Three ballets by the Father of American Ballet, George Balanchine. Ib Andersen is one of a handful of artists worldwide entrusted by the Balanchine Trust to stage these masterpieces.

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Symphony Hall

Back by popular demand, Ib Andersen’s unforgettable production of Juan Gabriel returns to Symphony Hall. Experience something new in an evening that will move you. Step back in time to the Mexican singer-songwriter’s 1990 concert at Bellas Artes, filled with vibrant costumes, dynamic choreography, and the passionate music of Juan Gabriel.

The costumes were masterfully designed by Mexico City-based designer and fashion house, Carla Fernández. Through her designs and work, Carla Fernández strives to preserve and revitalize the textile legacy of indigenous and mestizo communities of Mexico. She maintains a passion for sustainability and equity through manual methods of production with a vision to prove that ethical fashion can be innovative, avant-garde and progressive.

Juan Gabriel

Ballet Arizona returns to Symphony Hall in grand fashion with this holiday classic. Celebrate the joy and wonder of the season with Ib Andersen’s The Nutcracker as Tchaikovsky’s cherished score is masterfully performed by The Phoenix Symphony. Follow Clara’s wintry adventures as she battles mischievous mice and charms the Sugar Plum Fairy. Whether this is your first Nutcracker or your 101st, this heartwarming tradition never fails to enchant and draw smiles from all!

The Nutcracker

Stefanie Batten Bland’s work Look Who’s Coming to Dinner is a thought-provoking theatrical dance piece that evokes the 1967 film of a similar name as a cast of seven talented dance theater artists literally and metaphorically seek a seat at an ever-changing dinner table.

Company SBB Stefanie Batten Bland

New England Conservatory

Podcast link: https://youtu.be/4hagYvrYbuM

The Artelize Podcast and Kasper Holten - Pedefining Opera for the modern world

Podcast link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d36M5Hi6O80

The Artelize Podcast - A legacy of innovation in Opera: Celebrating Marc A. Scorca

Podcast link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59E40S_EQSY

The Artelize Podcast: A love letter that was never sent

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The Artelize Podcast and Adolfo Corrado: Mediterranean flavors, opera and social media

Dancer, choreographer, and educator LaTasha Barnes brings together her collective of extraordinary dance artists and jazz musicians in The Jazz Continuum. Seven dancers and seven musicians come together in lively and fun interplay as they explore the parallel flourishing of jazz music and Black American social dance styles through the decades, beginning with Lindy Hop.

LaTasha Barnes' The Jazz Continuum

Australian contemporary circus ensemble Circa returns to Boston with Sacre, a new work set, in part, to Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring. The ten Circa performers—through lifts, balancing, pyramids, and more—use their bodies as a canvas for the audience’s emotional interpretation. The acrobats’ amazing feats are the conduit for a riveting and meditative journey into ritual and community.

Circa

Boch Center

A dance experience that will awaken your senses and touch your soul.

Explore the four ballets that are part of Boston Ballet’s Fall Experience program.

Akram Khan Vertical Road, Hans van Manen Trois Gnossiennes
Jorma Elo Bach Cello Suites and My’Kal Stromile Form and Gesture World Premiere.

Fall Experience

Citizens Bank Opera House

Mikko Nissinen’s The Nutcracker returns to the stage with beloved characters, glittering sets, and dancing that will lift your spirits.

Enjoy Tchaikovsky’s timeless score performed by the Boston Ballet Orchestra and a celebration of true classical ballet performed by Boston Ballet’s globally acclaimed company dancers.

Senior composition students present an evening of new dance works that bring imaginative depth and wonder to the Boston Conservatory mainstage. Nine individual pieces showcase each choreographer’s unique voice and artistry, cultivated over the last four years. Sabril Amin, Katie Corrao, Tricia Dietrick, Ava Grebe, Raxel Kempenaar, Solana McGonagle, Daede Ott, Dawvyn Winters, and Monica Zesch all invite you to watch with curiosity and enjoy the cumulative work that represents our beloved modes of expression.

Senior Choreographers Concert: Dance… Will You

Boston Conservatory Theater

Moment’s Notice, an interdisciplinary performance series, features improvisation in the field of dance, theater, music, and visual arts, including film.

Moment’s Notice—An Interdisciplinary Performance Series

Boston Conservatory at Berklee

Students of Boston Conservatory at Berklee’s junior dance class present a showcase of original dance works created in their Dance Composition course.

Class Recital: Junior Composition Performance

This interdisciplinary performance series illuminates the art of improvisation and live time creation. We compose together a community of the moment. The works presented celebrate experimental territories, ephemeral natures, and margins taking center, through dance, song, theater, music, poetry, and visual art. Tonight will feature works by Christiane Karam, Junior Cius, Naomi Bailis, the Cherryheads, Giuseppe Paradiso, Alexis Beffer, and the Conservatory’s contemporary dance students.

Contemporary and commercial dance students perform a vibrant lineup of stylistically diverse world premieres by renowned guest artists Jennifer Archibald, Jarek Cemerek, and Thang Dao (B.F.A. '01, dance), and dance faculty members Anthony Burrell, Alissa Cardone, Jun Kuribayashi, and Ruka White, with Tommy Neblett as artistic director.

Fall Dance Concert: From the Ground Up

This final repertory showcase is a culmination of our Summer Dance Intensive (SDI) students’ hard work. The performance will include works by nationally and internationally celebrated choreographers William Isaac, Norbert De La Cruz III, Lar Lubovitch, Paul Taylor, Levi Marsman, Jeffery Smith, Jim Viera, and more. Come out, and be inspired by these incredible young artists!

Summer Dance Intensive Repertory Showcase 2023

Artistic director Ruka White has curated an evening to remember, featuring some celebrated artists in the industry, including Dro Tisci, Jessica Franco, and Sekou, to name a few.

Jungle Party: Boston Conservatory's Commercial Dance Intensive Final Showcase

FORWARD: Senior Dance Showcase 2023 celebrates the graduating dancers’ artistry and achievements over the past four years. Highlights of the performance include works from Brian Brooks, Levi Philip Marsman, Celeste Robbins ('19), Bradley Shelver, Jim Viera, and the graduating class of 2023. The evening promises to be a powerful and exhilarating experience that will leave you moved and inspired.

FORWARD: Senior Dance Showcase 2023

Boston Conservatory at Berklee presents its spring dance concert, Limitless, an incredible evening of dance by some of the world's leading choreographers. The lineup includes a world premiere by Aszure Barton and three masterwork reconstructions: 18+1 by Gustavo Sansano, D-Man in the Waters by Bill T. Jones, and The Constant Shift of Pulse by Doug Varone.

Spring Dance Concert: Limitless

Dance student Somer February choreographs and directs We Move, an original dance production featuring senior contemporary dance performance majors Megan Prout, Olivia Mozie, Rhapsody Stiggers, Tamia Blackwell, and Aja Simms.

Senior Dance Production: We Move by Somer February

Dance students Jayda Escobar and Teresa Castaneda present their senior project: inside this state i told myself this.

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