(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…
(BECKET, Mass.) – Wendy Whelan, and principal dancer with the New York City Ballet, and the Dance Theatre of Harlem are among those who will perform at the season-opening gala at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, ushering in the Pillow’s 81st season, on Saturday, June 15 at 5:30pm. A cocktail reception will kick off the event,…
(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…
(BECKET, Mass.) – Dance artists from four continents and seven countries, including Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, India, Israel, and across the U.S., will be featured in the 81st season at Jacob’s Pillow in summer 2013. Festival highlights include the world premiere of New York City Ballet star Wendy Whelan’s new project Restless Creature, as well…
(BECKET, Mass.) – The Doug Elkins and Friends work Fräulein Maria, an inventive dance production inspired by the soundtrack to The Sound of Music, will conclude a three-year tour at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival from Wednesday, August 22, 2012, through Sunday, August 26, 2012. The production returns to Jacob’s Pillow, where it was performed in…
(BECKET, Mass.) – Compagnie Käfig, a French-Algerian dance company led by artistic director and internationally acclaimed choreographer Mourad Merzouki, brings a dynamic ensemble of hip-hop dancers from Brazil to Jacob’s Pillow from Wednesday, August 15 through Sunday, August 19, 2012, in the Ted Shawn Theatre. The company performs a program of two virtuosic works, Correria…
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?…
(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…
(BECKET, Mass.) – Jonah Bokaer, who has been making artistic waves on the international dance circuit since he began choreographing almost ten years ago, will return to Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival onWednesday, August 1 through Sunday, August 5, 2012, in the Doris Duke Theatre, to present the U.S. premiere of CURTAIN, an evening-length collaboration with…
(BECKET, Mass.) – It’s Israeli dance week at Jacob’s Pillow this week, as Israeli contemporary troupe Vertigo Dance Company presents the East Coast premiere of Noa Wertheim’s Mana in the Ted Shawn Theatre and LeeSaar the Company – from Tel Aviv by way of New York City – presents Fame, a fierce series of linked…
