MIDDAY Movement Series, a near decade-old grassroots dance initiative, presents the inaugural Rough Drafts Showcase, an informal showing of six contemporary choreographers’ works-in-progress. Rough Drafts is a program aiming to support early- and mid-career contemporary choreographers to deepen their relationship to their choreography; communicate more effectively with dancers, collaborators, and audiences; and fuel longer incubation … Continued
MetaMovements returns to Assembly Row for another summer filled Dancing On The Row: Latin Dance in ASL! Free! Outdoors! Every other Friday starting June 28th! (6/28, 7/12, 7/26, 8/9, 8/23 & 9/6) 6pm-8:30pm! Assembly Row East, (near Smoke Shop BBQ) on green space 375 Assembly Row, Somerville, MA 02145 All Ages & All Abilities welcome! … Continued
Thanks to our partners at Burlington Mall, MetaMovements returns to Sunset Salsa @ The Park at Burlington Mall with performances, Salsa dance lessons, music corner, animaciones/follow alongs, and social dancing! Burlington Mall’s outside green space, The Park, is centrally located on Mall Road outside of Fogo de Chao (3rd Entrance off Middlesex Turnpike). Free! Outdoors! … Continued
FEATURED ARTISTS: Mestre Deraldo Ferreira (Centro Esportivo de Capoeira Angola – Boston) Vayu Kieta “The Kracken” (Floor Lords) Hosted in partnership with The Dance Complex, A Trike Called Funk’s “Juxtaposed Flows” is a mini-series of events designed to bring together members of the local street / club dance scene with those from the internationally rooted … Continued
Tiny Fest brings you big talent from the Greater Boston and Worcester areas – from music to comedy, poetry to dance – sharing a tiny stage for one night only. Over the course of the evening, you’ll see some things that are familiar and many things that aren’t: ready to expand what you think live performance can be? … Continued
Thanks to their partners at Burlington Mall, MetaMovements returns to Sunset Salsa @ The Park at Burlington Mall with performances, Salsa dance lessons, music corner, animaciones/follow alongs, and social dancing! Burlington Mall’s outside green space, The Park, is centrally located on Mall Road outside of Fogo de Chao (3rd Entrance off Middlesex Turnpike). Free! Outdoors! … Continued
The third concert of this year’s FirstWorks Summer Beats concert series transports audiences to the dance floors of New York City’s Salsa scene with an electrifying performance by La Excelencia. The 12-piece Salsa Dura band is inspired by the salsa sounds of the 1970’s and the sociopolitical landscape of today. La Excelencia’s in-your-face sound and … Continued
QUITAPENAS, one word – all caps, four syllables – all claps, gives you a taste of their rhythmic contagion. This Tropical Afro-Latin combo was born under the warm California sun. They borrow aesthetics from the radical 60s, 70s and 80s. Each song echoes a remix of history and invites one to engage in the liberating … Continued
While Africa has blessed the world with many recognized female artists, Dobet Gnahoré has proven herself to be a truly special talent. Hailing from Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), she is a virtuosic singer, dancer, percussionist, and songwriter who has taken the modern Afropop sounds of her country in exciting new directions. A 2010 GRAMMY winner, … Continued
Enjoy an inspiring evening of dance on Monday, June 24th at 7:00pm under the grand tent at The Windhover Center for Performing Arts in Rockport, MA featuring Saving Grace Dance Ensemble, North Shore Dance Collaborative, Russian Ballet Academy, Miss Kelsey’s Dance Studio, Safe Haven Ballet, Speaking in Taps, Freedom in Motion, Maille Zelko, NSquared Dance … Continued