BOSTON DANCE NEWS COVERAGE
The latest news on performances of Dance in Boston.

by Julie Musbach - May 23, 2019
The North Shore Civic Ballet (NSCB), a nonprofit dance company in Marblehead, Massachusetts, has been selected to perform in the Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre's 11th Annual Dance for World Community Festival. The NSCB, based at the Marblehead School of Ballet (MSB), marks its fourth appearance at the f...

by A.A. Cristi - April 24, 2019
The Boch Center and Talmi Entertainment announced that Moscow Ballet's Great Russian Nutcracker will bring the Gift of Christmas Tour to the Boch Center Wang Theatre stage on Friday, December 6 at 7:00PM. Tickets go on sale to the general public Friday, April 26 at 10:00AM....

by Stephi Wild - April 02, 2019
Boston Ballet Artistic Director Mikko Nissinen announces seven dancer promotions for the 2019-2020 season. Second Soloists Chyrstyn Fentroy, Lawrence Rines, and Addie Tapp have been promoted to the rank of soloist. Artists Maria Álvarez, Dawn Atkins, Emily Entingh, and Matthew Slattery have been pro...

by Julie Musbach - March 25, 2019
Acclaimed Broadway and North Shore performer, choreographer, and dancer Karen Marie Pisani returns to the Marblehead School of Ballet (MSB) this summer presenting the new Theater Arts Week series. Dancers, 12 to 17 years of age, are invited to enroll. The series runs August 5 through August 9 from 9...

by Julie Musbach - March 20, 2019
Jacob's Pillow announces that internationally sought-after Colombian-Belgian choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa is the recipient of the 2019 Jacob's Pillow Dance Award....

by A.A. Cristi - March 04, 2019
Project RAu connects audiences to the idea of cross-cultural oneness through multiple national and international presentations of dance. Scored with the music of Syrian composer Kinan Azmeh, RAu focuses on the sensitive and political subject matter of human migration. Through this collaborative wor...

by Stephi Wild - February 26, 2019
Boston Ballet Artistic Director Mikko Nissinen announces programming for the 2019 2020 season at the Boston Opera House. The season opens with Giselle, a haunting tale of love, betrayal, and forgiveness. Nissinen's The Nutcracker returns to delight audiences with its beloved characters and brilliant...

by Rebecca Russo - February 19, 2019
Celebrating 15 years of artistic excellence, Deborah Mason's Cambridge Youth Dance Company (CYDP) will perform their annual spring concert atBoston University Dance Theater, 915 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston for three performances, April 27 - 28, 2019. The performances will feature choreography and re...

by Julie Musbach - February 19, 2019
Jacob's Pillow, in partnership with The New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) and the Association of Performing Arts Professionals (APAP), invites early career dance presenters to apply for an immersive professional development experience at Jacob's Pillow, July 10-14, 2019. The National Dance ...

by A.A. Cristi - February 04, 2019
The Kerry Jon Walker Fund (KJWF), a non-profit organization dedicated to helping humanity and supporting those affected by poverty, presents its benefit night out World Dance Party, on Saturday, March 23, at 7 pm, at Players Sports Bar & Grille, 86 VFW Drive, Rockland. All proceed support the fund's...

by Julie Musbach - November 16, 2018
The Nutcracker is a holiday season tradition for countless young dancers whose annual turn in the Christmas fantasy marks a celebrated rite of passage. The chance to take part in the enchanting production, full of pageantry and splendor, engages the starry-eyed child dancer, while more advanced ball...

by A.A. Cristi - November 15, 2018
The Marblehead School of Ballet (MSB) celebrates Community Appreciation Week from Thursday, November 29 to Sunday, December 2. During this special week, the public is invited to come and try a dance class, watch a class, attend a post-movie reception, and more. Parents and guardians, who are consi...

by A.A. Cristi - October 17, 2018
Boston Ballet proudly presents the return of Mikko Nissinen's The Nutcracker. Since its world premiere in 2012, Mikko Nissinen and Robert Perdziola's re-envisioned production has been delighting audiences and critics alike. The Nutcracker, set to Tchaikovsky's renowned score, opens November 29 with ...

by A.A. Cristi - October 15, 2018
The fall season has just begun and the North Shore Civic Ballet (NSCB) is preparing for its annual online holiday auction. This year, the nonprofit dance company celebrates its 44th season and invites the public to help train the next generation of dancers in the North Shore region. ...

by A.A. Cristi - October 15, 2018
Now in its 33rd season, Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre presents its treasured production of The Nutcracker at two of Boston's finest theatres this holiday season. The Company returns to The Cutler Majestic Theatre in Boston's Theatre District (Nov.30-December 9) and The Strand Theatre in Dorchester (Dec...

by A.A. Cristi - September 26, 2018
Boston Ballet presents BB@home: ChoreograpHER, a program dedicated to emerging female choreographers from Boston Ballet Company dancers featuring six original works by Principal Dancer Lia Cirio, Second Soloist Hannah Bettes, and Artists Jessica Burrows, Lauren Flower, Sage Humphries, and Haley Sch...

by BWW News Desk - September 14, 2018
The New England Foundation for the Arts' Creative City program announces the SOUND, a series of three public art installations created by composer and sound artist Beau Kenyon taking place throughout Boston through November. All programs are free and open to the public....

by A.A. Cristi - September 06, 2018
The New England Foundation for the Arts' Creative City program announces the SOUND, a series of three public art installations created by composer and sound artist Beau Kenyon taking place throughout Boston through November. All programs are free and open to the public....

by A.A. Cristi - August 27, 2018
Experience the wonders of ancient Chinese culture with the world's premier classical Chinese dance and music company when Shen Yun returns to The Hanover Theatre and Conservatory for the Performing Arts for three performances on Saturday, January 19 and Sunday, January 20. Tickets are now on sale....

by Julie Musbach - August 16, 2018
The Marblehead School of Ballet (MSB) celebrates its 47th anniversary this fall with a new season of classes for 2018-2019, beginning on Monday, August 27. Classes are offered to children, teenagers, and adults of all levels at the school's studio, located at 115 Pleasant Street, in picturesque Mar...

by A.A. Cristi - August 09, 2018
Adam H. Weinert performs Jacob's Pillow founder Ted Shawn's epic work Dance of the Ages, the first evening-length modern dance work ever presented, in celebration of the work's 80th anniversary. This exclusive engagement transforms the Pillow's campus to reflect the original performance as first exp...

by Julie Musbach - August 08, 2018
Boston Ballet's 2018-2019 season opens with Genius at Play, a program that celebrates the centennial of choreographer Jerome Robbins' birth, his storied career, and his countless contributions to dance. The all-Robbins program opens with an orchestral performance of Leonard Bernstein's Candide Overt...

by Julie Musbach - July 24, 2018
The Marblehead School of Ballet (MSB) invites the public to attend and enjoy the 2018 Summer Dance Intensive Workshop Performance on Saturday, August 4 at 1:30 p.m. at 115 Pleasant Street in Marblehead, Massachusetts. The program is free. A donation may be made to The Ruth N. Shiff Memorial Fund o...

by Julie Musbach - July 23, 2018
On the occasion of their 40th anniversary, world-renowned Hubbard Street Dance Chicago returns to Jacob's Pillow with a diverse program featuring today's leading contemporary choreographers including Ohad Naharin, Crystal Pite, resident choreographer Alejandro Cerrudo, and founder Lou Conte. Praised...

by A.A. Cristi - July 19, 2018
As part of a bold new initiative to animate the galleries with contemporary performances and integrate dance into exhibitions and programs, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum's first Choreographer-in-Residence, Peter DiMuro, is designing new programs including a dancer-led tour throughout the Museu...