CONTRA-TIEMPO Activist Dance Theater to Host Free Community Dance Party, Workshop, and Performance in Pittsfield

 Presented by Jacob’s Pillow as part of the Pittsfield 10Ă—10 Upstreet Arts Festival Free and family-friendly | Open to the public | No dance experience necessary Limited space! Advance registration recommended February 1, 2024 (BECKET, Mass) – As part of this year’s 10×10 Upstreet Arts Festival in Pittsfield, Jacob’s Pillow…

It’s Showtime NYC! Brings Work-in-Progress Showing to Bridge Street Theatre

As part of the residency at Bridge Street Theatre (44 West Bridge Street in Catskill, NY) of It’s Showtime NYC, we offer a preview showing of excepts from their work-in-progress. PYRAMID Friday, February 23 @ 7:30pm The showing is FREE,but reservations are highly recommend RESERVE NOW! Calvin “Cal” Hunt,     Choreographer, Artistic…

Berkshire Pulse Receives $10,000 Grant from the NEA for Soul Steps Residency

January 25, 2024 (Housatonic, MA)—  Berkshire Pulse, South County’s dynamic dance and performing arts education center located in downtown Housatonic, is pleased to announce it has been approved by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for a $10,000 Challenge America award, This award will support Soul Steps Residency 2024, a three-week artist…

Jacob’s Pillow Announces Investments in Innovative New Work at the Intersection of Dance and Technology

Commissioned and co-commissioned works will premiere December 2023 through February 2024 in New York City and online Projects include augmented reality 3D video livestream, a human/robot duet, and a motion-capture video installation December 8, 2023 (BECKET, Mass.) — Jacob’s Pillow is excited to share new opportunities this winter for dance…

Fiona Scruggs’s Qualia Dance Collective to Premiere “Barefoot Dances” at The Foundry

Sheffield, MA—Berkshire-based choreographer Fiona Scruggs’s Qualia Dance Collective will premiere a new work, “Barefoot Dances,” on Friday, October 6 at 7:30pm at The Foundry in West Stockbridge, MA, as well as perform selections of their repertoire, including “Chiaroscuro: Third Movement” (2022), “The Blue Suit Piece” (2023), and “Qualia: Time” (2021).…

MIFA Victory Theatre Presents “Never Twenty One”

MIFA Victory Theatre Compagnie Vivons in NEVER TWENTY ONE By Choreographer SmaĂŻl Kanouté  October 3 at 7:00 PM Leslie Phillips Theater, Holyoke Community College, 303 Homestead Ave, Holyoke, MA 01040 Never Twenty One pays tribute to the young Black men who have been victims of gun violence in New York, Rio…

Berkshire Pulse Announces Fall Programming for All Ages

August 29, 2023 (Housatonic, MA)— Berkshire Pulse, South County’s dynamic dance and performing arts education center located in the heart of Housatonic, announces fall classes and programs for all ages. Registration is open at berkshirepulse.org and classes begin September 11. “Fall is always such an exciting time for trying something new or dive…

EMPAC Announces Tickets Available Now for 2023 Fall – Celebrating 15 Years

The dynamic fall program also celebrates 15 years of experimental media and performing arts at EMPAC with a lively schedule of free talks, work-in-progress demonstrations, tours, and more including artists Antonia Barnett-McIntosh, Jessie Marino, Alexis Blake, Petra Kuppers, and the newly added album release event from Christopher Fisher-Lochhead with Ben…