Dear BDA Community,
Happy Tuesday and happy March! It’s Women’s History Month and we are so fortunate to have so many powerful female voices in dance. I want to take a moment to acknowledge all the women that have been making an impact in the Boston dance community, many of which have been a part of BDA to some capacity. We are grateful for your work, your vision and your strength. I hope you’ll join me in celebrating the women who have directly and indirectly paved ways for dance.
On another note, here’s your reminder that this weekend we’ll spring forward to daylight savings! Make sure to adjust your clocks and plan for extra sleep. Speaking of being sprung, we are selling our portable dance floor! Are you or someone you know looking for a sprung floor that can be assembled easily at a discounted rate? Let us know! Feel free to email me: crizzo@bostondancealliance.org. More information on that under our news section!
Have an incredible week,
Carmen S. Rizzo, Membership & Operations Associate
BDA is excited to announce that the portable floor you may have danced on, seen performances with or rented yourself is now on sale! We are in the process of acquiring a new dance floor in a sustainable manner. In order to do so, we are also seeking dancers, producers, and dance lovers in need of a sprung dance floor.
We have a few options for sale in both squared or rectangular set-ups. Different sizes are still currently available, although we do have some prospects so let us know if you’re interested as soon as possible!
We would love to see our floor find a new loving and dancing home. Tell your friends and colleagues! If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact Carmen at crizzo@bostondancealliance.org.
Egyptian-American multi-instrumentalist Karim Nagi weaves Arab tradition with a borderless exploration. Enjoy vibrant Arabic music and dance in this original expression of diaspora folklore. Future Folkore happens on Thursday, March 6, 6:30-7:45 PM at the Providence Public Library, 150 Empire St., Providence, RI. Tickets: $25 (+$2 online processing fee) Pay-what-you-can tickets are available to our community members.
FREE! – Join the public rehearsal of Proxies, a transdisciplinary dance theatre production from Ilya Vidrin and Partnering Lab at the intersection of performance, computation, and information design. Thursday, March 6, 2-3 PM, at the Harvard ArtLab, 40 North Harvard Street, Boston.
FREE! – A dance collective of fierce young performers from different dance backgrounds, MasterZ at Work ignites the stage with jazz, hip-hop, street jazz, house, African, vogue, and contemporary dance. The MasterZ at Work Dance Family performance was filmed live during Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival 2024 and is available for streaming Friday, March 7 – Friday, March 28.
Transfigured Ground explores the transformation experienced when life shifts in unexpected ways, making us vulnerable to sudden loss or illness, creating monumental shifts that alter our paths forever, forcing us to adapt. Dancers will source movement from their personal experiences, exploring how the body can feel when dealing with trauma, creating sharp angles and slicing limbs that segue into liquid curves with startlingly ephemeral shifts of weight with unison movement that provides collective power amidst individual phrases to convey unity. Friday, March 7 and Saturday, March 8, 8 PM at Somarts@The Hive, 561 Windsor St., Somerville.
Don’t miss Ethereal Space, Northeast Youth Ballet’s final series of their season, Realm of Imagination. Saturday, March 8, 7:30 PM and Sunday, March 9, 2 PM at the J. Everett Collins Center for the Performing Arts, 100 Shawsheen Road, Andover, MA, and be transported into another world by the art of dance! Tickets: $31.50-$46.50.
ANIKAYA hosts Migrations workshops in the dance studio. All bodies and skill-levels welcome! Sunday, March 9, 11 AM-1 PM, at Arrow Street Arts, 2 Arrow St., Cambridge. Registration: Free with ticket to Conference of the Birds ($1-$65).
Eve Boltax and Ana Harmon return for a Gaga & Feldenkrais Workshop. Invite both ease and energy into your body as they share 2 moving methods in 1 afternoon. Sunday, March 9, 12:30 – 3:30 PM at The Dance Complex, 536 Massachusetts Ave.,Cambridge, MA. Registration: $25-$40.
Register early for Flamenco Dance Project‘s Concha Jareno Workshop and benefit from discounted prices. The workshop will take place Thursday, April 3 – Sunday, April 6, at The Dance Complex (536 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge). To register and payment instructions visit their website. Early bird prices available until Friday, March 7. For additional information, contact sabrina@flamencodanceproject.com.
Urbanity X is a residency program designed to elevate emerging movement artists by providing multi-faceted support to help take their careers to the next level. The program includes:
- An upfront $1,000 stipend
- 30 hours of dedicated studio space
- Access to Urbanity’s office space, supplies, and technology
- An archival video recording of their work
- A performance opportunity at Urbanity’s Central studio (with marketing, technical support, and costume access)
Application Deadline: Friday, March 7.
Have you heard the good news? BDA is partnering with Celebrity Series again to make sure you get to see the historic and always relevant Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. BDA members and Pro/Motion subscribers are welcome to use our code “CR4JOY” to claim $49 tickets at ANY seat as long as they are available! Hurry to claim yours! Need other options? Email crizzo@bostondancealliance.org and Carmen will gladly help you find an option that works for you.