Aesthetic encounters in the Boston area and sometimes beyond
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.
Play, Performance (2022)
Arranged by Melinda Lopez
Directed by Dawn M. Simmons
Central Square Theater
Central Square, Cambridge, MA
February 17 – March 20, 2022
A well-intentioned dramatic encouragement for young people of color to enter the sciences.
Play, Performance (2018)
by Antoinette Nwandu
Directed by Monica White Ndounou
Speakeasy Stage Company
Boston Center for the Arts
South End, Boston
January 3 – February 2, 2020
A cathartic allegory about two young black men imprisoned within a racist society very much like our own.
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.
Concert, Performance
Produced by Arktype
In Cooperation with the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation
Composed by Bryce Dessner
Libretto by Korde Arrington Tuttle
Featuring Words by Essex Hemphill and Patti Smith
Featuring Roomful of Teeth
With Alicia Hall Moran and Isaiah Robinson
ArtsEmerson
in association with Celebrity Series of Boston
Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre
October 30 – November 3, 2019
A performance by the amazing vocal octet Roomful of Teeth featuring photographs by the late Robert Mapplethorpe.
