Dance
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Mujeres at Jacob's Pillow
Spanish Dance Company Launches Season
By: - Jun 26th, 2009A capacity audience attended "Mujeres" with Belen Maya and Rocio Molina, which launched the 77th season of the summer long Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival. There is a great tradition of Flamenco at the pillow starting with the first season in 1942 which featured the legendary La Argentina.
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Ballet Maribor's Romeo and Juliet at Jacob's Pillow
Set to Music by Radiohead, July 1-5
By: - Jun 15th, 2009Imagine the tragic love story of Romeo and Juliet as a ballet set to music by Radiohead. From July 1 through 5 Ballet Maribor will bring this acclaimed production to Jacob's Pillow. The launch of the season will be marked by numerous free events.
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Mass MoCA Sponsors Residence of US/ Japan Choreographers
Performance of Work in Progress on April 25
By: - Apr 17th, 2009Mass MoCA in North Adams is sponsoring a week long residence and collaboration between two American choreographers- Kyle Abraham and Amy O'Neal- with two Japanese choreographers- Kitamari and Yukio Suzuki. Their collaboration will culminate in the performance of a work in progress on Saturday, April 25. This unique program is sponsored by the US/Japan Choreographers Exchange.
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Jacob's Pillow Dance 2009
Full Schedule of Coming Season
By: - Jan 31st, 2009The world renowned Jacob's Pillow Dance announced a full schedule of performances by 50 companies on three stages. The 77th season in the Berkshires features world/ U.S. premieres and special events including the 90th birthday celebration of choreographer Merce Cunningham.
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Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet
World Premiere Scheduled for Jacob's Pillow
By: - Jan 06th, 2009Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet will offer a world premiere of Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui's "Obro Nova" at Jacob's Pillow from July 8 through 12. It will be a highlight of the dance season in the Berkshires.
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Choreography by Ulysses Dove to be Featured at Jacob's Pillow
Pacific Northwest Ballet Will Perform in Becket
By: - Dec 06th, 2008Seattle-based Pacific Northwest Ballet (PNB), one of the most prominent ballet companies in the United States, will perform an exclusive Ulysses Dove program August 19 – 23, in the Ted Shawn Theatre. Dove was lauded as one of the most innovative contemporary choreographers of the past 50 years.
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Mass MoCA and Jacob's Pillow Bring Les Ballets Trockadero to North Adams
Little Girls Aren't the Only Ones Who Dream of Becoming Ballerinas
By: - Oct 11th, 2008Squeezing hairy chests into tight costumes and donning feathery headpieces, these Clown Princes of Ballet in full makeup danced sur les pointes across the stage of the Hunter Center at Mass MoCA. As both merry makers and serious dancers all they want is their turn in the spotlight, and endless applause.
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A Day at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival
Many Free Dance Events in the Berkshires
By: - Jul 01st, 2008Jacob's Pillow merges contemporary dance with timeless natural beauty. Here you can celebrate life and the joy of dance movement. Forget the chores. Pack a picnic lunch and make a day of it.
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Final Performance of Berkshire Based Earth Angels at the Colonial Theatre
An Angel Reflects on the Past Eleven Years
By: - Dec 08th, 2007After eleven years and some 125 performances the Berkshire based group Earth Angels have disbanded. Choreographer Lisa Avery provides an insider's overview of the group and its final curtain.
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Becket Mass: Jacob's Pillow to Present Bill T. Jones/ Arnie Zane Dance Company
Summer Dance Season Starts on June 23
By: - Dec 04th, 2007Jacob's Pillow Dance Company has announced that it will present a special two week residence and performances by the Bill T. Jones/ Arnie Zane Dance Company of the work Chapel/Chapter starting on June 23 before the usual opening of the summer season.
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ICA/Boston Presents Faker, a Dance Performance by Morgan Thorson
Boston Premiere Inspired by Karaoke and Elvis Impersonators
By: - Nov 30th, 2007ICA/Boston's premiere of Faker a dance performance by Morgan Thorson is a carousing slacker's parody of all that glitters, inspired by karaoke and Elvis impersonators in a culture obsessed with celebrity, entertainment and authenticity.
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Ballet Folklorico de Mexico at the Colonial Theatre
A cultural celebration in music, dance and costumes
By: - Oct 22nd, 2007This huge presentation of Mexican culture overflowed even the large Colonial stage and rewarded its sell-out audience with a two hour fiesta for the senses. Yet most of the local restaurants were closed. It was Sunday.
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Karole Armitage at Mass MoCA
Annual Co Production of a Dance Company with Jacob's Pillow
By: - Oct 08th, 2007After many years of working in Europe with opera and ballet Karole Armitage has retunred to New York and is touring with a company which visited Mass MoCA in a performance co presented with Jacobs Pillow.
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Mark Morris Dance Group at the ICA
Poss Family Sponsors World Premiere
By: - May 16th, 2007The 25th anniversary tour of the Mark Morris Dance Company is visiting the Institute of Contemporary Art from May 15 though 20. The program features the world premiere of "Looky" sponsored by the Poss Family Foundation.
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Mark Morris in Conversation with Richard Dyer
Choreographer Discusses Upcoming Performances at the ICA
By: - Mar 16th, 2007Now in its 25th Year the Mark Morris Dance Company is launching a tour of 100 performances in the U.S. and Europe including a world premiere during its May schedule at Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art.
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Ballet Hispanico at Mass MoCA
Post season collaboration with Jacob's Pillow
By: - Oct 11th, 2006As an encore of the now closed official season of Jacob's Pillow there is an annual collaboration with Mass MoCA. This year Ballet Hispanico was featured presenting a program of short works as well as the suite "Palladium." Caliente.
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Tania Perez-Salas
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