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JAN. 16 & 17: DANCING WITH THE STARS TOUR

The Boch Center Wang Theatre brings the return of the latest tour of Dancing with the S show! This year’s all-new show will heat up your winter by featuring your favorite dancers from the #1 hit television show. They’ll be performing spectacular brand-new numbers dreamed up by Emmy award-winning choreographer Mandy Moore (Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour, La La Land) as well as some of the viral showstoppers featured in season 33 that launched a million TikTok posts. Come relive DWTS’ record-breaking 33rd season that brought in over 20 million fan votes per episode!. 2024 US Olympic bronze medalist in men’s gymnastics, Stephen Nedoroscik, who earned the nickname ‘Pommel Horse Guy’, joins the tour as co-host. More DWTS Season 33 fan favorites and finalists include Olympic rugby champion and social media superstar Ilona Maher and Disney’s Z-O-M-B-I-E-S and Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin actress Chandler Kinney. The Bachelor star Joey Graziadei will be joining DWTS pro Jenna Johnson to perform in select cities. A limited number of VIP packages are still available for most shows and include Premium Tickets, Meet & Greet Photo Opportunity and interactive experience with DWTS Cast Members and Special Guests, Exclusive Merchandise and more. Due to demand, additional performances have been added in Boston, MA; Rosemont, IL; Madison, WI; Charlotte, NC; Clearwater, FL and Salt Lake City, UT. Tickets for all shows are on sale now at dwtstour.com.

JAN. 17 & 18: MALPASO DANCE

Celebrity Series of Boston brings to the stage of the Emerson Paramount Center, 559 Washington Street in Boston the return of Cuba’s most in-demand contemporary dancers. They will present a vibrant program showcasing the company’s commitment to working with international choreographers such as Ronald K. Brown, Aszure Barton, and Ephrat Asherie among others while nurturing Cuban artistry. The program will feature Brown’s “Why You Follow,” created for the company in Cuba in 2013, Asherie’s “Floor… y Ando,” a recent collaboration; and Osnel Delgado’s “A Dancing Island.” To obtain tickets for this stunning performance visit www.celebrityseries.org

FEB. 7 & 8: COUNTERPOINT

Caleb Teicher and Conrad Tao are brought to the the Boston Arts Academy Theater, 174 Ipswich Street in Boston by Celebrity Series of Boston. This latest collaboration by pianist/composer Conrad Tao again joins him with choreographer/tap dancer Caleb Teicher. They were last seen together in “More Forever,” which was presented by the Celebrity Series in 2020. In this new dynamic duet performance, the artists create a dialogue of harmonic, theatrical and rhythmic interplay, bridging their disparate traditions and creating a collectively new experience. George Gershwin’s musical composition “Rhapsody in Blue,” itself providing a union of styles, threads through the program’s other musical selections that include J.S. Bach’s “Goldberg Variations,” Art Tatum’s Olympian stride piano creations, Arnold Schoenberg’s take on a Viennese waltz, and a miniature from Tao’s “More Forever” score. Through it all, Tao and Teicher will dazzle with virtuosity and audacity, while showing surprising magic in the dialogue between their art forms. Tickets and more information, visit www.celebrityseries.org

FEB. 27 – MARCH 9: CONFERENCE OF THE BIRDS

ANIKAYA Dance Theater returns to Arrow Street Arts, One Arrow Street in Cambridge. This dance company has been captivating audiences in Washington DC, Vermont, India, South Africa, Palestine and Mozambique. The “Conference of the Birds” was inspired by a 12th-century poem written by the Persian poet Farid Ud din Attar. It is a multimedia movement piece that weaves together stories from modern-day refugees and migrants. Directed by Wendy Jehlen, the performance features an international ensemble of dancers from Africa, South America, Asia, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and the U.S. Together they beautifully blend their cultural traditions in a shared spirit of collaboration. The performance is accompanied by original music and projections created by French, Irani, and U.S. artists that exquisitely enhance the experience. The dance tells the tale of a group of birds that are in search of a mythical land of Simurgh. Upon arriving, they find that they have become the Simurgh, thus defining the narrative that it is truly a collection from refugees that symbolizes their journey and their assimilation into a new place while allowing them to maintain their diversity. Tickets for this thoughtful and heartwarming presentation may be obtained at www.arrowstarts.org