(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Brendan Canning, the co-founder of Toronto-based indie rock band Broken Social Scene, kicks off the summer performing arts season at MASS MoCA on Saturday, May 26, 2012, when he will DJ an all-vinyl dance party starting at 9 p.m. In keeping with the museum’s blockbuster exhibition, Oh, Canada, a comprehensive survey…
(HOUSATONIC, Mass.) – Having faced temporary homelessness as a result of a real estate deal, Berkshire Pulse has reached an agreement with its current landlord, Jolly Roger Realty LLC, which will allow the dance school to remain in its present space at 410 Park Street in Housatonic through July 1, 2012, so that its current…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – The critically acclaimed documentary film, PINA, about the legendary choreographer Pina Bausch, by Oscar-nominated director Wim Wenders, screens on Thursday, February 2, 2012, at the Beacon Cinema, in an event presented by the Berkshire International Film Festival (BIFF)’s REEL FRIENDS Film Society. Ella Baff, executive and artistic director of Jacob’s Pillow, will…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Artists from the classical music and dance avant-garde will join forces when, after a 10-day residency, contemporary cellist Maya Beiser, the founding cellist of the Bang on a Can All-Stars, teams with radical choreographer Karole Armitage to perform the psychological cello opera Elsewhere on Saturday, December 10, 2011, at 8 p.m.…
(CHATHAM, N.Y.) – New York City-based Parsons Dance – noted for its uplifting, athletic, engaging contemporary style that often commissions new scores by contemporary composers, including Dave Matthews, Steely Dan, Juan Garcia Esquival, Michael Gordon of Bang on a Can, John Corigliano, and Phil Woods, as well as such standbys as Bach, Schubert, and Rossini…
JACOB’S PILLOW Mark Morris Dance Group Ted Shawn Theatre August 24-28, 2011 Review by Anna Rogovoy (BECKET, Mass.) – Mark Morris celebrates his 30th year as Artistic Director of Mark Morris Dance Group this year, an incredible achievement in the world of modern dance. The prolific Morris is the recipient of numerous awards and has…
Kyle Abraham and Abraham.in.Motion (photo Steven Schreiber) JACOB’S PILLOW DANCE Kyle and Camille Doris Duke Theatre August 24-28, 2011 Review by Anna Rogovoy (BECKET, Mass.) – Kyle Abraham and Camille A. Brown have much in common. Two of New York’s up-and-coming contemporary choreographers, both hits during Jacob’s Pillow’s 2010 summer season, they both make work that…
(BECKET, Mass.) – Broadway stars including Trent Kowalik (Billy Elliot), Dana Moore (Fosse), and Andy Gale (Les Miserables) will lend their voices and dance moves to the fifth annual A Jazz Happening in the Ted Shawn Theatre at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival on Sunday, August 21 at 8pm. This one-night-only benefit event, which celebrates the…
Elena Demyanenko of Trisha Brown Dance Company in ‘Foray Forêt’ (photo Karli Cadel) JACOB’S PILLOW Trisha Brown Dance Company August 10-14, 2011 Review by Anna Rogovoy (BECKET, Mass., August 11, 2011) – For four decades, Trisha Brown Dance Company has held a place at the forefront of the modern dance world. Before starting her own ensemble,…
JACOB’S PILLOW Jodi Melnick and David Neumann August 10-14, 2011 Review by Anna Rogovoy (BECKET, Mass., August 10, 2011) – Fanfare, choreographed and performed by Jodi Melnick with Dennis O’Connor, is a limpid, fluid work with an innovative set designed by Burt Barr. Barr places two chrome fans on pedestals several yards away from each…
