An eclectic mix of dance styles performed by OnStage Dance Company. With original choreography in Contemporary, Tap, Jazz, Modern and Street Styles, this show has something for everyone! Featuring choreography by: Shari Atamian – Michelle Block – Melissa deFriesse – Teresa Fardella Amy Foley – Willow Gertz – Nadya Karpova – Jennifer Kuhnberg Chelsea … Continued
The always-balmy Tropical Forest will be festively decorated for the occasion. In celebration of the year of the rat, you’ll learn fun facts about some of our rodents during zookeeper chats. Prepare to let your creativity soar at the craft table, where you can make your own traditional Chinese lantern. Don’t miss a performance of … Continued
Directed by Shinobu Yaguchi (Japan, 2019, 103 min.). In Japanese with English subtitles. After seeing a hypnotist, an office worker at a large Tokyo firm finds herself compelled to sing and dance whenever she hears music. She heads back to the hypnotist for relief, but he is nowhere to be found, kickstarting a musical road … Continued
The young peasant girl Giselle dies of a broken heart when she learns that the man she loves, Albrecht, has betrayed her. Against her own will, she joins the Wilis, vengeful spirits of jilted brides who condemn Albrecht to dance until he dies of exhaustion. In this brand-new production of Giselle, world renowned choreographer Alexei Ratmansky … Continued
The Eastern United States Ballroom Dance Championships is one of the oldest competitions in the United States having run for over 40 years. It is the most prestigious regional ballroom competition in the country, crowning the best of the best as Eastern United States Champions. Every year, elite competitors from across the country travel to … Continued
The Sun Still Burns Here is an evening-length dance and music work created by Seattle-based choreographer Kate Wallich, her company The YC, and musician/composer Mike Hadreas of the band Perfume Genius. Combining Hadreas’s musical textures and landscapes, Wallich’s choreographic narratives, and Amiya Brown’s production design, The Sun Still Burns Here unravels themes of deterioration, catharsis, and transcendence from … Continued
Come spend an evening at a “gay girls” bar. The Stonewall Rebellion is on the horizon, but across the U.S., working-class lesbians are fighting to create spaces where they can be themselves. They dress up, they flirt, they dance, and they become a powerful force for queer visibility. The Femme Show’s Maggie Cee illuminates the … Continued
Kanassu, The Crazy One: An African Multimedia Choreopoem is an hour-long dance performance piece choreographed and directed by Senegal-born, US-based artistic director Papa Sy in his original style of West African contemporary dance. Papa Sy inserts decades of expertise in contemporary and modern dance techniques to the diversity of West Africa in which he grew … Continued
Women in Performance 2020 This evening features women’s creative voices as expressed through various mediums of performance. Featured performances include Sarah Slifer Swift and Laura Tanguay’s dance work “GLOW” created for Rockport New Year’s Eve – so if you missed it there, don’t miss it here! Nadine Boughton Lara Jardullo Betsy Miller Sarah Slifer Swift … Continued
Lady BOS Productions presents LOVE AND OTHER NONSENSE, an interdisciplinary investigation of love in all its forms. Through comedy, dance, puppetry, and opera, the artists of LOVE AND OTHER NONSENSE chronicle the history of love while exploring the nuances and complexities, joys and sorrows, and, of course, the pure nonsense of this overwhelmingly powerful emotion.