The 2019 Annual Spring Concert, held March 2019 at Nahant Town Hall, featured new and old works, and a work-in-progress made up of 40 steps: 40 Steps (Work-in-Progress), Echoes and Shadows (2019), Flax Pond (2019), Missing Pieces (2012) with Guest Artist Kelley Donovan and music interludes performed by Cellist Julie Ouellette Earp. Photos: Glen Tines
modern dance
40 Steps Creative Dance Workshop
What are the 40 Steps that make up the choreography of Forty Steps Dance?
Find out in this upcoming workshop!
Learn from choreographer Sallee Slagle and the dancers of Forty Steps Dance while exploring the movements that make up Sallee’s choreography.
A one of a kind experience, this workshop will teach participants the 40 steps used by the Forty Steps Dance. Sallee Slagle along with company members will teach different movements used in their choreography for participants to learn and put together into their own movement sequence. The workshop will end in a performance where participants can create their own “40 steps” sequences.
This unique workshop is for adults and children ages 8 and up. Attendees should come ready to move.
Admission:
Children (age 8-17): $15
Adults (age 18+): $20
Family (up to 4 participants; includes parents and their children): $30
This workshop is a part of ArtWeek, presented by Highland Street Foundation and produced by the Boch Center.
Tides April 2019 Fundraiser
Come Support Forty Steps Dance by dining at Tides Restaurant
Thursday, April 4, 2019
6:00-9:00 pm
Tides Restaurant will donate 10% of sales on this night to Forty Steps Dance. Dine-in, take out and drinks included. Make it a night out with friends or family, or grab something to go, and support your local dance company!
At Tides Restaurant & Pub
Nahant Beach
2B Wilson Road, Nahant, MA
www.tidesnahant.com
Performance at 12 Dancers Dancing
12 Dancers Dancing: A Christmas in Cambridge
Saturday, December 8 at 8:00 pm
Sunday, December 9 at 7:00 pm
at The Julie Ince Thompson Theatre at Dance Complex
Tickets:
Adults $23
Seniors and Children: $16
Performances by: Boston Community Dance Project, Sydni Jiang, Project 31, North Shore Civic Ballet, Sasso & Company, Cambridge Dance Company, Nozama Dance Collective, Rainbow Tribe, Disco Brats, Forty Steps Dance, Kinetic Synergy Dance Company, NewStage Dance Company, Brookline Academy of Dance, and Legacy Dance Company.
Please bring a new toy for our children’s toy drive and receive $1 off of your admission ticket!
Tickets: www.eventbrite.com
Photos from Summer 2018
Forty Steps Dance finished their 25th Anniversary season with several summer performances. Photos here are from the Salem Arts Festival, June 2018 (photos: Lynn Turner), Fundraiser and Golf Outing at Nahant Golf Club in June 2018 (photos: Erin Pelikhov), and a community performance at Flax Pond, Lynn, MA, July 2018 (photos: Lynn Turner).
2019 Annual Spring Concert
2019 Annual Spring Concert
Saturday, March 30, 2019 at 8 pm
at Nahant Town Hall, Nahant, MA
Regular Tickets: $25 per person
VIP Tickets: $45 per person
Senior/Student/BDA Tickets: $18 per person
Nahant Students: $0 (must reserve below)
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Performance supported in part by a grant from the Nahant Cultural Council, a local agency supported by the Mass Cultural Council, and in part by the Nahant Preservation Trust.
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Community Performance at Flax Pond Park, Lynn
Saturday, July 28, 2018
at 5 p.m.
(Rain date July 29 5 p.m.)
FREE performance by
Nahant’s modern dance company, Forty Steps Dance
at Flax Pond, Chestnut Street, Lynn, MA
Directions
Check our Facebook page for weather updates
Bring a chair and see new works in this free performance!
This performance will include free form dance through the park using its many natural landscape features. There will be site-specific choreography as well as excerpts from repertory and a preview of new works to come. There is also an interactive segment planned where dancers will invite the audience to join in!
More info at facebook.com/FortyStepsDance
This performance is supported in part by a grant from the Lynn Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency, and in part by the Nahant Preservation Trust.
Photos from 2018 Spring Concert
The 2018 Annual Spring Concert and 25th Anniversary Celebration, held March 2018 at Nahant Town Hall, featured new and old works: Trees (2018), Fragile (2002 & 2011), Images (2017), Accord (1992), Serve It Up (1991) and excerpts from Creatures (2016). Photos: Igor Burlak
Trees (2018)
Fragile (2002 & 2011)
Images (2017)
Accord (1992)
Excerpts from Creatures (2016)
Serve It Up (1991)
Free Performance at Flax Pond, Lynn
Community Performance
at Flax Pond Park
Saturday, July 28, 2018
at 5 p.m.
(Rain date July 29 at 5 p.m.)
FREE performance by
Nahant’s modern dance company
at Flax Pond, Chestnut Street, Lynn, MA
Directions
Check our Facebook page for weather updates
This performance will include free form dance through the park using its many natural landscape features. There will be site-specific choreography as well as excerpts from repertory and a preview of new works to come. There is also an interactive segment planned where dancers will invite the audience to join in!
More info at facebook.com/FortyStepsDance
This performance is supported in part by a grant from the Lynn Cultural Council,
a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency,
and in part by the Nahant Preservation Trust.
Lynn Joins the Artweek Festival; “Creatures Workshop” comes to Nahant
LYNN – ArtWeek, a 10-day festival that celebrates culture, creativity and the uniqueness of Massachusetts communities, will take place statewide April 27-May 6.
For the first time, the city of Lynn has been invited to participate. Marblehead, Nahant and Salem also will take part.
NAHANT
“Creatures Workshop,” May 6, 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.
$15 ages 8+| $20 adults | $30 family of 4
This unique workshop encourages participants to interpret and identify their own artistic portrayal of animals, and blend it with choreographed dance excerpts as well as improvised movement. Learn from choreographer Sallee Slagle and the dancers of Forty Steps Dance while exploring the movement of “Creatures.” The edited video of Slagle’s choreographic masterwork “Creatures,” which was filmed at LynnArts theater, will also be shown. This workshop at Nahant Community Center, 41 Valley Road, is for adults and children age 8 and older.