Dance Complex, Cambridge, MA Videos
Videos by Dance Complex in Cambridge. The Dance Complex enables the creation, study, and performance of dance. We sustain artists, audiences, and community through programs that connect movement and ideas. We celebrate the wonder and curiosity of dance for all.
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Watch this video for a special message from Executive Artistic Director, Peter DiMuro. Make a gift to The Dance Complex today through the link in our bio or at dancecomplex.org/give.
Pilates For Hypermobile Bodies is back for the Summer beginning this week (7/20)! If you missed the workshop with Dr. Dana Arie this past May, she will be back at The Dance Complex in Cambridge to teach the next installment of this class series on Thursday evenings! This workshop will educate attendees on recognizing hypermobility, the fundamentals of pilates and its benefits for improved strength and performance, and provide the opportunity to practice exercise variations in different positions while integrating core engagement, breathing techniques, and posture. To learn more about this workshop series, use the link in our bio or visit dancecomplex.org
Returning to The DC, Elite Heels with Merline is back for a series of workshops on Monday nights starting 7/10 through 8/14. Elite Heels Dance Class is designed for intermediate/advanced movers and will focus on bringing out one’s unique artistry to the fullest, enhancing performance quality, and pushing one’s body to its fiercest capabilities. Come ready for a fun and intense push! Learn more about this workshop series via the link in our bio or at dancecomplex.org/workshops
Belonging and Othering, a new work by beheard.world, will be on stage at The DC in Cambridge, MA on June 10 and 11! This is the fourth presentation this season as part of The DC’s 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! Learn more using the link in our bio or at dancecomplex.org/events.
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.
THIS WEEKEND: Jean Appolon Expressions (JAE) hits the stage 4/1 & 4/2 with “Tyaka” as a part of our BLOOM Residency Program! Tickets are available now through the link in our bio. The folkloric tradition and rhythms of Haiti come alive with “Tyaka” - “a potluck party that takes the audience on a journey of dance, connection, music, and community,” according to JAE Director, Jean Appolon. Jean Appolon Expressions is one of four companies selected as a part of The Dance Complex’s BLOOM Residency and Platform Raising Program. The program participants, selected for their varied approaches to art-making and length of existence, receive support in professional development and performance. The BLOOM Residency and Platform-Raising Program is made possible by major funding provided by Movement Arts Creation Studio (MACS). For more information about this performance, use the links in our bio or visit dancecomplex.org/events.
Merline with Elite Heels is coming to The DC on 4/9 for a FREE Elite Heels Dance Class! This intermediate/advanced-level heels class will focus on bringing out your own unique artistry to the fullest, enhancing performance quality, and pushing your bodies to its fiercest capabilities. Come ready to share love, support one another, and fully commit to the present moment! While this is a free class, registration is required. For more information, use the link in our bio or visit dancecomplex.org/workshops
Staircase Interview with Tony Rizzi & Peter DiMuro! Tony Rizzi & his company, The Bad Habits, bring “Before, During, and After (working with William Forsythe)” to our Complex @ Canal space on 10/28-10/30! This unconventional lecture/performance joins movement, lecture, archival footage, and humor to reflect on the uniqueness, magic, and myth of William Forsythe’s work. “Your once-in-a-decade chance!” For all ticketing and event registration, use the link in our bio or visit dancecomplex.org
Thank you to everyone that made Dance Happens Here: 2022 such an amazing event! We are grateful for all of our Teaching Artists, participants, observers, volunteers, staff, artists, partners, and community that made this event so successful! We would love to stay in contact with you all and continue to support each other in dance. As a part of our 30th year, we have amazing upcoming programming to offer you. Whether you’re a performer, a facilitator, an audience member - we have something for you! We also continue to accept donations for anyone who is able to give. Any amount assists in keeping dance alive in Central Square. The link to donate is available in our bio. #DCat30 #dancehappenshere
Closing out the evening at Dance Happens Here: 2022 on 9/18, The Dance Complex and Lindsay LaPointe will be premiering a short film series, 30 Dialogues. For this pilot of the project, 15 conversations involving 2 dance affiliated people were recorded getting to know each other in dialogue, edited into short films by Lindsay LaPointe. 30 Dialogues will continue over the next year, releasing new conversations - 15 each session, engaging 30 dancers - once every 3- 4 months. These will be projected onto The Dance Complex's Studio 7 windows for street level viewing. Artists featured in video: Jenny Oliver & Dean Vollick
Especially in these last few, challenging years, you’ve shown through your support the belief that dance is an answer in our lives. Your support has enabled us to keep dance alive, keep dancemakers creating in our studios, and has made dance for all ages accessible. We need your support even more than before. Your contribution - Directly enables the livelihood of artists Helps us rebuild the ecology of the dance field Provides safe studio spaces for all to engage in dance Allows us to grow partnerships that strengthen our work for future impact. As we celebrate our 30th Anniversary, we ask you to give in honor of the past and to ensure a future of dance.
There is still time to sign up for our ¡Bordes! Borders! ¡Bordes!: A Creative Process Workshop, happening TOMORROW 11 - 1pm, at Complex@Canal. There will be a short movement warm up followed by deep physical and performance research, sharing of generated material, and feedback. Representatives of both Boston and PR artists will be present to discuss perspectives and share in the community each workshop creates. Price: $20 Link to register can be found in our bio!
Reflection, Healing & Movement #4: Computer Break: Injury Prevention Through Movement and Awareness w/ Jason Trenouth