August 22, 2023 (BECKET, Mass.)— Jacob’s Pillow today announced the artists who will participate in 10 onsite residencies this fall through next summer, as part of the Pillow Lab residency program. Artists participating in this series, in chronological order, are: Ilya Vidrin, Sekou McMiller, LaJuné McMillian, Minty Fresh Circus, Aakash…
Pittsfield— Presented by the Mill Town Foundation and the Wandering Dance Society, the first “Wandering Dance Festival” will be held this coming November throughout downtown Pittsfield. Free community dance classes, workshops, and events will take place between November 12th and November 17th culminating in a showcase performance at the Colonial Theatre on Saturday, November…
Adams— On Saturday, October 7th at 2 p.m. at the Adams Theater, Susan Hakes will present a chronological journey celebrating her 60+ year career in the dance business. She founded the Brookfield School of Dance in 1962, The Studio in 1972, and the Berkshire Dance Theater in 1982. She taught dance to more…
Thanks to a generous grant from the New York State Council on the Arts, LayeRhythm, a NYC-based non-profit organization dedicated to highlighting freestyle voices in the performing arts landscape, will travel to the Bridge Street Theatre in Catskill, NY, for a three-week dance residency, to include developmental work on new…
Sheffield, MA—Berkshire-based choreographer Fiona Scruggs’s Qualia Dance Collective has announced it’s summer 2023 season in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts. Founded in 2022, Qualia Dance Collective seeks to explore the qualities of space, time, and energy as catalysts for movement and art and performs the choreography of Fiona Scruggs. Scruggs’s background…
Tulsa Ballet to make its Pillow Debut on the Henry J. Leir Stage July 26, 2023 (BECKET, Mass.)— In the exciting final week of Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival 2023, Lyon-based Compagnie Käfig will return to Jacob’s Pillow for the first time in ten years with a unique performance bridging dance…
Great Barrington, Mass.—The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center announces four new live shows added to its year-round schedule: “Odyssey,” a new play by Lisa Peterson, on October 14 and 15; the dance company BODYTRAFFIC on November 10 and 11; Mat Kearney with an acoustic trio on November 17; and comedian Samantha…
Danza Orgánica, American College Dance Association, and Berkshire-Based Artists to appear on the Henry J. Leir Stage July 19, 2023 (BECKET, Mass.)—In the eighth week of the 2023 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, the world-renowned Martha Graham Dance Company will perform Graham’s Cave of the Heart and Errand Into the Maze,…
