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Applications for our 2023-24 DC Event Series seaso Applications for our 2023-24 DC Event Series season are OPEN! Each of our three series is uniquely designed to focus on performance, movement, and dialogue-based programming. Learn more about our Reflection, Healing, and Movement Series, designed for educators and arts practitioners whose work intersects movement and with mindful practice below: The DC engages an artist to offer a session with a focus on mindfulness, and healing. Sessions will intersect movement with mindful practices to promote mental and/or physical healing. Artists will host their session from a series of pre-set dates. An honorarium will be provided to the artist, the series will be offered to participants at no-to-low cost. Apply today by using the link in our bio or at dancecomplex.org/series-events
Save the date! Join us at The Dance Complex on 6/3 Save the date! Join us at The Dance Complex on 6/3 & 6/4 for the next DIY Performance Series event with Melissa Buckheit Dance’s ECO : ANIMAL : KIN! ECO : ANIMAL : KIN is an interdisciplinary modern dance theater project that explores realities, histories, and questions related to our relationships as human animals to other creatures, social mores, time, space, and more. Tickets are available now. Virtual viewing is available on 6/4. To learn more about the performance and get your tickets today, use the link in our bio or visit dancecomplex.org/events. - This performance will feature Melissa Buckheit, Andy Taylor-Blenis, Karen Klein, and Ken Kan with interdisciplinary film/poetry collaborations Wendy Burk, Sam Cha, Abigail Chabitnoy, Charles Coe, Ernest Dodge, Marvin Gladney, Karen Klein, Rachel Lehrman, Eric Magrane, Nanette Robinson, Circe Rowan, Steven Salmoni, Aidan Semmens, Carmen Lehrman Shahabaldine, Eleni Sikelianos, Micheal Stepansky, Maria Sara Villa & more.. Lighting design by Zachary Connell and sound/video by Circe Rowan.
Belonging and Othering, a new work by beheard.worl Belonging and Othering, a new work by beheard.world, will be on stage at The DC on June 10 and 11, the fourth presentation this season as part of the BLOOM Residency and Platform Raising Program! beheard.world is a racially diverse collective of Boston performing artists, filmmakers, and educators committed to utilizing the arts to make a positive change. Belonging and Othering features a collaboration of nine dancers/choreographers, three poets, and two filmmakers who have created a piece where “belonging” and “othering” intersect, opening a window into underlying parts of tribalism and bias that keep us divided. Tickets are on sale now! For more information, use the link in our bio or visit dancecomplex.org/events
Upcoming Closure Announcement! The DC will be clo Upcoming Closure Announcement! The DC will be closed Monday May 29th in observance of Memorial Day. No classes, workshops, or events will be held on this day. Image of Isaura Oliveira’s POWER OF SKIRTS in performance at The Dance Complex’s 30th-anniversary celebration, Dance Happens Here 2022 by Baby Viking Photography.
We have many exciting events This Week at The Comp We have many exciting events This Week at The Complex! Tonight is the final performance of DANCE NOW Boston, with both in-person and virtual viewing options! Tickets are still available through the link in our bio. Coming up, we have just a few more performances in our DIY Performance Series including Melissa Buckheit Dance (6/3-4), Benita Bike’s DanceArt (6/24-25), and our Teaching Artists Concert (6/17-18) which we are excited to share more about soon! Our final BLOOM Residency Program performance of the inaugural season is next month. beheard.world closes out the season with Belonging and Othering on 6/10-11. This week, we welcome Anjali Nath to our workshop schedule in addition to our recurring artists! For our full schedule of weekly offerings, use the link in our bio or visit dancecomplex.org/workshops Learn more about our upcoming events, classes, and more via the link in our bio or at dancecomplex.org.
There’s still time to submit a proposal for our There’s still time to submit a proposal for our 2023-24 DC Event Series season! We’re bringing back our three uniquely designed series with focuses on performance, movement, and dialogue. Learn more about our DIY Performance Series, perfect for individuals and companies looking for a performance experience below: The DC will collaborate with artists to bring their work to our spaces! We will provide the artist with space and a box office split of 80/20 percent in favor of the artist. There are 20+ weekends available in one of our two performance spaces. We encourage a broad spectrum of genres and cultural origins to apply. Apply today by using the link in our bio or at dancecomplex.org/series-events
They’re back at The DC! Join Meghan McLyman and They’re back at The DC! Join Meghan McLyman and Kristen Duffy Young for Moving to Connect on Tuesdays from 6/13 through 6/27. This workshop series will utilize Laban Movement Analysis/Bartenieff Fundamentals to find connectivity, fluidity, and ease in the body. Students will leave feeling present and invigorated! Registration for this series is completed through The Dance Complex’s Mindbody system. To register for any class in this series, you will need to create an account. The link to create an account can be found on our website or through the link in our bio.
Kathak: North Indian Classical Dance with Anjali N Kathak: North Indian Classical Dance with Anjali Nath comes to The DC on 5/23 through 8/15! Whether you have no dance experience or are a professional Kathak dancer, Anjali welcomes you to a fulfilling, energizing, and grounding workshop experience. Participants will be introduced to fundamental rhythms and footwork as well as Kathak's history, stories, and philosophies. Kathak is one of eight classical dances from the Northern region of India. It originated as a storytelling art form and has evolved through its rich history to include rhythmic footwork, swift and various pirouettes (chakkars), dynamic movements, and more. To learn more about this workshop series, visit the link in our bio or visit dancecomplex.org/workshops.

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