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The Last Five Years

The Last Five Years is an emotionally powerful and intimate musical about two New Yorkers in their twenties who fall in and out of love over the course of five years. The show’s unconventional structure consists of Cathy telling her story backwards, while Jamie tells his story chronologically.

Info Sessions: Next Steps for Boston Dance Grant

Attention all dance and circus artists, the Next Steps for Boston Dance grant is back – and better! Attend an info session to learn more about the program and to learn helpful tips to help you with your application. The program features support and resources for movement artists at all career levels, including: • 250 […]

Twist & Shout! An Evening of Dance, Spoken Word & Music

OrigiNation is celebrating our 27th Anniversary Season with our Virtual Benefit Performance. The evening will begin at 7:00 pm with a private virtual VIP reception where guests will hear remarks from our honorees and mix with OrigiNation’s Artistic Director and special guests. The reception will include: A Live Spoken Word Performance by Shaumba-Yandje Dibinga Virtual […]

OrigiNation’s Ready Set Dance Summer Intensive

OrigiNation’s Ready Set Dance! is a five-week in-person program that aims to provide high-quality dance instruction and performance opportunities to youth ages 8-13.  The program is open to beginner, intermediate, and advanced young dancers who have expressed an interest in further developing or discovering their technical and performance skills.  Each dancer will receive 112.5 hours […]

Company One’s Hype Man

Frontman Pinnacle and his hype man Verb have been making Hip-Hop together since they were kids. Now that they’ve got top-notch beatmaker Peep One in the mix, the group is finally on the verge of making it big—until the police shooting of an unarmed black teenager shakes the trio to its core, and forces them […]

Stringfest with Castle of our Skins and Youth Musicians

Members of Boston’s Castle of Our Skins artist collective — dedicated to advancing Black artistry through music and related performance — team with youth ensembles from City Strings United, Boston Citywide String Orchestra, and Boston String Academy in the latest in our Stringfest series. Stringfest performances pair professional string players with young musicians to present […]

Respect: A Boston Arts Academy Tribute to Aretha Franklin

You don’t want to miss Boston Arts Academy students paying tribute to Aretha Franklin—twice named “the greatest singer of all time” by Rolling Stone. This entertaining production showcases the best of all the Boston Arts Academy’s departments’ artistic work through an interdisciplinary collaboration. This year, BAA is partnering with Roxbury Community College to put on […]

Respect: A Boston Arts Academy Tribute to Aretha Franklin

You don’t want to miss Boston Arts Academy students paying tribute to Aretha Franklin—twice named “the greatest singer of all time” by Rolling Stone. This entertaining production showcases the best of all the Boston Arts Academy’s departments’ artistic work through an interdisciplinary collaboration. This year, BAA is partnering with Roxbury Community College to put on […]

Respect: A Boston Arts Academy Tribute to Aretha Franklin

You don’t want to miss Boston Arts Academy students paying tribute to Aretha Franklin—twice named “the greatest singer of all time” by Rolling Stone. This entertaining production showcases the best of all the Boston Arts Academy’s departments’ artistic work through an interdisciplinary collaboration. This year, BAA is partnering with Roxbury Community College to put on […]

BRAVEHEART: STORYTELLING FROM A SOULFUL PLACE

Being a woman/womyn is multi-disciplinary—requiring different roles to be adopted and hats to be worn each day. From mother and wife, to businesswoman and philanthropist, Isabella’s story and her Museum have provided multiple perspectives on the world in which we live today and imagine in the future. Listen to the interconnecting stories of women/womyn poets […]