Boston Ballet presents BB@yourhome: The Gift, a one-hour long program featuring new works choreographed by Boston Ballet company dancers Paul Craig, Chyrstyn Fentroy, John Lam, Haley Schwan, My’Kal Stromile, Gabriel Lorena (Boston Ballet II) and Arianna Hughlett (post graduate), set to Duke Ellington’s Nutcracker Suite and topped off by the grand pas de deux in Act II from Mikko Nissinen’s The Nutcracker. Show streams Thursday, December 17 until December 27.
Celebrating its 50th anniversary, Boston’s Black Nativity goes online for a gala December 18 at 7 pm and then streams on demand starting December 19.
North Atlantic Dance Theatre’s Dancing Through the Distance on Instagram Live and Youtube premiers Friday December 18 at 10 am with a Waltz of the Flowers reimagined for film.
Danza Organica’s MELAZA 2020 dance film festival continues December 18 and 20 with films that reflect upon colonialism, decolonization, racism, and our current pandemic.
Cape Cod’s dance community comes together in a short film festival hosted by Adam Spencer starting December 19 at 5 pm
Peter DiMuro’s Funny Uncle Cabaret and the Bang Group’s now-classic Nut/Cracked livestream on December 20 at 3pm for “a COVID Currier and Ives holiday season.”
Hip hop royalty Kwikstep , Rokafella, and others from Full Circle come together for a virtual conversation streamed by the New York Public Library on Monday, December 21 at 5:30.
The Boch Center is streaming Jennifer Weber’s evening length Hip Hop Nutcracker starting Tuesday December 22 at 7 p.m.
PLAN TO ATTEND JANUARY CONFERENCES ONLINE!
The annual APAP (Association of Performing Arts Professionals) conference (January 8-12, 2021) will be virtual this year, which makes it (relatively) more affordable — and you don’t have to find a place to stay in New York.
Check out the professional development sessions for artists and arts administrators, performing arts showcases, and field-wide conversations.
Dance USA’s Annual Forum (which is always free and open to all) will be taking place on Thursday, January 14, 2021 from 12-2PM
