Events
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14th Annual Boston College Arts Festival
Presented by Boston College April 26-April 28, 2012 Every year, the Boston College Arts Festival brings the Boston College and surrounding communities together to celebrate the arts. Music, theater, dance, film screenings, art exhibitions and demonstrations, literary readings, children's activities, special events, and much more!
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Boston College |
04/26/12 -
04/28/12 |
Boston College, O'Neill Plaza Event Center, Chestnut Hill |
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Spring Works
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The Boston Conservatory |
04/13/12 -
04/14/12 |
The Boston Conservatory Theater, Boston |
Acoustica Electronica
Presented by Oberon at Oberon February 10-February 17, 2012 AcousticaElectronica blends the virtuosity found in the classical concert hall with the infectious energy of the late-night dance club. The best of both worlds: artistic depth and irresistible appeal. It is sexy and classy, sensuous and stoic, irreverent and reverential. Bach meets a dance club back-beat, Chopin meets trance, Carmen’s habanera and Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata are blended with house music for a listening experience unlike anything you have ever heard before. ...
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Oberon |
02/10/12 -
02/17/12 |
Oberon, Cambridge |
Adult Puppetry Class: Introduction to Shadow Puppetry
Presented by Puppet Showplace Theatre at Puppet Showplace Theatre February 27-March 19, 2012 In "Introduction to Shadow Puppetry," students will learn the history of shadow performance and see examples of the exciting work being developed by today's shadow puppeteers. Through building and performance assignments, the class will explore diverse styles of shadow puppets ranging from simple hand shadows to elaborate cut-out figures with moving parts. By the end of the class, students will have acquired all the tools they need to create their own shadow puppet show!
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Puppet Showplace Theatre |
02/27/12 -
03/19/12 |
Puppet Showplace Theatre, Brookline |
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Agbekor Drum and Dance Society
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Friends of the Weston Public Library |
03/04/12 |
Weston Public Library, Weston |
All the Single Ladies
Presented by Improv Asylum February 11-October 20, 2012 "All the Single Ladies" is the latest production from Boston's award-winning Improv Asylum, offering Bachelorette Parties and Girls Nights Out groups a wild night of comedy, dancing and a whole lot of naughtiness.
Over the course of the show, four friends set out for one last wild night out before one of them gets married. After a few drinks, old feuds and new secrets threaten their good time, and only some songs and dancing can help them work through it. The...
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Improv Asylum |
02/11/12 -
10/20/12 |
Parris Room at Ned Devine's, Boston |
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Presented by Celebrity Series of Boston at Citi Wang Theatre April 26-April 29, 2012 The annual April visit to Boston by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater has long been one of the city's celebrated seasonal traditions. The stunningly gifted and gorgeous Ailey dancers bring fire and passion to programs of classics and exciting new works alike. Following the successful transition to new artistic director Robert Battle, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater continues its triumphant journey as America's leading modern dance company. Don't miss Ailey's return to the Citi Wang...
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Celebrity Series of Boston |
04/26/12 -
04/29/12 |
Citi Wang Theatre, Boston |
Ballet Hispanico
Presented by Celebrity Series of Boston at Cutler Majestic Theatre March 9-March 11, 2012 Ballet Hispanico artistic director Eduardo Vilaro is building on the work of founder Tina Ramirez in exciting new ways, stretching and broadening the definitions of Hispanico to reflect the full depth of contemporary Hispanic people and cultures. With this bold new vision, Ballet Hispanico continues along the trail they have blazed for over 40 years, exploring the Latino voice in dance, from the smart and spicy to the elegant and lyrical and beyond. Program will include Boston premieres of...
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Celebrity Series of Boston |
03/09/12 -
03/11/12 |
Cutler Majestic Theatre, Boston |
Bill T. Jones / Arnie Zane Dance Company: Story/Time
Presented by FirstWorks March 10, 2012 “[Jones’s] gifts: …compelling storytelling and pure-dance interludes of slippery and often deeply romantic choreography.” —The Washington Post
FirstWorks presents Tony Award winner Bill T. Jones, who commands center stage for an exhilarating full company performance of 70 stories in 70 minutes. Inspired by Merce Cunningham and John Cage’s “Indeterminancy” (1959), the piece changes each time it is staged, operating on the...
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FirstWorks |
03/10/12 |
The Vets, Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Providence |
Billy Elliot the Musical
Presented by Broadway In Boston at Boston Opera House July 24-August 19, 2012 Billy Elliot the Musical is the joyous celebration of one boy's journey to make his dreams come true. Set in a small town, the story follows Billy as he stumbles out of the boxing ring and into a ballet class, discovering a surprising passion that inspires his family and his whole community. A big musical with an even bigger heart, Billy Elliot will enchant the dreamer in all of us. Based on the international smash-hit film, Billy Elliot is brought to life by a phenomenal cast and the Tony...
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Broadway In Boston |
07/24/12 -
08/19/12 |
Boston Opera House, Boston |
Burn the Floor
Presented by CityStage & Symphony Hall at Symphony Hall - Springfield May 9, 2012 The international dance sensation BURN THE FLOOR visits Symphony Hall direct from its record-breaking run on Broadway! You've seen Ballroom dance on shows like "Dancing with the Stars" and "So You Think You Can Dance." Now, with BURN THE FLOOR, you will feel, live on stage, all the passion, the drama and the sizzling excitement of 20 gorgeous champion dancers, in a true theatrical experience, a performance with a grace and athleticism that The New York Times calls,...
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CityStage & Symphony Hall |
05/09/12 |
Symphony Hall - Springfield, Springfield |
Café Variations
Presented by ArtsEmerson at Cutler Majestic Theatre April 13-April 22, 2012 Incorporating Charles Mee’s Café Plays, music from the American musical songbook and dance, SITI Company joins young artists from Emerson to render romantic and philosophical stories from the café world. A coproduction with Emerson Stage and SITI Company.
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ArtsEmerson |
04/13/12 -
04/22/12 |
Cutler Majestic Theatre, Boston |
Chunky Move
Presented by MASS MoCA at MASS MoCA March 24-March 25, 2012 With new artistic director Anouk Van Dijk at the helm, Chunky Move, Australia’s “biggest and most successful contemporary dance export” (Edinburgh International Festival) comes to MASS MoCA. "This Australian modern-dance company from Melbourne brought blasts of choreographic excitement to the Brooklyn Academy of Music Harvey Theatre when it appeared as part of The 2001 Next Wave Festival." –The New York Times "Astonishing virtuosity. And very...
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MASS MoCA |
03/24/12 -
03/25/12 |
MASS MoCA, North Adams |
Circa
Presented by Celebrity Series of Boston at Paramount Theatre February 29-March 4, 2012 This seven-performer troupe from Brisbane, Australia whose bold vision has made waves worldwide, explores the edgy territory where contemporary circus, dance and the expressive possibilities of the human body meet. Circa the show is seamlessly remixed from three of the company's most acclaimed works and is an exhilarating, high-energy journey that strips acrobatics and movement down to their heart-stopping essentials. Wednesday, 2/29, 7:30pm; Thursday, 3/1, 8pm; Friday, 3/2, 8pm; Saturday...
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Celebrity Series of Boston |
02/29/12 -
03/04/12 |
Paramount Theatre, Boston |
Classical Lovers
Presented by Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre at Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre February 10-February 26, 2012 Three ballets offer entry to different realms of romantic intrigue. From a pastoral vision of idealized love to an intimate drama of seduction, passion and betrayal to the amusing affair of courtly lovers.
Courtly Lovers (2003, Haydn)
Back to Bach (Premiered 2003, Music: Johann Sebastian Bach, Concerto in G minor)
Schubert Adagio (1991, Schubert)
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Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre |
02/10/12 -
02/26/12 |
Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre, Cambridge |
Compañía Olga Pericet
Presented by World Music/CRASHarts at Cutler Majestic Theatre March 4, 2012 Boston Debut!
One of flamenco’s most exciting new talents, Olga Pericet is a young, diminutive yet powerful dancer. Her elegant new work, Rosa, Metal y Ceniza, won the Revelación prize at last year´s Festival de Jerez. It seamlessly blends dream references with traditional and contemporary flamenco dance and features Pericet joined by two male dancers and live musicians.
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World Music/CRASHarts |
03/04/12 |
Cutler Majestic Theatre, Boston |
Compañía Rafaela Carrasco
Presented by World Music/CRASHarts at Cutler Majestic Theatre March 2-March 3, 2012 From Seville, Rafaela Carrasco is a breathtaking dancer and one of the most important flamenco choreographers of her generation. With her company of five dancers and live musicians, she displays her rare ability to explore new concepts while maintaining the essence and integrity of flamenco in Vamos al Tiroteo. Set to a selection of popular Spanish songs originally recorded by Federico García Lorca and sung by La Argentinita in 1931, Vamos al Tiroteo brings new life and energy to the...
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World Music/CRASHarts |
03/02/12 -
03/03/12 |
Cutler Majestic Theatre, Boston |
Dance Friday
Presented by Dance Friday at Brookline Tai Chi October 12, 2011-March 30, 2012 Come frolic with us at Dance Friday,
Every Friday 8-Midnight,You deserve to have this much fun!
Dance Friday is a place to dance barefoot, however you like, with or without a partner, to all kinds of music, in a smoke- and alcohol-free space. We are a volunteer-run, consensus-governed, non-profit dance organization, dancing since 1978.
We recommend casual, light-weight, comfortable clothing that you can move in.
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Dance Friday |
10/12/11 -
03/30/12 |
Brookline Tai Chi, Brookline |
Dance/Music/Space
Presented by The Arts at Wellesley March 3, 2012 Dancers Rashaun Mitchell and Silas Riener with violist Eyvind Kang forge new movements and music in conjunction with the idiosyncrasies of Tishman Commons, a nontraditional performance space.
Rashaun Mitchell started dancing at Concord Academy in Massachusetts, and joined the Merce Cunningham Dance Company in 2004. Among his many awards, Mitchell received a 2010 New York Dance and Performance Bessie Award for his participation in Pam Tanowitz’s “Be in the Gray with...
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The Arts at Wellesley |
03/03/12 |
Tishman Commons, Wellesley |
Don Quixote
Presented by Boston Ballet April 26-May 6, 2012 Music: Ludwig Minkus • Choreography: Rudolf Nureyev
This grand production of Don Quixote is full of virtuoso dancing with vivid sets and costumes. Nureyev first choreographed his version, based on the Petipa-Gorsky production, in Vienna in 1966. His spirited telling of this lively tale became one of his greatest successes. Rudolph Nureyev’s acclaimed production of Don Quixote was last performed by Boston Ballet in 2006.
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Boston Ballet |
04/26/12 -
05/06/12 |
The Boston Opera House, Boston |
Fancy Free
Presented by Boston Ballet May 10-May 20, 2012 Peter Martins’ Barber Violin Concerto, Music by Samuel Barber
Jerome Robbins’ Fancy Free, Music by Leonard Bernstein
Harald Lander’s Études, Music by Carl Czerny arranged by Knudage Riisäger
Spend a night on the town! See why Fancy Free, Robbins’ first ballet, has proved to be one of America’s favorites. Martins’ Barber Violin Concerto, a beautiful work to gorgeous music, and Lander’s Études,...
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Boston Ballet |
05/10/12 -
05/20/12 |
The Boston Opera House, Boston |
Festival of Dance
Presented by Wheaton College February 18-February 19, 2012 A variety of student run dance groups- including SOLE, Paraiso Latino and Tap Out Loud- present a festival of dance featuring an assortment of dance styles and traditions.
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Wheaton College |
02/18/12 -
02/19/12 |
Weber Theatre, Watson Fine Arts, Norton |
Gaelic Roots: Irish Dance and Ceili
Presented by Boston College March 29, 2012 With live music by Séamus Connolly and friends.
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Boston College |
03/29/12 |
Boston College, Gasson Hall, Irish Room, Chestnut Hill |
Ghungroo 2012
Presented by Harvard South Asian Association March 1-March 3, 2012 "Where lively dances, Bollywood music, and funny South Asian accents combine!!!!! Sponsored by the Harvard South Asian Association, Ghungroo is our annual cultural showcase that features dances, musical pieces and skits from the South Asian subcontinent. With over 300 performers from the Harvard undergraduate community, Ghungroo is considered one of the biggest cultural shows on campus. Come join us and celebrate the diversity, the beauty and the fun of South Asian culture at Ghungroo....
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Harvard South Asian Association |
03/01/12 -
03/03/12 |
Agassiz Theatre, Cambridge |
Guys, Gals & Glitter! (4 nights of shows!)
Presented by Rogue Burlesque at Club Cafe February 17-February 25, 2012 A burlesque/BOYlesque extravaganza!
Don't miss this delicious 50/50 split between the sparkling ladies of Rogue Burlesque and the smokin’ hot men of Sirlesque! Full of equal-opportunity striptease and comedy, GUYS, GALS AND GLITTER promises to tease, seduce, baffle, and entertain you! SPECIAL GUEST international burlesque sensation JACQUELINE HYDE performing on Fridays!
Fridays and Saturdays in February!
February 17 & 18, 24 &25
Doors at 7:30...
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Rogue Burlesque |
02/17/12 -
02/25/12 |
Club Cafe, Boston |
India Jazz Suites
Presented by World Music/CRASHarts at Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA) April 20-April 22, 2012 Kathak Meets Tap: Pandit Chitresh Das & Jason Samuels Smith
"Dazzling . . . with breathtaking precision. A dynamic exchange of dance ideas that brilliantly illuminated distinctive differences between their respective art forms, electrifying an enthusiastic sold-out crowd.”—The Boston Globe
India Jazz Suites is an explosive collaboration between Pandit Chitresh Das, one of India’s foremost Kathak masters, and Jason Samuels Smith, the Emmy...
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World Music/CRASHarts |
04/20/12 -
04/22/12 |
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA), Boston |
Joffrey Ballet Company
Presented by Zeiterion Performing Arts Center at Zeiterion Performing Arts Center March 1, 2012 Considered one of the three great American Ballet Companies, The Joffrey Ballet has been hailed as “America’s Company of Firsts”: the first dance company to perform at the White House at Jacqueline Kennedy’s invitation; the first to appear on television; the first American company to visit Russia; the first classical dance company to go multi-media; the first to commission a rock ‘n’ roll ballet; the first, and only dance company to appear on the cover of...
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Zeiterion Performing Arts Center |
03/01/12 |
Zeiterion Performing Arts Center, New Bedford |
Lighthouse Opening
Presented by Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy January 12-March 30, 2012 Come out for the opening of Lighthouse, a temporary art installation on the Greenway at the Boston Harbor Islands Pavilion. Join us for a brief presentation from the team of artists followed by an after party at a Greenway neighborhood establishment (TBA).
Thursday, January 12, 6:00 – 8:00PM
Boston Harbor Islands Pavilion (between State St. & Atlantic Ave.)
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Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy |
01/12/12 -
03/30/12 |
Boston Harbor Islands Pavilion, Boston |
Mark Morris Dance Group
Presented by Celebrity Series of Boston at Cutler Majestic Theatre May 17-May 20, 2012 Mark Morris is a world-renowned choreographer of great ambition and endless invention; a dance master, though still brilliantly sculpting his legacy. He is also an unusual figure in the depth of his commitment to dance as a live music experience. Mark Morris would never consider performing to recorded music and sticking to his uncompromising standard is a challenge that is also an enormous part of his artistic success. Both dance and music breathe and live in a Mark Morris Dance Group...
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Celebrity Series of Boston |
05/17/12 -
05/20/12 |
Cutler Majestic Theatre, Boston |
NIMBAYA!
Presented by World Music/CRASHarts at Sanders Theatre February 12, 2012 A daring response to the taboo of women playing the djembe in West Africa, Nimbaya! is the first all-women's percussion and dance troupe from Guinea. The group, formerly known as Amazones Women Master Drummers of Guinea, was created in 1998 by Mamoudou Condé of Les Ballets Africains fame. Presenting spectacular performances, Nimbaya! "plays with a fury, pounding out heart-racing rhythms and dancing into near frenzies."—The Boston Globe
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World Music/CRASHarts |
02/12/12 |
Sanders Theatre, Cambridge |