Dance

Oktoberfest At GACS

(9.25) Unpack your umlauts, it’s time for singing and dancing and beer outside in a biergarten or indoors in a bierhalle. Tickets are still available for this weekend’s Oktoberfest at the German American Cultural Society of RI just over the line in Pawtucket. Go here for the lineup of beers that will be on tap, …

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Burlesque & Fire — Walpurgis Night

(4.30) I know little about Walpurgis Night, the holiday celebrated on the last day of April in northern Europe and Scandinavia. Episcopalian households always ward off evil spirits with the 90-proof kind. In the olden days, villagers made loud noises and played pranks to frighten away the demons, but everyone knows now that the only …

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‘Nutcracker’ At The Vets

(12.26) The Festival Ballet Providence will present a revamped version of its annual holiday classic, The Nutcracker, featuring new sets, new costumes, and new choreography by artistic curator Yury Yanowsky. And for the first time, the ballet will be performed at The Vets, offering twice as many performances as in years past. New additions include …

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Festival Of South African Dance At RIC

(10.20) Featuring the Gumboots and Pantsula Dance Companies. South Africa is home to a rich mix of cultural traditions that reflect the diversity, complex history, and inventive creativity of its nearly 56 million citizens. Two of its national dance forms come together Friday night at Rhode Island College. Direct from South Africa, this ensemble of …

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Nutcracker At Avon/Hope Stroll

(12.4) Head over to the Avon Cinema on Thayer Street Sunday, December 4, at 12:55pm for a one-off showing of The Nutcracker. Danced by the Bolshoi’s principals, E.T.A. Hoffmann’s fairytale staged by Russian ballet master Yuri Grigorovich will transport children and adults alike to a world of magic and wonder for the holiday season. And/or …

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Brown Family Weekend Dance Concert

During Brown University’s upcoming Family Weekend, the Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies will present an eclectic mix of new and established choreography in the annual Family Weekend Dance Concert. This year’s concert features choreography by Stephanie Turner; Brown dancers in a new work by Gwi Young Bae; and Dance Extension, Brown’s resident student …

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‘Open For Dancing’ At Steel Yard This Weekend

The Island Moving Company will be holding its ‘Open for Dancing’ festival over two days at the Steel Yard. The Steel Yard is excited to host Island Moving Co.’s Open for Dancing, presented for the first time at the Steel Yard in Providence, RI. This will be a site specific interpretive dance created for the …

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Royal Ballet’s Alice At Cable Car

(5.5) I want this frock coat. Heads up Alice fans, the Cable Car will be screening Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland as performed by the Royal Ballet of London Those familiar with Lewis Carroll’s literary menagerie of colorful characters will enjoy the clarity with which Christopher Wheeldon portrays them in dance. The whole Company is drawn …

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