In the News

The Bay State Banner highlights the world premiere of “A Rose Out of Concrete,” which was performed at the Conservatory’s Spring Dance Concert: Limitless. The project was a collaboration between pop icon Nona Hendryx, music producer and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Hank Shocklee, and Boston Conservatory hip-hop instructor Duane Lee Holland Jr.

Associate alumna Linda Mercer-Botelho (B.F.A. '82, contemporary dance) is celebrating the 35th anniversary of founding On Stage Academy of Performing Arts. The former New England Patriots cheerleader and dedicated teacher discusses her passion for dance and the unlikelihood of her retiring soon.

Dance Magazine describes alumna Kate Ladenheim's (B.F.A. '11, dance) five-part dance series Glass as a "nuanced examination of contemporary feminism." Ladenheim is the artistic director of the People Movers, a dance collaborative interested in creating socially conscious works, and is one of Dance Magazine's "25 to Watch."

Dance alumnus Gerald Watson (B.F.A. '12) is director of Saam Psalms: Together Songs, a dance production that takes on the history of American slavery and racism, at Nashville’s Rejoice School of Ballet, a multiracial youth ballet company whose mission is to make ballet accessible to all.

Dance alumna Karin Heiden (B.F.A. '96), executive director of San Antonio Metropolitan Ballet, talks to San Antonio Magazine about the “art of dedication”—how many aspiring performing artists train and specialize like athletes from a young age.

Dance alumna Jessica Davison (B.F.A. '11), who has been a member of the Radio City Rockettes for over five years, reflects on her role and the years of hard work and determination it took get there.

Conservatory student Danton Jamieson (B.F.A. '21, contemporary dance) has been selected as one of nine dancers to travel to Mexico with non-profit organization Juntos Collective this December. The organization works with university volunteers to provide dance workshops and performances in underserved communities.

The Boston Globe gives a glowing review of Wheelock Family Theatre's production of In the Heights, which was "superbly directed and choreographed" by alumna and faculty member Rachel Bertone (B.F.A. '07, contemporary dance), and featured seven current Conservatory students and four alumni, with musical direction by Conservatory accompanist Dan Rodriguez.

Tommy Neblett, interim dean of dance, talks to Dance Spirit magazine about how to create successful choreographer-composer collaborations.

Boston Conservatory at Berklee's Dance Division is featured in Backstage's list of the top 10 dance programs in the country.

Berklee President Roger H. Brown and Boston Conservatory at Berklee Executive Director Cathy Young talk with Boston Public Radio in their first joint interview.

Dance Spirit magazine highlights the expanded opportunities for Boston Conservatory and Berklee College of Music students made possible by the merger.