Dancing Into the Spring Holiday Season

The BDA Gala Online Auction is NOW OPEN!

Bid now on exciting items and experiences including an exclusive wine tasting, museum passes, personal training and PT sessions, and more!!And keep an eye out, as more items will be added over the next month!

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BDA’s New Class Finder is a Searchable Database! 
BDA has compiled over 80 dance studios and individual teachers not affiliated with a studio into an easy to navigate database. Search by location to find the studios and teachers in your area! This system is equitable, inclusive, and with links to class schedules, will stay up to date as things reopen.If you are a studio owner or independent teacher and are not yet included in the database, or if you would like to change/correct the listed information, please reach out to info@bostondancealliance.org

This is another unique, free service BDA offers to our community!
Your membership support makes it possible.
Join Brandeis University for a free, one-night-only live performance of My Me and My Soul by multimedia artist Raida Adon. In conjunction with the Displaced: Raida Adon’s Strangeness, the artist’s first solo museum show outside of Israel, the show mixes animation with choreographed live performance, offering a poetic response to the experiences of war, trauma, human fragility, resilience, and hope. Wednesday, April 13 at 7PM.
goodTHANGpassing is back! THANG FLUFFY MATZAH BALL EDITION brings dance, music, and poetry to Somerville’s Armory twice a year. Join a medley of exciting artists as they premiere new works that draw on music played on invented and conventional instruments and mix performance art, WWI letters, and poetry with dance. Friday, April 15 from 10AM to 4PM
Attend an Evening of Jazz & Tap with Ayan Imai-Hall & Friends at the Dance Hall in Kittery, Maine, Friday, April 15 at 7:30PM
ICA/Boston presents A.I.M by Kyle Abraham. See this noted company perform three evocative works including Our Indigo: If We Were a Love Song, The Quiet Dance, and Studies on a Farewell. Friday, April 15 at 8PM, Saturday, April 16 at 8PM, and Sunday April 17 at 2PM.

Dancing Through It – Expressions of Movement From the Pandemic

Cambridge Dance Complex – Kendall Square/Complex @ Canal, on Sunday, April 24, 3 – 4:30 PM

Dancing Through It – Expressions of Movement From the Pandemic,hosted by Celebrity Series of Boston, is a pre-event gathering for the upcoming production of Alvin Ailey, scheduled for April 28 – May 1, 2022 at the Boch Center Wang Theater in Boston. Celebrity Series of Boston is inviting 8 local dance community members to share their stories through dance, spoken word, poetry and video at the Cambridge Dance Complex – Kendall Square/Complex @ Canal, on Sunday, April 24, 3 – 4:30 PM. The pandemic has changed our lives in so many ways. Boston area dancers, like many artists and Ailey dancers, have used their art form to cope through the long months of the COVID lock-down. Dancers created new work and perfected old moves, and adjusted to a digital space holding rehearsals, lessons and workshops on Facebook live and Zoom. Yet, they remained through their works as they moved through a devastating time that has been transformative for many. Shaumba-Yandje Dibinga, Founding Artistic Director, OrigiNation Cultural Arts Center is the Emcee for this special event. Collaborating partners include Boston Dance Alliance, OrigiNation Cultural Arts Center, and Cambridge Dance Complex.

PRESENTATION FORMAT – Eight dancers will be selected to perform from the applications submitted. Format for the performance include dance, spoken word, poetry, or video.

DEADLINE TO APPLYFriday, April 15, 2022. Dancers will be selected by Monday, April 18th.

HONORARIUM – Selected dancers will receive an honorarium of $100.00

TECH STUFF – Each performer will have up to 5 minutes to perform. Performance can be in the form of dance, spoken word, or a video submission. If you are presenting a video, we need to receive video content from you via MP4 received by NOON on Friday, April 23, 2022. Any questions, contact Johannah@thewilliamsagency.net

 

 

  • Peter DiMuro/Public Displays of Motion seeks  in-person performers for QUEER CABARETS presented  4 evenings during Pride Month June 16- 19, 2022 in collaboration with the Central Square Theater.

 

  • Looking for a memorable summer experience? Jacob’s Pillow seeks a Box Office Manager and Assistant Box Office Manager for full-time, seasonal positions. The box office staff are responsible for box office operations, working with other staff and interns, and enlightening patrons on Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. Check the details on their website  here.

 

 

 

Watch Cristian Cerezo y Wilson Muñoz compete to win 3rd place in the Festival Internacional de Tango Medellín 2021!

 

Remember to register now for the BDA Gala 2022! Early Bird discounts end after Friday April 15th!! 

Dancers who would like their ticket to be sponsored by generous donors from our community should fill out this form. We will try to accommodate as many people as possible.

May those who celebrate Easter, Passover, or other spring festivals this coming weekend find them full of blessings!

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Debra Cash, Executive Director