Day/Time: Saturdays from 1:30-3pm
Fall 2025 Dates: September 6 to December 13
No class on 10/18, 11/1, OR 11/15
Special workshop on 9/27 in honor of Jean’s 50th birthday! Wear purple & white!
Location: The Dance Complex Studio 3 & on Zoom
Day/Time: Mondays from 6pm - 7pm
Fall 2025 Dates: September 8 to November 17
NO CLASS on Oct 13 for Indigenous People’s Day
Location: 2149 Washington St., Roxbury, MA 02119 (Classroom Space)
Day/Time: Saturdays from 1:30-3pm
Fall 2025 Dates: September 6 to December 13
No class on 10/18, 11/1, OR 11/15
Special workshop on 9/27 in honor of Jean’s 50th birthday! Wear purple & white!
Location: The Dance Complex Studio 3 & on Zoom
Day/Time: Mondays from 6pm - 7pm
Fall 2025 Dates: September 8 to November 17
NO CLASS on Oct 13 for Indigenous People’s Day
Location: 2149 Washington St., Roxbury, MA 02119 (Classroom Space)
Day/Time: Saturdays from 1:30-3pm
Fall 2025 Dates: September 6 to December 13
No class on 10/18, 11/1, OR 11/15
Special workshop on 9/27 in honor of Jean’s 50th birthday! Wear purple & white!
Location: The Dance Complex Studio 3 & on Zoom
Day/Time: Mondays from 6pm - 7pm
Fall 2025 Dates: September 8 to November 17
NO CLASS on Oct 13 for Indigenous People’s Day
Location: 2149 Washington St., Roxbury, MA 02119 (Classroom Space)
Day/Time: Mondays from 6pm - 7pm
Fall 2025 Dates: September 8 to November 17
NO CLASS on Oct 13 for Indigenous People’s Day
Location: 2149 Washington St., Roxbury, MA 02119 (Classroom Space)
Where instead of looking at objects on walls, we looked at each other. Where instead of going to see art, we became it. Where the lines between artist, art and attendees blur, and our collective human nature is once again aligned with nature itself.
This is the inspiration behind MassQ Ball 2025: Color - an intergenerational, cross-cultural celebration of the arts and culture of Boston's many communities of color.
For MassQ Ball 2025 Color we have assembled a star-studded lineup of artists, performers, activists and cultural bearers from a wide range of disciplines to create a one-of-a-kind, immersive, multi-sensory experience that represents the beauty, diversity and color of our commonwealth and wider world.
The MassQ Ball is BACK!
Join Castle of our Skins, Daniel Callahan, and the Arnold Arboretum for MassQ Ball 2025: COLOR — a free, family-friendly celebration of ritual, performance, and cross-cultural artistry, happening Saturday, October 4, 2025 at the Arboretum! 🌿🎶🌍
Experience the vibrant creativity of Boston’s communities of color through music, dance, installation art, and the ritual of MassQing. 💫
📍 Arnold Arboretum, Conifer Collection
🗓️ October 4, 2025 | ⏰ 10AM–4PM
JAE’s performance will be 11am-1pm on October 4.
Day/Time: Saturdays from 1:30-3pm
Fall 2025 Dates: September 6 to December 13
No class on 10/18, 11/1, OR 11/15
Special workshop on 9/27 in honor of Jean’s 50th birthday! Wear purple & white!
Location: The Dance Complex Studio 3 & on Zoom
Day/Time: Mondays from 6pm - 7pm
Fall 2025 Dates: September 8 to November 17
NO CLASS on Oct 13 for Indigenous People’s Day
Location: 2149 Washington St., Roxbury, MA 02119 (Classroom Space)
Day/Time: Saturdays from 1:30-3pm
Fall 2025 Dates: September 6 to December 13
No class on 10/18, 11/1, OR 11/15
Special workshop on 9/27 in honor of Jean’s 50th birthday! Wear purple & white!
Location: The Dance Complex Studio 3 & on Zoom
Day/Time: Mondays from 6pm - 7pm
Fall 2025 Dates: September 8 to November 17
NO CLASS on Oct 13 for Indigenous People’s Day
Location: 2149 Washington St., Roxbury, MA 02119 (Classroom Space)
Day/Time: Saturdays from 1:30-3pm
Fall 2025 Dates: September 6 to December 13
No class on 10/18, 11/1, OR 11/15
Special workshop on 9/27 in honor of Jean’s 50th birthday! Wear purple & white!
Location: The Dance Complex Studio 3 & on Zoom
Day/Time: Mondays from 6pm - 7pm
Fall 2025 Dates: September 8 to November 17
NO CLASS on Oct 13 for Indigenous People’s Day
Location: 2149 Washington St., Roxbury, MA 02119 (Classroom Space)
Save the date for our annual community celebration! More info to come!
Day/Time: Mondays from 6pm - 7pm
Fall 2025 Dates: September 8 to November 17
NO CLASS on Oct 13 for Indigenous People’s Day
Location: 2149 Washington St., Roxbury, MA 02119 (Classroom Space)
Day/Time: Saturdays from 1:30-3pm
Fall 2025 Dates: September 6 to December 13
No class on 10/18, 11/1, OR 11/15
Special workshop on 9/27 in honor of Jean’s 50th birthday! Wear purple & white!
Location: The Dance Complex Studio 3 & on Zoom
Day/Time: Mondays from 6pm - 7pm
Fall 2025 Dates: September 8 to November 17
NO CLASS on Oct 13 for Indigenous People’s Day
Location: 2149 Washington St., Roxbury, MA 02119 (Classroom Space)
Roxbury Community College Media Arts Center (map)
Boston’s own Jean Appolon Expressions blends Haitian folkloric dance with contemporary movement, creating powerful, visually stunning works that are grounded in cultural specificity and ritual while offering an emotionally resonant experience for audiences of all backgrounds.
Through a compelling blend of the time-honored and the contemporary, artistic director and choreographer Jean Appolon creates works that speak to Haiti’s rich cultural heritage and the Afro-Haitian roots of modern dance. Through movement, he tells deeply human stories about his homeland and its people.
Excerpts from Pouvwa and Traka
Day/Time: Mondays from 6pm - 7pm
Fall 2025 Dates: September 8 to November 17
NO CLASS on Oct 13 for Indigenous People’s Day
Location: 2149 Washington St., Roxbury, MA 02119 (Classroom Space)
Day/Time: Saturdays from 1:30-3pm
Fall 2025 Dates: September 6 to December 13
No class on 10/18, 11/1, OR 11/15
Special workshop on 9/27 in honor of Jean’s 50th birthday! Wear purple & white!
Location: The Dance Complex Studio 3 & on Zoom
Day/Time: Saturdays from 1:30-3pm
Fall 2025 Dates: September 6 to December 13
No class on 10/18, 11/1, OR 11/15
Special workshop on 9/27 in honor of Jean’s 50th birthday! Wear purple & white!
Location: The Dance Complex Studio 3 & on Zoom
Day/Time: Saturdays from 1:30-3pm
Fall 2025 Dates: September 6 to December 13
No class on 10/18, 11/1, OR 11/15
Special workshop on 9/27 in honor of Jean’s 50th birthday! Wear purple & white!
Location: The Dance Complex Studio 3 & on Zoom
Day/Time: Saturdays from 1:30-3pm
Fall 2025 Dates: September 6 to December 13
No class on 10/18, 11/1, OR 11/15
Special workshop on 9/27 in honor of Jean’s 50th birthday! Wear purple & white!
Location: The Dance Complex Studio 3 & on Zoom
