During the heat of summer (held on the third weekend in July), artists and festival goers converge on Davis Square, transforming it into one of the area’s largest and most innovative arts festivals. Each year we develop a theme that serves as a launching point for artists and the community to express themselves. This year’s … Continued
Come celebrate the globally inspired projects of dance artist Wendy Jehlen and visual artist Basil El Halwagy. See what we do and share in where we’re going! *Enjoy live performance, video, and installation elements from Wendy and Basil’s collaborations, including The Fine Art Suerheroes. *Hear about new portfolio works from basil el halwagy | creative … Continued
With its passionate choreography, spine-tingling swordsmanship, and celebrated score by Sergei Prokofiev, this colorful and emotional retelling of Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet has packed houses around the world. Helgi Tomasson’s bravura interpretation of the Bard’s greatest tragedy “lifts Shakespeare’s complex and familiar language off the gilded pages and translates it into lucid classical choreography that … Continued
A summer smash in Paris, Rome, Madrid, Istanbul, Montreal and Moscow, Cuisine & Confessions, the latest from the world-famous circus The 7 Fingers, celebrates its U.S. premiere with a strictly-limited engagement in Boston this summer. This time you are invited into their kitchen for a multi-sensory marvel. As in their previous Boston appearances (Traces, Sequence … Continued
Ballet Hispánico will “whisk us away to contemporary dance’s hottest spot” (Washington Post) in this imaginative and theatrical showcase of Latin-inspired dancing at its best. In Club Havana, the intoxicating rhythms of the conga, rumba, mambo, and cha cha are brought to life by choreographer Pedro Ruiz, himself a native of Cuba. Hailed as a “masterpiece” … Continued
Spoken word, modern, and hip hop dance presented by Anna Meyer July 28 at Ramsay Park in Roxbury July 30 at Franklin Field in Dorchester
Pop up Elotes Cart celebration and sculpture/dance workshops Dancing Elotes is a tribute to life and joyful youthful spirits. This project will include a bike-cart selling elotes, traditionally prepared corn served on the street in Mexico, as a literal and conceptual vehicle for cross-cultural culinary, dance and sculptural experiences at the East Boston Farmers Market. … Continued
Puerto Rican music and dance in Jamaica Plain
BoSoma Dance Company is excited to bring their unique brand of dance to Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA this summer! Come experience the intensity and passion of the BoSoma dancers as they bring to the stage an inspiring display of technical dance and dynamic movement. The performance will include classic BoSoma pieces from recent years being performed for … Continued
Known for reinvigorating the street-dance community in Philadelphia, Raphael Xavier is an alumnus of the groundbreaking hip-hop dance company Rennie Harris Puremovement and a recent recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship. After break-dancing for 32 years, he presents a new work, Point of Interest, that challenges the highly physical art form and the viewer’s perception of … Continued