Choreographers Rashaun Mitchell and Silas Riener return to the ICA with their newest experiment, Open Machine. Exploring the relationship between human and machine intelligence, Mitchell and Riener enact a constantly shifting, multi-sensory performance that blurs the boundaries between public and private perceptions. Featuring a sweeping sound score by vocal artist Charmaine Lee and electronic musician … Continued
USE BDA’S DISCOUNT: Use code DANCER50 for 50% off (instructions below) Beauty, grace, strength: these are the hallmarks of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. For more than six decades, the magnificent Ailey dancers have inspired us, touched our hearts, and invited us to joyously clap along with them as they take their curtain calls in the … Continued
Welcome to the Harvard Arts Festival! From April 30 to May 3, Harvard’s campus transforms into a four-day celebration of the arts, bursting with creativity from Harvard students, staff, alums and faculty. Wander through iconic indoor and outdoor spaces as you catch more than 100 performances, exhibitions and hands-on arts experiences. New this year: dance … Continued
For their annual spring revue, Pantos Project Dance presents without you. Under the direction of Kat Pantos, the company merges technically proficient and athletically charged concert and commercial contemporary work exploring themes of friendship, loss, and love. After an unexpected turn of events, the characters reconnect years later at a holiday gathering where friends feel … Continued
The National Center for Choreography-Akron (NCCAkron) presents Making Moves: Boston. This free event brings together arts leaders from across New England and the U.S. to discuss the often invisible labor and creative processes behind arts administration. Through case studies and storytelling, the conversation will explore adaptive thinking and creative administrative practices from a New England … Continued
The 2026 Spring Experience is made up of three contrasting works that showcase the versatility of Boston Ballet dancers and the varied styles of storytelling. This program includes two Boston Ballet premieres: Jerome Robbins’ Dances at a Gathering and William Forsythe’s Herman Schmerman, plus the return of Principal Dancer Lia Cirio’s After. Jerome Robbins’ signature … Continued
A work of magical realism narrated by and featuring the viewpoints of six women, Marks of RED continues award-winning choreographer Shamel Pitts’s research exploring Black embodiment, aliveness, and human connection. Marks of RED is an Afrofuturistic meditation on the “womb space,” divining the effect that memory has on our experiences, senses, bodies, reality, and imaginative … Continued
Deep in a century-long slumber, an enchanting Princess Aurora and her kingdom await the power of true love’s kiss in The Sleeping Beauty. This iconic production with its sumptuous sets and costumes, and host of magical characters, will transport you to a world of beauty, May 28–Jun 7. A spectacular achievement of academic classical choreography, … Continued
Join MIDDAY Movement Series for our 10 Year Anniversary Gala. With the theme of “Feeling Fancy, Feeling Free,” the evening will commemorate MIDDAY’s decade-long successes in developing fertile ground for a new, diverse generation of dance leaders to create, connect, and effect positive change in our local dance ecosystem. We will also come together to … Continued
The Asian American Ballet Project presents Once Upon Our Time, a concert of four original ballets inspired by Asian folktales. Performed by an all–Asian American cast, the program brings to life stories many audience members grew up hearing, now shared on a professional stage through ballet and live music. The production features both returning works … Continued