Free informal showing of the work developed during Ricarrdo Valentine’s (INSPIRIT) repertory class. This showing will also feature work by Soumaya MaRose, Sharon Montella, and Papa Sy, and will serve as a reception for all students participating in the first week of the Summer Sizzle Dance Festival! Public is welcome! More information about the Summer … Continued
Don’t miss the Melaza World Premiere! A dance theater piece that explores the relationship between Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, and the United States- as it pertains to race, language, and the socioeconomic and political status that propels the constant migration.
Join choreographer/Director Sarah Slifer Swift, Composer Kirsten Miller, Filmmaker Andrea Minicozzi, and many performers for dance installation “Sphere.” In this durational performance, Swift and company explore women’s social and political power through the lens of the historic White-Ellery House. Using movement, film and sound, the performers will examine the complexities of labor, value and respect, … Continued
Jimena Bermejo and Chris Brokaw present a one-night meeting of select talents in music, dance, and literature from Eastern and Western Massachusetts; new works and new configurations for this occasion. Artists include Alissa Cardone, Bill Nace, Jake Meginsky, Jen Polins, Matt Krefting, Sean and Dan McCarthy, The Empty House Cooperative, Bermejo + Brokaw and more…
The Trisha Brown Dance Company continues Brown’s legacy through its Trisha Brown: In Plain Site initiative. Through this effort, the company draws on Brown’s model for reinvigorating her choreography at new sites and in new contexts. In a co-presentation by Jacob’s Pillow and the Clark, the company will present Trisha Brown: In Plain Site on … Continued
Come experience the infectious spirit of dance …learn the official National Dance Day routine at 1:30 . At 2pm the multi-cultural dance performance begins featuring the traditional rhythms of Benkadi Drum and Dance, Flamenco Boston, Irish step to Bollywood, Spirituals, Swing , Hip Hop and more!
The Ghost Festival is the first multi-disciplinary solo project by Koma. Using a mobile trailer, he creates a gallery of works meant to be both an interactive visual art installment and performance space. Koma envisions a meditative and communal space to honor the connection between past and present, and provide a home for lost … Continued
In times of struggle, women must support one another. In times of triumph, women must celebrate one another. We are bolder and stronger as a collective. This is what drives “Bodies & Choices”. This performance is centered around the theme of female empowerment. The dances will depict the full spectrum of this concept, from the … Continued
Two evenings of an interplay of image, music, sound, and movement featuring five professional dancers. Like a dream, River Spirits evokes water’s power to wash away, move, create liquid flow, support life, turn into ice, and become nature’s sparkling mirror. The piece plays with and celebrates the central place of the Assabet in the making … Continued
Cafe Raqs returns not only with some of New England’s best and brightest belly dancing stars, but with internationally touring dancer, Aaliyah Jenny! Aaliyah Jenny placed first place in the Pro Tribal Fusion category at the 2014 East Coast Classic and has performed with Sera Solstice and the Solstice Ensemble. Local dancers Namid, Mafalda, Seyyide … Continued