Yard Dances to Beat of New Leadership

Stephanie Pacheco finished her first summer as the new executive of The Yard last month, but she's already conjuring up plans to make the art residency program more active in the off-season.

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Yard Jumps Headlong Into New Season

When dancer and choreographer David Guzman was offered a stay on the Vineyard to explore movement and dance performance, he immediately accepted.

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The Yard Names New Executive Director

Stephanie Pacheco has been named the executive director of dance and performing arts organization The Yard.

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Tango Ensemble Puts Islanders Onstage and in the Front Row

The allure of tango music drew an eager audience to the Martha’s Vineyard Performing Arts Center Friday night for a concert by QuinTango, the Virginia-based tango ensemble that has been visiting Island schools over the past week.

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Tango Group To Bring Argentine Tunes to the Island

Joan Singer, founder and director of chamber music group QuinTango, wants Islanders to fall in love with tango.

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The Yard Switches Up Its Renovation Plan

A proposal by The Yard to modify a major 2019 renovation plan will not require a new public hearing, the Martha's Vineyard Commission decided after reviewing changes to the dance nonprofit's earlier renovation plan.

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Two Islands, One Story as Dance and History Unite

Tribal descendants from Martha’s Vineyard and Puerto Rico brought their shared history to the stage Saturday afternoon in a powerful and uplifting work-in-progress piece that blended dance, film and spoken word.

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Museum Exhibit Celebrates Half a Century of The Yard

Calling to mind another nativity story, the Yard, the Island’s incubator for dance performance, was born in a barn.

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Taking to the Ice for Stories of Memory and Resistance

The Martha’s Vineyard Ice Arena was transformed last Friday, led by the Minneapolis-based dance troupe Brownbody with a performance called Tracing Sacred Steps.

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Urban Bush Women Dance Their Story at Orange Peel Bakery

The Orange Peel Bakery in Aquinnah is not a traditional dance space. Yet this past Friday, it hosted the Brooklyn-based dance troupe Urban Bush Women in conjunction with the Yard.

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