BDA Dancer Health Month 2020 has gotten off to an incredible start! Thank you to Heather Southwick and Melissa Buffer-Trenouth! Check out all the sessions and register here Your all-access pass opens to the door to the online presentations by some of Boston’s most experienced dance medicine clinicians — and the video archive! Great for professionals, … Continued
BDA DANCER HEALTH MONTH STARTS TODAY (OCTOBER 7) With a great session by Heather Southwick, Boston Ballet’s Director of Physical Therapy We are excited to be launching this special series with a timely presentation about getting back to class and studio during the pandemic. Mark your calendars! Next up will be Building Core Strength with physical … Continued
OCTOBER IS BDA DANCER HEALTH MONTH and BDA has scheduled an entire month of online presentations and workshops to keep you healthy and strong during pandemic shutdowns and beyond! Boston’s most experienced dance medicine clinicians will be on hand to share their expertise and answer your questions. Check out all the details and register here You … Continued
This is the 40th special edition of Pro/Motion since mid-March, when the pandemic changed all of our lives. Thank you so much for accompanying Boston Dance Alliance on this challenging journey and letting us know that our ability to continue to share information, resources and encouragement has made a difference. Please consider joining or rejoining BDA … Continued
The third Saturday in September is National Dance Day, thanks to Nigel Lythgoe, co-creator of “So You Think You Can Dance” and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton. Learn this year’s special routines, including a take on Nina Simone’s “Feelin Good,” or check out past year’s videos for inspiration Great news from Somerville The hard work of Gregory Jenkins of the … Continued
Dance Under the Starlight (Weather Permitting!) Tonight (Friday Sept 11) the dance on view at Starlight Stage in Cambridge’s Central Square includes personal stories by Yani Batteau, Kara Fili, Joan Green, Ashley Rose Salomon, Tashawn Taylor, J. Michael Winward and more. Then Saturday and Sunday The Wondertwins reprise their unflinching exploration of police violence towards the Black community, … Continued
Music and Mind Live Former Bostonian and Mark Morris dancer David Leventhal, who directs Dance for PD®, joins opera star Renée Fleming in an online conversation about the impact of music and dance for patients with Parkinson’s Disease on Tuesday, September 8 at 5:00 pm on Facebook and YouTube. Lindsay Caddle LaPointe‘s films of the site specific Mill Town created by … Continued
Boston Dance Theater kicks-off its new virtual series of events on September 2, 2020 1-2 p.m. on Zoom! Join distinguished arts+science innovators from Boston and beyond for an afternoon as they tackle the big question, “Why should the arts work with science to achieve sustainability and what actions are currently being taken?” Activities associated with the … Continued
The Starlight Stage behind the H Mart in Central Square, Cambridge opens for live outdoor dance performances this weekend with The Davis Sisters’ Family Gathering, A Comeback Show Friday, August 28, and Saturday August 29, 2020, 8:00-9:15 p.m. and Callie Chapman and Violet Nox’s Phoenix, with themes centering on transformation and process, on Sunday, August 30, 2020, 8:00-9:15 … Continued
TONIGHT! On the closing night of the Democratic National Convention, arts leaders across disciplines participate in a special voting rights event. Register for free and log on Aug 20, 2020, 6-7 p.m. Did you study with the great Elma Lewis? A special project is collecting stories of how one of Boston’s most important Black female luminaries in the arts, … Continued