to being a mother. Tense Vagina focuses on the seldom-discussed … Continued
SOLA is an evening of solo dances choreographed for and by women. Curated by University of South Florida assistant professor Andee Scott, the concert showcases the work of female dance artists from around the country, with Elizabeth Weil Bergmann, Amy Chavasse, Tzveta Kassabova, Bliss Kohlmyer, Pamela Pietro, and Andee Scott performing self-choreographed work, and Mary … Continued
Overdoses, gossip queens, long lost friends, prostitution, mental illness, lovers, backstabbing, drug addicts… recovery. This is Treatment, a new urban musical about a group of women living together at a long term, residential treatment facility for substance abuse. Described as a “drama filled, emotional rollercoaster,” Addison’s new musical allows us to enter the world of … Continued
From the Paris Opera Ballet. At the beginning of the last century, Serge Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes shook conventions and threw open the door to modernity, initiating a collaboration between painters, musicians and choreographers of the avant-garde. The artistic elite of the era was brought together under one breathtaking playbill: Debussy, Stravinsky, Falla, Picasso, Bakst, Massine, Nijinsky, Fokine… And … Continued
DANCE TALK AMONG TOWNS is an informal get together for Pentacle’s visiting artists and our own area community. Last year, we chatted about dance life and where the grass ( money, opportunity….) seems greener based on the multiple cities and towns working artists come from. We’ll have a few snacks, a starting question or two – … Continued
A spectacle in three acts, choreographer Yanira Castro’s Court/Garden takes as its inspiration the imperial ballets of Louis XIV’s court, the spectatorship of the proscenium stage, and the presentation of video feeds. Each act is staged within a specific audience/performer relationship, shifting the experience to ask, Who is the court? Who will be king for … Continued
Boston-based modern dance company Grant Jacoby & Dancers is presenting its third annual concert! It will include five works choreographed by artistic director Grant Jacoby, including an excerpt of “Her name was Frances Gumm,” “Bros (a new work in progress),” and the premiere of “bitte, or before we were birds.” The concert will also feature pieces … Continued
Experience an evening of bharatanatyam dance with carnatic vocals by T.M. Krishna.
REBEL is an evening of modern dance that explores the theme of rebellion throughout human history. Our movement draws inspiration from numerous historical and psychological examples, from women’s suffrage to teenage revolt. But REBEL isn’t your typical dance performance – become part of the show through your phone! Your vote controls the choreography in … Continued
Boston Contemporary Dance Festival was established in 2012 and brings a diverse array of contemporary dance artists together from across the United States, inviting the greater Boston community to experience this art form at its finest. Participants and audience members are invited to meet and mingle with critics, producers, photographers, and leaders in the national … Continued