Time is Now

We did it. הצלחנו, כולם Read what people wrote after the show. The Criers arranged for the first music/dance, Bach's Cappricio . At the end of the concert, I was given the honor of a soloist's bow on stage. Sunday, day of rest. Monday, Aszure Barton comes to Harvard. Nine days of dance-making. Then to NYC for six days Gaga dancing with Ohad Naharin and Batsheva dancers. Back to the studies.

by Rossi Lamont Walter, 9 January, 2014 “Oh heyyy!” giggles Betsi, as she inches her little car through a large traffic intersection. With stop lights all broken and a car full of tired dancers, all eyes were peeled as she motored safely across the lanes. We all laughed. “That is so something you would say Betsi.” “Oh? Well, what’s a new word I can use?” That was Tuesday night, the week of the debut of Chemistry . Though quaint, this short narrative embodies rather well the entire process of making the dances for the show, which will premiere on Saturday night at Jordan Hall in Boston. In the story there is the nucleus, or the dancers and their director; the mode of transportation, in this case the legendary score from Stravinsky; fatigue and yet focused attention from all; laughter; distinct personality; new vocabulary. All of these features reflect the ambition and hard (and fast!) work for Chemistry. Some background: Chemistry is a collaboration between Urbanity Dance...

HERE WE GO : **UPDATE: Chemistry currently headlines the Boston Globe's "The Week Ahead"! Sunlight and high ceilings on Wednesday morning inside the Deane Studio Boston Center for the Arts , South End, Boston 2 days until the premiere of Chemistry Dancers rehearsing 'Cayla's Dress' to accompany masterpieces by Johannes Sebastien Bach Boston Center for the Arts , South End, Boston 2 days until the premiere of Chemistry Criers Megumi Lewis and Erik Higgins trekked to Boston's South End to meet with Urbanity Dance at their studio. Working towards a collaborative concert, the Criers met the dancers and worked with choreographer Betsi Graves for the first time. 18 December, 2013 at Urbanity Dance, Boston The historic Jordan Hall, the "heart and soul of New England Conservatory". Read more about Jordan Hall and its history here: http://necmusic.edu/jordan-hall. "In April 1994, U.S. Secretary of the In...

The Facebook Group / הקיבוצת פייסבוק The Details / הפרטים : Saturday, January 11, 2014 8:00pm Get Tickets (www.brownpapertickets.com) A FAR CRY, Boston's exhilarating, self-conducted chamber orchestra, and URBANITY DANCE bring you an evening of great "Chemistry." Featuring Dancing with Bach, a keyboard suite newly orchestrated by prize-winning composer Eric Nathan, and Stravinsky's evocative ballet Apollon Musagète. A Far Cry's virtuosity and Betsi Graves's probing, athletic choreography will elucidate this great music and lift you right out of the January doldrums. In seven years of bringing concerts to Boston, we've never seen pre-sal es like this. We encourage you to reserve your tickets today, since the best seats are just about taken! Tickets are $25/40, Senior $20/32, Students $10 Order Online (click above) Order by phone - NEC Box Office 617-585-1260 ...or wait at the door! New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall ...

*This is not the official title of the show. Urbanity Dance Apollon Musagete (the story, one version) Apollo (the muses) Apollo (the construction of, with Seth Orza, principal dancer, Pacific Northwest Ballet) Apollon Musagete (one dance, Mathieu Ganio, Myriam Ould Braham, Mathilde Froustey and Charline Giezendanner, Paris Opera) Apollon Musagete (another dance, with Marta Romagna and Roberto Bolle) Apollon Musagete (a third dance, with Suzanne Farrell and Peter Martins, New York City Ballet) Apollo Musagete (the full dance, with Jacques d'Amboise, Jillana, Francia Russell and Diana Adams, New York City Ballet)