Dance Now shows spring up at waning of winter with ‘ShowDown,’ ‘Survival Aesthetics’ and solos
The skies and streets should be cleared of snow in time for the final weekend of Dance Now, live performances that include excerpts from an all-dance reimagining of “Annie Get Your Gun”; Aysha Upchurch’s dance of persistence; Peter DiMuro’s take on our “stupefying existence” during Covid; and Kristin Wagner’s celebration of meaningless beauty.
Dance Complex, BioMed open [email protected], an annex where artists are invited to experiment
Central Square-based Dance Complex has opened a 4,000-square-foot annex in Kendall Square for artistic experimentation and says it is taking applications from “artists of all kinds” to use it.
Before dancers depart forever, Green Street opens doors to organizers aiming to save arts
The closing of Green Streets Studios after 28 years in Central Square has been turned into a broader effort to stop the loss of arts in Cambridge.
Lion’s Jaw festival opens a window on dance even as Green Street home prepares to close (updated)
The Lion’s Jaw performance + dance festival is not just for avant-garde dancers to swap cutting-edge pedagogy – although it is an exceptional opportunity for it – and seats are open for its shows even as its fourth year in Central Square sees its classes sold out.
‘Significant’ rent hike at Green Street Studios forces closing this month after run of 28 years
Green Street Studios is closing in Central Square after 28 years, another victim of rising rents and another loss for the Central Square Cultural Arts District.
VLA Dance’s two ‘Bare Velvet’ performances bring audiences closer in a surprising space
A theater for dance performances is years off in the Canal District at Kendall Square, which is why the VLA Dance company brings its “Bare Velvet” to a unique space Friday and Saturday: a former office building cafeteria.
Three shows coming to The Dance Complex you’ll want to attend in the first half of 2017
The words “experimental” and “improvisational” aren’t uncommon in the works put on at Central Square’s newly expanded Dance Complex, but that doesn’t mean they’re not on the calendar far ahead of time.
‘Firebird’ is still revolutionizing dance, music, as CSO debuts ballet collaboration
The latest innovation for the Cambridge Symphony Orchestra arrives on stage Saturday with some of the same excitement felt by Parisians in 1910, as the orchestra brings Stravinsky’s “The Firebird” to life in a semi-staged production of the full ballet.
Agassiz Hip Hop Festival’s 20th show dances in Thursday of vacation week
What takes the stage Thursday at the Agassiz Baldwin Afterschool’s Hip Hop Festival’s 20th anniversary show will be essentially the same as what kids of the previous generation saw in 1996 – stunning hip-hop acts starring everyone from preteens to professionals.
Officials say ‘Cambridge Nutcrackers First,’ table advertising request by Boston Ballet (update)
Boston Ballet asked to fly 23 “Cherish the Moment” banners for its “Nutcracker” production along Massachusetts Avenue in Harvard Square, but city councillors hardly cherished the idea – not when Cambridge has its own “Nutcracker” dance company.
