Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre presents the 8th annual Dance for World Community Festival in Harvard Square, Cambridge. The culmination of a week of dance and advocacy related events in Harvard Square, the DWC Festival is a FREE, day-long, indoor-outdoor festival of dance, including live performances by over 90 local dance companies and introductory level classes in … Continued
As part of the 2016 Dance for World Community Festival Week, Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre presents TALK ABOUT DANCE: WHY ADVOCACY? a panel discussion and group conversation for dance artists, enthusiasts and supporters focused on advocacy in the arts community. Those who love dance know and believe that it can change the world. But as … Continued
The Dance Complex’s upcoming aMaSSiT works in progress showing features an unprecedented number of participants: fifteen local choreographers have set forth to expand and refine their choreographic visions and voices. Their diverse creative backgrounds include burlesque, ballroom, improvisation, contemporary, modern, yoga, and musical theater. Think party atmosphere with pop-up dances! The focus for aMaSSiT, one … Continued
Expansive, adventurous, and world-music informed, [BABA] is the project of percussionist Ryan Edwards and guitarist Mafu Williams, alongside guest artist collaborators. The group creates site-specific sound and visual elements, blending live acoustics with electronic production, with a range of audio textures from ambient soundscape to drum and bass. Each performance event is approached as an … Continued
Every fourth Sunday, New England’s belly dance community takes over the Arts at the Armory Cafe for a show celebrating the beauty of Middle Eastern and fusion dance. This month, our line-up features sword dancer, Baseema; New Hampshire based troupe, the Zabellies; American Cabaret dancer, Sayuri; up-and-comer, Sarah Coflan; Iraqi dance by Hadia; and a … Continued
Vacanti Ballet Presents ‘Bird…and other work’
Created by former Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company dancer Heidi Latsky, ON DISPLAY addresses our propensity to judge people by their physical appearance. For four hours on each of four days, more than 30 local performers representing the dance and disability communities will place themselves on display in this commentary on the body as … Continued
As an artist and choreographer, Hassabi has developed a distinct practice relating the body to the still image and sculptural object; she recently presented an intensive installation at the Museum of Modern Art called Plastic, in which dancers moved throughout the museum at a barely perceptible pace during all museum hours for an entire month. … Continued
The summer concludes with a special appearance courtesy of Berklee’s recent commingling with Boston Conservatory: a contemporary dance performance by the award-winning Wilder Project. This dance, film, and stage company was founded by Holly Wilder and her cinematographer brother, Duncan. Their work is a touching display of movement representative of sweetness, sadness, interpersonal relationships, self-discovery, … Continued
This special event will feature members of the national Athletes & the Arts coalition and local performing artists who will talk about ongoing efforts to integrate relevant sports medicine & wellness science into the underserved world of performing artists. The performing artist & the sport athletes face similar & unique challenges as they strive to … Continued