Performance
Direction and Choreography by Raphaëlle Boitel
Arts Emerson
Emerson Paramount Theater
Washington Street, Boston
March 30 – April 2, 2023
A compelling tragicomic exploration of familial psychology through the medium of acrobatic dance, enhanced by magical lighting design.
Dance
Crystal
Circus, Performance
Cirque du Soleil
Agannis Arena
Boston University
Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
June 1-12, 2022
A wonderful show on ice, with Cirque du Soleil’s typically wonderful and inventive combination of acrobatics, juggling, etc, embellished with superbly conceived art and choreography held together with a gentle narrative, with – in this case – the added speed and grace of skating.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Dance
Robert Battle, artistic director
Alvin Ailey, founder
Celebrity Series of Boston
Boch Center Wang Theatre
April 28 – May 1, 2022
A fabulously energetic exploration of moods, gestures and outlooks interestingly coordinated, and in conception and execution answering the challenges of the pandemic.
Object.
Dance, Performance Art
Choreographed by DeAnna Pellechia
KAIROS Dance Theater
Boston Center for the Arts
November 15-17, 2019
A dance theater piece on the subject of the objectification of women.
Passengers
Play, Dance, Performance, Circus
The 7 Fingers
ArtsEmerson
Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre
Theater district, Boston
September 25 – October 13, 2019
A wonderfully choreographed compendium of dance, acrobatics and other circus treats by the smallish (but growing) noted Montreal-based circus.