Boston Dance Alliance is delighted to announce its 2018 honorees! Jeanne Traxler has been named the 2018 Dr. Michael Shannon Dance Champion. Jeanne Traxler was an original founder of the PB&J Dance Company in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1976 and in Massachusetts in 1980. She teaches PB&J Dance Classes for Kids and co-directs the SMALL FEETS … Continued
We are delighted to be able to announce today that after a decade of successful residency programs, Boston Dance Alliance and Boston Center for the Arts have teamed up to create their newly-designed Boston Dancemakers Residency. The Boston Dancemakers Residency is designed to support experienced dancemakers in the development of original work by providing research, development, rehearsal, financial … Continued
Boston Dance Alliance is sad to share the news of the death of Dorothy Elizabeth Tucker, dancer in the Prometheus Elders Ensemble, Back Pocket Dancers, Back Porch Dancers and Around the Corner Movers. A leader in services for children and underserved community, she was also recognized as a pillar of the long-established West Medford … Continued
It’s time to Nominate the 2018 Boston Dance Alliance Dr. Michael Shannon Dance Champion! 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 work constitutes a significant legacy. The awardee … Continued
He was here, he left, he returned, and Boston Dance Alliance is so glad that John Michael Kennedy is back in Boston and on the BDA Board! We have already taken advantage of his great advice on press releases and our annual fund communications. John Michael Kennedy is president of JMK-PR: Communications for Creative Industries, … Continued
Are you a dance teacher/studio owner/community leader who knows financially disadvantaged dancers who need ballet slippers and pointe shoes? Capezio has made an incredible gift of 1,000 pairs of ballet slippers valued at more than $25,000 to BDA. We are combining that with almost $10,000 worth of pointe shoes from a variety of manufacturers. Boston Dance Alliance members … Continued
The Boston Metro area has over 60 colleges and universities, which really shape the city’s culture. The college population is constantly changing with the matriculation of new students and growing as many students make Boston their home after graduation. Many universities have formal dance degree programs, recreational dance classes, and student performance groups. Boston Dance … Continued
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Boston Dance Alliance is delighted to have added Aysha Upchurch to our Board of Directors! Aysha is the Associate Director of COOL Schools at VSA Massachusetts where she works at the intersection of arts integration, special education, and professional development, continuing to endeavor to position arts and teaching artists as central ingredients to progressive and … Continued
National Arts In Education Week is from September 10-16, 2017 and our friends at Americans for the Arts are encouraging all of us — those who teach, those who have had great teachers, and those who know the value of arts education to our society — to join together to share our stories with our … Continued