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Jacob’s Pillow Announces this Season’s Artist Residencies at the Pillow Lab

Jacob’s Pillow Announces this Season’s Artist Residencies at the Pillow Lab

September 25, 2019  (Becket, MA)—Jacob’s Pillowannounces this season’s artist residencies offered at the Pillow Lab, its year-round incubator of new work. The annual season of customizable residencies supports U.S.-based and international dance artists during crucial development, research, and technical stages of choreography-driven projects. The 2019-2020 recipients include Kyle Abraham, Aszure…

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Urban Bush Women Bring "Walking with ‘Trane" to Jacob's Pillow

Urban Bush Women Bring “Walking with ‘Trane” to Jacob’s Pillow

August 7, 2019 – (Becket, MA) Jacob’s Pillow presents Urban Bush Womenin Walking with ‘Trane, August 21-25 in the Doris Duke Theatre. In this evening-length work, Urban Bush Women draw inspiration from the musical life and spiritual journey of legendary composer and saxophonist John Coltrane. Walking with ‘Trane highlights the company’s ability to weave together genuine movement and ephemeral…

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Boston Ballet Closes Jacob’s Pillow's 2019 Festival

Boston Ballet Closes Jacob’s Pillow’s 2019 Festival

August 7, 2019 — (Becket, MA) Boston Ballet returns to Jacob’s Pillowfor the first time in over a decade, performing in the Ted Shawn Theatre, August 21-25. Under the artistic directorship of Mikko Nissinen since 2001, Boston Ballet is recognized worldwide for repertoire that is “one of the most eclectic in the country” (The New York Times). Boston Ballet’s program includes excerpts of William…

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Martha Graham Dance Company Returns to Jacob’s Pillow with "The EVE Project"

Martha Graham Dance Company Returns to Jacob’s Pillow with “The EVE Project”

July 29, 2019—(Becket, MA) Martha Graham Dance Company, the oldest dance company in the United States, returns to Jacob’s Pillow with The EVE Project, a celebration of female power and the upcoming 100th Anniversary of the 19th amendment. This two-year project presents a range of Graham’s classics alongside new commissions by leading female voices—providing entree into some of today’s most…

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Sara Mearns Performs “Beyond Ballet” in Jacob’s Pillow Exclusive Production July 29, 2019–(Becket, MA) In the Jacob’s Pillow-exclusive production Sara Mearns: Beyond Ballet, New York City Ballet principal Sara Mearns performs in multiple cross-genre collaborations in the Doris Duke Theatre, August 14-18.

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Jacob's Pillow Presents World Premiere of Gallim's "True, Very" August 7-11

Jacob’s Pillow Presents World Premiere of Gallim’s “True, Very” August 7-11

July 22, 2019 — (Becket, MA) Gallim makes its Ted Shawn Theatre debut with a Pillowco-commissioned world premiere, August 7-11. Under the direction of perpetually groundbreaking artist Andrea Miller, Brooklyn-based Gallim embodies human connection through bold, raw, transformative works. As New York Magazine attests, “her viscerally physical movement wrings every inch of life from her dancers—and…

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DANCE REVIEW: Mark Morris Dance Group & Music Ensemble at Jacob’s Pillow Mark Morris brought his Dance Group and Music Ensemble back to Jacob’s Pillow for something like the twentieth time last weekend - more than any other dance company in Pillow history - and the result was divine.

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The Paul Taylor Dance Company Presents All-Taylor Program in Memory of Founder

The Paul Taylor Dance Company Presents All-Taylor Program in Memory of Founder

July 9, 2019 – (Becket, MA) The Paul Taylor Dance Company marks its 18th Pillowappearance with The Celebration Tour, an exclusively Taylor-choreographed program to commemorate the passing of their founder, July 24-28 in the Ted Shawn Theatre. Having created 147 original works over the course of his celebrated career, Paul Taylor is remembered for dances that capture life’s joys and tackle some of…

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