The Dance Center’s hip hop festival The B-Series kicks off Feb. 27, opening a spring season that also includes a suite of solo performances March 13-15 by Nora Sharp and Jenn Freeman, aka Po’Chop.

It’s still superior hip-hop dance. The most affecting number is called “A Day in the Life.” Set to a hauntingly quiet track by Dhafer Youssef that builds to muezzin-like keening, ...

Fifty years into the history of hip-hop, street to stage transfers remain tricky. Hip-hop dance is diverse and globally dominant, but when it’s put on concert stages, something often gets lost.

BECKET — Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival opened its summer season Wednesday with a focus on tap, percussion, and hip hop. The night featured “The Center Will Not Hold,” co-directed by tapper ...