Gumdrops & The Funny Uncle is an alternative non-Nutcracker dance/theater performance celebrating families of choice through an LGTBQ lens. In partnership with The Dance Complex and The Theater Offensive, an intergenerational cast (12 to 70 years of age, professional and community performers alike) illuminates the adapted holiday celebrations of families we’re born to and families … Continued
A witty response to the Nutcracker, David Parker and The Bang Group’s Nut/Cracked has delighted audiences for more than a decade. Nut/Cracked takes its inspiration from all corners of the dance canon, from tap riffs to en pointe ballet, by way of bubble wrap, disco, and Chinese take-out noodles (consumed en pointe!). Choreographer David Parker … Continued
Dance Prism’s production, celebrating its 34th season, is a fully staged professional production of The Nutcracker featuring lively choreography, Tchaikovsky’s beloved music, and the traditional delights of this favorite holiday tradition — falling snow, a growing Christmas tree, and a cast of 120 professional dancers and ballet students. Dance Prism’s “Nutcracker” offers an affordable family-friendly … Continued
Boston Center for the Arts hosts world-renowned choreographer Itzik Galili for a special session of Martha’s Salon. In conversation with Debra Cash, Executive Director of Boston Dance Alliance, Galili will share highlights from his remarkable career including commissions from Nederlands Dans Theater, Ballets Jazz Montreal, Batsheva Dance Company, Rambert Dance Company, knighthood for his contribution … Continued
Alive Dance Collective is proud to be presenting its first show “We Dance When Ice Gets Thin” at Green Street Studios on November 18 and 19 at 8pm. “We Dance When Ice Gets Thin” will aim to put together all of Alive’s work that helps us express when and why we dance: we dance to … Continued
Running in Stillness is a dance theater piece that delves into the human condition of being imprisoned, and how this affects people imprisoned, their families, and all of us in the community. Through a close collaboration with formerly incarcerated women and daughters of incarcerated parents, we are creating a project that sheds light on this … Continued
Art historian Dr. Robert S. Mattison highlights Rauschenberg’s powerful and long-held interest in dance and performance in a conversation capped by a performance of “Tracer,” an early collaboration between choreographer Paul Taylor and visual artist Robert Rauschenberg, who went on to become giants of dance and art. Throughout his career, Paul Taylor collaborated with visual … Continued
What happens when dancers move outside usual ways of doing things and invent movement rather than employing what they already know? What happens when movement invention is sparked by solutions to movement problems rather than music or emotion? What happens when we focus on movement for its own sake, allowing “a narrative” to emerge rather … Continued
Keep the Yuletide fresh with an all-new version of Cambridge Youth Dance Program’s What the Dickens!, Boston’s “must-see annual holiday production!” CYDP founder Deborah Mason and Broadway veteran Leslie Woodies have teamed up to co-direct this reimagining of the Dickens’ classic, A Christmas Carol, in a present-day, urban musical dance setting that sparkles with choreography … Continued
To celebrate Chhandika’s 15-year anniversary and the 5-year anniversary of its Youth Ensemble, Chhandika is proud to present a dynamic performance of dance, music, rhythm, drama and poetry by a powerful next generation of Kathak artists, carrying forward the legacy of Pandit Chitresh Das. Shakti features elements of a traditional Kathak solo, highlighting works composed … Continued