Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival 2024
The Royal Ballet (Outdoor)
July 3-7, 2024 | Henry J. Leir Stage
One of the most famous and celebrated companies in the world, The Royal Ballet of the United Kingdom will appear at Jacob’s Pillow for the first time, as the company’s sole stop in the U.S. in 2024. This summer’s program will feature a series of solos and duets from classical repertoire and works by Frederick Ashton, Wayne McGregor, and Christopher Wheeldon.
The Royal Ballet (Indoor)
July 3-7, 2024 | Ted Shawn Theatre
One of the most famous and celebrated companies in the world, The Royal Ballet of the United Kingdom will appear at Jacob’s Pillow for the first time, as the company’s sole stop in the U.S. in 2024. This summer’s program will feature the U.S. Premiere of Secret Things by American choreographer Pam Tanowitz and a World Premiere by Wayne McGregor, created especially for Jacob’s Pillow, alongside works by Frederick Ashton, Kenneth MacMillan, and Christopher Wheeldon.
MoBBallet: Creating
Pathways to Performance
July 10-11, 2024 | Henry J. Leir Stage
This exciting initiative by Memoirs of Blacks in Ballet (MoBBallet) founder Theresa Ruth Howard presents the works of established Black choreographers including Donald Byrd, Jennifer Archibald, and Kiyon Ross, and early-career makers Meredith Rainey and Portia Adams, who are creating in the idiom of ballet. This program will be performed by 15 international Black Ballet artists from preeminent ballet companies across the country.
Ballet du Grand
Théâtre de Genève
July 10-14, 2024 | Ted Shawn Theatre
Featuring classically trained dancers performing breathtaking contemporary choreography, Switzerland’s acclaimed ballet company Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève returns to the Pillow for the first time in over a decade, sharing the groundbreaking Faun and the U.S. debut of Noetic.
Merce Cunningham, Liz Gerring, Kyle Abraham: Three Duets
July 12, 2024 | Henry J. Leir Stage
A celebration of Cunningham’s 50 year legacy,Three Duets brings together an arrangement from Merce Cunningham’s Landrover, Liz Gerring’s Dialogue, and Kyle Abraham’s MotorRover, seen together in live performance for the first time.
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Intent on legitimizing dance in America as an honorable career for men, choreographer and dancer Ted Shawn founded Jacob’s Pillow in 1931.
“Thousands of people, of all ages, from across the United States and the world, have Jacob’s Pillow to thank for opening their horizons to dance.”
awarding Jacob’s Pillow with a 2010 National Medal of Arts
Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers in Dance of the Ages, 1938; Photo Shapiro Studios
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