Performance Calendar

Brazil’s world-renowned contemporary dance ensemble Grupo Corpo returns to Boston for the first time since 2018 with a program that shows off uniquely Brazilian cultural elements and aesthetics. 

Gira, created in 2017, evokes rituals from the Umbanda religious practice, a uniquely Brazilian faith blending West African and Catholic spiritual practice that originated in Rio de Janeiro in the 1920s. 

Gil Refazendo, with choreography by Rodrigo Pederneiras, takes as its inspiration the music of Gilberto Gil, the Bahian composer, performer, and activist called “the godfather of Brazilian music.” 

Brazil’s world-renowned contemporary dance ensemble Grupo Corpo returns to Boston for the first time since 2018 with a program that shows off uniquely Brazilian cultural elements and aesthetics. 

Gira, created in 2017, evokes rituals from the Umbanda religious practice, a uniquely Brazilian faith blending West African and Catholic spiritual practice that originated in Rio de Janeiro in the 1920s. 

Gil Refazendo, with choreography by Rodrigo Pederneiras, takes as its inspiration the music of Gilberto Gil, the Bahian composer, performer, and activist called “the godfather of Brazilian music.” 

Flamenco artist Nino de los Reyes makes his second appearance on the Neighborhood Arts Series. Dance, vocals, and hand percussion unite for a thrilling afternoon of artistry! 

Spanish flamenco artist Nino de los Reyes returns to Boston – a city he loves to visit for residencies and performances – for this pulse-pounding performance. He will wow you with grand and explosive movements, and the intimacy of East Cambridge’s Multicultural Arts Center will give you an up-close look at the subtle details of his artistry. 

Don’t miss an instant Neighborhood Arts audience favorite when he returns to Cambridge with his band! 

Flamenco artist Nino de los Reyes makes his second appearance on the Neighborhood Arts Series. Dance, vocals, and hand percussion unite for a thrilling afternoon of artistry! 

Spanish flamenco artist Nino de los Reyes returns to Boston – a city he loves to visit for residencies and performances – for this pulse-pounding performance. He will wow you with grand and explosive movements, and the intimacy of East Cambridge’s Multicultural Arts Center will give you an up-close look at the subtle details of his artistry. 

Don’t miss an instant Neighborhood Arts audience favorite when he returns to Cambridge with his band! 

Music From The Sole is a tap dance and live music company that celebrates tap’s connections to Afro-Brazilian music and dance, and other influences across the African Diaspora. The company strives to bring tap dance and its lineage to the broadest possible audience. I Didn’t Come to Stay, a work for eight dancers and a five-piece band, earned a spot on the New York Times’ Best Dance Performances of 2022 list. It explores tap’s diasporic lineage and connections to house, samba, Brazilian funk, and jazz. 

Music From The Sole is a tap dance and live music company that celebrates tap’s connections to Afro-Brazilian music and dance, and other influences across the African Diaspora. The company strives to bring tap dance and its lineage to the broadest possible audience. I Didn’t Come to Stay, a work for eight dancers and a five-piece band, earned a spot on the New York Times’ Best Dance Performances of 2022 list. It explores tap’s diasporic lineage and connections to house, samba, Brazilian funk, and jazz. 

Music From The Sole is a tap dance and live music company that celebrates tap’s connections to Afro-Brazilian music and dance, and other influences across the African Diaspora. The company strives to bring tap dance and its lineage to the broadest possible audience. I Didn’t Come to Stay, a work for eight dancers and a five-piece band, earned a spot on the New York Times’ Best Dance Performances of 2022 list. It explores tap’s diasporic lineage and connections to house, samba, Brazilian funk, and jazz. 

Music From The Sole is a tap dance and live music company that celebrates tap’s connections to Afro-Brazilian music and dance, and other influences across the African Diaspora. The company strives to bring tap dance and its lineage to the broadest possible audience. I Didn’t Come to Stay, a work for eight dancers and a five-piece band, earned a spot on the New York Times’ Best Dance Performances of 2022 list. It explores tap’s diasporic lineage and connections to house, samba, Brazilian funk, and jazz. 

Evoking potent symbolism of the crow as a messenger between life and death, transcending space and time, Ashwini Ramaswamy explores memory, dislocation, ancestry, and more in Let the Crows Come.

Evoking potent symbolism of the crow as a messenger between life and death, transcending space and time, Ashwini Ramaswamy explores memory, dislocation, ancestry, and more in Let the Crows Come.