Over the past four years, we have been living in a bizarre mashup of 1984 and a Kanye West rant. Down is up, up is down, and left is the direction you swipe a 5″x 5″ human who doesn’t immediately tickle your fancy. Fires are burning, politicians are failing, and you can get cat treats…

This free concert features the world premier work of choreographers TJ Canlon, Lindsey Faber, Jocelyn Gonzalez, Kevin Lau, and Asia Pyron. These five senior dance students each offer a unique perspective of the human experience, exploring a range of emotional life through movement with their talented casts, the dancers of The Boston Conservatory’s pre-professional B.F.A…

This curated performance series devotes itself to the art of improvisation. Artists whose collaborations and solo works celebrate live-time creation find a home here. The multidisciplinary salon highlights improvisations from the realms of movement/dance, theater, sound/music, poetry and visual art. Four or five short works get presented in an informal setting, where we celebrate the…

Choreographer Ian Berg brings his Boston-based company for a night of live music and cutting-edge tap dance work to examine the intersection of tap and jazz. We welcome you through our red stage door to find The Z stage transformed into an intimate concert club! Reserved seats at premium tables ($29) are available and remaining…

Named Best Emerging Choreographer by Dance Magazine, Caleb Teicher is known for a unique style of theatricality, humor, emotional expression, and aesthetic exploration. Composer and pianist Conrad Tao is a Lincoln Center Emerging Artist regarded as “shaping the future of classical music” (New York Magazine). Teicher and Tao, both former teenage prodigies now in their…

The Dance Complex’s CATALYSTS artists-in-residence have created work throughout the 6-month residency culminating with performances. Performances take place on Friday & Saturday evenings with residency artists appearing in rotating repertory throughout three weekends. Performances are in our fully accessible, ground-level studio 7 and run approximately one hour. CATALYSTS artists-in residence are: contemporary partnering-based duo Em…

PYDANCE presents its first full-length show, Graduation, a reflection on human development and experiences of adolescent life through the choreographic storytelling of director Asia Pyron. Graduation is a choreographic rendering of faceless, theatrical characters traveling through the world they inhabit, telling their nonlinear stories through physical expression and full body movement. Inspired by Kanye West’s…

Welcome the Year of the Rat! Throughout the weekend, explore how communities in Boston celebrate the Lunar New Year through dance, games, and art with a focus on Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese traditions. Join a variety of performances and activities with local artists.

2020 Kick Butt Kick Off Dance Party We’re putting the fun in fundraising…inviting everyone to celebrate our efforts and support the Movement Voter Fund that supports voter registration and empowers communities in battleground states. Enjoy Tempo Azul Salsa Band + Salsa Lessons Munchies + Cash Bar + Fundraising Fun!

The young peasant girl Giselle dies of a broken heart when she learns that the man she loves, Albrecht, has betrayed her. Against her own will, she joins the Wilis, vengeful spirits of jilted brides who condemn Albrecht to dance until he dies of exhaustion. In this brand-new production of Giselle, world renowned choreographer Alexei Ratmansky…