(BECKET, Mass., July 2, 2013) – Jacob’s Pillow showcases the best of international contemporary ballet with New York-based Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet and classical South Indian dance in the person of Shantala Shivalingappa this week, in the Ted Shawn and Doris Duke theaters, respectively, Wednesday, July 3, 2013 through Sunday, July 7, 2013. Shivalingappa’s performance…
(BECKET, Mass.) – Dance Theatre of Harlem (DTH), the groundbreaking and newly revitalized classical and contemporary ballet company, will open the 2013 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival season in the Ted Shawn Theatre from Wednesday, June 19 to Sunday, June 23, 2013. Led by founding member and former principal dancer Virginia Johnson, the company will present…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – The world-renowned contemporary ballet ensemble Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal performs at MASS MoCA’s Hunter Center on Saturday, March 2, 2013, at 8pm and Sunday, March 3, 2013, at 3pm, in a co-production with Jacob’s Pillow. The Montréal-based dance company blends a variety of dance styles, influences, and music in three…
(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – On Sunday, September 23, at 1 pm, The Clark kicks off its new Ballet in HD series with a broadcast of George Balanchine’s Jewels. Known as one of Balanchine’s most revered ballets, Jewels is performed by the famed Mariinsky Ballet and is set to the music of Fauré, Stravinsky, and Tchaikovsky. Before…
(BECKET, Mass.) – Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet returns to Jacob’s Pillow this week for the first time since their historic two-week engagement in 1964, a high-profile showcase that launched the company toward international recognition, in a packed program that features works by award-winning choreographers Peter Quanz, Mark Godden, and Mauricio Wainrot, at the Ted Shawn…
(ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y.) – The life and times of Belle E?poque French composer Camille Saint-Saens will be examined, scrutinized, celebrated and revived in the ninth annual Bard SummerScape festival, a seven week arts festival on the campus of Bard College, which once again features a sumptuous tapestry of music, opera, theater, dance, film, and cabaret, and…
Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève Ted Shawn Theatre June 23, 2011 Review by Anna Rogovoy (BECKET, Mass., June 23, 2011) – The curtain rose on the U.S. premiere of Joelle Bouvier’s Romeo and Juliet last night in the Ted Shawn Theatre at Jacob’s Pillow to reveal a single figure. A…
(BECKET, Mass, June 21, 2011) – Switzerland’s acclaimed Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève returns to Jacob’s Pillow for the first time since its 2007 U.S. debut, Wednesday, June 22 through Sunday, June 26 in the Ted Shawn Theatre, with a world premiere of its new staging of Romeo and Juliet, created by French choreographer…
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Museum kicks off its new series of digital, high definition broadcasts of exceptional opera and ballet performances with Mozart’s Così fan tutte, as performed at London’s Royal Opera House, on Sunday, May 29 at 2, and again on Tuesday, May 31 at 7:30 pm.
