The Cambridge Arts River Festival is an outdoor celebration of arts and community attracting an enthusiastic audience of 150,000. Now in its 40th year, the River Festival has become a venerated Cambridge institution and a highly anticipated annual event. This year’s event will bring the River to the heart of the Central Square Cultural District … Continued
Known as the “mother of modern dance”, Isadora created a series of mourning dances after the deaths of her two children in 1913. Dances by Isadora will perform these evocative dances of wind, sea, darkness and light in Hazel Dell, Mount Auburn Cemetery.
black odyssey melds together Greek mythology, African-American oral history, dance, and music in this visionary new take on Homer’s classic tale. Ulysses Lincoln, a Gulf War veteran lost at sea and presumed dead, fights to find his way back home to his wife and son. The meddlesome Gods, Great Grand Daddy Deus and Great Grand … Continued
Join OrigiNation in our annual event to raise funds for the Youth Empowerment Arts Tour to Jamaica in August 2019. Dancers will travel to Jamaica to: -Participate in community service projects -Teach at various youth programs, foster homes and orphanages -Distribute items such as toiletries to families in need; and -Perform at various venues This … Continued
For twenty years, choreographer Liz Gerring has explored the abstract possibilities of pure movement through intensely physical, deeply intricate choreography. At the ICA, the Liz Gerring Dance Company will begin work on a new performance that explores connections between music, choreography, and the natural world. Gerring and her company will present their early investigations in … Continued
THE DAY is a new music/dance work by cellist Maya Beiser, dancer Wendy Whelan, and choreographer Lucinda Childs, with music by David Lang. A collaboration among legends, THE DAY is a sensory exploration of two journeys—life and the eternal, post-mortal voyage of the soul. This bold work explores universal themes through the shared language of … Continued
LCTC is one of Boston’s most celebrated contemporary dance-theater companies. Through The Boston Foundation and Pucker Gallery, Lorraine is a 2013 Brother Thomas Fellow. Her work has been performed for many years accompanied by much critical acclaim. The evening will begin with refreshments followed by a brief introduction by Gallery owner, Bernie Pucker. At 6:30pm … Continued
BalletX, Philadelphia’s premier contemporary ballet company, unites distinguished choreographers with outstanding world-class dancers to forge new works of athleticism, emotion, and grace. Hailed among the Top Ten of the Year in Dance by the Boston Globe in 2016, BalletX returns with a diverse program featuring the Boston premiere of Matthew Neenan’s Increasing, Cayetano Soto’s Schachmatt, and Nicolo Fonte’s Steep Drop, Euphoric. … Continued
Aroundtown is a kinetic poem that examines the varied, unique and sometimes divided notions of love – its meaning, purpose, and platform. With original music, text, and visuals, the work explores commitment, community, and intimacy in times of violence and strife. David Dorfman Dance’s trademark empathy, sly humor, and bombastic physicality are harnessed in this look … Continued
Come spend your Sunday afternoon with a classical Indian dance performance by Vibhaa Sivaraman. The performance will be in bharatanatyam style, with a series of independent pieces. All pieces will be preceded by narrations and prose descriptions to aid understanding of the art. Graduate students Srinivasan Raghuraman and Anirudhh Raghu will be providing musical support.