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November 2018
Triveni School of Dance: Celebrate Diwali
The Triveni School of Dance is coming to the Medford Public Library to help celebrate Diwali: the Festival of Lights. Watch a performance and learn about some traditional Indian dance during this all-ages performance program.
Find out more »Stars and Stories Festival
Bare Bodkin Theater Company at Tufts University presents Stars and Stories, its outdoor festival featuring a variety of art: performance, visual, collaborative crossover pieces combining existing groups on campus, and more. The event will take place at four locations -- on the President's Lawn; on the bridge linking Paige and Miner halls; outside Eaton Hall; and at the Cannon between Goddard Chapel and Ballou Hall.
Find out more »Tufts Fall Dance Weekend
This year's two-day Fall Dance Weekend at Tufts University highlights new choreography created by students, and by faculty artists Jaclyn Waguespack and Daniel McCusker, in collaboration with students from Dance Repertory & Performance and the First Year Dance Ensemble. A second performance will take place at 7 p.m. Saturday, November 17, at Jackson Dance Lab. Tickets are $8, available at tuftsdramadancetickets.com or at the Tufts Box Office: 617-627-3493.
Find out more »Tufts Fall Dance Weekend
This year's two-day Fall Dance Weekend at Tufts University highlights new choreography created by students, and by faculty artists Jaclyn Waguespack and Daniel McCusker, in collaboration with students from Dance Repertory & Performance and the First Year Dance Ensemble. Tickets are $8, available at tuftsdramadancetickets.com or at the Tufts Box Office: 617-627-3493.
Find out more »December 2018
Tufts Dance: New Movement Works
Death solo? Dorm room dance? Prop studies? Chair dances? HAIR dances? Bus stops? The BEST DANCE imaginable? Clementines? All of this (and more!) will be on display as the Tufts University Dance Department showcases works in progress from the fall Dance Composition led by Daniel McCusker. The program will includes works composed by and featuring Max Cooper, Alice Dempsey, Charlotte Eccles, Al Ellison and Sasha Hukower. Free and open to the public.
Find out more »Dance Caliente: Dancing Through the Decades
Eileen Herman-Haase and Raul Nieves of Dance Caliente present "Dancing Through the Decades," an interactive ballroom dance performance designed to engage, inspire and entertain a senior audience. The audience is transported through time with heart-throbbing theatrical ballroom dancing, dazzling period costumes, amusing stories, nostalgic music, and lots of audience participation. At least six uplifting dances will be performed.
Find out more »February 2019
Super Arts Saturday at Tufts
Tufts University invites you to Super Arts Saturday, an arts experience for children designed to inspire creativity and joy in the arts. Children and families are welcome to come to Tufts' arts facilities to attend a performance and a variety of workshops taught by Music, Art, Drama and Dance Department students and faculty. The event will kick off with a 1 p.m. concert in Distler Hall by Andy Rangell as he narrates, performs, and illustrates “Babar the Elephant.” Starting at 2…
Find out more »March 2019
In Between: Ibrahim Miari
The Tufts University Department of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies is excited to host "In Between," a one-man show written and performed by Ibrahim Miari. The show portrays the complexities and contradictions inherent in a Palestinian-Israeli identity. This event is sponsored by Middle Eastern Studies, and co-sponsored by the Diversity Fund, Center for the Humanities at Tufts, Judaic Studies, Department of Religion, and the consortium of studies in Race, Colonialism and Diaspora. Free and open to the public.
Find out more »April 2019
Sarabande Dance Ensemble: Freefall
Sarabande Dance Ensemble of Tufts University presents its spring semester show, "Freefall," which showcases original works in contemporary, ballet, and jazz. Sarabande is a student-run dance group that focuses on ballet, contemporary, and jazz. Members choreograph their own dances and produce their own shows. Its mission is to bring dance to the Tufts campus in a way that inspires audiences and allows them to appreciate the art form that Sarabande members are so passionate about. "Freefall" will be performed again…
Find out more »Sarabande Dance Ensemble: Freefall
Sarabande Dance Ensemble of Tufts University presents its spring semester show, "Freefall," which showcases original works in contemporary, ballet, and jazz. Sarabande is a student-run dance group that focuses on ballet, contemporary, and jazz. Members choreograph their own dances and produce their own shows. Its mission is to bring dance to the Tufts campus in a way that inspires audiences and allows them to appreciate the art form that Sarabande members are so passionate about. Free tickets may be obtained…
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