With its 2019 Winter into Spring Performance and Event Series, The Dance Complex is tearing down barriers to dance as it celebrates the wealth of the region’s dance artists, and those visiting from afar. The series kicks off with CATALYSTS in January, 2019, with performances by artists in residence, and will continue through to June’s Month of Us.
The Series is curated with The Dance Complex’s perspective of All In Movement. Utilized for performances, classes and workshops, this approach prioritizes the removal of barriers to dance. It is reflected in the utilization of our fully accessible Studio 7, removing barriers to physical access; in creating economic access through discounted prices to valuable dance; and in the ability and freedom to see one’s self or a people’s culture mirrored on our stage, as happens regularly through our Festival of Us, You, We & Them, the Dancing Queerly festival, and through the unique voices that shine through the dance companies presented at The dance Complex.
An emphasis was placed this season on celebrating the diversity of our Boston Dance Community. Many of the companies and artists featured this season are local to Boston and New England.
Throughout the season, more than 150 dancers and choreographers are projected to hold space on our stages, each bringing with them unique talents, experiences, and understandings of the world we share. We anticipate welcoming more than 2,000 audience members into our space for performances this season, and we hope you will be one of them.
Performances take place in either our vibrant street level Studio 7, with an intimate cabaret-like setting, or in the loft-style Julie Ince Thompson Theatre where thousands of companies and dancers of international acclaim have explored, created, and shared work for over 30 years.