Events
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Come Hear the Music Play: The Music of Kander and Ebb
Presented by The Boston Conservatory at Seully Hall September 11-September 12, 2010 Junior Theater student Joe Longthorne leads a cast of 14 students in their journey through the music and words of Broadway?s favorite writing team: Kander and Ebb.? Accompanied by new orchestrations by Junior Neil Douglas Reilly, they sing new arrangements of Kander and Ebb favorites, and introduce the audience to some of their lesser known work. Please visit www.bostonconservatory.edu/calendar for the most up-to-date performance information.
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The Boston Conservatory |
09/11/10 -
09/12/10 |
Seully Hall, Boston |
(ahts) The Boston Arts Festival
Presented by Mayor's Office of Arts, Tourism and Special Events at Christopher Columbus Park September 10-September 12, 2010 (ahts): The Boston Arts Festival features the best of the Boston Arts Scene- both visual and performance. Based in the idyllic Christopher Columbus Park on Boston’s waterfront, the festival features over 70 juried artists and a performance program on 2 stages showcasing Boston’s best performing arts groups and performers. There will also be art demonstrations and family activities with staff from the MFA, the Mayor's Mural Crew, Diablo glass and 7 other arts groups. To learn more...
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Mayor's Office of Arts, Tourism and Special Events |
09/10/10 -
09/12/10 |
Christopher Columbus Park, Boston |
Latin Mondays!
Presented by Boston Center for Adult Education at Boston Center for Adult Education September 13, 2010 Don’t let your sexy, svelte, summer self “fall” victim to the season! This autumn join the Boston Center for Adult Education (BCAE) and Masa Restaurant for “Latin Mondays,” a night of Latin-inspired food and dance classes to keep you feeling hot, hot, hot! The temperature will start to rise at 6:00PM with “Salsa for Beginners,” where students will learn the basics of the sensual style. At 8:00PM things heat up with “Latin Dance Basics,”...
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Boston Center for Adult Education |
09/13/10 |
Boston Center for Adult Education, Boston |
ETTA Art Studio: Empowerment Through the Arts is offering Visual and Perfoming Art programs
Presented by ETTA ART STUDIO December 22-September 13, 2010 Improv theater, Fine Arts, Dance, Jewelry Workshops being offered now with multi- talented artists and teachers.
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ETTA ART STUDIO |
12/22/10 -
09/13/10 |
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Falling Flight Project presents "Ghosts of the White Ship"
Presented by Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center at Multicultural Arts Center September 17-September 18, 2010 Falling Flight Project explores Ireland's Great Famine and its impact on the Irish through an evening length work: Ghosts of the White Ship - a dance theater performance with four parts. Thoughtful storytelling combine with finely crafted dance works, documenting a time of great pain, sorrow and resilience. Choreography by Artistic Director, Karen Murphy-Fitch.
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Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center |
09/17/10 -
09/18/10 |
Multicultural Arts Center, Cambridge |
Family SculptureFest
Presented by deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum September 19, 2010 DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum is pleased to announce its first annual Family SculptureFest to take place on Sunday, September 19, 2010. This fun day of campus--wide activities will include looking, creating, and exploring art inside and outside the museum. Join us for a variety of events to engage and entertain the whole family! Events include art making activities,a juried art sale, musical and dance performances,community-related activities, fammily activities, food, tours of the...
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deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum |
09/19/10 |
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PT's Annual "Back To School Sunday" Service
Presented by Pentecostal Tabernacle September 19, 2010 Pentecostal Tabernacle (PT) will be having it's annual "Back To School Sunday" Service. Students (of all ages) and Educators are invited. There will be: **Music **Worship **the Word **Prayer (for all students & educators), **Prices **FREE Food **and most importantly, having an awesome time in the presence of the LORD, as we fellowship together. So come and be blessed as you start this school year. **Please note that there will only be one service (11:00 AM), that...
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Pentecostal Tabernacle |
09/19/10 |
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A Summer Dream: Dance the Night Away to the Music of Bo and Bill Winiker Orchestra
Presented by UpStairs on the Square at Upstairs on the Square Restaurant September 23, 2010 The summer is just the time for a dinner dance. As always, we’ll clear away the tables in the Monday Club Bar, strike up the band, and dance until we drop. The night will showcase the old-fashioned glamour of a dinner dance with all your favorite tunes—from swing to the fox trot. Come with friends, come single, or bring Prince or Princess Charming. Just come and twirl with us in this most romantic of evenings.
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UpStairs on the Square |
09/23/10 |
Upstairs on the Square Restaurant, Cambridge |
Meet Me Downtown
Presented by LynnArts Inc. September 25, 2010 It's the Lynn's Annual Festival of the Arts. The festival will feature musical entertaiment, performances. children's activities, gallery exhibitions and artisans and crafters selling their work.
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LynnArts Inc. |
09/25/10 |
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FirstWorks presents: Pilobolus
Presented by FirstWorks September 25, 2010 “…Dizzying… acrobatic poetry… elaborately enthralling.” – The New York Times
The FirstWorks Festival kicks off with a mesmerizing mash-up of vintage comics and dance as the Cirque du Soleil of the dance world collides with Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Art Spiegelman. An absolute one-of-a-kind company, Pilobolus dazzles audiences with ingenious choreography, daring physicality, and raw athleticism, spiced with the sensuality...
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FirstWorks |
09/25/10 |
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World-jazz group Natraj performs with Indian classical dancer, Jayshree Rajamani
Presented by Natraj at National Heritage Museum September 25, 2010 World-jazz ensemble Natraj collaborates with Indian classical dancer Jayshree Bala Rajamani. This program is a fund-raiser for Bharatiya Samaj Seva Kedra, Pune, India, which is dedicated to care and placement of orphans. Jayshree Bala Rajamani: “Breathtaking footwork.” - Indian Express, New Delhi.
“Natraj... True fusion of jazz and world musics... Compelling blend of Indian, African, and Jazz musics... Excellent... It all works quite beautifully.” -...
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Natraj |
09/25/10 |
National Heritage Museum, Lexington |
Corbett / Donovan / McCusker
Presented by World Music/CRASHarts at Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston October 1-October 2, 2010 Three of Boston’s leading dance companies present world premiere works as well as signature repertory pieces. Choreographer Caitlin Corbett juxtaposes the sublime beauty of everyday movement with the innovation of contemporary dance. Daniel McCusker’s ravishingly pure dances combine rigorous geometrical structure, edgy dynamics and idiosyncratic gestures to demonstrate stories filled with intense emotional content. Kelley Donovan & Dancers create dynamic movement rich in...
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World Music/CRASHarts |
10/01/10 -
10/02/10 |
Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, Boston |
Encounter, a dance theater by Aparna Sindhoor and Anil Natyaveda
Presented by Navarasa Dance Theater at Julie Ince Thompson Theatre at the Dance Complex September 24-October 2, 2010 Encounter: an evening length’s work of contemporary dance theater explores various kinds of encounter, from encounter with the divine to gravity to military using poems, songs and stories. Poems by Sufi poet Kabir, Bhakti poet Akka Mahadevi, songs including Bob Marley’s and a short story by Mahasweta Devi are part of the encounters. Choreography is inspired by Indian dance, world music, theater and martial art (Kalari ppayattu.) Choreography and Direction: Aparna Sindhoor and...
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Navarasa Dance Theater |
09/24/10 -
10/02/10 |
Julie Ince Thompson Theatre at the Dance Complex, Cambridge |
Fraulein Maria
Presented by ArtsEmerson at Paramount Theatre September 23-October 3, 2010 The playfully brilliant Doug Elkins merges modern and popular dance forms to reinvent Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music as an edgy yet fun-loving sing-along cabaret romp.
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ArtsEmerson |
09/23/10 -
10/03/10 |
Paramount Theatre, Boston |
Dance in the Fells
Presented by Two Roads October 9, 2010 Dance in the Fells is a site-specific dance festival taking place in the Medford, Winchester and Stoneham corners of the Middlesex Fells. DITF seeks to broaden audiences of dance by appealing to both lovers of the art form as well as hiking/nature enthusiasts -- and offer a fresh view of the Fells landscape through live music and dance. The event is free and open to the public. Performances will occur between 2-6 p.m. on Saturday, October 9, 2010. (Rain date is Saturday, October 16.)
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Two Roads |
10/09/10 |
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Elements of Passion
Presented by Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre at The Sanctuary Theatre September 24-October 10, 2010 “…Mateo is masterful.” The Boston Globe “
… a ballet venue unlike any other in town. It’s a rush to be so close to the dancers that you can practically touch them.” The Improper Bostonian
Don’t miss the groundbreaking 25th Anniversary Season of selected original ballets by New England’s most prolific dance-maker, Jose Mateo. With Elements of Passion, experience three mesmerizing stories of desire, passion...
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Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre |
09/24/10 -
10/10/10 |
The Sanctuary Theatre, Cambridge |
FirstWorks presents: Lostwax "BLINKING"
Presented by FirstWorks October 14-October 16, 2010 “Refined, mysterious and sophisticated.” – The Boston Globe
We blink 10 times a minute. But what is lost in these liminal moments? Inspired by author Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink, choreographer Jamie Jewett explores the fascinating human process of understanding pattern, information and perception with a provocative new work by multi-media dance company Lostwax. In this groundbreaking premiere — another FirstWorks first — BLINKING traverses the...
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FirstWorks |
10/14/10 -
10/16/10 |
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Lindy Hop Swing Dance Classes
Presented by Hop to the Beat Dance Studio at Lower Falls Community Center September 12-October 17, 2010 Lindy Hop is the original style of Swing Dancing and is an incredibly fun, creative partner dance. Classes are taught in a fun, relaxed atmosphere, emphasizing lead/follow connection, rhythm, musicality, technique and styling. Singles and couples welcome. No partner necessary.
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Hop to the Beat Dance Studio |
09/12/10 -
10/17/10 |
Lower Falls Community Center, Newton |
Arts in the Afternoon
Presented by Boys & Girls Club of Worcester October 17, 2010 2nd Annual Arts in the Afternoon
A celebration of everything ART. This FREE event will be held on October 17th, from 1-4pm at the Boys & Girls Club of Worcester located at 65 Tainter Street, Worcester, MA 01610.
There will be artwork up for sale from over 50 professional artists, a gift shop featuring artwork created by children, hands-on craft activities from local museums, such as Worcester Art Museum and live music and dance...
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Boys & Girls Club of Worcester |
10/17/10 |
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Lindy Hop Swing Dance Classes
Presented by Hop to the Beat Dance Studio September 13-October 18, 2010 Lindy Hop is the original style of Swing Dancing and is an incredibly fun, creative partner dance. Classes are taught in a fun, relaxed atmosphere, emphasizing lead/follow connection, rhythm, musicality, technique and styling. Singles and couples welcome. No partner necessary.
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Hop to the Beat Dance Studio |
09/13/10 -
10/18/10 |
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Night of Stars
Presented by Boston Ballet at The Opera House October 23, 2010 Boston Ballet’s one-night-only Night of Stars opens the 2010-2011 season. Last season’s Night of Stars was a sold-out success, with The Phoenix asserting there must be a “ballet boom” in Boston and The Boston Globe raving, “from the opening fanfare to the closing processional… Night of Stars was a rousing celebration.” The fifth annual performance promises to thrill audiences with a range of classical to contemporary highlights from the...
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Boston Ballet |
10/23/10 |
The Opera House, Boston |
RUBBERBANDance Group
Presented by World Music/CRASHarts at Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston October 22-October 24, 2010 A thrilling, seamless blend of hip-hop, ballet and modern dance, RUBBERBANDance Group defies gravity with humor and humanity, as well as power and grace. Choreographer Victor Quijada, who codirects the Montréal-based company with Anne Plamondon, combines the freshness and spontaneity of street dance (Quijada was a b-boy in Los Angeles before signing on with Twyla Tharp and later Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal) with the rigor of ballet and the inventiveness of...
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World Music/CRASHarts |
10/22/10 -
10/24/10 |
Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, Boston |
Island Moving Co presents: Dracula at Belcourt Castle
Presented by Island Moving Co. at Belcourt Castle October 20-October 24, 2010 Island Moving Co. of Newport, RI reprises Dracula at Belcourt Castle for the third and final time October 20-24th, 2010. A dangerously close dance...based loosely on the Bram Stoker original. It is a remarkable piece of theatre filled with mystery and drama that marries movement and music, plot and place as the musicians, dancers and guests move from room to eerie room as the story unfolds.
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Island Moving Co. |
10/20/10 -
10/24/10 |
Belcourt Castle, Newport |
Bowles Centennial Celebration
Presented by Boston University College of Fine Arts at Boston University Theatre, Mainstage October 30, 2010 The culminating event of Boston University's 14th Annual Fall Fringe Festival, "Paul and Jane Bowles: Two Stars in the Desert." An evening of rarely-heard chamber music, songs, solo works, juxtaposed with dramatic readings and dance, performed by faculty and students from the schools of Music and Theatre. Paul Bowles, composer, writer, novelist; Jane Bowles, playwright; Allison Voth and Jim Petosa, artistic directors.
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Boston University College of Fine Arts |
10/30/10 |
Boston University Theatre, Mainstage, Boston |
Trajal Harrell
Presented by The Institute of Contemporary Art at Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston August 23-November 6, 2010 New York-based choreographer Trajal Harrell has been at the center of a recent reemergence of voguing. In a compelling new solo work, he explores its surprising connections to the postmodern dance of 1960s New York. For Harrell, they come together on the runway, where he embodies 20 different “looks” or personas, from “West Coast Preppy School Boy” to “Serving Superhero” (complete with cape).
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The Institute of Contemporary Art |
08/23/10 -
11/06/10 |
Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, Boston |
Trajal Harrell
Presented by The Institute of Contemporary Art at Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston November 5-November 6, 2010 New York-based choreographer Trajal Harrell has been at the center of a recent reemergence of voguing. In a compelling new solo work, he explores its surprising connections to the postmodern dance of 1960s New York. For Harrell, they come together on the runway, where he embodies 20 different “looks” or personas, from “West Coast Preppy School Boy” to “Serving Superhero” (complete with cape).
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The Institute of Contemporary Art |
11/05/10 -
11/06/10 |
Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, Boston |
Alwin Nikolais, Merlin of Multimedia
Presented by The Boston Conservatory at The Boston Conservatory Theater November 11-November 13, 2010 The Boston Conservatory Dance Theater performs works by Alwin Nikolais under Director of Dance Division Yasi Tokunaga, including Crucible, Mechanical Organ, Noumenon Mobilus, Blanc on Blanc and Tensile Involvement. Staged by Alberto Del Saz. Please visit www.bostonconservatory.edu/calendar for the most up-to-date performance information.
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The Boston Conservatory |
11/11/10 -
11/13/10 |
The Boston Conservatory Theater, Boston |
FirstWorks Festival 2010
Presented by FirstWorks September 25-November 13, 2010 First Row. First Love. FirstWorks.
For its seventh exhilarating season, FirstWorks Festival 2010 draws artists from around the globe for a celebration of theater, dance, music, new media and visual arts. Experience debut performances from the internationally renowned dance company Pilobolus; cutting-edge drama, direct from Ireland; innovative art and sound from new media artists; and soulful harmonies from Sweet Honey In The Rock®. Tickets are on sale now!
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FirstWorks |
09/25/10 -
11/13/10 |
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Alwin Nikolais, Merlin of Multimedia
Presented by The Boston Conservatory at The Boston Conservatory Theater November 14, 2010 The Boston Conservatory Dance Theater performs works by Alwin Nikolais under Director of Dance Division Yasi Tokunaga, including Crucible, Mechanical Organ, Noumenon Mobilus, Blanc on Blanc and Tensile Involvement. Staged by Alberto Del Saz. Please visit www.bostonconservatory.edu/calendar for the most up-to-date performance information.
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The Boston Conservatory |
11/14/10 |
The Boston Conservatory Theater, Boston |
Realm of Suspense
Presented by Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre at The Sanctuary Theatre October 29-November 14, 2010 “Spellbinding… one of Mateo’s strongest works to date, visually and emotionally.” - The Boston Globe
“Dramatic chills thrill in edgy ballet’ The Boston Herald
Don’t miss the groundbreaking 25th Anniversary Season of selected original ballets by New England’s most prolific dance-maker, Jose Mateo. Enjoy a thrilling theater experience like no other with cabaret-style seating, close-up view of the dancers, and cocktails...
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Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre |
10/29/10 -
11/14/10 |
The Sanctuary Theatre, Cambridge |