Dear BDA Community,
For dancers to move, we have to stay fine-tuned and well-resources, too, which is why Boston Dance Alliance (BDA) proudly brings you…
- Dancer Health Days: Twice a year, BDA convenes teams of specialized healthcare professionals to conduct screenings that assess physical, mental, and nutritional well-being of dancers and to provide info on related local services for continued care.
- Fiscal Sponsorship: Year-round, BDA facilitates access to funding for dancers’ creative practices through a fiscal sponsorship program that disbursed nearly $440,000 to over 30 dancers & dance companies in 2024.
… but we cn’t do it alone. Your support enables us to sustain these specialized services so foundational to dancers’ success.
And for the next week, any & all donations to BDA will be doubled thanks to a matching gift from two anonymous donors. So don’t delay, donate today!
Thanks in advance for helping us do double for dance!
Aaron Myers, Executive Director
“Novum”–meaning new, fresh, novel, unusual–reflects our evolution as we shift to a more professional model. With this new name and model, their core mission remains: creating socially-conscious art that sparks change and celebrates intersectional identities.
At Novum, they remain dedicated to their roots as a true collective and community of artists—collaborative, inclusive, and focused on exploring intersectional identities through dance. With this new identity, they’re embracing a more focused, professional model. Performances will be more ambitious, creative processes more intensive, and their dancers more dedicated than ever before. They’re introducing higher expectations for artistry and technique, a rigorous rehearsal schedule, and new opportunities for dancers to grow as choreographers, teachers, and arts leaders.
As part of this shift, Novum will be paying dancers as contractors and applying for more community performance opportunities throughout the Northeast. They’re excited to raise the visibility of their work and continue to build a space where dance becomes a powerful force for social change.
While their structure may be evolving, their core values remain unchanged: community, collaboration, and a commitment to celebrating diverse and intersectional identities through movement.
BDA is a proud fiscal sponsor of Novum and congratulates the group on this new stage!
The New England Folk Arts Center hosts a hybrid New Year’s Eve Dance Party. Tuesday, December 31, 8:30 PM-12:30 AM at the Payson Park Church, 365 Belmont St., Belmont. You may also join virtually. Admission: $0-$30.
Harvard University seeks visiting lecturer in dance. The Standing Committee on Degrees in Theater, Dance & Media is seeking one semester undergraduate course proposals for either fall or spring semester in the academic year 2025-2026. Proposals on any topic in dance and its related arts, practices, and scholarship are welcome. They are especially interested in proposals that incorporate performance as a mode of embodied learning and research, bridge creative practice and critical inquiry, and/or draw on interdisciplinary methods. Please email course description (300 words max), syllabus, preferred semester, and CV to: tdm@fas.harvard.edu; Subject: TDM VLEC Call for Proposals.
Register for The Click‘s Community Contemporary Repertory Experience, an opportunity for all movers to dive into improvisation, technique, and play while fostering relationships new and old, thus creating and/or expanding their creative community. Commit to eight weeks of class and choreography, and have the chance to perform alongside The Click in their winter performance, Moving Through March, presented with développé Studios at The Foundry, March 1-2, 2025. Classes take place on Thursdays, January 9 – February 27, 6:30-8:30 PM, at The Dance Complex. Tech and Dress Rehearsal take place on Friday, February 28, 4:30-9:00 PM, at The Foundry. Registration: $160.
Register for youth aerial silks sessions, designed for small groups of beginners, or intermediate level dancers. Private lessons are also available. First session starts on January 25th. Please contact budance@bu.edu if you have questions.