Boston Dance Alliance is delighted to welcome two new members to our Board of Directors! Karen Krolak is a Boston based choreographer, performer, teacher, presenter, costume designer, and writer. Since 2000, she has been the Founder/Artistic Director of Monkeyhouse. Her choreography has been featured in dance concerts, site-specific works, plays, musicals, performance art pieces, films and gallery installations. Krolak’s … Continued
Somerville Arts Council announces the ArtAssembled Residency Programsupporting dancers, theater, and multimedia performance artists who need both space and technical assistance. ArtAssembled Residency Program awards artists with space, a small stipend, and other resources to support projects with the potential end goal of a public performance in Somerville. Available residency must culminate by June 15, 2022, and each … Continued
All December long head over to the Somerville Theatre to see The Slutcracker, a parody of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker. Watch the diverse cast present their own unique version of the show, that changes year to year based on who participates. Not comfortable going to the theatre? The Slutcracker: The Movie is also available to rent! … Continued
Congratulations to the dance artists and dance-focused arts administrators who will be members of the National Arts Strategies’ 2021-2022 Creative Community Fellows: New England Cohort. Thanks to funding from the Barr Foundation, they will participate in a ten month fellowship designed to help them embrace their capacities for authentic leadership, examine partnerships and strategies, and strengthen … Continued
Congratulations to recipients of NEFA’s New England Dance Fund grants! Alexandria Nunweiler Kat Nasti Dance ali kenner brodsky & co Kimberleigh Holman, Luminarium Dance Andrea Muñiz Kristin Wagner ANIKAYA … Continued
UMass/Amherst Fine Arts Center convenes Codemakers: White Snake Project and Final Bow for Yellowface, a conversation among artists working in a campaign to end negative depictions of Asians in the dance world and lift up Asian American choreographers and dancers. The conversation happens online Monday, November 15 at 7:30 PM The Front Porch Arts Collective is launching … Continued
Congratulations to Boston’s new mayor – Michelle Wu! “We’re building a City Hall that looks like us, shares our stories & speaks our languages. Our administration’s transition is now underway—head to the link in bio to visit our new website, learn how to indicate interest in joining the Wu administration, and submit your feedback and priorities!” … Continued
Abilities Dance is partnering with Amplifier Projects at the Gardner Museums to highlight change-makers working towards social justice through the arts. They will present and discuss a commissioned film in response to the Gardner’s special exhibition Titian: Women, Myth & Power. Calderwood Hall, Thursday, November 4, 7 PM Join the Jubilee! A fun band of roving rabble … Continued
Congratulations to the BIPOC dance organizations receiving support from theBarr Foundation’s new Powering Cultural Futures Initiative. Abilities Dance Boston, Boston Angkor Dance Troupe, Lowell Danza Orgánica, Boston Jean Appolon Expressions, Cambridge Wolf Brown’s Audience Outlook Monitor study, which in Boston is being conducted in partnership with Arts/Boston, continues to report how pandemic concerns are playing out in … Continued
Monkeyhouse has announced its 2021 Rehearsal Space Grants to six artists. Funded by the Somerville Arts Council’s ArtAssembled art space initiative, BDA is especially excited to note that three of the artists selected have been participating in our year-long initiative on dance and disability. Congratulations Anjali Nath (@anjnath), Angelina Benitez (@shemovesandmakes), Cassandre Charles (@inspired_model_behavior), John Ying (@yingmoves), Nicole Zizzi (@nezizzi) … Continued