On June 9, 2021, dancers from the Bridge Street Belly Dance line-up gathered at the theatre for the first time in two years for a multi-day collaborative performance residency culminating in a live show dedicated to dancers, creators, and everyone else who both lost and found themselves in the isolation…
Great Barrington, Mass.—The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center announces new live performances from Paul Taylor Dance Company on Friday, September 3 at 8pm and Saturday, September 4 at 8pm; Christopher Cross on Friday, October 1 at 8pm; Rosanne Cash on Saturday, November 6 at 8pm; Jane Lynch and Kate Flannery, A Swingin’…
June 29, 2021 (BECKET, Mass.)—Los Angeles-based CONTRA-TIEMPO will perform on the Henry J. Leir Stage during the second week of Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, fusing Salsa, Afro-Cuban, hip-hop, and contemporary dance into a theatrical performance titled joyUS justUS, from July 7-11. On July 10, Adam Weinert, Brett Perry, Brother(hood) Dance! and…
Some say that Eve was fashioned from Adam’s rib. Some say that Athena was born from Zeus’ head. These stories set the stage for the present day condition (and conditioning) of women, planting the idea that women are but a fragment of a man’s imagination and desires, not a fully…
RENOWNED TAP COMPANY DORRANCE DANCE &PARIS OPERA BALLET OPEN FIRST WEEK OF JACOB’S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL IN A FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND HYBRID FORMAT,FEATURING ONSITE AND ONLINE PERFORMANCES June 15, 2021 (BECKET, Mass.)—Dorrance Dance and Paris Opéra Ballet will kick off Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival 2021 in its opening week later this month. Dorrance Dance’s…
DORMESHIA HONORED AT GLOBAL PILLOW: A VIRTUAL GALA SUPPORTING JACOB’S PILLOW, JUNE 12 AT 7 P.M. June 8, 2021 (BECKET, Mass.)—Jacob’s Pillow announces Dormeshia as the recipient of the 2021 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award. The Award, presented each year to an artist of exceptional vision and achievement, carries a cash…
Great Barrington, Mass.—The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center announces the return of live (limited-capacity) indoor programming this summer with Pilobolus: Four@Play, Saturday, July 31 at 1pm, 4pm, and 7pm; Broadway in the Berkshires with host Richard Kind, Monday, August 2 at 7pm; and Cecily Strong – This Will All Be Over Soon, Saturday, August 7…
PITTSFIELD — Dancers and performers aged 12 and older are being sought for a site-specific performance presented by choreographers Tom Truss and Matthew Cumbie at Arrowhead August 13–15. Performance experience is not required, but welcome. Through “ReWritten,” Truss and Cumbie bring to life Arrowhead and Melville’s often-silenced, intimate relationship with Nathanial Hawthorne in…
