(3.11) The Motion State Dance Festival kicks off this Thursday with a screening of short dance films and an opening night party. All festival events take place at Wilbury Theatre Group in the WaterFire Arts Center. Go to the site for ticket prices. Live performances take place on Friday and Saturday nights, interspersed with dance …
(6.27) Grab a lawn chair or blanket and head over to the lawn of the Dalrymple Boathouse this Sunday for a free cultural tour of the islands courtesy of Polynesian dance troupe Napua O’ Polynesia. This will be the first in a series of performances scheduled throughout the summer at the Dalrymple Boathouse and the …
(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 …
The Wilbury Group and Chifferobe invite you to a fully immersive theatrical experience with a new holiday season spectacular — Holiday in Swingtime! Chifferobe’s ‘Holiday in Swingtime’ is a unique event that takes audiences away to to the good ol’ days. Through a collection of fragmented memories, Chifferobe brings the height of supper clubs, swing …
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 …
(10.12) Head over to Machines With Magnets Saturday for a wild dance party/contest called ‘SOUL CLAP.’ DJ Jonathan Toubin’s Soul Clap & Dance-Off comes to Providence’s Machines With Magnets October 12. With Toubin will be guest selector Ty Jesso (Soul Power), who will also kick things off with a 9:30 P.M. performance. Judges for the …
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Brown University’s Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies and Sock & Buskin presents the 2013 “Festival of Dance.” This year’s festival features performances by resident TAPS dance companies: Dance Extension and New Works/World Traditions, as well as the choreography of several visiting scholars from the US and China. Performances by Dance Extension, created by …
FirstWorks presents a screening this Thursday of the 2005 BBC docu-drama “Riot at the Rite” followed by a panel discussion. The premiere night of The Rite Of Spring was a seminal event in arts circles at the time of its debut in Paris in May 1913. The audience comprised a literal ‘Who’s Who’ of the …
(3.1) This Friday’s salon at the Athenaeum is co-presented with FirstWorks whose season includes a reconstruction of Nijinsky’s The Rite of Spring on March 19th at PPAC. The salon, “Cultural Convulsion/Incipient Explosion: Art as Augury in 1913,” will examine a year in which dance, art, and literature propelled themselves into a new age. Nijinsky’s 1913 …
Everett in Residence starts, Tuesday, October 16, at 7pm with a panel discussion: Science and Art at the Same Table. The panel will bring together artists and scientists who are interested in what art and science have to offer each other. . . Participants will include: Lucy Spelman a biologist, veterinarian, educator, public speaker, media …
Brown University’s Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies (TAPS) and Sock & Buskin proudly present the 2012 Festival of Dance featuring; Daniel Squire’s nod to the late Merce Cunningham, and a new collaborative work featuring choreographers Brian Reeder of the American Ballet Theatre, Brown professor Michelle Bach-Coulibally, Malian choreographer Salimatou Soumare, and founding member …
(3.15) At the Everett Company Stage School this Thursday, the latest installment of the Brain Café, a free series that asks audiences to engage in a dialogue at the intersections of neuroscience, medicine and the arts. Brain Cafés invite audiences to share in Everett’s research and creative process as they develop ‘Brain Storm’, a multimedia …
Members of the Zhejiang University Wenqin Arts Troupe will perform a special Chinese New Year show this Saturday. The troupe consists of six talented teams, including a symphony orchestra, a vocal group, a dance team, a drama team, a keyboard orchestra, and a Chinese traditional music team. The performance consists of eleven acts including both …
Oct. 28th, 8 pm – 11 pm, Lippitt House Museum, 199 Hope Street, Providence A night of fright, fun and intrigue featuring live jazz by Miss Wensday & Mike Miller and a costume contest. Elegant costumes, music, cocktails, dancing and of course a mysterious murder make for a fabulous evening at the Lippitt House Museum! …
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This Wednesday, February 9 at 5pm, members of Ailey II will be teaching a free master class, open to all experienced dancers and movers in the Providence dance community. First Works, Brown’s Creative Arts Council, and the Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies are excited to present Ailey II, the junior company of the …
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Yay, one of these. Hot Mess is a collection of contemporary dances choreographed by Layla Mrozowski. Often satirical and always charming/tender/visually provocative, Layla’s works emphasize image and utilize pedestrian movement while challenging gender norms and exploiting perceptual relativity. . . Part model, part flight attendant, part Rockette and part sci-fi character/engineered woman, she embodies the …