Events + Classes > Participatory Dance

Participatory Dance

Foundry Festival 2026: Pathways,” held February 14–21 at 101 Rogers Street, Cambridge. The design features a large stamp illustration showing a person reaching toward another on a sunlit path with colorful hills in the background. Text on the path reads “EAT, MAKE, DANCE,” and along the bottom, “LEARN, CONNECT, SHOWCASE.” The right side includes event details: “Discover new pathways through free hands-on activities and performances for the whole family!” with the note “free to attend!” and a QR code linking to cambridgefoundry.org/festival. Artwork credit: Stephanie Li.

Foundry Festival 2026

The Foundry
|
February 17, 2026
10:00 am - 8:00 pm
February 18, 2026
10:00 am - 7:00 pm
February 19, 2026
10:00 am - 8:00 pm
See Full Schedule

A week of free Arts and STEM programming for the community! Join us at The Foundry in East Cambridge from Saturday, February 14 to Saturday, February 21 for our fourth annual Foundry Festival! Immerse yourself in a week of free public programming and create connections with diverse communities. All ages and skill levels are welcome … Continued

Black History Month Free Community Classes

Urbanity HQ
February 18, 2026
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
February 19, 2026
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
February 22, 2026
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
See Full Schedule

In honor of Black History Month, Urbanity invites the Urbanity community to come together for free dance classes! Let’s come together on the dance floor, share energy, and creativity, and celebrate the power of movement during this time. Open Hip Hop Community Class with Katina McClain – Wednesday, February 18 | 7–8:30 PM Intermediate/Advanced Contemporary … Continued

Choreographic Composition: Creative Laboratory and Improvisation

The Dance Complex
February 23, 2026
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

This creative laboratory is designed as an in-studio movement and dance improvisation session to generate original movement vocabulary. The master workshop on choreographic composition is designed as an in-studio movement and dance improvisation session that serves as a creative laboratory for participants. The session is divided into two main parts. The first part focuses on … Continued

Flyer with image of dancer with text: Summer Contemporary Intensive. Intermediate/Advanced Dancers Ages 11-24 are invited to train in Boston. Auditions are January 24th or February 28th from 3:30-5pm. 1-minute video auditions due April 15th.

Urbanity Summer Contemporary Intensive Auditions

Urbanity Central
February 28, 2026
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Urbanity’s Contemporary Summer Intensive is a unique opportunity for select dancers aged 11-24 to work with nationally-acclaimed guest artists, Urbanity Dance Company members, and Urbanity’s most popular faculty. Selected students will receive 7 hours of daily instruction from 10-5pm in ballet, modern, and contemporary technique, as well as supplementary courses in jazz, musical theater, improv, … Continued

Overhead view of large group of people holding hands in circles dancing with a band in the background.

Balkan Music Night 2026

Arts at the Armory
|
February 28, 2026
6:00 pm - 12:00 am

Balkan Music Night is the premier local event celebrating the music and dance traditions of southeastern Europe, renowned for their distinctive vocal harmonies and compelling rhythmic energy. Join us for a fun-filled night of participatory dancing, music appreciation, and community! Balkan Music Night brings together bands whose members include master musicians who emigrated from the … Continued

Asian American Ballet Project Children’s Auditions

N&D Ballet Center
February 28, 2026
11:15 am - 3:30 pm

The Asian American Ballet Project is seeking young dancers (ages 7 and up) to perform alongside our professional company at our June 2026 concert at the Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts. Auditions will be conducted by AABP Artistic Director Beth Mochizuki and N&D Ballet Center Artistic Director Daoyuan Chen. Each audition … Continued

Boogie Night | All Love, All Styles!

EJ Dance Studio
February 28, 2026
7:00 pm - 2:00 am

💘 Boogie Night | All Love, All Styles💘 Good music. Great energy. All dance styles welcome ✨ This February, we’re turning up the love and keeping the vibes smooth. ✨ Wear a touch of red — shoes, lips, shirt, accessory… just a hint ❤️ 🕖 7–9 PM Dance Classes 7:00 — Urban Kiz (Level 2) … Continued

Pictured dominantly and diagonally across the graphic is large wooden rolling pin against a golden background; below across the bottom of the page are two dancers standing separately of each other, with a red haired white woman on the left looking toward a silver haired African American woman, her hands clenched near her forehead. Both appear to be mature dancers in dark dance togs in a woode panelled room. Language asks the viewer if they would roll in the name of art on March 15th; two logos for Public Displays of Motion and Sleeping Weazel appear to the right of the rolling pin.

Community Workshop & Filming: Rollers Needed!

The Pryde
March 15, 2026
12:45 pm - 4:00 pm

Peter DiMuro/Public Displays of Motion, along with Sleeping Weazel, is seeking an intersectional/intergenerational humane humans to explore “rolling”. All ages, all backgrounds, all body types are needed. Movement will developed in a min workshop and filmed in one session in the Hyde Park section of Boston on March 15th, 2026, 1pm 4pm. Register here: Scheduled … Continued

Several women standing and sitting holding up chiffon scarves.

15 Hour Training to Bring Dance to Older Adults and People with Dementia

Bridges by EPOCH at Westwood
|
April 18, 2026
9:00 am - 5:30 pm
April 19, 2026
9:00 am - 5:30 pm

Learn the skills to engage, inspire and uplift older adults and people with dementia through dance and expressive movement. Donna Newman-Bluestein will model and teach through experiential methods and discussions how to customize your groups to motivate older adults to express themselves so they feel seen, heard, and appreciated for who they are. The 15 … Continued