(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…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – On Saturday, August 25, 2012, at 8 pm, after a two week-long residency at MASS MoCA, renowned choreographer and dancer Nora Chipaumire, former associate artistic director of Urban Bush Women, works with an all-star team including acclaimed Grammy Award-nominated composer and pianist Omar Sosa, Long Wharf Theater associate artistic director Eric…
(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…
(CHATHAM, N.Y.) – TAKE Dance returns to PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century on Friday and Saturday, August 10 and 11, 2012, with the world premiere of a new work created especially for PS21, along with two other expressive and distinctive pieces. This contemporary dance ensemble will perform at 8 pm under The Tent…
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…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Innovative dance ensemble MOMIX brings its evening-length Botanica program to the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center on Friday, July 6 and Saturday, July 7, 2012, at 8pm. MOMIX director Moses Pendleton’s most recent work, Botanica is a multimedia journey through the seasons blending movement, circus, athleticism, and magical effects. Botanica’s eclectic score…
(BECKET, Mass.) – Jacob’s Pillow will open its 80th anniversary festival on Wednesday, June 20, 2012, with the U.S. premiere of Por Um Fio (By A Thread), performed by Mimulus Dance Company of Brazil in the Ted Shawn Theatre. That same evening, Australian circus-arts company Circa opens the Doris Duke Theatre season with its eponymous…
