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All posts tagged "Jacob’s Pillow Dance"
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34Feature ArticlesJacob’s Pillow Dance Festival returns for its 92nd season
This summer, Jacob’s Pillow will produce the 92nd season of its premier international dance festival, in a nine-week celebration of some of...
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535Feature ArticlesComplexions Contemporary Ballet makes Jacob’s Pillow debut
Week 7 of the 2023 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival welcomes the dynamic New York-based company Complexions Contemporary Ballet, making its Pillow debut...
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1.6KFeature ArticlesImmerse yourself in Jacob’s Pillow’s season of onsite and virtual programming
Jacob’s Pillow welcomes artists to its campus for residencies, new commissions and virtual premieres this winter and spring in an ongoing commitment...
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1.8KFeature ArticlesJacob’s Pillow theater is destroyed by fire
On the morning of November 17, there was a fire on the Jacob’s Pillow campus in Becket, MA. The fire was contained to...
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1.5KReviewsJacob’s Pillow 2020 Virtual Summer Festival, Part II: ‘And still you must swing’
August 27, 2020.Streamed on YouTube. The final performance of Jacob’s Pillow’s two-month virtual Summer Festival, a festival that met the moment and...
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1.5KReviewsJacob’s Pillow 2020 Virtual Summer Festival, Part I: Meeting the moment
July and August 2020, Thursday evenings.Streamed on YouTube. As a dance reviewer, seeing dance live is one of the most treasured parts...
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1.6KFeature ArticlesJacob’s Pillow hosts ‘Dance We Must: A Virtual Event Supporting Jacob’s Pillow’
Jacob’s Pillow will host Dance We Must: A Virtual Event Supporting Jacob’s Pillow on June 20, at 7pm EDT. Co-hosted by Pillow Trustees Kyle...
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4.6KFeature ArticlesIce Dance International skates at Jacob’s Pillow: Finding flight and flow
Ice skating. We think rosy cheeks and hot cocoa, or fancy judges and sequined dresses. But something like concert dance? Maine-based Ice...
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2.2KInterviewsThe poetry and empowerment in movement: A talk with Camille A. Brown
Camille A. Brown is a rising dance-world icon. Use of gesture and theatricality, amalgamation of various stylistic influences, and a unique kind...
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3.2KFeature ArticlesAlice Sheppard’s Kinetic Light: Improving accessibility for artists and patrons
“I believe we need work made by disabled artists for the disability community writ large. We need art that explicitly acknowledges the...
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12.7KTips & AdviceCan we skip barre?
Dancers have thought it. Dance teachers have heard it. “Can we skip barre?” Skipping barre might seem like a good idea in...
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4.7KFeature ArticlesJacob’s Pillow opens 86th dance festival
The 2018 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in Becket, Massachusetts opens Wednesday, June 20 with the third oldest ballet company in the world,...
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5.2KFeature ArticlesJacob’s Pillow expanding to become year-round center for dance
Jacob’s Pillow, celebrating its 85th Festival in 2017, is a National Historic Landmark, recipient of the National Medal of Arts and home to...
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3.8KFeature ArticlesLiz Lerman receives Jacob’s Pillow honor – A life of ongoing exploration
When one imagines a post-modern artist, it’s most likely that not the most social of creatures comes to mind. It’s more likely...
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5.0KFeature ArticlesTaking the reins of America’s longest running dance festival
Arts leader Pamela Tatge takes on new role as Director of Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in Western Massachusetts...
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11.0KFeature ArticlesNinety Years Young: Martha Graham Dance Company Celebrates a Milestone
“To me, the body says what words cannot. I believe that dance was the first art.” — Martha Graham As the founder...
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4.7KFeature ArticlesMeet the 2014 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award Winner
By Stephanie Wolf of Dance Informa. When Brooklyn-based contemporary choreographer John Heginbotham received a call from Ella Baff, the executive and artistic...
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15.7KTop Stories2014 Summer Dance Festivals Across the U.S.
Festivals are centers for new opportunities and creative experiences By Chelsea Thomas of Dance Informa. Dance festivals offer unique and unparalleled opportunities...
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5.0KInterviewsBudding, Not Yet Blooming: Summer Odell and Artesan Dance Company
By Tara Sheena of Dance Informa. Northern California-based Artesan Dance Company began in 2006 with its current leader, Artistic Director Summer Odell,...
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4.2KReviewsAtlanta Ballet soars in ‘Romeo et Juliette’
Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, Atlanta, GA February 8, 2014 By Chelsea Thomas of Dance Informa. For a love story so well known...
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4.4K2Feature ArticlesTrey McIntyre Project: In Transition
By Stephanie Wolf of Dance Informa. Economics have not been kind to American dance companies in the past six years, making it...
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7.9K1Dance Teacher ResourcesFor the Love of a Legend: Alicia Markova comes to life in Tina Sutton’s new biography
“Few who saw Alicia Markova dance ever forgot the experience.” — The Making of Markova By Leah Gerstenlauer. Writer Tina Sutton missed the...
