Dance

Dance Review: United Dance Company — Breaking Down Barriers, Beautifully

March 11, 2025
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The five performers with Down syndrome danced along with three professionally trained dancers without disabilities — and they all looked wonderful.

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Dance Reviews: Mood Swings — A Boston Weekend of Percussive Dance

February 10, 2025
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Whereas tap dancer Caleb Teicher is all idiosyncrasy, the Trinity Dancers wow by their perfect unison.

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Dance Review: Mark Morris Dance Group’s “The Look of Love” — Always Something There to Remind Me

January 25, 2025
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There’s something gleefully retro about his hour-plus-long jukebox.

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Dance Preview: Feeling Together — Omayra Amaya’s Flamenco Returns

January 21, 2025
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International flamenco artist Omayra Amaya’s upcoming Boston shows represent a moment of both reunion and reflection.

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Dance Review: “Diary of a Tap Dancer” — Say Their Names

December 29, 2024
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Is it possible to reclaim a marginalized legacy? And how do you step up to take a seat at the table when your history has been neglected and forgotten?

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Dance Review: Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo at 50 — A Legacy of Dance, Humor, and Familiar Jokes

December 29, 2024
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After five decades of blending strong technique with playful satire, the Trocks continue to impress, but some of their once-fresh humor feels a bit played out.

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Dance Review: Faye Driscoll’s “Weathering” — New York City Pompeii

November 17, 2024
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When the performers finally left the platform, breathing hard, crawling towards us and into the audience, I realized I was seeing something new.

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Dance Interview: Janet Eilber on the Martha Graham Dance Company’s Return to Boston

November 16, 2024
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“Modern dance is not a secret club. Yes, we are presenting masterpieces by a visionary 20th century artist, but we are communicating that through the greatest dancers today, and showing how that work continues to evolve.”

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Dance Review: PALAVER STRINGS + little house dance — Knee High

November 10, 2024
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Choreographer Heather Stewart’s use of the stage space, while not “immersive” by the standard art world definition, is inventive and meaningful.

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Dance Review: Dianne McIntyre’s “In the Same Tongue” — The Dance and the Music Are One

October 7, 2024
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It was a mind-blowing experience. Countless times in dance performances a choreographer strives to make movements on stage mimic music. But Dianne McIntyre was dramatizing a much deeper, more organic connection.

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