The Boston Traveler

…or at least local dancer Michael Kim can.
The best dance reality competition on television, Fox network’s So You Think You Can Dance, just wrapped up its six-city audition phase for the current fourth season earlier tonight. All of the candidates who make it through the first grueling phase then move on to an even more difficult level of competition in the Las Vegas second round. A final cut is made at the end of that stage, and the far fewer people who survive move on to the final level of competition that results in a single ultimate winner.
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Are there any dance enthusiasts out there? If so, Boston has quite a bit of entertainment in store for you near the end of this week. On Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, three different companies will present three different productions that are sure to captivate audiences with varying stylistic preferences.
Thursday | February 21
The Boston Conservatory Dance Theater: A Centennial Celebration
On Thursday, February 21, the Boston Conservatory Dance Theater (31 Hemenway Street, Boston, 617-536-6340) will team up with the Boston Conservatory Orchestra to celebrate the births 100 years ago of influential choreographers José Limón (1908–1972) and Antony Tudor (1908–1987). …read more

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If you’re unable to make today’s lunchtime Chinese New Year celebration at Macy’s Downtown Crossing or even Paris Hilton’s Harvard Lampoon ceremony over in Cambridge, Macy’s just might have something more appropriate for you later in the evening.
At 6pm, the Downtown Crossing branch of the retailer will welcome Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Artistic Director Judith Jamison and dancers Renee Robinson and Kirven J. Boyd for a Black History Month-related event on the Main Level.
Although the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is scheduled to perform at the City Performing Arts Center Wang Theatre from February 7–10, tonight’s event will be …read more

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