Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival

Drumroll, please... ?? We’re thrilled to introduce the 9 incredible dance companies taking the stage in the historic Ted Shawn Theatre this summer! ??The Center Will Not Hold: A?Dorrance Dance?Production ???BODYTRAFFIC ???Trinity Irish Dance Company ???Sarasota Ballet ???STEPHEN PETRONIO DANCE COMPANY, INC. ???Sekou McMiller & Friends ???Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company ???Ballet BC ???Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Pamela Tatge, Jacob’s Pillow’s Executive and Artistic Director, shares: “This year, we are honored to present company artists in the Ted Shawn Theatre who have deep professional and cultural roots with Jacob’s Pillow, as well as exciting companies whose histories with us are just beginning.” Tickets go on sale to Members on March 3, and the General Public on April 10. ??? Learn more at jacobspillow.org/festival

In part 1 of this several-part series, we explore how some artists and thought leaders position the role and influence of governmental programs and political figures on the arts, as well as how artists excavate politics and socio-political content for...

A recording of a conversation that took place in 2002, moderated by Reginald Yates. We hear the voices of Donald McKayle, Cleo Parker Robinson, and Julie Belafonte in addition to insights and reflections from Katherine Dunham herself.

Dance Scholar Dr. Arushi Singh dives into the historical and cultural context of three Contemporary Indian artists who are engaging with their own cultural inheritances as a vital aspect of reclaiming identity on their own terms.

In this episode we share a PillowTalk that took place at Jacob's Pillow on August 15, 2021. Pillow Scholar and Associate Curator Melanie George hosts this conversation with a foremost tradition-bearer of Black American social dance, LaTasha Barnes,...

Crystal U. Davis, dancer, movement analyst, scholar, and author of Dance and Belonging: Implicit Bias and Inclusion in Dance Education, unpacks implicit and explicit bias as it relates to the relationship between audiences, dance-makers, and styles of...

Today’s announcement is making waves, and we’re honored to see it featured in The Boston Globe! Read more about our Ted Shawn Theatre artist announcement here: https://lnkd.in/gm3BYRaf #JacobsPillow #Dance #InTheNews

Christopher K. Morgan focuses on the vibrancy of contemporary Native and Indigenous dance. As a dancer of Hawaiian descent, Morgan shares insights from his own journey, culture, and lived experience, elevating the voices of Yup’ik artist Emily...

Many choreographers draw inspiration from their ancestors, nature, and the spiritual world, and Teena Marie Custer explores some examples with help from Sandra Laronde, Christopher K. Morgan, Ananya Chatterjea, Michelle N. Gibson, and others.

Political analyst Rachel Maddow speaks with Jacob's Pillow Scholar-in-Residence Suzanne Carbonneau in a 2009 PillowTalk. Maddow humanizes the political context of the early years of Jacob's Pillow and then offers her personal perspective on the...