Building Communities Through Dance

College students and educators are invited to use the Pillow’s resources year-round. Partners engage in the artistic process by attending Pillow Lab residency showings and find support for their academic research in the Archives.

Jacob’s Pillow collaborates with the Dance Education Laboratory (DEL) and becomes a satellite of the nationally renowned dance teacher education program. Founded by Jody Gottfried Arnhold and designed to serve as a practical alternative to traditional university dance education programs, DEL addresses the needs of professional dancers, dance teachers, classroom teachers, and dance students. Learn about upcoming workshops!

Drawing upon K-12 academic topics as source material, choreographic works are developed by students through a co-teaching process between classroom teachers and the Pillow's roster of prominent Artist Educators.

A year-long intensive training program in the Curriculum in Motion™ method: a co-creative workshop/residency model applying choreographers’ methods to the curriculum, question, issue or theme of a community partner.

An interactive process of learning, facilitated community conversations, and co-created responses to social justice concerns in our community, giving community members space to share their voice, movement, and skills in a co-creative process.

A collaboration between Jacob’s Pillow and The Berkshire Bridges – Working Cities Pittsfield Initiative, this year-long project supports local stakeholders in developing a practice of storytelling and relationship building through movement.