list of events

Don’t miss your chance to experience groundbreaking performances from around the globe. World Music/CRASHarts is known for the risk-taking spirit, artistic vision, and exceptional quality of its programs.

 


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Through its CRASHarts division, World Music/CRASHarts presents an invigorating annual series of contemporary performance art including dance, music, live drama, and film.

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MICACHU AND THE SHAPES w/Anni Rossi
July 16  Great Scott
Micachu is precociously talented 21-year-old Mica Levi, an English experimental pop composer/performer, known for her delightfully eccentric live shows and homemade instruments. Armed with just her beat up, half sized guitar and hidden beneath a mop of hair, ... MORE »
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Joe Pernice
August 05  The Brattle Theatre
Massachusetts native Joe Pernice has been making records for 15 years as a solo artist, and as a member of the Scud Mountain Boys and Pernice Brothers. Ever versatile, he has also released a book of poetry and a novella. But, for the first time Joe is touring ... MORE »
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Wavelengths: Prefuse 73
August 07  Institute of Contemporary Art
Prefuse 73 is the showbiz moniker of Guillermo Scott Herren, an experimental hip hop DJ/producer who has worked with TV on the Radio, Broadcast, Ghostface, Aesop Rock, Blonde Redhead, School of Seven Bells and Battles.  He’s a renowned practitioner ... MORE »
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Wavelengths: NOMO + Dutty Artz
August 14  Institute of Contemporary Art
A spectacular evening of innovative, African-influenced music.

Ann Arbor-based Nomo is a post-afrobeat dance explosion with a unique and vital sound. What started out as a University of Michigan party band has turned in to ... MORE »
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Wavelengths: ZIZEK CLUB at ICA
August 21  Institute of Contemporary Art
Fresh from Coachella, Zizek Club is a high-energy, participatory roving party by the Argentinian Zizek collective – a laboratory where DJs, producers and musicians experiment with cutting-edge Latin dance sounds.  Fauna, South America’s ... MORE »
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Wavelengths: Black Moth Super Rainbow
August 28  Institute of Contemporary Art
Pittsburgh freak-folk, pysch-electronica outfit Black Moth Super Rainbow, named an “artist to watch” by Rolling Stone, is an enigmatic, six-piece band that got its start when one guy named Tobacco recorded on his four-track in his bedroom. Over the ... MORE »
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Dirty Three
September 10  Institute of Contemporary Art
An instrumental rock band from Melbourne, Australia, Dirty Three is Warren Ellis (violin), Mick Turner (electric guitar) and Jim White (drums). Their open-ended, improvisational sound contains elements of folk melody, rock energy and 20th-century classical ... MORE »
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Steeleye Span
September 19  Somerville Theatre
Since their debut in 1969, Steeleye Span has been one of the most influential names in British roots music. During the past 40 years, band members have come and gone, but Steeleye has always remained at the forefront of the folk-rock genre they helped define. ... MORE »
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Parsons Dance
September 25 - 27  Cutler Majestic Theatre
“One of the hottest tickets in contemporary American dance” (The Toronto Star), Parsons Dance creates accessible, high-energy works that are filled with humor, creative partnering, and sizzling sensuality. Remember Me is a collaboration ... MORE »
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Narasirato Pan Pipers
October 02  Somerville Theatre
Due to circumstances beyond our control, this performance has been cancelled.  We apologize for any inconvenience. ... MORE »
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PACO PEÑA FLAMENCO COMPANY
October 04  Berklee Performance Center
Acclaimed for its passionately authentic flamenco, Paco Peña’s A Compás, In the Rhythm, brings to the stage a true interpretation of what flamenco represents: a spontaneous collaboration among dancers, singers and musicians. ... MORE »
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Mirah
October 09  Somerville Theatre
At the heart of the vibrant Northwest independent music scene, Mirah crafts her own brand of slice-of-life indie pop, filled with playful melodies and quirky observations. Accompanied by her band, Mirah’s ray-of-moonlight vocals lilt over a myriad of ... MORE »
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RONALD K. BROWN, EVIDENCE
October 16 - 18  Institute of Contemporary Art
Blending African, modern, ballet and hip-hop dance styles, Ronald K. Brown’s powerful choreography offers finely crafted, exquisitely danced stories about heritage, truth, destiny and mankind’s desire to liberate the spirit within. His ... MORE »
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Shaolin Warriors
October 16  Orpheum Theatre
For over one thousand years, Shaolin kung fu has been the heart and soul of Chinese martial arts culture. The Shaolin Warriors troupe consists of more than 20 kung fu masters who have each perfected the art of hand-to-hand and weapons combat. With the ... MORE »
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THE PUNCH BROTHERS FEATURING CHRIS THILE
October 17  Somerville Theatre
Former Nickel Creek band member Chris Thile has been described by the Washington Post as “the most virtuosic American ever to play the mandolin.” The amazing Punch Brothers pack a wallop with Thile on mandolin and vocals, Gabe ... MORE »
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múm
October 21  Somerville Theatre
múm (pronounced moom) is an Icelandic pop group whose highly original music is characterized by soft vocals, eccentric rhythms and colorful effects. Since their foundation in 1998, múm have forged a sublimely bright, warm and rich take on ... MORE »
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Dianne Reeves
October 23  Berklee Performance Center
Recognized as one of the premier vocalists in the world, four-time Grammy Award-winner Dianne Reeves is among the most prominent and influential singers in jazz. While her singing is steeped in tradition, her rhythmic virtuosity and improvisational ease ... MORE »
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Warsaw Village Band
November 06  Somerville Theatre
The Warsaw Village Band (Kapela Ze Wsi Warszawa) brings a modern vitality to Polish village music, creating a self-coined "hardcore folk." Yelping vocals, adapted from traditional shepherds' calls, float above fiddles, cello, frame drum, trumpet, ... MORE »
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Mariza
November 07  Berklee Performance Center
Mariza is a charismatic fado singer with a clarion voice and mesmerizing stage presence. Her hauntingly beautiful sound seems to bleed saudade, the uniquely Portuguese passion that roughly translates as "sorrowful longing." Whether ... MORE »
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Kailash Kher's Kailasa
November 13  Somerville Theatre
Kailash Kher is a superstar in India, where his credits include several hit songs and more than sixty Bollywood soundtracks. The raw, earthy and soulful strength of his voice has made him one of the most unique and popular voices in Indian music today. His ... MORE »
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Richard Shindell & Antje Duvekot
November 14  Somerville Theatre
Richard Shindell, widely acclaimed as one of today's finest narrative songwriters, and Antje Duvekot, one of the brightest young singer-songwriters, team up for a magical night of folk music. Performing both separately and together, the duo will ... MORE »
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Milton Nascimento
November 15  Berklee Performance Center
Milton Nascimento’s deeply moving music and rich, remarkable voice have made him an international legend and one of Brazil’s biggest stars.  Beyond jazz and pop, his sound is a harmonious mix of African rhythms, Brazilian folk melodies, bossa ... MORE »
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Trey McIntyre Project
November 20 - 22  Institute of Contemporary Art
One of the world’s most vibrant choreographers, Trey McIntyre has created more than 75 works for companies ranging from the American Ballet Theatre to Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. In 2004, he founded his own contemporary dance company, Trey McIntyre ... MORE »
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Sara Tavares
November 21  Berklee Performance Center
Born to second-generation Cape Verdean immigrants, Lisbon-based Sara Tavares sings for a generation caught between cultures. The young singer and guitarist has drawn widespread praise for her worldly songs spiced with Angolan and Portuguese slang, Cape Verdean ... MORE »
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