African-American dance troupe LEAPS into Boston
Acclaimed choreographer Ronald K. Brown will bring his dance troupe Evidence to Boston this weekend. The African-American dance group will perform at the Cutler Majestic Theatre at Emerson College in downtown Boston on Friday and Saturday night.
The Friday performance will be followed by a question-and-answer session with the performers, and Evidence will give a dance master class in Cambridge on Saturday morning.
World Music/CRASHarts is putting on the show. It is a Boston-area organization dedicated to presenting interactive, educational performances by performing artists from around the globe.
Ronald K. Brown has choreographed work for such prestigious companies as the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and has taught and studied dance in Cuba and C??te d'Ivoire. Brown's style blends the genres of African, ballet, and contemporary dance. Brown has directed Evidence for 20 years.
The Friday show will take place at 7:30 p.m., and the Saturday show at 8 p.m. The Cutler Majestic Theatre is located at Emerson College at 219 Tremont Street. Tickets are $35.
The master class will be held at 10 a.m. at the Dance Complex at 536 Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge. Tickets to the master class will cost $15.
Further information can be found at worldmusic.org.
Not-so-classical composer to perform at Museum
Composer David Lang and musical ensemble So Percussion will present the Boston debut of their avant-garde suite "The So-Called Laws of Nature" at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum tonight.
Lang is known for blending the soothing and the abrasive in his innovative music. As music critic Mark Swed wrote, "There is no name yet for [Lang's] kind of music." Some define it as modernism, or minimalism, or even rock. In one of his most famous accomplishments, Lang composed string quartet music for the soundtrack to the 2000 film "Requiem for a Dream."
So Percussion commissioned Lang to write "The So-Called Laws of Nature," and the musicians should have plenty of fun performing the piece - it climaxes in an uproar of rock 'n' roll percussion. So Percussion will use such diverse instruments as drums, marimbas, wood planks and junk metal during Friday's performance.
So Percussion will perform at 7 p.m. this Friday at the Gardner Museum, which is located at 280 the Fenway in Boston. Tickets for adults are $35, but student tickets are at the discounted price of $18. Tickets can be purchased by calling (617) 278-5156, or online at gardnermuseum.org. They are also available for purchase at the box office.
- compiled by Giovanni Russonello
