/peh-LO-tah/ (noun): futbol, soccer, ball But it’s so much more: Soccer is now the world’s most popular sport, but for poet-performer Marc Bamuthi Joseph, his personal love of the game amounts to a heritage story. As a child of Haitian immigrants, the blissful freedom of the soccer field represented the race toward the American dream. … Continued
Nineteen Cambodian performers utilize their extraordinary physical skills, including acrobatics and circus arts, to travel back in time and shatter a legacy of silence. Performed by second-generation survivors of the Khmer Rouge genocide, See You Yesterday explores the fragmented narratives these young artists have inherited from their parents and grandparents. Since 2012, Global Arts Corps—whose … Continued
Boston Ballet School (BBS) presents the 10th annual Next Generation performance showcasing elite young dancers of Boston Ballet II and Boston Ballet School with the Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra. Program includes Symphonic Dances from West Side Story choreographed by Bruce Wood, Konservatoriet and William Tell pas de deux by August Bournonville, and the peppermint wind, the world premier … Continued
Invisible Imprints is an hour-long theater piece that relies exclusively on spoken word, music, hip and hop and modern dance to give audiences an opportunity to “feel” first and analyze second. In other words, it was created to pull on the emotions of the heart as much as thinking from the brain. Under the directorial … Continued
Expect live music and high-flying hoofing at this work-in-progress performance as Boston-based choreographer and alumnus of The School at Jacob’s Pillow Ian Berg examines the intersections of tap and jazz, specifically how standards — like “Take the A Train” in jazz and “The Shim Sham” in tap — work to maintain our collective memory. This event will … Continued
Creation. Judgement. Redemption. Dear Sun Girl explores the intergenerational trauma of a woman, her mother, her daughter, and her lover through a lyrical journey featuring modern dance and live poetry. Fueled by the need to see her identities reflected in bodies of art, poet Melanie Passaretti draws her inspiration from stories of marginalized folks. Longing … Continued
See new works created by footwork collective The Era and dance artist Joanna Furnans, two Chicago-based artists/artist groups featured in The Yard’s Schonberg Fellows Offshore Creation Residency.
What will we be like when we get there is a multi-disciplinary performance collaboration between choreographer/dancer Joanna Kotze, dancer Omagbitse Omagbemi, visual artist Jonathan Allen, and composer/musician Ryan Seaton that combines movement, sound, and visual art in surprising ways and resonates with the social and political time we are living in now. Created during the … Continued
Jazz, tap, and contemporary urban dance combine with unique Brazilian flavor in this performance by acclaimed performers and musicians Leonardo Sandoval and Gregory Richardson. “Partido” explores the convergence of percussive dance with contemporary urban styles in African-American and Afro-Brazilian culture. The piece highlights the deep connections between music and dance of African origin in Brazil … Continued
“Radicals in Miniature” is a series of “performance-odes” to personal icons who flourished between 1967’s Summer Of Love (not everyone’s love) and 1982/3 when mainstream press first printed the word “AIDS.” Many were felled by the disease that capped the era, others couldn’t navigate the winnowing force of the latter 80’s “professionalizing” what had been … Continued