Learn the history, culture, and concepts behind freestyle dance! This multi-faceted evening will focus on footwork in the way it is approached across a range of styles through a short documentary, panel discussion, and workshop with a live DJ. Featuring major freestyle dance innovators representing Krump, House, Chicago Footwork, and Gogo/Beat Ya Feat, with Stiggity … Continued
DANCE DATE is a dance-for-all program that invites participants to explore communication, trust, and creativity through contemporary dance with a family member, friend, or romantic partner. While this creative movement workshop does require you to Bring-Your-Own-Partner, you do not need any prior experience in dance or movement. Pairs can range in relationship: grandchild/grandparent, parent/child, first … Continued
Making their Celebrity Series debut, Trisha Brown Dance Company brings a program spanning the visionary postmodern choreographer’s groundbreaking career—from her early explorations of movement to her later masterpieces. Glacial Decoy, Brown’s first work for a proscenium stage, is a mesmerizing fusion of dance and visual art. With a backdrop of Robert Rauschenberg’s dreamlike photographs, dancers … Continued
Trisha Brown Dance Company Masterclass with Catherine Kirk at Tufts University Class Description: Led by Catherine Kirk from the Trisha Brown Dance Company, this class engages dancers in the physical principles underlying Trisha Brown’s work. Emphasizing alignment, clarity, and kinetic ease, the class moves through repertory-based phrases that establish a shared movement language, which dancers … Continued
Learn the concepts, culture, and format of a freestyle dance battle in this introduction to the battle workshop. Veteran freestyle dancers Stiggity Stackz (Boston) and The Era Footwork Collective (Chicago) will introduce freestyle concepts and provide insights into the role the battle serves in developing the next generation of dancers. Will include an opt-in mini … Continued
You’re invited to witness and be part of the creative process during the OFA Dance Program’s Spring 2026 Artist-in-Residence with Boston-based freestyle dancer Ashton Lites, aka Stiggity Stackz. Be in the room with Stiggity Stackz and his collaborators– freestyle dance veterans and innovators from Boston, Chicago, D.C., NYC, and L.A.– as they create a new … Continued
An Evening Where Movement Carries Memory Truths Our Bodies Tell is an evening where movement carries memory. In this company concert, Danza Orgánica presents six original dance works drawing from our origins, our embodied landscapes, our dystopian realities, and the truths we carry forward. Original Choreography by: Claudia Varela, Marcel Santiago Marcelino, and Mar Parrilla. … Continued
MetaMovements presents: Latin Dance for All Ages — FREE lessons & dance parties on Saturdays January 17, 24 & Feb 7! If you’ve been a fan of Dancing On The Row or Salsa In The Park, this is that same magic—connection, movement, and community—now indoors! What to expect: →Beginner-friendly dance lessons →A lively Latin dance … Continued
J2RC Dances presents “Rigor & Risk”, a winter afternoon salon experience featuring music, literature, art, and dance, in the style of French salons from the 17th and 18th centuries, often held in the reception rooms of large houses. Audience members would enjoy arts presentations, share ideas, and engage in discussion with artists. Honoring this tradition, … Continued
Tap artist Ryan P. Casey brings his “freakishly clean footwork … reminiscent of Fred Astaire” (Dance Magazine) back to The Dance Complex for a solo performance about finding joy around every corner. Through dance, storytelling, poetry, and probably a few jokes about his height, he will showcase why rhythm might just be the key to … Continued