World Class Choreographer Visits The Yard

Islanders have a rare chance this weekend to see the creative process revealed in words and movement, when Carolyn Dorfman presents what is being called an intimate evening of dance, dialogue and discovery. The choreographer is an Island favorite — last year her dance company performed Mayne Mentshn at the Performing Arts Center; in the spring, she and her dancers taught in Vineyard elementary schools; in 2006, her company performed The Klezmer Sketch here in a program that also included Urban Bush Women and a piece with Island children performing.

Read More

Kaleidoscope Dazzles at Spring Concert
Liz Weiss

Energetic dancers of all ages lit up the stage on Sunday evening for the 14th annual Kaleidoscope Dance spring concert, the first to be held at the Performing Arts Center at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School. Kaleidoscope Dance, under the direction of extraordinary choreographer Laura Sargent Hall, displayed a wide variety of dance, ranging from exquisite ballet pieces to eclectic gymnastics-inspired sequences. All came under the theme of the recital: School Days.

Read More

Tart Tango Twirls Onto Intimate Stage As Taylor 2 Turns Up
Holly Nadler

By HOLLY NADLER

Read More

Local Choreographer Produces Dance
By WENDY JEFFERS

Vineyard resident and choreographer Lucinda Childs was recently in New York to cast her upcoming production Dance. When the director of The Yard, Wendy Taucher, asked if I would be interested in observing, I jumped at the chance. Although Ms. Childs calls the Vineyard home, her work is performed predominately in Europe, where she has choreographed for the Berlin Opera Ballet, the Bavarian State Ballet, the Paris Opera Ballet and the Lyons Opera Ballet.

Read More

Community Chorus Carries on Tradition

Community Chorus Carries on Tradition

A 12-year tradition continues tonight, July 3, when the Island Community Chorus sings to open the 2009 season of summer concerts at the Tabernacle in Oak Bluffs.

With Garrett Brown at the Tabernacle’s 12-foot Steinway grand, director Peter Boak will lead the chorus in a festive concert program that ranges from show tunes and spirituals to a rousing rendition of God Bless America.

Read More

Piano Lovers Alert: Tabernacle Concert, Film

A free piano recital by Amaryllis Glass will precede the film screening Tuesday, August 18 at the Tabernacle in Oak Bluffs, They Came to Play, an award-winning, uplifting feature-length documentary chronicling the International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs. The film is at 8 p.m. and the recital begins at 7:30 p.m.

Read More

Free Band Concert

The Martha’s Vineyard All Island Band Program presents its Spring Concert on Wednesday, May 6 at 7:30 p.m. at the performing arts center at the high school. Admission is free.

This concert is a culmination of a year’s hard work and talents for over 200 children ranging from grades four to eight.

The performing groups include the beginner band, the fifth and sixth grade band, the seventh and eighth grade band and the junior high jazz band.

Read More

A Singular Sensation

A Singular Sensation

Friday and Saturday night at 7 p.m., campers and counselors from the Martha’s Vineyard Cerebral Palsy Camp, also known as Camp Jabberwocky, are offering a free performance of A Chorus Line on the camp’s studio stage on Greenwood avenue in Vineyard Haven.While Jabberwocky’s plays do not always stick to the script, they always improve upon the original material. For details, call 508-693-2339.

Read More

Family Dance-O-Rama

Family Dance-O-Rama

The free, weekly all-age disco at Nectar’s is continuing every Sunday, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. into mid-October. These popular events, called Family Dance-o-Ramas, are produced by the nightclub’s previous co-owner, Mona Rosenthal (aka Deejay Shizz), who spins tunes and puts on special lighting effects and bubbles at the dance floor not far from the Martha’s Vineyard Airport.

Read More

Island of Women

Island of Women

An Island of Women, an original musical, looks at life on the Vineyard between 1850 and 1852 when much of the male population was off whaling. It was created by Island historian and director E. St. John Villard. It’s music was composed by retired Methodist minister of music Phil Dietterich, who is well know to Vineyard audiences for his original compositions for many local groups, as well as his work for the Scottish Society.

Read More

Pages