We’re sharing iced coffee and a palm-sized blueberry pie — my old friend Teresa is here for the weekend, and we have been getting lost at Tanglewood.
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Composer Valerie Coleman imagines new worlds in music
Acclaimed composer Valerie Coleman considers the expanding future of orchestral music as she honors the musicians and composers who have opened the way.
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Generations of musicians honor BSO harpist Ann Hobson Pilot
Renowned harpist Ann Hobson Pilot and composer-flutist Valerie Coleman are sitting in a pavilion with windows clear enough for the afternoon sunlight and the sound of classical musicians at practice to stream in …
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Brazilian rhythms infuse contemporary tap dance
At Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, the internationally acclaimed company Music from the Sole will offer a new form of tap and percussive dance, influenced by the rhythms of Brazil.
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Sculpture surfaces in Edith Wharton’s garden
The sea serpent in the garden is unmistakeable — rippling vintage translucent blue. I wonder what Edith Wharton would have said to a creature as long and sleek as a sailing canoe.
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Eastern Woodland Dances return to the land
The Iroquois dancer holding the stage is keeping a beat in time to a tenor voice and a live drum. His father and grandfather are singing here tonight, as dancers carry living traditions.
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You can’t stop the beat in the Berkshires (#this weekend)
High point in the last week? We’ve had so many as summer hits the Berkshires, even in these chaotic days. Scarlet, my first summer intern, has been getting me out to explore …
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Kali takes courage in the 21st century
The bass hums low, and a woman is dancing — Mythili Prakash performs contemporary movement in a form more than a thousand years old.
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What’s your first real taste of summer? (#this weekend)
You know the feeling when something hits home and you feel your expression shift instinctively — like tasting something that surprises you with its flavor?
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Dancers re-imagine contemporary American experiences
Dancers have told stories of Shiva and Kali for hundreds of years, and on a summer night, Mythili Prakash will embody them both … as Jacobs Pillow asks what it means to be American.
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