Karen Campbell's review of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's opening night performance is online (it will be in print tomorrow, April 17). The program covered in Campbell's review will be repeated Saturday evening:
"When the music pops into a funky groove, flat-footed jive walks combine with
rippling bodies. An African beat brings on rolling shoulders, arms swinging,
legs bent, dancers briefly launching themselves into backward turns, bodies
curved like commas in the air. Robinson’s swirling, swooping solo seems to
invoke the spirits, her arms repeatedly curling inward as if drawing in curling
tendrils of smoke. She turns in place, head thrown back."
Read all of Ailey troupe celebrates director's dancing spirit.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performs at the Wang Theatre through Sunday.
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Announcing the Celebrity Series of Boston 2010-2011 Season
Subscription sales begin April 30
So here is our season for next year in all its 41-event glory. You can't order your subscription, yet, that starts April 30, but you can check out the artists, dates, times, venues and even programs (follow the links), request a season brochure (if you're a subscriber this season, you will already get one), and join our e-mail list and get a reminder before subscription sales begin. We're announcing a little early this season so you can begin setting your arts calendar for 2010-2011.
October 2010
Mark Morris Dance Group
Program features the world premiere of a Celebrity Series commission
October 14-17
Cutler Majestic Theatre
Chucho Valdés with The Afro-Cuban Messengers
Celebrity Series Debut
Thursday, October 28, 8pm
Berklee Performance Center
November 2010
What Makes It Great? with The Claremont Trio
Beethoven's "Archduke Trio"
Sunday, November 7, 3pm
NEC's Jordan Hall
Liza Minnelli in Concert
Celebrity Series Debut
Sunday, November 7, 5pm
Symphony Hall
Basil Twist's Petrushka
Boston Debut
November 11-21
Subscription performances:
November 11-17
The Paramount Theatre
Kremerata Baltica
Gidon Kremer, violin soloist and leader
Celebrity Series Debut
Friday, November 12, 8pm
NEC's Jordan Hall
Murray Perahia, piano
Sunday, November 14, 3pm
Symphony Hall
Tokyo String Quartet with Lynn Harrell, cello
Friday, November 19, 8pm
NEC's Jordan Hall
Pinchas Zukerman, violin/viola
Yefim Bronfman, piano
Sunday, November 21, 3pm
Symphony Hall
Parker String Quartet
Bonus Subscriber Event
Monday, November 22, 8pm
NEC's Jordan Hall
December 2010
Haochen Zhang, piano
2009 Van Cliburn Gold Medalist
Boston Debut
Friday, December 3, 8pm
NEC's Jordan Hall
Pilobolus
December 3-5
Cutler Majestic Theatre
January 2011
Christine Brewer, soprano
Celebrity Series Debut
Saturday, January 15, 8pm
NEC's Jordan Hall
Liz and Ann Hampton Callaway, "Boom!"
Friday, January 21, 8pm
Sanders Theatre
Balé Folclórico da Bahia
Celebrity Series Debut
Saturday, January 22, 8pm
The Opera House
Philharmonia Quartett Berlin
Boston Debut
Friday, January 28, 8pm
NEC's Jordan Hall
Savion Glover, "SoLo in TiMe"
Saturday, January 29, 8pm
The Opera House
Golden Dragon Acrobats
Sunday, January 30, 3pm
Symphony Hall
February 2011
Joshua Bell, violin
Friday, February 4, 8pm
Symphony Hall
Ira Glass, "Radio Stories and Other Stories"
Saturday, February 5, 8pm
Sanders Theatre
Tierney Sutton Band
Celebrity Series Debut
Friday, February 11, 8pm
Sanders Theatre
What Makes It Great?
Excerpts from Mozart's Don Giovanni
Sunday, February 13, 3pm
NEC's Jordan Hall
Takács Quartet
Friday, February 18, 8pm
NEC's Jordan Hall
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Sunday, February 27, 3pm
Symphony Hall
March 2011
Evgeny Kissin, piano
Wednesday, March 2, 8pm
Symphony Hall
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet
Celebrity Series Debut
March 4 & 5
Tsai Performance Center
Emerson String Quartet with Sir James Galway, flute
Friday, March 11, 8pm
NEC's Jordan Hall
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Saturday, March 12, 8pm
NEC's Jordan Hall
KODO Drummers
Sunday, March 13, 4pm
Symphony Hall
American Legacies:
The Del McCoury Band with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Saturday, March 19, 8pm
Symphony Hall
Matthew Polenzani, tenor
Boston Recital Debut
Thursday, March 24, 8pm
NEC's Jordan Hall
John Williams, guitar
Friday, March 25, 8pm
NEC's Jordan Hall
April 2011
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
Friday, April 1, 8pm
NEC's Jordan Hall
BeijingDance/LDTX
Boston Debut
April 1 & 2
Tsai Performance Center
Patti LuPone, "The Gypsy in My Soul"
Sunday, April 3, 5pm
Symphony Hall
St. Petersburg Philharmonic
Yuri Temirkanov, conductor
Alisa Weilerstein, cello soloist
Sunday, April 10, 3pm
Symphony Hall
Dubravka Tomsic, piano
Friday, April 15, 8pm
NEC's Jordan Hall
Dawn Upshaw, soprano
Friday, April 29, 8pm
NEC's Jordan Hall
May 2011
Sweet Honey In The Rock
Friday, May 6, 8pm
Symphony Hall
Compagnia TPO, Farfalle
Boston Debut
May 10-15
Black Box Theatre, Paramount Center
Complexions Contemporary Ballet
May 20-22
Cutler Majestic Theatre
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Call for a free 2010-2011 season brochure: (617) 482-2595
or visit www.celebrityseries.org.
Important Dates:
Season Subscriptions go on sale April 30, 2010
Priority Seating Deadline is Friday, June 11, 2010
Subscriptions by phone begin Monday, June 14, 2010
Individual performance sales begin Monday, September 13, 2010
Friday, April 2, 2010
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in "Uptown" (video)
Check out Matthew Rushing's "Uptown" (and dig that jive, Jack!).
April 15 is opening night of Ailey in Boston (April 15-18, Citi Wang Theatre).
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Ailey: Ronald K. Brown's "Dancing Spirit" (video)
Ronald K. Brown pays tribute to Judith Jamison with Dancing Spirit, a new work that echoes the title of Jamisons autobiography. Set to music by Duke Ellington, Wynton Marsalis, Radiohead and War, Brown uses movement from Cuba, Brazil and the United States to conjure dancing spirits who embody the elegance, vision, dignity and generosity of Jamison.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns to The Citi Performing Arts Center's Wang Theatre April 15-18
(Dancing Spirit will be performed April 15 and 17).
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns to The Citi Performing Arts Center's Wang Theatre April 15-18
(Dancing Spirit will be performed April 15 and 17).
Monday, March 22, 2010
Online Auction is underway - check it out!
Consider this an invitation from Aisle Be
Seeing You: The Celebrity Series of Boston's Standing O!
Auction is now open for bidding!
Auction by the numbers:
7 Red Sox games
6 Concert programs
5 Health & Fitness
4 Personal pampering
3 Theatre events
2 Hotel & Travel
1 Bose Wave radio
The auction will run from March 15,
2010 to April 18, 2010. All proceeds support the Arts, Education and
Community Program of the Celebrity Series. Tell your friends, your
family, and your community, and let the bidding begin!
Check out the Standing O! Online Auction
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Friday, March 19, 2010
Globe: "Improvising, McFerrin style"
The Boston Globe had a chat with Bobby McFerrin recently and the results appeared in today's print edition, just in time to preview his concert at Symphony Hall this Sunday afternoon. He talked about appearing on the TV program Sing-Off! and the story of VOCAbuLarieS, his upcoming recording, eight years in the making. Here's a snippet:
"I have always played to mixed audiences on every level — age, type of
music, on and on. There are always people who remember 'Don't Worry, Be
Happy,' and I’m happy they remember it, of course. But, like any artist
over 20 years, I've moved on. Fortunately, I’ve moved on in a lot of new
directions, which keep it all fresh and inventive."
Read all of Improvising, McFerrin style.
Check out Bobby McFerrin at Symphony Hall this Sunday at 3pm, brought to you by the Celebrity Series of Boston (ahem).
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