Join OrigiNation every Monday thru Thursday from July 8 to August 15 for FREE dance classes!! Classes are held from 6pm-7pm at the Melnea Cass Center for girls and boys ages 8-18. No experience or registration necessary!! Just bring yourself and friends for classes in AFRICAN, HIP HOP, AFRO BEATS AND MORE!!!
Event Category: Performing Arts
A Woman’s Worth with Maimouna Youseff (Mumu-Fresh)
Headliner: Maimouna Youssef Opening Musical Act: Dom Jones Opening Spoken Word Act: SublimeLuv Maimouna Youssef, aka Mumu Fresh, is a GRAMMY-nominated Afro-Native singer, songwriter, emcee, activist, and edu-tainer who has performed worldwide with music giants such as Oscar Award-winner Common, The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon‘s house band The Roots, Bobby McFerrin, Sting, Erykah Badu, Femi […]
“Can A Woman Raise A Man” – STAGE PLAY
Big Sis Events presents the incredible hit stage play, “Can A Woman Raise A Man”. Internationally renowned for being the first African-American stage play with residency on the Las Vegas Strip! This book, and now incredible stage play, takes you on a journey of hope, health and healing. Discover the pain and triumphs of men, […]
Boston Arts Academy Celebrates New Beginnings with its BAA Honors – Honorary event chairs: Mayor Martin J. Walsh and Lorrie Higgins
Boston, MA – On Saturday, May 4, Boston Arts Academy (BAA), Boston’s only public school for the visual and performing arts, will host its annual BAA Honors celebration at the Rose Kennedy Ballroom, InterContinental Boston from 6 to 10 p.m., featuring an array of arts dignitaries from Boston and beyond. The celebratory, creative black-tie event […]
Can A Woman Raise A Man: Stage Play
Big Sis Events presents the incredible hit stage play, “Can A Woman Raise A Man” Internationally renowned for being the first African American stage play with residency on the Las Vegas Strip! This book and now incredible stage play takes you on a journey of hope, health and healing. Discover the pain and triumphs of […]
Boston Arts Academy Presents Memphis: The Musical
Boston Arts Academy Presents Memphis: The Musical Massachusetts Congresswoman-elect Ayanna Pressley will be receive the BAA Champion Award Actor and three-time NAACP Image Award winner Malik Yoba will host the post-show talkback BOSTON, MA – On Friday, January 25, 2019, Boston Arts Academy (BAA), the city’s only public high school for the visual and performing […]
Our Story! A Celebration of the African & African American Experience Through Spoken Word, Music & Dance
Our Story: A Celebration of the African and African American Experience through Spoken Word, Dance and Music —directed by OrigiNation Founding Artistic Director and celebrated choreographer, Shaumba Yandje Dibinga and Anthony Robinson. Our Story is a compilation of poetry, dance, music and scenes from historical and current events significant to African and African-American history. These performances will […]
Tafuta! A Young Child’s Search for the True Meaning of Kwanzaa
This original production blends music, dance and spoken word to tell the story of a young child who is bullied in school because of her family’s tradition of celebrating Kwanzaa. The child ultimately embraces her heritage, discovers her voice and triumphs over the bullies. Tafuta! is the only play of its kind and is surely going to make audiences […]
Breath & Imagination: The Story of Roland Hayes
Before there was Marian Anderson, there was Roland Hayes – one of the first world-renowned African-American classical vocalists. Breath & Imagination is a play with music that chronicles the amazing journey of this pioneer from the plantation in Georgia to singing before kings and queens in Europe. At the heart of the story is Roland’s […]
Urban Nutcracker at Shubert Theatre
Tchaikovsky and Duke Ellington Hip-hop and ballet – “Urban Nutcracker” is a classic holiday treat with an inner city twist! A true Boston story, local dance legend Tony Williams reimagined the classic holiday tale to become a Boston inner-city story with a neon-buzz, blending the rhythms of Duke Ellington with the classical music of Tchaikovsky. […]
Welcome to the Next Steps for Boston Dance Information Session
Next Steps for Boston Dance responds to the needs of dance artists working in multiple genres to have the flexibilityto push creative boundaries, work in dedicated spaces, and have mentorship and/or skill development opportunities.Next Steps for Boston Dance supports choreographers creating original work in any genre to move forward and take a “next step” in […]
Oasis@Bartlett Kick Off Reception (A Night of Art and Poetry) Host by Dudley Café
Please join us to kick off the Oasis@Bartlett event. Oasis@Bartlett will serve as a green space performance and arts park in the heart of Roxbury. Featuring local artists promoting arts in the neighborhood. The vision for the park is for it serve as an OASIS for the community of Roxbury. As well as the city of Boston. […]
