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 Wendy Whelan/Brian Brooks/Brooklyn Rider “Some of a Thousand Words” Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival July 27-31, 2016 by Seth Rogovoy (BECKET, Mass., July 29, 2016) – There was no doubt about it – while choreographer/dancer Brian Brooks and hot young string quartet Brooklyn Rider are stars in their own right, it was Wendy Whelan’s night…
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 Dorrance Dance with Toshi Reagon and BIGLovely ‘The Blues Project’ Jacob’s Pillow Dance Ted Shawn Theatre July 3, 2015 Review by Seth Rogovoy (BECKET, Mass.) – Dorrance Dance teamed with Toshi Reagon and her band, BIGLovely, last week on the mainstage at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival for an exciting, dynamic program that was equal…
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 Review by Anna Rogovoy, for Dance Pulp (BROOKLYN, N.Y.) – Pina Bausch has a gift for holding up a beautiful mirror and gently showing us how ridiculous we look. In Kontakthof, scenes unfold wildly out of proportion, with hysterical shrieks meeting compulsive preening meeting a fake mouse corpse. “There are dancers onstage,” Anna Wehsarg comments…
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 LeeSaar The Company Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival Becket, Mass. Wednesday-Sunday, August 20-24, 2014 Review by Seth Rogovoy (BECKET, Mass., Thursday, August 21, 2014) – They apparently saved the best for last this season at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, as LeeSaar The Company dazzled in its evening length production of “Grass and Jackals” in the…
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 Dance Heginbotham and Brooklyn Rider Featuring Shara Worden and Gabriel Kahane Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival Doris Duke Theatre Becket, Mass. Wednesday, July 30, 2014 – Sunday, August 3, 2014 Review by Seth Rogovoy (BECKET, Mass., July 31, 2014) – There was a lot going on – a lot to see, a lot to hear, a…
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 Reggie Wilson/Fist & Heel Performance Group Moses(es) Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival Doris Duke Theatre July 9-13, 2014 Review by Seth Rogovoy (BECKET, Mass., July 9, 2014) – There are nearly as many Moseses as there are cultures or ethnicities. Christian denominations each view him somewhat differently; historians may see him as the original founder…
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 Brian Brooks Moving Company Jacob’s Pillow Dance July 10-14, 2013 Review by Seth Rogovoy (BECKET, Mass., July 10, 2013) – In a funny way, this weekend’s program in the Doris Duke Theatre at Jacob’s Pillow Dance featuring the Brian Brooks Moving Company is almost like a rejoinder to a dance seen on the Ted Shawn stage…
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 Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet Jacob’s Pillow Dance July 3-7, 2013 Review by Seth Rogovoy (BECKET, Mass.) – New York-based Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet is in residence at Jacob’s Pillow Dance through Sunday, July 7, with a wildly diverse, three-dance program that serves to showcase the brilliance and versatility of the company’s dancers, who can seemingly…
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 Jacob’s Pillow Jonah Bokaer Doris Duke Theatre August 1-5, 2012 U.S. Premiere “Curtain” Review by Seth Rogovoy (BECKET, Mass., Wednesday, August 1, 2012) – “Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.” But what if you don’t know who is behind the curtain and who is in front? Or where the curtain even is?…
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 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Vertigo Dance Company Ted Shawn Theatre July 4-8, 2012 Review by Seth Rogovoy (BECKET, Mass., July 7, 2012) – Vertigo Dance Company’s Mana, a 50-minute non-stop performance that concludes its five-day run at Jacob’s Pillow today, is simply perfect and that to which all modern dance should aspire. It is complete, whole,…
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