The company holds a dancer upward, and she raises her arms as though she is moving into the lift of the trees — Tulsa Ballet is dancing on the outdoor stage in the last week of this summer’s festival at Jacob’s Pillow.
Read articleCompagnie Käfig dances with a universe of light
Compagnie Käfig performs their signature work, Pixel, in the newly renovated Ted Shawn Theatre, as world-class hip hop dancers navigate a digital world.
Read articleCh-ch-changes — Complexions transforms Ballet
One dancer spins to another, extending toward the milky way, and lifts into the sky … Internationally acclaimed Complexions Contemporary Ballet comes to Jacob’s Pillow with new work and Star Dust, their tribute to rock icon David Bowie.
Read articleJacob’s Pillow celebrates 50 years of Hip Hop
Contemporary Hip Hop artists celebrate the form’s emergence in the Bronx in the 1980s with community, loyalty, challenge and laughter and glorious comedy, as acrobatic as astronauts in in zero gravity.
Read articleSéan Curran and Darrah Carr hold a contemporary Irish Céilí
Irish music and dance have come to Jacob’s Pillow, as Séan Curran and Darrah Carr’s companies meet in Ceilidh — in a language that feels both international and contemporary.
Read articleDorrance Dance propels percussive invention
The impact resounds like a hickory stick on a dunun drum. Feet pound a sounding box. And then the sound quiets to a rocking like wind in palmetto, like thunder and heat lightening before the rain …
Read articleAXIS Dance embodies past and future stories
Spanish guitar rolls in like waves. Two people turn to each other in intent exploration, shaken with the wonder of knowing another person is close enough and comfortable enough to touch …
Read articleVital energy propels Dutch National Ballet
An evening of varied performances can give a deep sense of time — and potential energy — tracing ballet’s momentum and human connection across a hundred years.
Read articleDutch National Ballet interacts with new forces at Jacob’s Pillow
A bass voice lingers over low piano chords, and two men take each other’s weight in a fluid, balancing tension … as 80 dancers from around the world come together to explore the power and beauty, form and precision of their art.
Read articleMark Morris’ Look of Love illuminates Burt Bacharach
‘What the world needs now is love … not just for some, but for everyone.’ On a night between storms, that refrain shifts in resonance. At Jacob’s Pillow, the Mark Morris Dance Group is offering an homage.
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