Pro/Motion – week of October 16

Although leaves are falling, dance is picking up this season! The color of leaves aren’t the only things changing: we’re working on remodeling our weekly Pro/Motion newsletter to keep it filled with all the events and opportunities you’ve come to expect, while making it easier to navigate. You’ll find quick links to key sections. Also new: BDA member events will be listed first. This new member perk comes on top of all the other member benefits you can find on our website including discount tickets to performances, free access to Open Call/Dance Health Day, opportunity to be a fiscal sponsee, discounted marketing opportunities and so much more. Our Pro/Motion newsletter stays free for everyone! We deeply appreciate our members for making the work we do possible.

Additionally, we are seeking our next interim Executive Director. Read the job description here, and consider applying

As we make shifts and adjust to our community’s needs and requests, please let us know if you have any feedback. We want to support you and deliver what you need from us. Reach out to crizzo@bostondancealliance.org at any time.

Best wishes,

Carmen S. Rizzo, Membership and Operations Associate

BDA Member Events This Week

Join The Dance Complex for the first Learning to Walk the Talk Series session of the 2023-24 season. Responding to Artistic Process and Products features a panel of guest artists including Christopher Edwards and Roxanna Myhrum, facilitated by Peter DiMuro on Tuesday, October 17, from 6:00-7:15 PM. Event is free to attend and is fully virtual.

Catch a free preview performance of Flamenco Certamen USA; the nation’s only competition for up-and-coming flamenco artists. Features six dancers, two live musicians, a singer and a guitarist. Wednesday, October 18, 7-8 PM, at the Windhover Center for the Performing Arts.

Don’t miss an opportunity to learn Cha Cha Dance with Dance Caliente. Whether you want to impress on the dance floor, improve your fitness, or just have a great time, this Workshop is for you. Come alone or with a partner – everyone is welcome! Wednesday, October 18, 7:00-8:30 PM at the Medford Library.

Join Sabrina Aviles for a Concha Jareño Workshop at the Dance Complex and at the Tony Williams Dance Center. She’ll be leading choreography workshops and technique workshops on Thursday, October 19 thru Sunday, October 22. Class fee is $45 for a single class, $160 for a full workshop, $310 for two workshops and $450 for three. Contact sabrina@flamencodanceproject.com for registration.

Take a master class with Boston Ballet’s principal dancer Chrystyn Fentroy at Northeast Arts. Saturday, October 21, 10 AM. Registration: $22.

Boston Dance Film Festival features multiple short films from artists in the Boston area, followed by a Q&A with the artists. Saturday, October 21, 6:30 PM at the Apple Cinemas Cambridge, 168 Alewife Brook Parkway. Tickets are $20.

Boston’s Subject:Matter explores where tap dance has been, where it’s going, and what it looks like right now. The company performs the world premiere With Far Hand that features exciting explorations in tap dance composition along with excerpts from Songbook. Q&A with the company follows Friday’s performance. Friday & Saturday, October 20-21, 8 PM at the Institute of Contemporary Art. Tickets are $48, and $44 for Global Arts Live members.

Nora Stephens and MacKenzie LeTorré perform in collaboration with Kate Holcomb Hale’s soft sculptures in her exhibition, “lean, STAND, collapse” at the Danforth Museum of Art. Saturday, October 21, 3 PM. Admission is free.

Celebrate Diwali at the South Asian Nation & Boston Bhangra’s Gala, an event filled with activities, music, dance and food. Saturday, October 21, 5-11 PM at Sons of Italy, 520 Pleasant Street, Watertown. Tickets are free for children under 3, $40 for ages 4-9, and $65 for ages 10+. For more information, call: 617-448-2508.

Catch AbunDance, City Ballet of Boston‘s premier performance of the 2023-2024 season! Includes a lineup of new works by talented choreographers and performers from all over New England. City Ballet of Boston’s professional company, and dancers from Boston City Youth Ballet performs choreography by Tony Williams, Gianni Di Marco, and Morgan Brown Sanborn. Special guest appearances from SunDanceX on Saturday evening, and Janelle Gilchrist Dance Troupe on Sunday afternoon. Saturday, October 21, 7:00 PM & Sunday, October 22, 1:30 PM at the Tony Williams Dance Center, 284 Amory St., Jamaica Plain. Suggested donation of $15 per seat.

Join detritus dance for a creative and lively evening at Rooted Cafe at The Center for Arts at the Armory in Somerville, MA. This event is FREE, and donations of any amount are encouraged.  Donations benefit detritus dance’s campaign for “Malefica,” a dance-theater production! At Collage and Sip, you’ll have the chance to create your own collage artwork while enjoying a variety of delicious sips and bites for purchase at Rooted Cafe & Bar. Supplies will be provided. Sunday, October 22, 3-5 PM.

Sleeping Weazel presents its inaugural Experimental Cabaret with Dance Complex Executive Director Peter DiMuro and Opera unMet Artistic Director Marshall Hughes singing solos accompanied by pianist Andy Lantz. Accumulation Dance partners Meghan McLyman and Kristen Duffy Young perform sequences from their dance The Slightest Variation of Weather. Patrice Jackson-Tilghman weaves the sections together with her improvisational cello performance. Sunday, October 22, 6:00 PM.