There's no better way to finish off the week than by dancing it out in a Harvard Dance Center Cypher! Join us this ...

Featuring a cast of leading Nigerian actresses, HEAR WORD! Naija Woman Talk True is inspired by multi-generational stories of inequality and transformation. 

Presented by: American Repertory Theater... Read more about HEAR WORD! Naija Woman Talk True

Choreographer Peter Chu creates works that push the physical bounds of movement with contrasting sharp and liquid-like energy that expands, contracts, isolates, and undulates. Partnering exchanges and an innate wisdom of the body & mind play significant roles in Chu’s works. He is a dance maker inspired by the temporal nature of emotions experienced within movement enmeshed with striking imagery to provoke thought.... Read more about Peter Chu Master Class

An exciting opportunity for a special Gaga Sunday is being offered at Harvard Dance Center on Sunday, December 17!  Bobbi Jene Smith, former dancer with the Batsheva Dance Company, is offering a free Gaga/...

Pairs of AMOC artists from various disciplines face off against one another in three rounds of virtuosity. 

A Study on Effort explores connections between sound, body, and duration. An hour-long dialogue between dancer Bobbi Jene Smith (formerly of Tel Aviv’s Batsheva Dance Company and subject of Bobbi Jene, the Tribeca Film Festival’s 2017 award winner for Best Documentary) and violinist Keir GoGwilt (soloist with the Chinese National Symphony, the Orquesta Filarmónica de Santiago, and others; Harvard ’13), the piece transposes different physical and emotional tasks between music and...

A Study on Effort explores connections between sound, body, and duration. An hour-long dialogue between dancer Bobbi Jene Smith (formerly of Tel Aviv’s Batsheva Dance Company and subject of Bobbi Jene, the Tribeca Film Festival’s 2017 award winner for Best Documentary) and violinist Keir GoGwilt (soloist with the Chinese National Symphony, the Orquesta Filarmónica de Santiago, and others; Harvard ’13), the piece transposes different physical and emotional tasks between music and movement, finding pleasure at the boundaries of the two artistic disciplines.

Presented by: A.R.T. as part of the Run AMOC! Festival... Read more about Run AMOC! Festival: A Study on Effort

A.R.T. presents the inaugural Run AMOC! Festival, performed by the new American Modern Opera Company (AMOC). The festival features a collaboration between an internationally acclaimed dancer and award-winning violinist; duets staged as duels between three pairs of performers; and a musical meditation on the lives of black men and women lost as a result of police brutality over the past year. These newly developed pieces by AMOC artists will be performed at venues around Harvard Square.

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Back by popular demand, a community cypher led by Aysha Upchurch AIE'15 will take place in the Harvard Dance Center's spacious Studio 1 for anyone needing an hour to dance it out in a joyful environment. Free refreshments will be provided!

What is a cypher?
A cypher is freestyle dance jam where an open circle is created and people take turns dancing in the center. The cypher (or cipher) has deep, long-standing cultural roots in hip hop culture, African tradition, and even religious beliefs. Our...

HARVARD DANCE CENTER CIVIC SERIES: THINKING QUEERLY
In partnership with T...

HARVARD DANCE CENTER CIVIC SERIES: THINKING QUEERLY
In partnership with T...