Pro/Motion Archive

Great News on Grants Congratulations to the members of our dance community who received unrestricted Covid relief funds recognizing their roles as “cultural anchors in Greater Boston’s BIPOC communities” through a collaboration among The City of Boston, Barr Foundation, and The Boston Foundation. Bravo to BAMS Fest, Danza Orgánica, Jean Appolon Expressions, OrigiNation Cultural Arts Center, Pao Arts Center, Transformative Culture  Project and Veronica Robles … Continued

Introducing the BDA Community Initiatives Page! Are you aggregating information for the good of the dance community? Do you have physical resources to share? Want partners for pandemic and post-pandemic activities? The popularity of BDA’s Studio Space Finder, which helps dancers to find space rentals for their virtual classes, rehearsals, and performances and keeps studios afloat one … Continued

At the darkest time of the year, we see the sun return. The pandemic still has us in its jaws, but a vaccine is here. Federal stimulus funds will help the cultural sector and all those who suffer from loss of work, threats to housing, and hunger. Leaders whose experience is rooted in marginalized communities bring an … Continued

Boston Ballet presents BB@yourhome: The Gift, a one-hour long program featuring new works choreographed by Boston Ballet company dancers Paul Craig, Chyrstyn Fentroy, John Lam, Haley Schwan, My’Kal Stromile, Gabriel Lorena (Boston Ballet II) and Arianna Hughlett (post graduate), set to Duke Ellington’s Nutcracker Suite and topped off by the grand pas de deux in Act … Continued

  Don’t miss your chance! The deadline to apply for a Boston Cultural Council grant has been extended until Monday December 14  at 5 p.m. Any organization with a budget under $2 million that offers arts or cultural programming in Boston can apply! Shamel Pitts / TRIBE comes Live from the Pillow Lab Thursday December 10 at … Continued

50 issues. Today’s newsletter is the 50th issue of Pro/Motion since the Covid-19 pandemic shut down live, in-person dance activity across our community. Seeing the need for information and community connections, Boston Dance Alliance quickly pivoted our regular newsletter to a fresh and essential vehicle for the news, advice, and encouragement our community deserves. During this season, as you are … Continued

The Nutcracker Returns, Right on Schedule     Boston Ballet’s Nutcracker is moving from stage to screens in a special television network presentation Saturday, November 28 at 7 p.m. on NBC10 Boston and continues on NBC and NECN through Christmas Day. The hour-long version of a production taped in 2019 features narration by “Today Show” anchor Hoda Kotb and Colton Bradford from “Boston’s The Hub.” … Continued

  BOSTON DANCE ALLIANCE SENDS ITS LOVE TO OUR FRIENDS AT JACOB’S PILLOW    Early Tuesday morning, the Doris Duke Theatre at Jacob’s Pillow burned to the ground. Luckily, no one was hurt and no other buildings were affected. The cause of the blaze is under investigation. In a difficult year when the iconic festival … Continued

A Conversation With Rubberband’s Victor Quijada, Wednesday, November 11, 8:00PM Choreographer Victor Quijada, who was a B-boy in Los Angeles before signing on with Twyla Tharp and later Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal, founded his company RUBBERBAND in 2002. Ever So Slightly, his newest work, which was commissioned by Global Arts Live, made its Boston … Continued

Dance for Social Justice, a Jacob’s Pillow virtual program, hosts a three-part workshop series Friday November 6, Tuesday Nov 10, and Saturday Nov 21.   Led by Mar Parrilla and Claudia Elena Varela, artists of Danza Orgánica, participants will engage in the practice of storytelling and community building through movement with a decolonizing and antiracist framework. Workshops are designed as a communal experience; no dance experience … Continued