Community Calendar

Tap Tap Jazz

Performance Dates:
​Saturday, January 31 at 1pm and 4pm
Friday, February 6 at 7:30pm
Saturday, February 7 at 1pm and 4pm
https://www.mainestateballet.org/tap-tap-jazz

Join Maine State Ballet in 2026 and jazz up your January and February with an evening of Broadway style song and dance routines for the whole family. This annual show is a real crowd pleaser, guaranteed to shake off the winter blues!

Seamlessly blending illusion, acrobatics, magic, and whimsy, MOMIX sends audiences flying down the rabbit hole in Moses Pendleton’s newest creation, ALICE, set to take the stage at Sanford Performing Arts Center at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7.

Inspired by Lewis Carroll’s classic "Alice in Wonderland," the show is a mind-bending adventure, as Alice encounters time-honored characters including the undulating Caterpillar, a lobster quadrille, frenzied White Rabbits, a mad Queen of Hearts, and a variety of other surprises. “I don’t intend to retell the whole Alice story” Pendleton says, “but to use it as a taking off point for invention.”

Filled with visual splendor and startling creative movement, Alice reveals that nothing in MOMIX’s world is as it seems!

Divine Dance: Belly Dance Movement & Meditation:

We will deepen our connection to Mother Earth, the Divine Universe and our own unique divinity through movement meditation. Open to all levels and forms of dance practice. Wear comfortable clothing and bring a journal and a pen.

Drop ins welcome! Join us monthly for intentional movement and meditation. Register at bellydancewithjosephina.com

We will deepen our connection to Mother Earth, the Divine Universe and our own unique divinity through movement meditation. Open to all levels and forms of dance practice. Wear comfortable clothing and bring a journal and a pen.

$60 per quarter (3 classes) or $25 drop in rate per class

Mixed Level Belly Dance:

Authentic Belly Dance, or raks sharqi, is an ancient form of dance. Raks sharqi means “dance of the east” in Arabic. Belly dance celebrates every body type and every stage of life. The dance is proud and powerful and soft and sinewy with elegant and isolating movements emanating from the core. It’s the Pilates of dance. And so much fun! In this Mixed Level (Beginner through Intermediate/Advanced) class, we will work with improvisation and group choreography, as well as continually working with subtleties of technique at whatever level you are.

Please wear comfortable clothing, similar to what you might wear to a yoga class that will allow for free movement and the ability to see your movement. Hip scarves make it even more fun. You can dance barefoot or in a pair of comfortable dance shoes. Zils (finger cymbals) and veils will also be used in class and are available for purchase from the instructor.

Fall 2025 & Winter 2026 Session I (Beg/ML)

10-week Session: 2nd & 4th Wednesdays, 6-7:15pm
9-10 & 24, 10-8 & 22, 11-12, 12-10-25 & 1-14 & 28, 2-11 & 2-25-25
$150 per person for the 10-week session; $20 drop-in rate per class.

@ People Plus, 35 Union Street, Brunswick, ME

Register through Merrymeeting Adult Education for the current session.

The Acadia Dance Festival brings Nimbus Dance to Mount Desert Island February 22, with performances at the Criterion Theatre and a Master Class at Artwaves. Known for highly-physical performances that lead audiences through emotional and visual journeys, Nimbus Dance presents Artistic Director Samuel Pott’s iconic work Patch of Turf, and audience favorite The After Party, set to the music of jazz vocalists Nina Simone and Nancy Wilson, along with other repertory performed by the company’s acclaimed professional dancers. Now in its seventh year, the Acadia Dance festival is following through on a long-term goal to offer dance programming year-round in Downeast Maine, supplementing the summer festival, which has developed a strong following for its performance, educational work, and partnerships with MDI mainstays: The 1932 Criterion Theatre, Camp Beech Cliff, and Artwaves MDI. acadiadancefestival.org

Performance Dates:
Friday, March 20 at 7:30pm
Saturday, March 21 at 2pm
Friday, March 27 at 7:30pm
Saturday, March 28 at 2pm
Sunday, March 29 at 2pm
Friday, April 3 at 7:30pm
Saturday, April 4 at 2pm
Friday, April 10 at 7:30pm
Saturday, April 11 at 2pm
Sunday, April 12 at 2pm

Set to Tchaikovsky’s soaring score, Maine State Ballet presents the enchanting Sleeping Beauty. When Princess Aurora is cursed by the wicked fairy Carabosse, only true love’s kiss can break the spell and awaken her. Magical fairies, a noble prince, and a cast of fairy tale guests join the princess for a performance of beauty, drama, and happily ever after you will not want to miss!

https://www.mainestateballet.org/sleeping-beauty-2026

New Works
Friday, March 20th at 7pm
Westbrook Performing Arts Center

This year's program of New Works features stunning, original pieces created hand-in-hand with other artists and organizations from across the State of Maine. Developed with the theory that artistic partnership creates new forms of beauty and bonds us to each other, Portland Ballet is proud to be the incubator for these newly co-created works. Come witness this year’s New Works, as they take the stage for the first time.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Friday, April 24th at 7pm
Saturday, April 25th at 2pm
Westbrook Performing Arts Center
https://www.portlandballet.org/a-midsummer-nights-dream

Portland Ballet is proud to present one of Shakespeare’s most enchanted stories–A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Witness how dancers gracefully articulate this whimsical tale of mischievous fairies and lovelorn couples! Set to a euphonic score by Mendelssohn, the dancers of Portland Ballet bring this timeless tale to life with abundant charm, a little comedy, and plenty of grandeur.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream will run coupled with Nell Shipman’s contemporary work Impetus, which first premiered in 2021.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Friday, April 24th at 7pm
Saturday, April 25th at 2pm
Westbrook Performing Arts Center
https://www.portlandballet.org/a-midsummer-nights-dream

Portland Ballet is proud to present one of Shakespeare’s most enchanted stories–A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Witness how dancers gracefully articulate this whimsical tale of mischievous fairies and lovelorn couples! Set to a euphonic score by Mendelssohn, the dancers of Portland Ballet bring this timeless tale to life with abundant charm, a little comedy, and plenty of grandeur.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream will run coupled with Nell Shipman’s contemporary work Impetus, which first premiered in 2021.