Hello BDA Community,
As we groove through mid-July and navigate heat waves, I hope you’re finding ways to stay cool.
One of my favorite parts of the summer is the opportunity to take a dance-centered trip. There are many opportunities this week to engage with dance as an observer or as a participant and some of them might include a quick trip for you. Be it going to Rhode Island, the Cape or the Berkshires, I hope you get to enjoy all the dance community has to offer and get the added benefit of briefly changing your environment.
Have a great week and stay in touch,
Carmen S. Rizzo, Operations & Membership Associate
BDA Member Events This Week
NYC-based dance artist Teresa Perez Ceccon will host a three-day Simonson Workshop including teacher training, anatomy workshops, and beginner and advanced technique classes. Students can choose single or multiple classes. Thursday, July 18, 5-8 PM; Friday, July 19, 1-8 PM; and July 20, 10 AM-5 PM at Movement Arts Gloucester Massachusetts (MAGMA), 11 Pleasant Street, Gloucester. Registration: $25-$100 per single class/workshop.
FREE! – MetaMovements returns to Sunset Salsa @ The Park at Burlington Mall with performances, Salsa dance lessons, music corner, animaciones/follow alongs, and social dancing. Thursday, July 18, 6:00-8:30 PM, at Burlington Mall 75 Middlesex Turnpike, Burlington.
FREE! – Beginning next week join Decent Dance for Dance Dates in Fitchburg! Wiggle with a loved one and experience the joy and increased intimacy that comes from dancing in a carefree environment with friends, family or a romantic partner. This round of Dance Date is made with families in mind, but you don’t need to be a parent to join in on the fun! The last 3 dates of the series will feature live music with local favorite and Fitchburg resident Luke Condon!. Mondays, July 22-August 12, 6-7 PM at the Riverfront Park, 51 Commercial St., Fitchburg.
This week at Jacob’s Pillow you’ll see Miguel Gutierrez on Wednesday, July 17, Annie Hanauer Dance on Thursday, July 18, Inspirit on Friday, July 19, and The School at Jacob’s Pillow Performance Ensembles on Saturday, July 20 at the Henry J. Leir Stage. The Saturday show will also be livestreamed. Watch Social Tango Project at the Ted Shawn Theatre, Wednesday July 17-Sunday, July 21. You can also watch them through the livestream on Thursday, July 18 or in the encore viewing July 24-25. Tickets $5-$95
Newport Contemporary Ballet presents theNewport Dance Festival.Each evening the performance features a unique lineup of dances drawn on the talent, artistry, and unique styles of the festival’s five visiting dance companies, and Newport’s resident Newport Contemporary Ballet. Wednesday, July 17-Sunday July 21, 7:30 PM at the Great Friends Meeting House, 21 Farewell St., Newport, RI. Tickets: $39-$225.
The Yard welcomes Martha Eddy for Body Mind Dancing, an anatomically informed holistic dance experience that integrates movement sensitivity, easy-going follow-along phrases, and skill building with improvisation. Thursday, July 18, 11:00 AM-12:15 PM at the Open Air Studio, 1 The Yard, Chilmark. Additional sessions on Tuesday, August 13 & Thursday, August 15. Registration: $28.
FREE! – Step into the world of My Dance Children: កូនខ្ញុំ, a documentary that intertwines the past and present of Cambodian American dancers. This film pays homage to the legendary Chea Samy, the early 20th-century star of the royal troupe, known for portraying the goddess Moni Mekhala. Dedicated to Samy’s memory, the film follows the stories of Cambodian American dancers Channa Sath, Stephanie Seng, and Brianna Mai. Watch as they navigate their roles as cultural bearers, deeply embedded in their rich Cambodian dance heritage. Thursday, July 18, and Saturday, July 20, 6-8 PM at the Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Liberty Hall, 50 E Merrimack St, Lowell.
Under the artistic direction of Jeryl Palana Pilapil-Brown, Art UnEarths‘ premiere show “Butterfly Effect” will take audiences on a thought provoking journey through live performance and dance on video. Each piece will touch on themes of today’s fast pace lifestyle and the consequences of our actions, big or small. Friday, July 19, and Saturday, July 20, 8 PM at The Multicultural Arts Center, 41 Second Street, Cambridge. Tickets: $35 or Pay What You Wish.
Jacob’s Pillow hosts Dance Education Laboratory (DEL): Social Tango Project with Ann Biddle and Felice Santorelli. DELve into an interactive and embodied workshop that uses multiple lenses to explore the dynamic dance form of Tango as participants learn to consider how to bring Tango into the dance classroom in a culturally sustaining way. Sunday, July 21, 10:00 AM-1:30 PM, at the Perles Family Studio. Registration: $25.
Revolve Dance Project (RDP) will present six world premieres of live music and dance. RDP’s annual performances showcase collaborations between the highest level of emerging choreographers and composers who team up to create original works. Talented artists from Rhode Island and beyond will be featured on the program this year, which will also include a special performance by Indiana Woodward, a New York City Ballet Principal Dancer and work by Boston-based Dara Capley. Sunday, July 21, 2 PM & 7 PM at the RISD Auditorium, 7 Providence River Greenway, 17 Canal Walk, Providence, RI. Tickets: $15.
FREE! – The Folk Arts Center hosts Dancing on the Greenway Tuesdays, July 23-August 27, 7-9 PM, at the Dewey Square Park, Rose Kennedy Greenway, 583 Atlantic Ave., Boston.
The Yard invites children to their weeklong sessions of Kids Do Dance. Participants will be challenged through fun, active dance classes that build skill and technique; nurture the child’s choreographic voice and individual artistic expression through composition studies; and develop the child’s connections to professional dancers in residency at The Yard and the community of Martha’s Vineyard. The next 2 sessions run July 22-26 at the Vineyard Arts Project, Edgartown, and August 5-9 at The Yard Studio, Chilmark. Registration: $400 per session per youth. Some scholarships are available for year-round residents and Martha’s Vineyard guests. Contact Programming Director Yvonne Mendez at yvonnemendez@dancetheyard.org for scholarship information.
Tony Williams Dance Center offers 5 weeks of dance camp throughout the summer for children ages 5-14 to dance, explore, and learn. Each week will offer Ballet in the morning with Tap or Modern, break for a long lunch at the park/splash pad, and later come back to the studio to try different elective classes. The week will finish with morning dance classes and an afternoon recital where the dancers will perform a small informal recital for family and friends.
Week 1: July 22 – 26
Week 2: July 29 – August 2
Week 3: August 12 – 16
Week 4: August 19 – 23
Week 5: August 26 – 30
Registration: $450 per week