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EDITORIAL: WHY SO MUCH CULTURAL REHASH?
Is the decades-long economic crisis for working people leading to less relevant art?
RISE AND SHINE: HE FOUND FAITH IN KRUMP, THEN STYLED A CAREER THAT SPANS FROM BREAKING TO BALLET
“Dance is not the simplest thing physically, and you’re also in a vulnerable space. You have to work to change your body, you have to tune in to every limb, and it’s such a deeply vulnerable experience and you have to really focus. I teach a lot of life lessons through my classes.”
DANCING QUEERLY
An interview with festival organizers Maggie Cee and J Michael Winward Dancers and members of the queer community alike are invited to put on their dancing shoes at the second annual Dancing Queerly festival taking place at the Dance Complex on July 28 and 29. The festival will consist of two nights of […]
BOSTON’S FIRST BUTOH FESTIVAL: APRIL 19-21
Explore the archetype of the witch from its ancient history to its influence on contemporary feminism and girl culture Boston is about to host its first ever Butoh festival. It’s a small festival this year—only one weekend’s worth of programming—but a good introduction to Butoh for those who are unfamiliar. Which is almost […]
STEP ASIDE, NUTCRACKER: 10th ANNIVERSARY OF “WHAT THE DICKENS” BY THE CAMBRIDGE YOUTH DANCE COMPANY
“I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me,” Charles Dickens’ famous Ebenezer Scrooge declares at the end of A Christmas Carol, giving up his miserly ways for a new life of generosity. It’s this line that Deborah Mason’s Cambridge Youth Dance Company […]
THE MOVEMENT: PARADISE MOVES TELLS STORIES WITHOUT WORDS
I went to several SLAMS while writing this article, each time trying to find the right words to describe an experience that is deliberately without words. I walked, ran, spun furiously, held poses, pretended to be a mouse as I scrambled on the floor.
PASSION FOR DANCE AT 2018 BOSTON BHANGRA COMPETITION
The scene outside the Orpheum theater last Saturday looked like any other night before a show. People lined up in the cold. Security guards waved metal detectors around puffy black coats, while women and men opened up their (usually black) backpacks and purses for inspection. Shuffling through the doors, people began peeling off black […]
NEVER A DHOL MOMENT: 15TH ANNUAL BOSTON BHANGRA COMPETITION
Amit Bhambi has been around Bhangra all his life. The colorful costumes, the upbeat music, the expressions and energetic movements—all of it is familiar to him. When he asks Americans unfamiliar with the Punjabi-style dance what they think of it? “They usually describe it as a mix of hip-hop and cheerleading with a […]
TOGETHER FEST: HOW TO MAXIMIZE YOUR DANCE TIME
Boston’s low-key electronic music festival returns bigger and brighter, so we asked several acts to share advice on maximizing your experience there.
