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...bring dance to more people, the Umbrella runs outreach activities such as movement classes in public schools, post-performance meet-the-artist sessions, artist-in-residence programs with local dancers and participation in the "Human Services Personnel Collaborative," which funds a variety of multicultural non-profit organizations throughout Boston...
...12th season and with an endowment exceeding $1 million, Dance Umbrella has grown significantly since its humble beginnings in Cambridge. It owes its success to the zealous enterprise of Alliger...
...Alliger established a contract with the Joy of Movement Center in Central Square, and Dance Umbrella was born. He guaranteed that he would rent their studio theater for 40 weeks if the Joy of Movement would give him a substantial discount, and he commissioned local companies to fill the space...
...Dance Umbrella attracts top-name companies from around the world. Alliger is indebted to luminaries such as the celebrated, cutting-edge artist Mark Morris. Morris's dancers have performed annually with Dance Umbrella since 1984, when they presented Mythologies, a trilogy based on the essays of philosopher Roland Barthes...
When Morris joined Mikhail Barishnikov along with a small group of renowned modern and ballet dancers in the White Oak Dance Project, Dance Umbrella hosted the premiere performance. Now Morris works with Dance Umbrella six weeks out of every year as an artist-in-residence...