Dance News

Boston Conservatory at Berklee will present its fall concert, From the Ground Up, November 2 through 5 at the Boston Conservatory Theater, located at 31 Hemenway Street in Boston. 

This month, Boston Conservatory at Berklee’s Dance Division began an international exchange program with the Central Academy of Drama (CAD) in Beijing, China. CAD is one of the leading performing arts conservatories in China, offering rigorous training in dance, theater, and music.

Kimberly Haack, who previously served as the Conservatory’s director of external relations, has been appointed deputy chief of staff for the Office of the Executive Director at Boston Conservatory at Berklee.

Mayor Bill de Blasio and Berklee, one of the most prestigious performing arts institutions in the world, announced Berklee is coming to New York City and will make a home in the historic Power Station studios (most recently called Avatar studios).

Boston Conservatory at Berklee’s fall performance lineup features an array of new and classical works of dance, music, opera, and theater.

Berklee College of Music will award Beyoncé Knowles-Carter’s Formation Scholars Award to Sadiya Ramos (B.F.A. '20, contemporary dance), a sophomore studying dance at Boston Conservatory at Berklee.

Cathy Young, current dean of dance, has been appointed executive director for Boston Conservatory at Berklee, making her the first appointed female leader for the 150-year-old institution.

Boston Conservatory at Berklee’s 2017 commencement was, of course, a personal triumph for the school’s 245 graduating students, but they shared this moment with some of the biggest milestones in the Conservatory’s history.

Connections, a collaboration between Berklee Interdisciplinary Arts Institute and Boston Conservatory at Berklee students, which mixes music, dance, video, and live painting, debuted on May 6.

Sandra Piques Eddy (B.M. '94, music education, voice), Eddie Korbich (B.F.A. '83, musical theater), and Karla Wolfangle (Cert. '65, dance) will be the Distinguished Alumni Award recipients at Boston Conservatory at Berklee's 2017 commencement.