Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival Announces Tickets on Sale for the 93rd annual Dance Festival

April 10, 2025 (BECKET, Mass.)—Jacob’s Pillow is pleased to announce that tickets are now on sale for the full schedule of programming at this summer’s 93rd annual Dance Festival (June 25 through August 24), which will offer nine weeks of performances by world-class artists on indoor and outdoor stages, along…

Jacob’s Pillow Welcomes Kim Chan as Associate Artistic Director

An experienced cultural leader and arts curator, Chan steps into a newly-created role at the nation’s preeminent international dance center January 10, 2024 (BECKET, Mass.)— Jacob’s Pillow announced today that Kim Chan will join the organization’s curatorial and leadership team as Associate Artistic Director, an enhanced full-time staff position that begins January…

Jacob’s Pillow Announces Artists and Schedule of Events For 10 Pillow Lab Residencies From October 2023 through July 2024

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…

Martha Graham Dance Company Performs Graham Masterpieces and New Contemporary Works in Week 8 of the Festival

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,…

Oona Doherty/OD Works Makes its Pillow Debut in Week 5 of Festival 2023

Resident Island Dance Theatre, Almanac Dance Circus Theatre, and Oyu Oro Afro Cuban Experimental Dance Ensemble to Perform on the Henry J. Leir Stage June 28, 2023 (BECKET, Mass.)—In Week 5 of Festival 2023, Northern Irish company, Oona Doherty/OD Works, founded by choreographer Oona Doherty, will make its Jacob’s Pillow…

Week Four at Jacob’s Pillow Features Dorrance Dance, Seán Curran Company & Darrah Carr Dance, and Mythili Prakash

June 21, 2023 (BECKET, Mass.)—In the fourth week of Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival 2023, crowd-favorite Dorrance Dance returns July 19-23. The week will also feature several performances on the outdoor Henry J. Leir Stage, including Seán Curran Company & Darrah Carr Dance on July 19-20, a world premiere by Mythili…

Mark Morris Dance Group Kicks Off Jacob’s Pillow Festival 2023 with “The Look of Love”

With an Added Thursday Matinee Kyle Marshall Choreography, Te Ao Mana, and SOLE Defined to Perform on the Henry J. Leir Stage May 31, 2023 (BECKET, Mass.)—Mark Morris Dance Group will kick off Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival 2023, with the evening-length work The Look of Love as the season’s first…