Best of Boston
Best Dance
The Boston Conservatory Dance Theater’s performance of septuagenarian Murray Louis’s “Four Brubeck Pieces” showcased eight high-octane dancers careening—collaboratively and individually—through a mélange of moods with uncanny finesse.
Romping gave way to meditation gave way to irony gave way to exuberance at the breaking point. read more»
2000 Best Dance, Class
Boston Center for Adult Education
Boston
Sorry guys and dolls, thanks to the Boston Center for Adult Education, there are just no more excuses for thinking salsa is merely a condiment. [...] read more»
1999 Best Dance, Latin Scene
Sophia’s
Boston
If Ricky Martin and Marc Anthony are the demigods of the Latin music craze, Sophia's, on Boylston Street in the Fenway, is the local place [...] read more»
1987 Best Dance, Series, Adventurous
The Discovery Series
Nationally acclaimed, this collaboration of the Dance Umbrella and the Boston Ballet brought the provocative works of three New York choreographers—Susan Marshall, Kenneth Rinker, and [...] read more»
1987 Best Dance, Effort
“Knocking Heads”
The Dance Collective's "Knocking Heads" program with choreography by Martha Armstrong Gray and Dawn Kramer. Lifting Boston dance to new heights. read more»
1986 Best Dance, Theater
<em>The Housing Project</em>, at the Boston Shakespeare Company
Choreographer Yoshiko Chuma presented one of the best constructions of the year. read more»
1985 Best Dance, Talent, Local
Nicole Eldridge
The 12-year-old who played Clara in the Boston Ballet's annual The Nutcracker gave a lyrical and unaffected performance. The best since Edra Toth. read more»
1979 Best Dance, Children's
The Cambridge School of Ballet
Cambridge
Focus is on dancing as an art, but for the less coordinated kid, there are pre-ballet basic-rhythm classes. read more»