Evolve Dynamicz, 536 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA (2026)

01/13/2026

VIVE10 photos are in! Here are moments from “home-without-home.” Choreo by and photos by

10/30/2025

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10/26/2025

Introducing Rhiannon Carpenter (she/her) , 2025 Evolve Repertoire Dancer!

Rhiannon Carpenter is a Boston-based dancer, choreographer, educator, and traveler with a BA in Sociology and a minor in Dance from the University of Massachusetts Boston. Her work centers on building community through accessible and creative movement practices. She has taught and performed throughout Greater Boston, designing inclusive programs for diverse ages and abilities. Drawing from improvisation and collaboration, her choreography emphasizes authenticity and embodied expression. Rhiannon has trained internationally, traveling to expand her artistic perspective and deepen her practice. She has been dancing with Evolve Dynamicz since April 2025.

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VIVE10 is an evening-length concert of contemporary dance showcasing 10 years of work created and produced by Evolve Dynamicz Dance Collective.

The show is a family-friendly event for all ages.
The evening performance will offer two viewing experiences: a traditional theater setting and an open studio equipped with interactive toys. The open studio will feature a live stream of the performance, allowing guests to talk, play, and dance while they watch. Patrons are welcome to move between the two spaces at designated times, but children ages 5 and under must be accompanied by an adult.

VIVE10 also includes a cash bar for adult patrons.
Celebrate 10 years of the Evolve community as we continue to experiment with new vocabularies,
collaborators, and mediums of expression through our commitment to sharing our passion for dance for audiences of all types.

Saturday, November 1 at 7:00pm
Sunday, November 2 at 5:30pm

The Dance Complex

10/26/2025

Introducing Redacted Maxwell (they/them), 2025 Evolve Repertoire Dancer!

Redacted Maxwell is a dance and theater artist currently based in Somerville, MA. They began their dance training at Kanopy Dance Academy in Madison, WI, studying classical modern, ballet, and composition, and performed with Kanopy’s second company for five years. In 2023, they graduated from Carleton College with a B.A. in Religion and a minor in Theater Arts. At Carleton, they co-choreographed a production of the play Indecent by Paula Vogel, taught folk dance, and regularly performed in both theater and dance productions. After relocating to the Boston area, they participated in Kairos Dance Theater’s trainee program in the fall of 2024. They have additionally attended intensives through the Martha Graham School, Valerie Green/Dance Entropy, and Boston Dance Theater. They joined Evolve in 2025 and also currently dance with Zoe Dance Company.

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VIVE10 is an evening-length concert of contemporary dance showcasing 10 years of work created and produced by Evolve Dynamicz Dance Collective. The show is a family-friendly event for all ages.

The evening performance will offer two viewing experiences: a traditional theater setting and an open studio equipped with interactive toys. The open studio will feature a live stream of the performance, allowing guests to talk, play, and dance while they watch. Patrons are welcome to move between the two spaces at designated times, but children ages 5 and under must be accompanied by an adult.

VIVE10 also includes a cash bar for adult patrons.
Celebrate 10 years of the Evolve community as we continue to experiment with new vocabularies,
collaborators, and mediums of expression through our commitment to sharing our passion for dance for audiences of all types.

Saturday, November 1 at 7:00pm
Sunday, November 2 at 5:30pm

The Dance Complex

10/26/2025

Introducing Lila Klaus (she/they), 2025 Improv Dynamicz Dancer!

Lila Ruth Klaus hails from Washington DC. While training and performing in DC, she was able to perform in venues such as The Kennedy Center, The White House, and The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery. She received a scholarship from the Trawick foundation in 2008, and was a member of the Joy of Motion Youth Dance Ensemble, which received the Metro DC Dance Award for Best Youth Performance in 2013. She has performed and presented her choreography at Bates Dance Festival in Lewiston, Maine; the American Dance Festival in Durham, North Carolina; Sitka Fine Arts Camp in Sitka, Alaska; the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York; Hibernian Hall in Dorchester; Arts at the Armory in Somerville; The Foundry in Cambridge; and Salem Arts Festival in Salem, Massachusetts. She received her BA in Dance with a concentration in Theology from Bard College in 2018 where she performed in the works of Trisha Brown both at the Richard B. Fisher Center and in New York City, during the Bard College/Trisha Brown Dance Company partnership. In 2017, her solo The Weight of Our Bones was accepted into the American College Dance Festival Northeast Gala. Lila was a part of The Dance Complex's 2022 aMaSSiT cohort. She currently works as an educator at Temple Beth Shalom in Needham, and has served as the Dance Arts Mentor at the URJ 6 Points Creative Arts Academy for multiple summers.

Photos by Olivia Moon Photography courtesy of Alive Dance Collective.

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VIVE10 is an evening-length concert of contemporary dance showcasing 10 years of work created and produced by Evolve Dynamicz Dance Collective. The show is a family-friendly event for all ages. The evening performance will offer two viewing experiences: a traditional theater setting and an open studio equipped with interactive toys. The open studio will feature a live stream of the performance, allowing guests to talk, play, and dance while they watch. Patrons are welcome to move between the two spaces at designated times, but children ages 5 and under must be accompanied by an adult.

10/26/2025

Introducing Kaylee Mahan (she/her), 2025 Evolve Repertoire & Improv Dynamicz Dancer!

Kaylee Mahan is a graduate of Roger Williams University, receiving a Bachelor of Arts, in Dance. Kaylee has been fortunate to have spent a semester abroad in London for Dance, where she was immersed in a new world of dance and choreography. Training at the London Contemporary Dance School, The Place, she and her classmates worked closely with Choreographer Renaud Wiser as he set a piece for them to perform back in the States. During her time in London, she studied under educators and choreographers such as Stephen Pelton, Jorge Crecis, and Tory Trotter. At school, Kaylee was fortunate to work with a diverse group of artists such as Sean Curran, Tiffany Mills, Christina Robson, Jenny Rocha, and more. Kaylee has been a dancer and choreographer with Evolve Dynamicz, a Boston-based company since 2017.

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VIVE10 is an evening-length concert of contemporary dance showcasing 10 years of work created and produced by Evolve Dynamicz Dance Collective. The show is a family-friendly event for all ages. The evening performance will offer two viewing experiences: a traditional theater setting and an open studio equipped with interactive toys. The open studio will feature a live stream of the performance, allowing guests to talk, play, and dance while they watch. Patrons are welcome to move between the two spaces at designated times, but children ages 5 and under must be accompanied by an adult.

VIVE10 also includes a cash bar for adult patrons.
Celebrate 10 years of the Evolve community as we continue to experiment with new vocabularies,
collaborators, and mediums of expression through our commitment to sharing our passion for dance foraudiences of all types.

Saturday, November 1 at 7:00pm
Sunday, November 2 at 5:30pm

The Dance Complex

10/26/2025

Introducing Jessie Hogestyn (she/her), 2025 Evolve Repertoire Dancer!

A native of Rochester, NY, Jessie began dancing at A Touch of Dance Performing Arts Studio at age four where she studied ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, modern, and hip hop. She went on to dance with Louvre Performance Ensemble while she earned her B.S. in Brain and Cognitive Sciences at the University of Rochester. Jessie continued her education at the U of R, obtaining a Ph.D. in Neuroscience in 2020. During her graduate training she revisited her love of hip hop, choreographing and competing for five years with Indulgence Dance Crew, a student-run group under the U of R Black Student’s Union. Jessie moved to the Boston area for a postdoctoral fellowship in biopharma research and joined Evolve Dynamicz in February 2020.

Photo 2 by Olivia Moon Photography at Evolve's REVIVE (2021).

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VIVE10 is an evening-length concert of contemporary dance showcasing 10 years of work created and produced by Evolve Dynamicz Dance Collective. The show is a family-friendly event for all ages. The evening performance will offer two viewing experiences: a traditional theater setting and an open studio equipped with interactive toys. The open studio will feature a live stream of the performance, allowing guests to talk, play, and dance while they watch. Patrons are welcome to move between the two spaces at designated times, but children ages 5 and under must be accompanied by an adult.

VIVE10 also includes a cash bar for adult patrons.
Celebrate 10 years of the Evolve community as we continue to experiment with new vocabularies,
collaborators, and mediums of expression through our commitment to sharing our passion for dance for audiences of all types.

Saturday, November 1 at 7:00pm
Sunday, November 2 at 5:30pm

The Dance Complex

10/26/2025

Introducing Crys Tang (she/her), 2025 Improv Dynamicz Dancer!

Crys Tang is originally from Houston, Texas and is now a Boston-based mover pursuing her education at MIT. She began her training in traditional Chinese dance at the age of 5 and started exploring contemporary styles and improvisation in high school. She is now on Fixation, MIT's contemporary team, and has been Co-Artistic Director since spring 2024. She also dances on Nomads, a Boston-based choreography team, and loves exploring various styles with them. Now, on Evolve, she is excited to explore group improvisation and broaden her concepts in contemporary movement.

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VIVE10 is an evening-length concert of contemporary dance showcasing 10 years of work created and produced by Evolve Dynamicz Dance Collective. The show is a family-friendly event for all ages. The evening performance will offer two viewing experiences: a traditional theater setting and an open studio equipped with interactive toys. The open studio will feature a live stream of the performance, allowing guests to talk, play, and dance while they watch. Patrons are welcome to move between the two spaces at designated times, but children ages 5 and under must be accompanied by an adult.

VIVE10 also includes a cash bar for adult patrons.
Celebrate 10 years of the Evolve community as we continue to experiment with new vocabularies,
collaborators, and mediums of expression through our commitment to sharing our passion for dance foraudiences of all types.

Saturday, November 1 at 7:00pm
Sunday, November 2 at 5:30pm

The Dance Complex

10/26/2025

Introducing Avi Binder (they/them), 2025 Improv Dynamicz Dancer!

Avi (they/them) has been dancing since the age of three, cultivating a deep passion for movement
and expression. They attended Mount Holyoke College, where they minored in Movement & Healing
Studies, blending their love for dance with a focus on wellness. Avi has explored a variety of dance
styles, including ballet, modern, and improvisation, allowing them to develop a versatile skill set.
They joined Evolve Dynamicz in 2018, where they showcased their talent in the performance Revive
and performed a solo at the Move for the Movement Showcase for the American Cancer Society.
Additionally, they served as an understudy in Ability Dance Boston’s production of The Banned
Ballet.

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VIVE10 is an evening-length concert of contemporary dance showcasing 10 years of work created
and produced by Evolve Dynamicz Dance Collective. The show is a family-friendly event for all ages.
The evening performance will offer two viewing experiences: a traditional theater setting and an open studio equipped with interactive toys. The open studio will feature a live stream of the performance, allowing guests to talk, play, and dance while they watch. Patrons are welcome to move between the two spaces at designated times, but children ages 5 and under must be accompanied by an adult.

VIVE10 also includes a cash bar for adult patrons. Celebrate 10 years of the Evolve community as we continue to experiment with new vocabularies, collaborators, and mediums of expression through our commitment to sharing our passion for dance for audiences of all types.

Saturday, November 1 at 7:00pm
Sunday, November 2 at 5:30pm
The Dance Complex

10/17/2025

Introducing Allison Rebecca Penn (she/her), 2025 Improv Dynamicz Dancer!

Allison Rebecca Penn is a Boston-based writer, creative, movement artist, and new Evolve Dynamicz improv company member. As a dancer, she specializes in contemporary, improvisation, and dance-theater work. Her movement has been described as spellbinding, intense, and powerful, with commitment and technical command. In addition to performing with Evolve, she has performed with a range of other independent Boston-based movement companies and independent artists, and is also a dancer with Novum Dance Collective. Previously, she has held the role of Ailey Ambassador for the Celebrity Series’ 2025 season, as well as served as the company manager, a workshop facilitator, and a dancer with ParadiseMoves, a former Boston-based movement company. Allison currently works as a copywriter and spends her spare time reading, thrifting, biking around the city, seeing dance shows, and taking dance class.

Photos by Olivia Moon Photography courtesy of Novum Dance Collective.

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VIVE10 is an evening-length concert of contemporary dance showcasing 10 years of work createdand produced by Evolve Dynamicz Dance Collective.

The show is a family-friendly event for all ages.The evening performance will offer two viewing experiences: a traditional theater setting and an open studio equipped with interactive toys. The open studio will feature a live stream of the performance, allowing guests to talk, play, and dance while they watch. Patrons are welcome to move between the two spaces at designated times, but children ages 5 and under must be accompanied by an adult.

VIVE10 also includes a cash bar for adult patrons.
Celebrate 10 years of the Evolve community as we continue to experiment with new vocabularies,
collaborators, and mediums of expression through our commitment to sharing our passion for dance for audiences of all types.

Saturday, November 1 at 7:00pm
Sunday, November 2 at

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