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Photos by Steve Shreiber,
William B. Hebert,
Liza Voll, Jaye R.
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July 28, 2011
Ilstyle & Peace Productions
Impossible, IZZpossible at the
Performing Arts Center at Concord Academy
November 17-20, 2011
Choreographer Trajal Harrell and visual
artist Sarah Sze at the ICA/Boston
January 11 and 18, 2012
David Parker & The Bang Group's Misters
and Sisters: A Love Story in Song and Dance at OBERON, Cambridge.
March 25, 2012
Summer Stages' 15th Anniversary
Open House in Concord
SAVE-THE-DATE!
June 2012
Summer Stages' 15th Anniversary Gala
July 8-28, 2012
Meet The Artist Performance
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In celebration of our 15th Anniversary, we are extending our summer
festival programming throughout this
special year! We began
this past July with a prologue to our
yearlong celebration; the Boston premier of the wonderful hip-hop company,
Illstyle & Peace
Productions, directed by Brandon "Peace" Albright. A true jump-start
to the festivities, The Boston Globe
called the 20-member company and their production, Impossible, IZZpossible,
nothing less than "the
groundwork for a new generation of hip-hop….it jolted Concord
Academy's sleek Performing Arts Center."
Next in our series of anniversary events, and a perfect choreographic
chaser to Illstyle’s performance, was the Co Lab: Process & Performance
presentation at the Institute of Contemporary
Art. Dance maker,
Trajal Harrell, and sculptor, Sarah Sze,
created a small gem, The Untitled Still Life Collection, that
was as thought-provoking and rich
with emotion as the art enveloping it – the wonderful
Dance/Draw exhibition that included visual
art by Trisha Brown, Fred Sandback, David
Hammons and Yvonne Rainer, among others.
Again The Boston Globe said that Sze
and Harrell "epitomize
the themes of the ICA "Dance/Draw
exhibition with a world premier that
integrates movement and visual art."
In January, we invite our audiences to start their New Year with
a Bang! Summer Stages presents Misters & Sisters at
Oberon, a great nightlife spot on the
fringe of Harvard Square. Fresh from it’s critically acclaimed
performances at Joe’s
Pub in New York City, David Parker and The Bang Group’s
new dance cabaret embraces The Great
American Songbook including songs of Frank Loesser, Irving Berlin and
Rogers and Hammerstein among many others. This special evening
celebrates Parker’s 20-year friendship and collaboration
with Jeffrey Kazin. Misters
and Sisters: Part One was a great hit when presented by Summer
Stages Dance as a work in progress during
the 2010 summer performance series.
The celebration continues with a special iterative open house offering
classes and informal performances throughout
the afternoon on March 25, and our 15th
Anniversary Gala in June. Stay tuned for details and please come out
to celebrate our landmark anniversary in true Summer Stages fashion!
A visit to Summer Stages Dance performances will also offer you the
chance to see beautiful, historic Concord in the summertime! Just 35
minutes from Boston by car or train, and two miles from Walden Pond,
Concord is the birthplace of the Revolutionary War and the Transcendentalist
Movement, and was home to many notable literary figures, including
Hawthorne, Emerson, Thoreau and the Alcotts. The town offers a variety
of museums, shops, restaurants, historical sites, parks, and recreational
facilities. Please visit the Concord
Chamber of Commerce website for details.
Summer Stages directors
interviewed on local television
Programs and artists are subject to change.
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