Global Arts Live is opening its first dedicated performing arts centre in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on 7 November. The Platform combines a 125-seat space with a 404-seat theatre and will also host local groups. The opening programme includes music, exterior-wall dancing and the Boston premiere of Compagnie Hervé Koubi’s Sol Invictus.
The Platform, a performing arts centre in Cambridge, Massachusetts, opens to the public on 7 November. It gives international music and dance presenter Global Arts Live its first dedicated home.[1], [2]
The organisation has worked across Greater Boston since 1990, bringing artists from more than 110 countries to venues around the city. Its existing partnerships with other halls will continue alongside the new building.[1]
The ground-floor Tempo Stage seats 125, while the upstairs Takeda Theater accommodates 404. The larger stage can hold an 80-piece orchestra. A rehearsal studio of the same size as that stage, a wardrobe room and dressing rooms sit in the same building. Developed with BioMed Realty, the centre occupies the first three floors of the 585 Kendall building in Kendall Square. The Tempo Stage incorporates plants and windows that can open in warmer weather.[1]
Global Arts Live intends to present one third of the programme, making the rest available to local artists and cultural organisations. It offers local groups 25 rent-free nights a year. The opening includes vertical dance company BANDALOOP on the building’s exterior and the Boston premiere of Sol Invictus by dance company Compagnie Hervé Koubi. Founder Maure Aronson says restrictions at existing venues had forced the organisation to turn down shows.[1]
