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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

Photo by Christopher Duggan
South African dancers and choreographers Thulani Chauke and Albert Fana Tshabalala perform together at the Arts Ability Festival in Cape Town. Press photo courtesy of the artists.
Thulani Chauke
Dance

Spontaneous dance will invoke Eight Elements in Eight Hours

March 6, 2023
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How does a body dance oxygen? How does a body dance trees breathing out and people breathing in — the invisible balance that keeps us alive?

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Hubbard Street Dance Chicago performs at Jacob's Pillow.
Photo by Danica Paulos
Dance

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago moves with an electric charge

August 9, 2022
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Hubbard Street Dance Chicago performs at Jacob’s Pillow with a blend of contemporary choreography from Amy Hall Garner to Ohad Naharin.

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Pick-your-own blueberries ripen in Washington, Mass.
Susan Geller
Music

Breathing space in the heat of summer #this weekend

July 28, 2022
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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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Performers with Music from the Sole perform tap inflected with Brazilian rhythms. Press photo courtesy of Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.
Photo by Jamie Kraus
Dance

Brazilian rhythms infuse contemporary tap dance

July 22, 2022
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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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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
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
Dance

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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