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Modesto Junior College dancers perform on the Inside / Out Stage at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival in Becket. Image courtesy of Jacob's Pillow

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Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival

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World champion jingle dancer Acasia Red Elk performs at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival. Press photo courtesy of the Pillow
Photo by Christopher Duggan
Dance

Eastern Woodland Dances return to the land

June 29, 2022
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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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Jake George performs traditional Iroquois dances on the outdoor stage at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival. Press photo courtesy of the Pillow
Photo by Christopher Duggan
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You can’t stop the beat in the Berkshires (#this weekend)

June 29, 2022
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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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Internationally acclaimed Bharatanatyam dancer and choreographer Mythili Prakash, from Los Angeles, performs with expressive hands in a golden glow. Press photo courtesy of Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival
Photo by Jorge Vismara
Dance

Kali takes courage in the 21st century

June 29, 2022
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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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Toasted coconut almond ice cream at the Chocolate Barn.
Photo by Kate Abbott
Dance

What’s your first real taste of summer? (#this weekend)

June 16, 2022
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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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Internationally acclaimed Bharatanatyam dancer and choreographer Mythili Prakash, from Los Angeles, performs holding out a lithe arm in deep blue light.
Photo by Jorge Vismara
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Dancers re-imagine contemporary American experiences

June 15, 2022
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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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Contra-Tiempo will perform at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival. Press photo courtesy of the Pillow.
Photo by Christopher Duggan
Dance

Contra-Tiempo dances joy and freedom (July 21 newsletter)

July 23, 2021
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Contra Tiempo is performing at Jacob’s Pillow, in bright colors, each one unique, and this is choreography that moves to the music.

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Harold Grinspoon's 'Joy' — bright color on Live Oak — stands at the feet of tall pines at The Mount.
Photo by Kate Abbott
Theater

Come out and play? (June 30 newsletter)

July 1, 2021
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Salsa and King Lear, live music and new work … We’re coming to the part of the summer when the music and the photos and the movement can tell the story themselves.

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'Bobby' Cius appears in WAM Theatre's production of Pipeline, left, and Rhythm tap master Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards performs in 'And Still You Must Swing' with tap icons Derick K. Grant, right. Photos courtesy of WAM and the Pillow.
Photos by Nina Groom and Christopher Duggan
Dance

Berkshire arts evolve in the wake of national protest

July 29, 2020
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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.

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AIM company dancers perform An Untitled Love.
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Visual Arts

MCLA and Berkshire museums bring energy in hard times

June 2, 2020
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This spring, museums in the Berkshires are moving online. Cultural and creative places have faced abrupt disruption, and they are cutting back, but at the same time they are reaching out.

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Hancock Shaker Village runs a CSA from its historic gardens in the warmer season.
Photo by Kate Abbott
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Berkshire creative places are adapting to a virtual world

May 20, 2020
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I’ve been talking with Berkshire creative places as they try to navigate in the physically distanced world coronavirus has created and reconnect online.

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