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Read articleDancers 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.
Read articleContra-Tiempo dances joy and freedom — #Berkshireweekend
Contra Tiempo is performing at Jacob’s Pillow, in bright colors, each one unique, and this is choreography that moves to the music.
Read articleBerkshire arts evolve in the wake of national protest
In wake of the murder of George Floyd and increased national focus on the Black Lives Matter movement, Berkshire arts organizations are re-imagining how to tell stories in the most diverse and equitable way possible.
Read articleJacob’s Pillow adapts to the coronavirus pandemic
Jacob’s Pillow has had to adapt to the coronavirus, like many creative places who are doing what they can to care for their artists, staff and communities.
Read articleReggie Wilson’s Fist and Heel Performance Group invokes black Shaker dance
Voices call and respond, as men and women move in a circle in a tresillo pulsing rhythm, keeping a beat with their hands and feet, and singing. They are moving together in an ecstatic ritual, a ring shout.
Read articleIrene Rodríguez invokes Federico García Lorca in Cuban Flamenco
A woman walks down a mountain at sunrise, when the slopes are still dark around the rocks. Voices are singing to her: Roosters pick like axes and dig into the dawn … Amber copper, her body, with the scent of horses and shadow. Irene Rodríguez performs her own melding of […]
Read articleRonald K. Brown and Evidence perform a world premiere to new Afro-Cuban music
Ronald K. Brown and Evidence will perform New Conversations: Iron Meets Water, a world premiere with live music by Grammy-winning musician Arturo O’Farrill at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival.
Read articleBrazilian piano meets hip hop in Ephrat Asherie’s Odeon
In the early 1900s in Brazil, Ernesto Nazareth composed music for solo piano. Ephrat Asherie remembers the first time she heard a classical melody jazzed up with samba. Her brother Ehud is a jazz pianist, and as he played she imagined the composer blending Brazilian with Chopin, a Baroque artist […]
Read articleRagamala performs Written on Water at Jacob’s Pillow
Ragamala Dance Company performs Written in Water, a contemporary work in bharanatyam, a tradition of Southern Indian dance.
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