The Festival of the Arts will be a two month long, citywide celebration and showcase of Newton’s talented citizens and organizations. There are numerous events throughout the month that cover almost every art form. Participating groups include CreationDance, directed by Helena Froehlich, Dance Currents Inc., directed by Kathy Hassinger, Selmadanse, directed by Joanie Block, and … Continued
Events
The first public performance of Prometheus Dance at the New Hopkinton Center for the Arts will be presented Friday April 29th at 7:30. An introduction to the company and the performance space in an informal setting with a Q&A Students: are free! Adults: we are suggesting a $10 Donation to help offset costs. We hope … Continued
Dance Shorts: Short works, short show, average height dancers. This project will present the work of seven strong female choreographers based in the Boston area, some working collaboratively. Each choreographer or choreographic team works independently, without the structure of a company. We are challenging ourselves and our fellow choreographers by time-limiting each work, keeping both … Continued
Tense Vagina: an actual diagnosis is about motherhood- its beauty, challenges, isolation, comedy and influence on the human experience. This hour-long evening-length solo uses humor, movement, sounds, songs, text and audience participation to reveal all that is awesome and all that sucks when it comes to being a mother. Tense Vagina focuses on the seldom-discussed … Continued
SOLA is an evening of solo dances choreographed for and by women. Curated by University of South Florida assistant professor Andee Scott, the concert showcases the work of female dance artists from around the country, with Elizabeth Weil Bergmann, Amy Chavasse, Tzveta Kassabova, Bliss Kohlmyer, Pamela Pietro, and Andee Scott performing self-choreographed work, and Mary … Continued
Overdoses, gossip queens, long lost friends, prostitution, mental illness, lovers, backstabbing, drug addicts… recovery. This is Treatment, a new urban musical about a group of women living together at a long term, residential treatment facility for substance abuse. Described as a “drama filled, emotional rollercoaster,” Addison’s new musical allows us to enter the world of … Continued
From the Paris Opera Ballet. At the beginning of the last century, Serge Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes shook conventions and threw open the door to modernity, initiating a collaboration between painters, musicians and choreographers of the avant-garde. The artistic elite of the era was brought together under one breathtaking playbill: Debussy, Stravinsky, Falla, Picasso, Bakst, Massine, Nijinsky, Fokine… And … Continued
DANCE TALK AMONG TOWNS is an informal get together for Pentacle’s visiting artists and our own area community. Last year, we chatted about dance life and where the grass ( money, opportunity….) seems greener based on the multiple cities and towns working artists come from. We’ll have a few snacks, a starting question or two – … Continued
A spectacle in three acts, choreographer Yanira Castro’s Court/Garden takes as its inspiration the imperial ballets of Louis XIV’s court, the spectatorship of the proscenium stage, and the presentation of video feeds. Each act is staged within a specific audience/performer relationship, shifting the experience to ask, Who is the court? Who will be king for … Continued
Boston-based modern dance company Grant Jacoby & Dancers is presenting its third annual concert! It will include five works choreographed by artistic director Grant Jacoby, including an excerpt of “Her name was Frances Gumm,” “Bros (a new work in progress),” and the premiere of “bitte, or before we were birds.” The concert will also feature pieces … Continued