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.
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Mapping wonder in West Stockbridge — #berkshireexperience
I’m looking at the bin of old maps at Shaker Mill Books in West Stockbridge and thinking, how would I draw a map of these hills, and what would I put in? When you have an afternoon in West Stockbridge to explore, how do you find unexpected places?
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Séan 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.
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From Fado to fireflies — a taste of LuluFest Lenox
Jazz vocalist Suzy Stern opened LuluFest Lenox on Friday night, alongside acclaimed jazz musicians bassist MaryAnn McSweeney violinist Sara Caswell and jazz pianist Peggy Stern.
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Dionysos and the Bacchae dance under the stars
Women are singing in the river. They are wading in the water from the temple garden to the labyrinth … Double Edge Theatre in Ashfield performs The Hidden Territories of the Bacchae, delving into their own ancestral stories.
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Jazz violinist Sara Caswell celebrates ‘The Way to You’
The low voice of the strings carries an unexpected timbre, like the air on a summer across an open ridge. The sound shivers, vulnerable as anyone may be when they talk openly with someone they love.
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LuluFest celebrates women in jazz
Internationally acclaimed bassist Mary Ann McSweeney, vocalist Suzi Stern, pianist Peggy Stern and violinist Sara Caswell will perform in a jazz festival highlighting women leaders and their ideas of music.
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Tanglewood opens with a spirit of protest and freedom
As an acclaimed classical soprano, Julia Bullock has performed around the world, and on a summer night she will sing surrounded by the Boston Symphony Orchestra and a pattern of West African drumming.
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Mark 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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Kyle Marshall Choreography explores the roots of rock music
They move in bare feet, laughing, advancing, with a core strength they hold like a keynote. On the opening night of Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, five dancers from Kyle Marshall Choreography are performing Onyx.
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