(BECKET, Mass.) – The street life of Rio will pervade Jacob’s Pillow this week when Companhia Urbana de Dança returns for a five-show engagement in the Ted Shawn Theatre from Wednesday, August 13, through Sunday, August 16, 2014. The troupe brings a program of contemporary hip-hop dances never before seen by Pillow audiences, including the thought-provoking,…
(BECKET, Mass.) – Bringing a contemporary variation on the traditional coming of age story, David Roussève/REALITY comes to Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival with the company’s latest dance-theatre work, Stardust, running from Wednesday, August 6, through Sunday, August 10, 2014, in the Doris Duke Theatre. The 80-minute piece explores the world of a young, gay, African-American…
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…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – The New York-based dance company Shen Wei Dance Arts performs at MASS MoCA on Saturday and Sunday, October 26 and 27, 2013 (at 8pm and 3pm, respectively), in a co-presentation with Jacob’s Pillow Dance. Led by Chinese-born American choreographer Shen Wei, the performance – to be staged in the Hunter Center…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.)- Come, And Back Again, a new multimedia work by David Dorfman Dance, featuring five dancers, a rock band, a junk sculpture partially built by the audience – and video projections will be stage on Thursday, October 10, 2013, at 8pm in the Hunter Center at MASS MoCA, prior to its fall premiere…
(CHATHAM, N.Y.) – Parsons Dance Company previews EK90, a newly commissioned dance work celebrating artist Ellsworth Kelly’s 90th birthday, at PS21 on Friday and Saturday, August 30 and 31, 2013, at 8pm. The program also includes Nascimento Novo, Brothers, Ebben, and Caught. These two special evening performances bring down the curtain on the PS21 2013…
(BECKET, Mass.) – Kyle Abraham/Abraham.In.Motion will perform its evening-length dance piece, Pavement, about the decline of inner-city black neighborhoods in Pittsburgh, in the Doris Duke Theatre at Jacob’s Pillow from Wednesday, August 21, through Sunday, August 25, 2013. The diverse music used in the work range from classical greats such as Johann Christian Bach and…
(CHATHAM, N.Y.) – Canadian dance company RUBBERBANDance Group brings its fusion of hip-hop, ballet and modern dance to PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century on Friday and Saturday, August 23 and 24, 2013, at 8pm. The ensemble will perform Gravity of Center, which follows the journey of five dancers representing a family, a nomadic…
(CHATHAM, N.Y.) – Ordinary Festivals, a dance-theater piece for 300 oranges, seven performers, and two knives, is among those that will be performed by Pearsonwidrig Dancetheater at PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century on Friday and Saturday, August 16 and 17, 2013, as part of PS21’s comedy-themed season. Also on the program is Oashisu,…
(BECKET, Mass.) – O Vertigo Danse and members of the Québec Contemporary Music Society bring La Vie Qui Bat (The Beat of Life), a powerful multi-disciplinary work, to the Ted Shawn Theatre at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, from Wednesday, August 7 through Sunday, August 11, 2013. Founded by renowned choreographer Ginette Laurin in 1984, O…
