LGBTQ dancers center stage as Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns
It was 55 years ago that Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (AAADT) made its Celebrity Series Boston debut with two performances on January 27, 1968, at John Hancock Hall. It was a...
Two dance companies blend Black and queer expression in Boston debuts
This article appears in the January/February 2023 print issue of Boston Spirit magazine. Subscribe for free today.
SBB // Stefanie Batten Bland and LaTasha Barnes, two cutting edge, exuberant dance...
Boston Ballet to virtually present newly choreographed ‘Gift’ for the holidays
Boston Ballet principal dancer John Lam keeps stretching his gifts.
Maybe it’s because he and husband John Ruggieri have two young sons, but Boston Ballet...
Abilities Dance Boston celebrates queerness, diversity in ‘Banned Ballet’
With states across the country enacting Draconian book bans and increasing threats to the LGBTQ community, composer Andrew Choe and choreographer/executive director Ellice Patterson of Abilities Dance Boston responded in the way...
The Welcoming Committee to bring LGBTQA revelers to Boston Ballet
Bringing together more than 200 LGBT folks and their friends to attend the Wednesday, Dec. 9, performance of the Boston Ballet's "The Nutcracker," the Boston branch of the The Welcoming Committee, partnering with the Boston Ballet,...
Kairos Dance Theater / World AIDS Day | Nov. 30, 2021, midnight
We could say that Kairos Dance Theater is a contemporary dance company, but that wouldn’t do it justice. The innovative, experimental performances staged by these performers defy description—except, perhaps, for one word:...
Offbeat holiday “Nut/Cracked” back in Boston with “Funny Uncles Cabaret”
It’s not like Peter DiMuro, once of the regions’s foremost choreographers and dance innovators, to take a break over the holiday season.
Instead, DiMuro will again bring audiences an alternative holiday show that celebrates inclusivity...
