Back Pocket Dancers

12/11/2025

Join us this Friday, December 12, for an open rehearsal! 10AM - 12PM at the Dance Complex

12/11/2025

Come see us this Friday!

https://www.facebook.com/share/17xKN5CVdB/

11/12/2025

We are having an open rehearsal and you are invited. Friday, December 12, 2025 at the Dance Complex. Join us 10am-12pm.

We are updating our website. Check it out:
https://www.backpocketdancers.com

06/07/2025

CANCELED!

Back Pocket Dancers is performing today, 1:40 - 2:00 on Stage 2 at Dance for World Community Festival, Harvard Square, Cambridge.

Bring a little sunshine into your Saturday.

06/03/2025

Back Pocket Dancers is dancing at the Dance for World Community on Saturday, June 7, 1:40pm on Stage 2 Come and enjoy the day of dance!

06/03/2025

We are dancing on Saturday at 1: 40 on stage 2

Call for Vendors! Sell your art at the 15th Annual Dance for World Community Festival on June 7 in Harvard Square: Feature your business at Greater Boston's largest and most popular indoor/outdoor dance event. Become an arts vendor for José Mateo Ballet Theatre's Dance for World Community Festival, presented in partnership with .

Saturday, June 7, 2025
12:00-6:00PM
Harvard Square – Mass Ave in between Putnam Ave and Bow St
Learn More and Apply: https://www.danceforworldcommunity.org/arts-and-crafts-vendors

04/29/2025

Back Pocket Dancers is performing at Mayfair in Harvard Square this coming Sunday, 3:30ish on the Deborah Mason Dance Stage. We hope to see you there.

04/21/2025

Rehearsing for our performance in Cambridge, May 4, 3:30ish performance at the 38th Annual MayFair happening. This is what it looks like when Andy's granddaughter comes to visit.

Come see us on the 4th.

03/01/2025

I love that Boston Dance Alliance still uses this image on their banner.

01/30/2025

Keep sharing. Many people need this right now

Copied from someone else. Meta makes it more and more difficult to share what's on one of my pages to another. This was someone else's post, but meaningful to my friends.

I recently came across this research, which emphasizes asking your doctor about other solutions outside of medication (which is very helpful to many!), and looks at dancing to help with depression. Love it!

Data indicates that ANY exercise (including dancing) is better at treating depression than just taking an SSRI.

So, if a doctor tries to give you medication without offering other solutions, please make sure you ask questions. Your health and happiness may literally depend on it.

The study was published this week in BMJ, and it revealed that dancing is the *most* effective exercise for alleviating depression symptoms.

After analyzing 218 studies involving over 14,000 participants, researchers found that dancing outperformed medications and other physical activities including walking, jogging, yoga, and strength training.

Just how significant were the results?

For this measure, a small effect is considered 0.2 to

11/08/2024

Back Pocket Dancers performs Sunday, Nov. 10, Roots & Routes: Informal Performance at 1 PM, an informal showing. A new piece!