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Jacob’s Pillow Members are essential partners in our work to support the Festival and all our year-round programming. Memberships start at $50, with all Members…
The School at Jacob’s Pillow Contemporary Ballet Performance Ensemble
This performance took place on June 29, 2024.
Performances by The School at Jacob’s Pillow Performance Ensemble provide an inside look at The School experience and feature repertoire created on the dancers by leading choreographers who serve as program faculty.
Residency: July 2024
Showing: Date TBA
Miguel Gutierrez is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Lenapehoking/Brooklyn, NY and Tovaangar/Los Angeles. For this Pillow Lab residency, Gutierrez will split his time between two projects.
This performance took place July 7, 2023
Tommie-Waheed Evans merges urban street dance and contemporary dance through movement propelled by gospel music and polyrhythmic sounds.
Pillow Lab:
CONTRA-TIEMPO Activist Dance Theater
Residency: February 14 – 25, 2024
Showing: Date TBA
During their Pillow Lab, CONTRA-TIEMPO will continue to develop their newest work, ¡azúcar!. Led by the vision of Alvarez, founding Artistic Director, alongside twenty artists and collaborators from across the country, ¡azúcar! brings to life the vibrations of Cuban musician Celia Cruz, and embodies personal narratives about sugar, Afro-Latin ancestral technologies, dance, music, and healing as a community practice.
This performance took place on June 23
Ted Shawn’s historic “Dance of the Ages” (1938) comes alive once again at Jacob’s Pillow in this special engagement with Adam Weinert and collaborators. Ted Shawn, founder of Jacob’s Pillow, considered “Dance of the Ages” to be his masterpiece.
The Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award is an important way the Pillow supports the creativity of visionary artists. The Award, presented each year at the Season Opening Gala to an exceptional artist, carries a cash prize of $25,000 which the artist can use in any way they wish.
July 13, 2024 | Pillow Grounds
Our annual LGBTQIA+ celebration returns with a dance party including a performance from the MasterZ at Work Dance Family with Courtney Topanga Washington.