Dance Education Laboratory (DEL) at Jacob’s Pillow:
The Royal Ballet of the United Kingdom

Dance Education Laboratory (DEL) at Jacob’s Pillow: The Royal Ballet of the United Kingdom

This workshop took place on July 6, 2024.

Workshop Facilitators: Ann Biddle (Director, DEL at Jacob’s Pillow) and Felice Santorelli (DEL Facilitator).

Participants DELved into an interactive and embodied workshop linked to The Royal Ballet of the United Kingdom and explored the nationally acclaimed Dance Education Laboratory (DEL) pedagogy model to investigate a choreographer’s work through multiple entry points.

Drawing from the extensive resources of Jacob’s Pillow Dance Interactive, participants engaged in meaningful dance learning activities that explore diverse dance artists, genres, and eras within a cultural, historic, and social context. Multi-modal teaching strategies include movement observation, embodied reflection, reconstruction practices, collaborative research, and collective dance-making.

DEL at Jacob’s Pillow connects dance educators, college dance students, classroom teachers, and professional dancers to the DEL model of dance education—situated alongside Jacob’s Pillow’s year-round resources as a center for dance research and development.

Jacob’s Pillow is committed to creating accessible spaces and experiences. Please email community@jacobspillow.org with accessibility questions or accommodation requests.

Lead support for the Dance Education Lab at Jacob’s Pillow is generously provided by the Arnhold Foundation