JACOB’S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL zoe | juniper Doris Duke Theatre July 20, 2011 Review by Anna Rogovoy (BECKET, Mass.) – The Doris Duke Theatre at Jacob’s Pillow has been transformed, by way of white floor paneling, towering screens, powerful sounds, and eerie characters, into another world. Audience members filing in to take their seats are…
DanzAbierta’s ‘MalSon’ (photo Antoine Tempe) JACOB’S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL DanzAbierta Ted Shawn Theatre July 13-17, 2011 Review by Anna Rogovoy (BECKET, Mass., July 14, 2011) – In an engagement marking its highly anticipated U.S. debut, DanzAbierta, Cuba’s most significant contemporary dance ensemble, performed at Jacob’s Pillow last night. Comprised of five dancers, DanzAbierta was discovered…
Louise Lecavalier and Keir Knight in ‘A Few Minutes of Lock’ (photo Massimo Chiarradia) JACOB’S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL Doris Duke Theatre Louise Lecavalier July 14, 2011 Review by Anna Rogovoy (BECKET, Mass.) – Watching A Few Minutes of Lock, one falls under the impression that Louise Lecavalier is not susceptible to gravity. As she flings…
JACOB’s PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL KIDD PIVOT Doris Duke Theatre July 7, 2011 Review by Anna Rogovoy (BECKET, Mass.) – In a pre-performance talk, Jacob’s Pillow Scholar-in-Residence Philip Szporer quoted Kidd Pivot Frankfurt RM (Kidd Pivot) artistic director Crystal Pite as saying that she “need[s] to think of [her] role in this creation as disturber,” and…
JACOB’S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL Jane Comfort and Company June 29-July 3, 2011 Review by Anna Rogovoy (BECKET, Mass., June 30, 2011) — “It’s always a surprise with Jane,” said Ella Baff, executive director of Jacob’s Pillow, as she welcomed audiences to Jane Comfort and Company’s performance in the Doris Duke Theatre on Thursday night. On…
Carte Blanche in ‘Love’ (photo Christopher Duggan) JACOB’S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL CARTE BLANCHE Ted Shawn Theatre June 30, 2011 Review by Anna Rogovoy (BECKET, Mass.) – Over the past few years, audiences at Jacob’s Pillow and around the world have seen a number of artists whose names are tied to Ohad Naharin, artistic director of…
Keigwin + Company dancers (photo by Christopher Duggan) Jacob’s Pillow Dance Keigwin + Company June 22-26, 2011 Review by Anna Rogovoy (BECKET, Mass., June 23, 2011) – It is not uncommon to leave a theater after a contemporary dance performance and overhear one patron say to another, “I didn’t get it.” As dance has become…
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…
Text and photos by Seth Rogovoy (BECKET, Mass., June 19, 2011) – The Jacob’s Pillow season opening gala is always a high point of the season, both for the programming, which serves as a kind of sampler for the work that goes on at the Pillow, including the educational component as well as a sprinkling…
by Anna Rogovoy, Chief Dance Critic, The Rogovoy Report (BECKET, Mass., June 20, 2011) – The Jacob’s Pillow Season Opening Gala is unique and surprising in the broad scope of work represented in one evening of performances. And yet how could it be otherwise? How else to represent the dynamic range of programming that Executive…
