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(Dance Review) Jonah Bokaer at Jacob’s Pillow, Aug 1-5, 2012

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?…

(Dance Review) Jonah Bokaer at Jacob’s Pillow

Jonah Bokaer in 'Why Patterns' (photo Robert Benschop)

JACOB’S PILLOW Jonah Bokaer Doris Duke Theatre August 3, 2011 Review by Anna Rogovoy (BECKET, Mass.) – Jonah Bokaer possesses a syrupy yet precise movement quality and the sort of unaffected stage presence one might not have expected from such an arguably precocious individual — at 18, he was the youngest person ever to join…

Dancing with 10,000 Ping-Pong Balls at Jacob’s Pillow

Jonah Bokaer in 'Why Patterns' (photo Robert Benschop)

(BECKET, Mass.) – Performer, choreographer, and media artist Jonah Bokaer will combine dance, architecture, and visual art in an innovative program of two U.S. premieres in the Doris Duke Theatre at Jacob’s Pillow on August 3-7. Bokaer and his dancers will perform the site-specific RECESS, designed by acclaimed visual artist Daniel Arsham, and Why Patterns,…