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Showcasing local, culturally diverse dance groups along with music, visual arts, and food for an immersive dance celebration
In 2018, JMBT introduced a groundbreaking new dance series: DANCE SATURDAYS AT THE SANCTUARY. For ten Saturday nights at the company’s home in Harvard Square, the series featured several of the unique cultures that characterize Greater Boston’s diverse dance communities. The purpose of the first DANCE SATURDAYS series was to make accessible to broader audiences, the unique worlds of Classical Indian Dance, Traditional Japanese Dance, Hip hop, Salsa, Traditional Greek Dance, Tap, Flamenco, Contemporary Dance Theatre, Ballet, and West African Dance.
Dance Saturdays continues JMBT’s signature style of presenting “dance up-close” with an expanded vision and format. Upon entering the Sanctuary, audiences are immersed in an in-depth cultural and artistic experience as a way to further explore the provocative and sometimes hidden worlds of different dance forms. Presented as a celebration of dance, the performances by leading dance artists from the Greater Boston area are accompanied by a culturally rich dance party ambiance with music, visual art displays, guided participatory dancing, food and drinks.
Dance Saturdays Advisory Council
Catherine Amidon, Exhibition Curator
Shelly Bradbury, Sculptor / Designer
Mary Catherine Deibel, Director of Development, Cambridge Center for Adult Education
Lynne Federman, Lawyer / JMBT Board Member
Susan Fleischmann, Executive Director, CCTV
Jane Goldberg, Author, Performer, Tap Historian
Denise Jillson, Executive Director, Harvard Square Business Association
Paul Kirshen, Professor, UMass Boston’s School for the Environment / Academic Advisor, Sustainable Solutions Lab
Mara Littman, Communications Advisor / JMBT Board Member
Catherine Peterson, Executive Director, Arts/Boston
Denise Simmon, Cambridge City Councilor / Former Mayor of Cambridge
Valentine Talland, Consultant, Art Conservation Specialist / JMBT Board Member
Jason Weeks, Executive Director, Cambridge Arts Council
John Wilpers, Media Expert, Innovation Media Consulting