BPS Arts Expansion has released its RFP for the 2022-23 school year, including Individual Arts Educator grants of up to $500 to support professional development or supplies for teaching artists and BPS arts teachers. There will be an Information Session on February 8, with an application deadline of March 23. Hannah Cole gives a … Continued
The 2022 Grant and Residency Opportunity Calendar is LIVE Boston Dance Alliance has brought together a year’s worth of grants, residencies and other opportunities throughout Boston for dancers, dancemakers, and teaching artists. Check the relevant websites for eligibility requirements and program priorities and to participate in candid information sessions where you can get your … Continued
As the Omicron spike continues, please check websites/social media for changes to any in-person events before heading out! The Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture is holding a virtual information session for individuals interested in applying to the fifth cohort of the Boston Artists-in-Residence program. It will be held via Zoom on Wednesday, January 26 at … Continued
Congratulations are in order! The National Endowment for the Arts’ 2022 awards included these Massachusetts organizations: Boston Ballet Jacob’s Pillow Ballet Rox Urbanity Dance Abilities Dance And our partners Boston Center for the Arts (BDA’s partner in the Boston Dancemakers Residency) Edvestors (BDA partner in arts education for the Boston Public Schools) Open Door Arts … Continued
Nominations for the Boston Dance Alliance 2022 Dance Champion Award are now open! CLICK HERE TO NOMINATE The Dr. Michael Shannon Dance Champion Award, created in 2004, recognizes a member of the metropolitan Boston dance community over the age of 60 who has made a great contribution to Boston’s dance landscape and whose body of … Continued
If one of your New Year’s resolutions is upping your dance on camera game, join our friends at Vermont Dance Alliance for a free month-long series of classes online taught by Christopher Wiersema. The class starts January 4 6:30-8 PM. The Folk Arts Center‘s Saturday series of virtual dances from around the world begins January 8 … Continued
Boston Dance Alliance congratulates Ilya Vidrin and Jessi Stegall and the Partnering Lab, counted among Dance Magazine’s 25 to Watch for 2022! Olivia Moon Photography/halfasianlens The Omicron variant of the Covid-19 virus is here, so please check websites/social media for these events before heading out. BDA believes this information is correct as of posting, but schedules are changing quickly. … Continued
Boston Dance Alliance is delighted to welcome two new members to our Board of Directors! Karen Krolak is a Boston based choreographer, performer, teacher, presenter, costume designer, and writer. Since 2000, she has been the Founder/Artistic Director of Monkeyhouse. Her choreography has been featured in dance concerts, site-specific works, plays, musicals, performance art pieces, films and gallery installations. Krolak’s … Continued
Somerville Arts Council announces the ArtAssembled Residency Programsupporting dancers, theater, and multimedia performance artists who need both space and technical assistance. ArtAssembled Residency Program awards artists with space, a small stipend, and other resources to support projects with the potential end goal of a public performance in Somerville. Available residency must culminate by June 15, 2022, and each … Continued
All December long head over to the Somerville Theatre to see The Slutcracker, a parody of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker. Watch the diverse cast present their own unique version of the show, that changes year to year based on who participates. Not comfortable going to the theatre? The Slutcracker: The Movie is also available to rent! … Continued