Coming to The Dance Complex: 2 Post-Presidential Election Dance Performances

CAMBRIDGE, MA — Two post-election dance performances are coming to The Dance Complex in Central Square, featuring The Dance Complex’s CATALYSTS Artists in Residence Doppelgänger Dance Collective and the New England premiere of Chicago’s The Space Movement Project.

Organizers wrote in a press release: Believing all art is inherently political, whether overtly or in the context of other works, Dance, Yes We Can: A Post-Presidential Election Performance offers a unique slate of dance companies and choreographers together in repertory over two weekends, November 11-13 and 18-20, at The Dance Complex in The Julie Ince Thompson Theatre, 536 Massachusetts Avenue, Central Square, Cambridge.

“Ideally these performances will not only allow us to take a collective deep breath post-election, but also enjoy companies and dancers that don’t necessarily identify as political, but are doing politically charged work--asking pointed questions about race, identity, art construction and otherness,” Executive Director Peter DiMuro said in the release.

The first show is the weekend of Nov. 11-13.

The first weekend’s Friday November 11 (8 p.m.) and Sunday November 13 (6 p.m.) performances will feature the New England premiere of Chicago’s The Space Movement Project, an innovative female dance group dedicated to nurturing the collective female lens in contemporary dance movement. Company members include Ashley Chung, Larisa Eastman, Allyson Esposito, Anne Kasdorf, Leah Raffanti, and Megan Schneeberger performing the original repertory works KISS, KISS MISSILES” (2012) and BOTTOM’S EDGE (2015). The Elders Ensemble of Prometheus Dance will be performing ESCAPE ARTIST each evening.

On Saturday, November 12 (8 PM), The Space Movement Project, the Elders Ensemble of Prometheus Dance, Emily Beattie, McKersin Previllus, Subject:Matter (artistic director Ian Berg), Jimena Bermejo and more.

The second weekend of performances is Nov. 18-20.

The second weekend Friday, November 18 (8 PM) and Sunday November 20 (6 PM) will feature The Dance Complex’s CATALYSTS Artists in Residence Doppelgänger Dance Collective (DDC). Co-founded in 2015 by dancers Shura Baryshnikov and Danielle Davidson, DDC fosters the creation and performance of original, contemporary choreographic work for duet performance. DDC will perform an inaugural, evening length concert, THE FIRST FOUR, featuring four contemporary duet works by esteemed local and national dancemakers Heidi Henderson (RI), Paul Singh (NYC), Sydney Skybetter (RI), and B.J. Sullivan (NC). The dancers will be accompanied by a New England based string ensemble comprised of Josie Davis (violin), Hannah Ross (viola), Adrienne Taylor (cello), and Ethan Wood (violin).

On Saturday, November 19 (8 PM), performers will include Allyson Esposito & Marsha Parrilla, Subject:Matter (artistic director Ian Berg), Emily Beattie, McKersin Previllus, Adrienne Hawkins, Anna Myer, Peter DiMuro:Public Displays of Motion, Jimena Bermejo and more.

Tickets for all performances are $30 and $20 students, military, BDA members. For tickets and information visit, www.dancecomplex.org. Ticket links to specific performances are available on The Dance Complex web site performance page.

Top photo: "Kiss Kiss Missles" from Chicago's The Space Project Movement. Courtesy The Dance Complex.