Jacob's Pillow Announces 2010 Season

Jacob's Pillow announces its 2010 full season calendar, including more than 200 free performances, talks, photography exhibits, tours, and events. Free event highlights include the Blake's Barn exhibit Lois Greenfield: Imagined Moments, featuring Greenfield's signature dance photography, and "Let's Dance!" a new community event on July 4 with free dance classes and workshops for teens and adults. PillowTalks, held Thursdays at 5pm and Saturdays at 4pm, include Virginia Johnson, recently named Artistic Director of Dance Theatre of Harlem (June 24), choreographer/director Bill T. Jones (July 22), and the return of Pulitzer Prize winner Jules Feiffer (July 31). Inside/Out performance highlights include the all-female hip-hop group Decadancetheatre (July 7), the dancers of The School at Jacob's Pillow's first ever Tap Program (July 10), alumnus of The School at Jacob's Pillow and Artistic Director of his own ensemble, Avi Scher (July 23), and ¡Flamenco Revolución! (August 27).

At the Season Opening Gala on June 19, Jacob's Pillow will kick off a $100,000 "Save the Inside/Out Stage" public fundraising effort to support the reconstruction of the Marcia and Seymour Simon Performance Space, widely known as "Inside/Out." At the Gala, patrons will pledge financial support during the live auction and the community fundraising initiative will continue at Jacob's Pillow and online through August 29, 2010.

The funds raised during the Save the Inside/Out Stage initiative will complete a $1.1 million fundraising effort to improve selected public amenities and facilities. The new Inside/Out stage will include an expanded performance space with improved entrances and exits for artists, a musician's platform, expanded artists' dressing areas, and new public walkways. This project is part of a Massachusetts Cultural Facilities Fund grant Jacob's Pillow received in late 2009 which allows for funds raised during the Save the Inside/Out Stage efforts to be matched by the state. Beginning June 20, Jacob's Pillow will accept donations online at www.jacobspillow.org/savethestage, and at four Pillow locations: the Box Office, the Pillow Store, Inside/Out, and the Member Services Table in front of the Ted Shawn Theatre.

Originally built in 1981 to provide additional space for The School at Jacob's Pillow, Inside/Out is now a public stage featuring free performances by emerging and established dance companies and showings by dancers of The School every Wednesday through Saturday during the Festival at 6:15pm. Described by The New Yorker as "a breathtaking outdoor stage overlooking the lush Berkshire hills," Inside/Out has become a tradition for audiences from Berkshire County and around the world. Last season, this free public series attracted more than 14,000 audience members.

Ella Baff, Jacob's Pillow Executive Director, comments "To spend the day at the Pillow is to enjoy a cultural feast, with an astounding array of free talks, exhibits, performances, and events with artists, writers, photographers, filmmakers, and other incredible people from around the world. Specifically, Inside/Out is a treasured tradition. Inside/Out programs have touched many lives: from dancers of The School at Jacob's Pillow to acclaimed choreographers who began their careers on that stage to audience members who experienced their very first dance performances there. I hope everyone who cares about not only Inside/Out and Jacob's Pillow, but believes in offering the public a free venue for dance, will donate to the Save the Stage Fund so that we can continue to serve the community for decades to come."

The following is a complete listing of all Festival 2010 events, ticketed and free. The 78th Festival begins June 19 with the Season Opening Gala and concludes August 29.

 

FREE EXHIBITS AND ARCHIVES

Open for the entire Festival June 23 - August 29

Lois Greenfield: Imagined Moments

Blake's Barn

Open Tues-Sun, noon-after the show

With a style that is recognizable and frequently emulated, Lois Greenfield has been at the forefront of dance photography for more than three decades. She collaborates with dancers in creating photographic moments that are improvised and often risky, capturing bodies in mid-air. This new exhibition, the largest of the 2010 exhibits, features Greenfield's unique body of photography, and is exclusive to the Pillow.

Arnie Zane on Bill T. Jones

Ted Shawn Theatre Lobby

Open 30 minutes prior to Ted Shawn Theatre performances

The early career of choreographer Bill T. Jones was shaped by his relationship with dancer, choreographer, and company co-founder Arnie Zane (1948-1988). Zane was also a provocative photographer, whose works were exhibited in prominent venues in the 1970s and collected in a posthumous catalog and retrospective exhibit, as well as a book that was published in 1999. Some of Zane's early photos of Jones, the recipient of the 2010 Jacob's Pillow Dance Award, are on display in this exhibit.

 

Pilates at the Pillow

Doris Duke Theatre Lobby

Open 30 minutes prior to Doris Duke Theatre performances

Joseph Pilates is widely recognized as originating one of the world's most popular forms of exercise, but his connection with the Pillow and the Berkshires is not well known. He taught at the Pillow in the 1940s and 50s, and owned a house nearby on Jacob's Ladder Road for over twenty years. Debuting this season is an exhibit of rare evidence of his pioneering work at the Pillow, including correspondence, class schedules, and photographs of Pilates demonstrating his signature technique.

Another Dance to Jules Feiffer

Blake's Barn

Open Tues-Sun, noon-after the show

The ground-breaking exhibition of dance imagery by the Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist and writer Jules Feiffer, which debuted last summer, receives an encore in this collection of original watercolors and drawings. Feiffer's memorable solo dancer in a black leotard returns along with new art works. After participating in two notably witty and warm PillowTalks last summer, Feiffer appears in person on July 31 to discuss and sign his new memoir Backing Into Forward.

John Van Lund

Bakalar Studio

Open Tues-Sun, whenever classes are not in session

As Festival photographer at the Pillow beginning in the late 1940s, John Van Lund (1916-2009) captured generations of important dancers on film. As a memorial tribute to his many years of faithful service and the donation of his complete collection of negatives and prints to the Jacob's Pillow Archives, highlights of his vast output are on view in Bakalar Studio, where Jacob's Pillow founder Ted Shawn and his Men Dancers performed for the first Pillow audiences.

 

Jacob's Pillow Archives

Blake's Barn

Open Tues-Sun, noon - after the show

This informal library and reading room allows impromptu visitors to view videos, browse through books, access the Pillow's computer catalog, or peruse permanent collections of Pillow programs and photographs. Pillow Interactive, the popular touch-screen computer kiosk, provides instant access to rare film clips and dance history information ranging from the present day back to the 1930s.

 

PERFORMANCES, TALKS, AND SPECIAL EVENTS

Ticketed Event - Season Opening Gala

Saturday, June 19

The Season Opening Gala is a one-night-only event and a highlight of the Berkshires social season. The evening includes an exclusive program featuring a solo performance of The Dying Swan by beloved ballet star Nina Ananiashvili, and performances by Pillow Creative Development Residency and Festival artists Monica Bill Barnes & Company, Camille A. Brown, and Kyle Abraham. The event also includes a world premiere created by acclaimed choreographer Karole Armitage, created on the dancers of the Ballet Program of The School at Jacob's Pillow in just four days. A new short film highlighting the Pillow Archives will be shown, and the prestigious 2010 Jacob's Pillow Dance Award will be presented to acclaimed choreographer, director, and Tony Award winner Bill T. Jones. Dinner, dancing to live music, and silent and live auctions under a festive tent on the Pillow's Great Lawn follow. The Season Opening Gala is a benefit event; funds raised support the artistic and educational programs of Jacob's Pillow, a not-for-profit organization. The Gala is co-chaired by Pillow Board members Helice Picheny and Hunter Runnette. For tickets and information call 413.243.9919 x126.

Ticketed Performances - Nina Ananiashvili and the State Ballet of Georgia

Ted Shawn Theatre

Wednesday, June 23 - Saturday, June 26, 8pm

Saturday, June 26 & Sunday, June 27, 2pm

REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA

Nina Ananiashvili, named the "definition of grace" by Masha Savitz of The Epoch Times and "classical ballet's undeniable superstar" by Clive Barnes of The New York Post, opens the Festival with her company. Former prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Ballet and principal of American Ballet Theatre, she now directs and dances with her homeland's national company, the State Ballet of Georgia, which showcases classical and contemporary technique in this engagement. The program features Bizet Variations by Alexei Ratmansky, called a "dance poet" by Alastair Macaulay of The New York Times, and four rarely seen pas de deux, Voices of Spring, Thais, La Chatte, and Sylvia, by Sir Frederick Ashton, whom Macaulay has identified as one of "the world's foremost choreographers of classical ballet." Falling Angels by acclaimed Czech choreographer Ji?í Kylián and Balanchine's Duo Concertant complete the program, with live music by members of the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival/Yale School of Music. Tickets $52-63. $10 Friday evening and Saturday/Sunday matinee youth tickets (sponsored by ALEX®; must be accompanied by an adult).

 

Ticketed Performances - Dance Theatre of Harlem Ensemble

Doris Duke Theatre

Wednesday, June 23 - Saturday, June 26, 8:15pm

Saturday, June 26 & Sunday, June 27, 2:15pm

Dance Theatre of Harlem has helped shape American dance for decades. A gifted new generation carries on the company's signature style of contemporary ballet in the form of the DTH Ensemble, a company comprised of talented young dancers who have received their training from the DTH School. The Ensemble is in the midst of a national tour celebrating the 40th anniversary of its parent organization, which made its official debut at the Pillow in 1970 and is now under the direction of Virginia Johnson. This engagement includes New Bach by Robert Garland, set to Bach's Violin Concerto in A Minor; Episode by Peter Pucci set to music by Shostakovich; and South African Suite by iconic DTH founder Arthur Mitchell, set to a jazz and afro-inspired score by the Soweto String Quartet. Tickets $30-36. $10 Friday evening and Sunday matinee youth tickets (sponsored by ALEX®; must be accompanied by an adult).

 

Free "Inside/Out" Performance - Dušan Týnek Dance Theatre

NEW TIME Wednesday, June 23, 6:15pm

Inside/Out

Czech choreographer Dušan Týnek's contemporary dances are "striking for their architectural rigor and fervid movement invention" (The New York Times). Middlegame is inspired by the game of chess and themes of power and submission.

 

Free "PillowTalk" Discussion - Virginia Johnson Returns

NEW DAY Thursday, June 24, 5pm

Blake's Barn

Precisely 40 years after her Jacob's Pillow debut in the Dance Theatre of Harlem's first professional engagement, former DTH ballet star Virginia Johnson returns in an exciting new role as Artistic Director. As founder Arthur Mitchell's designated successor, Johnson reflects on her past triumphs with DTH and outlines its future in this hour-long talk.

 

Free "Inside/Out" Performance - Viewpointe

NEW TIME Thursday, June 24, 6:15pm

Inside/Out

Artistic Director Helen Heineman, former soloist with acclaimed contemporary company Nederlands Dans Theatre and principal with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal, and her contemporary ballet company perform Collage, full of graceful balletic movement, and Bluegrass, a sprightly work set to music by American banjo artist Béla Fleck.

 

Free "Inside/Out" Performance - Dancewave Company

NEW TIME Friday, June 25, 6:15pm

Inside/Out

This company of young student dancers performs works from internationally renowned American choreographers, including the funky Flashback/Flash Forward by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Artistic Director of Urban Bush Women, among other energetic works.

 

Free "PillowTalk" Discussion - Virtual Pillow

Saturday, June 26, 4pm

Blake's Barn

With selected PillowTalks and other unique content now available online, Jacob's Pillow is reaching out in fresh ways to ever-wider audiences. This informative session explores the concepts behind the current efforts, demonstrates some of the newest initiatives, and previews what's next on the horizon.

 

Free "Inside/Out" Showing - The School at Jacob's Pillow - Ballet

NEW TIME Saturday, June 26, 6:15pm

Inside/Out

International ballet luminary Anna-Marie Holmes and Ballet West Artistic Director Adam Sklute showcase the Ballet Program dancers of The School at Jacob's Pillow in classical ballet variations, and a new work created for the Festival Season Opening Gala, choreographed by acclaimed choreographer Karole Armitage.

 

Ticketed Performances - Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal

Ted Shawn Theatre

Wednesday, June 30 - Saturday, July 3, 8pm

Saturday, July 3 & Sunday, July 4, 2pm

CANADA

Sleek, skilled dancing and works by a new wave of choreographers make Les Ballets Jazz among the most popular contemporary companies of today. Founded in Montréal in 1972, the company is led by Artistic Director Louis Robitaille, a former principal dancer with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. International choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa's Zip Zap Zoom creates a spectacular virtual video game on stage, and dancers become avatars who move to a hip-hop score. Les Chambres de Jacques, by Aszure Barton, explores love and lust in an "entire world, full of surprise and humor, emotion and pain" (Roslyn Sulcas of The New York Times) and is set to music by a wide range of composers from Antonio Vivaldi to The Cracow Klezmer Band. Tickets $52-63.

 

Ticketed Performances - Camille A. Brown and Dancers

Doris Duke Theatre

Wednesday, June 30 - Saturday, July 3, 8:15pm

Saturday, July 3 & Sunday, July 4, 2:15pm

PILLOW CO-COMMISSION and WORLD PREMIERE

 

A former dancer with Ronald K. Brown/Evidence described as "a pixie-ish powerhouse with the determined air of a high priestess" (San Francisco Chronicle), Camille A. Brown creates powerful work and has been commissioned by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Philadanco, and Urban Bush Women. Energy, style, and personality are hallmarks of her ensemble, which will perform a world premiere co-commissioned by Jacob's Pillow and created in part during a Pillow Creative Development Residency, The Evolution of a Secured Feminine with music by Ella Fitzgerald, Betty Carter, and Nancy Wilson, and excerpts from The Groove to Nobody's Business which was premiered by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in 2007. Tickets $30-36.

 

Free "Inside/Out" Performance - Isabel Gotzkowsky and Friends

NEW TIME Wednesday, June 30, 6:15pm

Inside/Out

Artistic Director Isabel Gotzkowsky, called "theatrically assertive" by The New York Times, has created over 30 works for her contemporary dance company. The company presents Quantum Humanum, based on creating and breaking from geometric patterns, and Circumstantial Affinities, a group of duets that reflect the bliss of a new love.

 

Free "PillowTalk" Discussion and Book Signing- Tap Dancing America

NEW DAY Thursday, July 1, 5pm

Blake's Barn

Constance Valis Hill has written Tap Dancing America, a comprehensive cultural history of this quintessential American art form, tracing with verve and grace tap's origins and its recent and vibrant resurgence. Legendary tappers Harold Cromer and Dianne Walker, artist faculty of The School at Jacob's Pillow, will be on hand with Hill to sign this new book.

 

Free "Inside/Out" Performance - Roger C. Jeffrey/Subtle Changes

NEW TIME Thursday, July 1, 6:15pm

Inside/Out

Award-winning choreographer Roger C. Jeffrey, who has previously worked with Festival artist Camille A. Brown and currently works with The Metropolitan Opera and Lar Lubovitch Dance Company, brings his contemporary ensemble to perform Miguelito, a dance-theatre work set in 1950s Harlem, and Lealtad nos libera, a balletic work featuring four couples.

 

Free "Inside/Out" Performance - Korean Traditional Music & Dance Institute of N.Y.

NEW TIME Friday, July 2, 6:15pm

Inside/Out

Honoring the traditions of Korean culture, this group will present three works: Hwang-Jin-Yi Scarf Dance; Kayagum Sanjo, a Korean 12-string instrument concerto; and Jin-do Drum dance.

 

Free "PillowTalk" Discussion and Film Screening- Canadian Dance on Film

Saturday, July 3, 4pm

Blake's Barn

Daniel Conrad's short dance film, Afternoon of the Chimeras (choreographed by Aszure Barton), forms the centerpiece of this PillowTalk program sampling Canadian dance films, also featuring commentary and excerpts from Pillow Scholar-in-Residence Philip Szporer and filmmaker Marlene Millar.

 

Free "Inside/Out" Showing - The School at Jacob's Pillow - Tap

NEW TIME Saturday, July 3, 6:15pm

Inside/Out

Directed by "First Lady of Tap" Dianne Walker, faculty of the Tap Program includes award-winning tap performers Derick K. Grant and Tasha Lawson and live music under the direction of Paul Arslanian. This showing features a range of tap styles with dancers of The School after their first week of intensive study.

 

Free Community Event - Let's Dance!

Sunday, July 4, 10am-1pm

The Pillow offers a new community-wide event aimed at encouraging participation in dance. Let's Dance! includes free performances; open dance classes and workshops especially well-suited for adults and teens in a variety of movement styles including yoga, Pilates, social dance, and more; a free master class with Doris Duke Theatre artist Camille A. Brown; a free raffle; food and drink; and other attractions. All performances, classes, events, and workshops are free.

 

Ticketed Performances - Barak Marshall's MONGER

Ted Shawn Theatre

Wednesday, July 7 - Saturday, July 10, 8pm

Saturday, July 10 & Sunday, July 11, 2pm

U.S. PREMIERE

ISRAEL

Intensely athletic dancing is heightened by surreal theatrical vignettes in the U.S. premiere of Barak Marshall's MONGER. This evening-length work, which explores the dynamics of hierarchy and power, fuses contemporary dance with humorous character narratives inspired by the life and work of Polish writer Bruno Schulz, Jean Genet's The Maids, and Robert Altman's Gosford Park. Called "unique, refreshing, and powerful" by Ruth Eshel of Ha'aretz, MONGER is set to an eclectic score with music by Balkan Beat Box, Handel, Verdi, NPR's The Yiddish Radio Project, and many others. Marshall, former resident choreographer of Batsheva Dance Company, is noted for his unique vocabulary, combining ethnic themes and motifs with current traditions in an eloquent, theatrical synthesis that "is muscular, original, fevered, carried by excellent dancers, and by an internal force and intelligence" (Raphaël de Gubernatis, Nouvel Observateur). A Suzanne Dellal Centre production. Tickets $52-63.

 

Ticketed Performances - Shantala Shivalingappa

Doris Duke Theatre

Wednesday, July 7 - Saturday, July 10, 8:15pm

Saturday, July 10 & Sunday, July 11, 2:15pm

U.S. PREMIERE

LIVE MUSIC

INDIA

Shantala Shivalingappa's extraordinary talent has been acclaimed by the likes of the legendary Pina Bausch and she captivates audiences with the precise storytelling embodied in her interpretation of the Kuchipudi form of classical Indian dance. Praised by Alastair Macaulay for her "witty charm," Shivalingappa was born in India and raised in Paris. Accompanied live by master musicians, this star of international dance performs Shiva Ganga, a U.S. premiere. Shiva Ganga explores the balance between the energies of the Hindu god Shiva, who creates and sustains the universe through dance, and Ganga, who embodies grace and elegance. Tickets $30-36. $10 Friday evening youth tickets (sponsored by ALEX®; must be accompanied by an adult).

 

Free "Inside/Out" Performance - Decadancetheatre

NEW TIME Wednesday, July 7, 6:15pm

Inside/Out

A Brooklyn-based, all female hip-hop crew, Decadancetheatre brings a program of high-energy new works with an international roster of b-girls, poppers, lockers, house, and experimental hip-hop dancers, set to a musical backdrop provided by a live DJ.

 

Free "PillowTalk" Discussion and Book Signing - Balasaraswati: Her Art and Life

NEW DAY Thursday, July 8, 5pm

Blake's Barn

Recognized as one of the 20th century's greatest performers, Balasaraswati made her U.S. debut at Jacob's Pillow in 1962. Her son-in-law, Douglas M. Knight, Jr., has written a biography of her legendary career, illustrated with rare historical photos including previously-unknown Pillow performance shots. Book signing to follow.

 

Free "Inside/Out" Performance - Aniruddha Knight

NEW TIME Thursday, July 8, 6:15pm

Inside/Out

Aniruddha Knight, the grandson of celebrated Indian dancer Balasaraswati represents the ninth generation of India's most respected performers, and is an expert in the Bharata natyam style. Together with live musicians he performs dance known for its grace, purity, tenderness, and sculpture-like poses. A 5pm PillowTalk complements this performance.

 

Free "Inside/Out" Performance - Daniel Charon Dance

NEW TIME Friday, July 9, 6:15pm

Inside/Out

Charon, formerly a performer with contemporary masters José Limón and Doug Varone, uses his movement vocabulary to present views on how we communicate. Dancers in The Listening Room move in and out of each other's space, reminiscent of an overcrowded apartment.

 

Free "PillowTalk" Discussion - 21st Century Renaissance Man

Saturday, July 10, 4pm

Blake's Barn

California native Barak Marshall has spent most of his professional career in Israel, where he created many works for Ohad Naharin's acclaimed Batsheva Dance Company. Also active as a singer with Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Project and other prestigious projects, he is a renaissance man for the 21st century and discusses his career in this talk.

 

Free "Inside/Out" Showing - The School at Jacob's Pillow - Tap

NEW TIME Saturday, July 10, 6:15pm

Inside/Out

"First Lady of Tap" Dianne Walker, along with the legendary dancer Harold Cromer, director/choreographer Ray Hesselink, and music director Paul Arslanian, showcases dancers of The School in a range of tap styles to conclude their two weeks of intensive study at the Pillow.

 

Ticketed Performances - Armitage Gone! Dance

Ted Shawn Theatre

Wednesday, July 14 - Saturday, July 17, 8pm

Saturday, July 17 & Sunday, July 18, 2pm

Karole Armitage, former member of the Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève, has worked with Mikhail Baryshnikov, Merce Cunningham, and Madonna, and her dance repertoire ranges from ballet to Broadway. Her unique choreographic voice pushes the boundaries among movement, music, and the visual arts to embody dance that "explodes in every sense and dazzles the eye" (Nouvel Observateur). Her company will perform Three Theories, a new work that inspired by the book and PBS television series The Elegant Universe by physicist Brian Greene including three movement vocabularies for each of Greene's paradigms. The score for Three Theories includes music by maverick composer Rhys Chatham for 100 electric guitars, South Indian classical, Carnatic violin music by Sangeeta Shankar, and "Dark Waves" by John Luther Adams. Armitage will also create a world premiere on the ballet dancers of The School at Jacob's Pillow, set to premiere at the Season Opening Gala on June 19. Tickets $52-63.

 

Ticketed Performances - Pichet Klunchun Dance Company

Doris Duke Theatre

Wednesday, July 14 - Saturday, July 17, 8:15pm

Saturday, July 17 & Sunday, July 18, 2:15pm

U.S. PREMIERE

THAILAND

In the U.S. premiere of the full-length Chui Chai (Transformation), internationally acclaimed performer and choreographer Pichet Klunchun entwines traditional Thai dance with virtuosic contemporary movement. Klunchun notes that the term "chui chai" means not only transformation, but also "language that shows elegant and abstract emotions." Intricate traditional Thai masks and costumes and haunting music by composer Sinnapa Sarasas create a world of ancient beauty and drama that is juxtaposed with elements of modernity. Noted for their "unearthly, mesmerizing" movement (Joel Lobenthal of The New York Sun), Klunchun and his company of female dancers explore themes of change and culture through captivating choreography. Tickets $30-36.

 

Free "Inside/Out" Performance - Nimbus Dance Works and Taipei Crossover Dance Company

NEW TIME Wednesday, July 14, 6:15pm

Inside/Out

Artistic Directors Samuel Pott, a member of Martha Graham Dance Company, and Taiwanese choreographer Xiao-Xiong Zhang bring their companies together in a new work centered around the ideas of self-invention and recreation, drawing on the diverse backgrounds of the dancers.

 

Free "PillowTalk" Discussion - Thailand's Traditions Today

Thursday, July 15, 5pm

Blake's Barn

Although Jacob's Pillow has long focused on traditional dances of many cultures, Pichet Klunchun's current engagement marks the first presentation of Thai dance here. This discussion of Thailand's dance traditions also touches on how contemporary work is built on the timeless foundations handed down to us.

 

Free "Inside/Out" Performance - 1ara wi1son dance project

NEW TIME Thursday, July 15, 6:15pm

Inside/Out

An alumna of The School at Jacob's Pillow, Lara Wilson's inspirations are historic and contemporary stories of women. Dancers perform Early Morning Comes, an upbeat work set to swinging, soulful music, and Figment, in which movement interacts with whispered dialogue.

 

Free "Inside/Out" Performance - Stefanie Nelson Dancegroup

NEW TIME Friday, July 16, 6:15pm

Inside/Out

Choreographer Stefanie Nelson presents excerpts of Proximity Spiral, in which Nelson moves the dancers' bodies into instinctual, rowdy movement. Originating from an idea born while in residence at the Baryshnikov Arts Center, this "ferocious" (New York Times) work is based on the Fibonacci sequence of numbers and builds with unrelenting intensity.

 

Free "PillowTalk" Discussion - Pilates at the Pillow

Saturday, July 17, 4pm

Joseph Pilates taught at the Pillow during the 1940s and 50s, developing a system of body conditioning now practiced throughout the world. Some of his former students and associates reminisce in a PillowTalk program that focuses on Pilates himself and recalls his pioneering work.

 

Free "Inside/Out" Showing - The School at Jacob's Pillow - Contemporary

NEW TIME Saturday, July 17, 6:15pm

Inside/Out

The three-week Contemporary Program directed by master teacher and choreographer Milton Myers covers a range of diverse contemporary choreographers. This first week concludes with dancers showing excerpts from Ronald K. Brown's acclaimed work Grace, staged by the choreographer himself.

 

Ticketed Performances - Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company

Ted Shawn Theatre

Wednesday, July 21 - Saturday, July 24, 8pm

Saturday, July 24 & Sunday, July 25, 2pm

LIVE MUSIC

An eminent choreographer, Tony Award-winner, Broadway director, and "Irreplaceable Dance Treasure" (so named by the Dance Heritage Coalition), Bill T. Jones is considered an artist of extraordinary brilliance. Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company will perform part one of the trilogy: Serenade/The Proposition, a work that is steeped in the ensemble's tradition of diverse collaboration. The work is presented as a multilayered, theatrical collage of powerful physicality, American history, and striking visual design. Noted for its "elegantly minimal partnering" and "tableaus reminiscent of daguerreotype portraits" (Claudia La Rocco of The New York Times), Serenade/The Proposition features live folk and classical music as well as spoken word. Tickets $52-63.

 

Ticketed Performances - Jacoby & Pronk and Dancers

Doris Duke Theatre

Wednesday, July 21 - Saturday, July 24, 8:15pm

Saturday, July 24 & Sunday, July 25, 2:15pm

EXCLUSIVE ENGAGEMENT

In addition to sharing the cover of the Pillow's 2010 Festival brochure, Drew Jacoby and Rubinald Pronk have been bringing their expert technique and intense chemistry to leading contemporary ballet companies, including the celebrated group Morphoses. As described by Kina Poon of Dance Magazine, "Jacoby's steely strength and Pronk's fluid hyper-flexibility defy the usual gender norms of a ballet partnership." Accompanied by fellow international dance stars including David Hallberg of American Ballet Theatre, Shirley Esseboom, formerly of Nederlands Dans Theatre, and Victor Mateos Arellano of Dresden SemperOper Ballett, this duo performs an exclusive program featuring world premieres by Lauri Stallings, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, and others. Tickets $30-36.

 

Free "Inside/Out" Performance - Melanie Aceto Contemporary Dance

NEW TIME Wednesday, July 21, 6:15pm

Inside/Out

This upstate New York contemporary dance company uses comedy and lush movement to communicate with audiences. Knit is a sensitive duet set to music based on traditional Chinese folk songs, and Portage builds momentum through swirling group interactions.

 

Free "PillowTalk" Discussion - Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane

NEW DAY Thursday, July 22, 5pm

Blake's Barn

In conjunction with the Ted Shawn Theatre exhibition of Arnie Zane's early photography, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company July 21-25 engagement, and the 2010 Jacob's Pillow Dance Award, Bill T. Jones will discuss the evolution of his influential partnership with Arnie Zane.

 

Free "Inside/Out" Performance - Rennie Harris RHAW

NEW TIME Thursday, July 22, 6:15pm

Inside/Out

Rennie Harris Awe-inspiring Works (RHAW) is a pre-professional youth dance troupe that teaches young dancers the deep history and distinctive style of hip-hop. The next generation of hip-hop artists perform locking, popping & boogaloo, b-boy/girl, and house styles.

 

Free "Inside/Out" Performance - Avi Scher & Dancers

NEW TIME Friday, July 23, 6:15pm

Inside/Out

An alumnus of The School at Jacob's Pillow, Avi Scher returns to Inside/Out with a group of extraordinary ballet artists from America's top ballet companies. The program includes Touch, a stark, contemporary work, and Feeling Lucky, a duet set to music by Jason Mraz.

 

Free "PillowTalk" Discussion and Film Screening - 40 Years of One Night Stands

Saturday, July 24, 4pm

Blake's Barn

An audience favorite at this year's Dance on Camera Festival in New York, this film charts the unlikely and engaging story of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet. Fascinating interviews and rare footage celebrate Canada's first professional ballet company and its historic 1964 breakthrough at the Pillow.

 

Free "Inside/Out" Showing - The School at Jacob's Pillow - Contemporary

NEW TIME Saturday, July 24, 6:15pm

Inside/Out

The three-week Contemporary Program directed by master teacher/choreographer Milton Myers covers a range of diverse contemporary choreographers. This second week concludes with dancers directed in a new work by Didy Veldman, an international choreographer based in The Netherlands and known for her work with Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet.

 

Ticketed Performances - CND2

Ted Shawn Theatre

Wednesday, July 28 - Saturday, July 31, 8pm

Saturday, July 31 & Sunday, August 1, 2pm

U.S. PREMIERE

SPAIN

Based in Madrid and rarely seen in the U.S., Compañía Nacional de Danza 2 (CND2) returns to the Pillow with its superbly trained contemporary ballet dancers, noted for their combination of "classical grace with contemporary looseness" (Moira Macdonald of Seattle Times). The young second company of Spain's national contemporary dance company, CND2 has become a headliner in its own right. The program includes the U.S. premiere of Insected, choreographed by co-artistic director Tony Fabre and set to a diverse score including music from tribes of Northern Ghana. Founder and co-artistic director Nacho Duato contributes the movingly spiritual Kol Nidre, with music by John Tavener, Arvo Pärt, and John Zorn, and Gnawa, a "handsome dance" praised for its "striking group patterns, infused with echoes of flamenco and various earthy folk-dance touches" (Claudia La Rocco of The New York Times). Tickets $52-63.

 

Monica Bill Barnes & Company

Doris Duke Theatre

Wednesday, July 28 - Saturday, July 31, 8:15pm

Saturday, July 31 & Sunday, August 1, 2:15pm

PILLOW CO-COMMISSION and WORLD PREMIERE

The work of Monica Bill Barnes, who has been called "one of the wittiest young choreographers around" (Deborah Jowitt of The Village Voice), possesses a quirky blend of theatricality, humor, and intelligence. Her focus on the innate presence of these qualities in everyday life yields a tender insight within this world premiere program. Co-commissioned by Jacob's Pillow and created in part during a Pillow Creative Development Residency, Barnes' The Headdress Project (working title) inspired by the music of Nina Simone, explores how costume influences life and art, will premiere during this engagement. Expression and innovation shine in Another Parade, noted for its "genuine wit and humor" (Roslyn Sulcas of The New York Times), set to a varied score including Bach's "Cello Suite No. 4" and songs by James Brown and Tina Turner. Tickets $30-36.

 

Free "Inside/Out" Performance - skybetter and associates

NEW TIME Wednesday, July 28, 6:15pm

Inside/Out

Sidney Skybetter's choreography combines an emotional background with rich movement, encouraging audiences to contemplate their own life events. Near Abroad, set to music by Arvo Pärt, surveys the feeling of loss while Potemkin Piece examines the experience of watching and being watched to Anton Dvo?ák's string quartet "The American."

 

Free "PillowTalk" Discussion and Film Screening - What's So Funny About Dance?

NEW DAY Thursday, July 29, 5pm

Blake's Barn

Lauded by Deborah Jowitt of The Village Voice as "one of the wittiest young choreographers around," Monica Bill Barnes joins a pantheon of Pillow performers who have used humor on the concert stage. Film clips of Lotte Goslar, Iva Kitchell, Myra Kinch, and other dancers will be screened and commented upon by Barnes.

 

Free "Inside/Out" Performance - The DASH Ensemble

NEW TIME Thursday, July 29, 6:15pm

Inside/Out

This ensemble from New York City presents Sundowning, the title of which is the term given to a condition seen in Alzheimer's patients. The work progresses in a series of movement vignettes, merging contemporary dance with emotion to tackle a challenging topic.

 

Free "Inside/Out" Performance - John-Mark Owen

NEW TIME Friday, July 30, 6:15pm

Inside/Out

BalletNY dancer and NYU graduate John-Mark Owen brings together a group of exquisitely trained classical ballet dancers to perform Triptych, an ethereal and sensual work examining the beginning, middle, and end of relationships.

 

Free "PillowTalk" Discussion - Backing into Forward with Jules Feiffer

Saturday, July 31, 4pm

Blake's Barn

Backing Into Forward, a new memoir by the Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, author, and artist coincides with an encore showing of some recent Feiffer artwork in Blake's Barn. The master artist returns to sign his critically-acclaimed new book and talk about his latest adventures.

 

Free "Inside/Out" Showing - The School at Jacob's Pillow - Contemporary

NEW TIME Saturday, July 31, 6:15pm

Inside/Out

The three-week Contemporary Program directed by master teacher/choreographer Milton Myers covers a range of diverse contemporary choreographers. This third and final week concludes with dancers directed in the acclaimed In your rooms, choreographed by London-based Hofesh Shechter and presented during the 2008 Festival.

 

Ticketed Performances - Trey McIntyre Project

Ted Shawn Theatre

Wednesday, August 4 - Saturday, August 7, 8pm

Saturday, August 7 & Sunday, August 8, 2pm

Trey McIntyre's appealingly athletic brand of contemporary ballet, with its expert manipulations of spatial patterns and innovative musicality, has made him one of the most popular dancemakers in the U.S. Trey McIntyre Project performed at the Pillow in 2005 and 2006 and debuted here as a full-time company in 2008. McIntyre's exceptionally versatile dancers will perform Jaialdi, a new work honoring Basque music and culture, as well as (serious), called "riveting, puzzling, and breathtaking" by Karen Campbell of The Boston Globe. Also on the program is Wild Sweet Love, set to an eclectic score with music by Queen, Lou Reed, Felix Mendelssohn, and Roberta Flack. Tickets $52-63.

 

Ticketed Performances - Yin Mei Dance

Doris Duke Theatre

Wednesday, August 4 - Saturday, August 7, 8:15pm

Saturday, August 7 & Sunday, August 8, 2:15pm

In City of Paper, Yin Mei, a "dancer of exquisite lyricism and delicacy" (Jennifer Dunning of The New York Times), creates a post-modern dream landscape of strong, sensuous movement and multimedia design. Yin Mei is joined in this evening-length work by dancer and choreographer Kota Yamazaki and Dai Jian of the Trisha Brown Company. Digital set design and an original music/sound score provide a compelling atmosphere and accompany Mei's choreography, which tells the powerful story of her experiences growing up during the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Tickets $30-36.

 

Free "Inside/Out" Performance - Eyes of a Blue Dog Dance Theatre

NEW TIME Wednesday, August 4, 6:15pm

Inside/Out

Fusing classical and contemporary art philosophy with theatrical devices, Artistic Director Elspeth Brown delves into a dreamworld in excerpts from Perhaps Now, Perhaps Never. Dancers investigate the world around them and what happens when things are not as they seem.

 

Free "PillowTalk" Discussion and Film Screening - 15 Days of Dance: The Making of "Ghost Light"

NEW DAY Thursday, August 5, 5pm

Blake's Barn

Award-winning filmmaker Eliot Caplan set out to chronicle the making of a dance in a whole new way as he recorded virtually every moment of Brian Reeder creating a work for ABTII. The final installment in his 20-part project receives its World Premiere screening here.

 

Free "Inside/Out" Performance - Malcolm LowFormalstructure Inc.

NEW TIME Thursday, August 5, 6:15pm

Inside/Out

Originally from Chicago where he trained with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Malcolm Low has performed with the likes of Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal and others. He brings his company Formalstructure Inc. to present fragmented images of loneliness and isolation in Luscious Colors of Unclear Canvas.

 

Free "Inside/Out" Performance - Jessica Gaynor Dance

NEW TIME Friday, August 6, 6:15pm

Inside/Out

Echoing the theme and variation structure of Bach's A Musical Offering, Jessica Gaynor's Theory of Games uses puzzles and games to explore how ideas change and develop over time. A work for six dancers, Gaynor draws on her training as a gymnast to solicit beauty in action and exertion.

 

Free "PillowTalk" Discussion - Dance and Photography

Saturday, August 7, 4pm

Blake's Barn

Lois Greenfield has been photographing dancers for over thirty years, while Kyle Abraham used the photographs of Eadweard Muybridge as a springboard for his newest work. These two perspectives on the connections between dance and photography come together in a discussion with both artists about capturing movement.

 

Free "Inside/Out" Showing - The School at Jacob's Pillow - Jazz/Musical Theatre Dance

NEW TIME Saturday, August 7, 6:15pm

Inside/Out

Chet Walker, Artistic Director of WALKERDANCE and co-conceiver of the Broadway hit Fosse, along with Broadway choreographers/directors and music director Steve Marzullo, showcase dancers of The School in new work created during their first of three intensive program weeks as they prepare for A Jazz Happening, a benefit for The School to be presented on Sunday, August 22.

 

Ticketed Performances - Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo

Ted Shawn Theatre

Wednesday, August 11 - Saturday, August 14, 8pm

Saturday, August 14 - Sunday, August 15, 2pm

Founded in 1974 as a dance satire troupe, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo (or "the Trocks") have since become a beloved phenomenon and toured the world over from Japan and Italy to Brazil and Australia. Called "one of the great comic creations of the American stage" by The San Francisco Chronicle, the all-male company tackles bourrées and fouettés on pointe with grace, bravura, and a singular personality. This program of technical expertise and original interpretations of Swan Lake, La Vivandiere and Raymonda's Wedding will mark the ensemble's Jacob's Pillow debut. Tickets $52-63.

 

Ticketed Performances - Kyle Abraham/Abraham.In.Motion

Doris Duke Theatre

Wednesday, August 11 - Saturday, August 14, 8:15pm

Saturday, August 14 & Sunday, August 15, 2:15pm

PILLOW CO-COMMISSION and WORLD PREMIERE

Kyle Abraham has been lauded as a performer of "equal parts power and grace" by Steve Sucato of Dance Magazine, which listed him among its elite "25 to Watch" in 2009. Abraham's diverse training in classical music, visual art, and numerous dance forms give range and depth to his work. He has worked with David Dorfman Dance, Nathan Trice/Rituals, and toured with the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company before shifting his focus to his own choreography. Abraham and his company will perform The Radio Show, which explores the function of radio in urban history, culture, and community through music from the 1960s, 70s and today, and a world premiere inspired by the photography of Eadweard Muybridge, co-commissioned by Jacob's Pillow and created in part during a Pillow Creative Development Residency. Tickets $30-36.

 

Free "Inside/Out" Performance - Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts

NEW TIME Wednesday, August 11, 6:15pm

Inside/Out

The gifted young dancers of this Hartford-area dance conservatory return to showcase their world-class ballet training. Choreographers and summer students present excerpts of classic and contemporary works as they prepare for professional dance careers.

 

Free "PillowTalk" Discussion - Mirrors and Scrims: The Life and Afterlife of Ballet

NEW DAY Thursday, August 12, 5pm

Blake's Barn

In her new collection of essays, acclaimed dance writer Marcia B. Siegel tackles issues about the ever-changing face of ballet, from the heyday of the Ballets Russes to the Trocks. This conversation examines how ballet repertory adapts, evolves, and reflects contemporary culture.

 

Free "Inside/Out" Performance - kerPlunk dance

NEW TIME Thursday, August 12, 6:15pm

Inside/Out

Choreographer Katherine Richardson captures the human spirit and dysfunction in her works. Off Guard creates a bustling environment around a solitary man, and Fixed Observations features movements inspired by the photography of Ansel Adams.

 

Free "Inside/Out" Performance - Yesid Lopez Contemporary Dance

NEW TIME Friday, August 13, 6:15pm

Inside/Out

Yesid Lopez, an alumnus of The School at Jacob's Pillow Jazz/Musical Theatre Dance Program and former dancer with Ballet Hispanico, combines contemporary, ballet, and traditional Colombian dance in his contemporary choreography. Lopez's works feature energetic, passionate movement, and a theatrical flair.

 

Free "PillowTalk" Discussion and Film Screening - Jack Cole: Unsung Genius

Saturday, August 14, 4pm

Blake's Barn

From his early training with Ted Shawn and Ruth St. Denis to his work in nightclubs and coaching of screen icons including Rita Hayworth and Marilyn Monroe, Jack Cole had a unique choreographic career. Cole's influence is traced here in film clips and personal reminiscences.

 

Free "Inside/Out" Showing - The School at Jacob's Pillow - Jazz/Musical Theatre Dance

NEW TIME Saturday, August 14, 6:15pm

Inside/Out

Chet Walker, Artistic Director of WALKERDANCE and co-conceiver of the Broadway hit Fosse, directs the Jazz/Musical Theatre Dance Program along with Broadway veterans and music director Steve Marzullo. They showcase the dancers of The School in new work created during the second of three intensive program weeks preparing for A Jazz Happening, a benefit for The School presented on Sunday, August 22.

 

Ticketed Performances - The Göteborg Ballet

Ted Shawn Theatre

Wednesday, August 18 - Saturday, August 21, 8pm

Saturday, August 21- Sunday, August 22, 2pm

U.S. DEBUT

SWEDEN

The Göteborg Ballet, a company of classically trained dancers that has transitioned to contemporary innovation, can be seen in the U.S. for the first time at Jacob's Pillow. Johannes Öhman, a former soloist with the Royal Swedish Ballet and artistic director of Stockholm 59° North, now directs the company, one of the largest contemporary ensembles in Scandinavia. They will perform 3xBoléro, three diverse works by different choreographers, all inspired by Maurice Ravel's classic Boléro. 3xBoléro includes Walking Mad by Johan Inger with music by Ravel and Arvo Pärt; OreloB by Kenneth Kvarnström, a futuristic work with stark lighting and innovative partnering; and Swedish choreographer Alexander Ekman's theatrical whirlwind Episode 17. Tickets $52-63.

 

Ticketed Performances - Lucy Guerin Inc.

Doris Duke Theatre

Wednesday, August 18 - Saturday, August 21, 8:15pm

Saturday, August 21 & Sunday, August 22, 2:15pm

AUSTRALIA

Before founding her own company, Lucy Guerin worked with Danceworks, the Bebe Miller Company, and Chunky Move, among others. In the company's Pillow debut, they perform Structure and Sadness, winner of the 2007 Helpmann Award for Best Dance Work and an Australian Dance Award for Outstanding Performance by a Company. Inspired by the 1970 collapse of Melbourne's West Gate bridge, the work has been called "an artfully constructed and sensitive study of fragility and memory" by Trespass Magazine (UK). The evening-length work uses a detailed dance language and accompanying visual effects as metaphors for the precarious architecture of life, as the dancers literally build a set on stage. Tickets $30-36.

 

Free "Inside/Out" Performance - Jennifer Nugent

NEW TIME Wednesday, August 18, 6:15pm

Inside/Out

A dancer with Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, Jennifer Nugent presents her own company in I'd Go Out With You, a duet for two women about finding oneself through another person, that employs close partnering and adoring movement set to music by Sam Crawford, who has previously worked with Philip Glass and Björk.

 

Free "PillowTalk" Discussion - Responding Creatively to Tragedy

NEW DAY Thursday, August 19, 5pm

Blake's Barn

Australian choreographer Lucy Guerin's Structure and Sadness is rooted in the 1970 collapse of the Melbourne's West Gate Bridge, harnessing this tragic event to create a work of uncommon poignancy. Here she discusses how she developed this work, and reflects on other dances inspired by tragedy.

 

Free "Inside/Out" Performance - Amy Marshall Dance Company

NEW TIME Thursday, August 19, 6:15pm

Inside/out

A former dancer with Taylor 2, Paul Taylor's second company, Amy Marshall "sets out tricky choreographic challenges and meets them with great fun and intelligence" (Back Stage). Her ensemble of accomplished dancers present English Suite and Vortex, which feature Marshall's provocative choreography that weaves classical movement with a contemporary edge.

 

Free "Inside/Out" Performance - Zach Morris and Tom Pearson of Third Rail Projects

NEW TIME Friday, August 20, 6:15pm

Inside/Out

Bessie Award-winning choreographers Zach Morris and Tom Pearson fuse dream-like images with bold dancing to create Undercurrents, a contemplation of love, infatuation, and connection in modern America, influenced by the artists' family histories.

 

Free "PillowTalk" Discussion - Picasso Looks at Degas/Others Look at Boléro

Saturday, August 21, 4pm

Blake's Barn

The Clark Art Institute Curator Richard Kendall discusses the Clark's exhibit "Picasso Looks at Degas" which explores Pablo Picasso's lifelong fascination with the life and work of Edgar Degas. Similarly, The Göteborg Ballet's Artistic Director Johannes Öhman talks about his company's diverse explorations of Maurice Ravel's score Boléro.

 

Free "Inside/Out" Showing - The School at Jacob's Pillow - Jazz/Musical Theatre Dance

NEW TIME Saturday, August 21, 6:15pm

Inside/Out

Chet Walker, Artistic Director of WALKERDANCE and co-conceiver of the Broadway hit Fosse, directs the Jazz/Musical Theatre Dance Program with artist faculty including Broadway performers and music director Steve Marzullo. Dancers of The School show new work created during their three intensive weeks preparing for A Jazz Happening, a benefit for The School presented on August 22.

 

A Jazz Happening

Sunday, August 22, 8pm

Benefit Event for The School at Jacob's Pillow

LIVE MUSIC

This one-night-only event features dancers of the Jazz/Musical Theatre Dance program, performing alongside Broadway stars after three weeks of intense study and preparation at The School at Jacob's Pillow. Directed by Broadway's Chet Walker, A Jazz Happening includes original choreography by the Jazz/Musical Theatre Dance artist faculty and live music by an onstage jazz band. Former guest performers have included Donna McKechnie, Andrea McArdle, Malcolm Gets, Teri Ralston, and Desmond Richardson, and this season's event will feature an all-new program and cast. Proceeds benefit The School at Jacob's Pillow; $100 level tickets include a reception with the performers. Tickets $100 and $60.

 

Ticketed Performances - Hubbard Street Dance Chicago

Ted Shawn Theatre

Wednesday, August 25 - Saturday, August 28, 8pm

(Additional matinee)Thursday, August 26, Saturday, August 28 & Sunday, August 29, 2pm

Hubbard Street has been called "one of America's foremost modern-dance repertory companies" by Alastair Macaulay of The New York Times. The celebrated company returns to the Pillow by popular demand for a dynamic Festival 2010 finale under the company's new artistic director Glenn Edgerton. This evening of works includes Jorma Elo's Bitter Suite, a "suggestively extraterrestrial work" (Lucia Mauro of The Chicago Tribune) set to music by Mendelssohn and Monteverdi, and Tabula Rasa by Batsheva Dance Company's Ohad Naharin with music by Arvo Pärt. Also on the program are new works by Aszure Barton and Hubbard Street resident choreographer Alejandro Cerrudo. Tickets $55-68.

 

Ticketed Performances - The Vanaver Caravan

Doris Duke Theatre

Wednesday, August 25 - Saturday, August 28, 8:15pm

Saturday, August 28 & Sunday, August 29, 2:15pm

The Vanaver Caravan, an American folk-dance troupe applauded for its "unpretentious down-home spirit and considerable technical skill" (Karen Campbell of The Boston Globe), presents Earthbeat in celebration of its 35th anniversary. This international dance excursion will engage dance and world music fans of all generations in a show of rhythm and percussion. Accompanied by live music, Vanaver Caravan takes audiences on a rousing global journey with Romanian stick dances, Appalachian clogging, and traditional and original choreography from India, Brazil, South Africa, and Spain. Tickets $30-36. $10 Sunday matinee youth tickets (sponsored by ALEX®,;must be accompanied by an adult).

 

Free "Inside/Out" Performance - ChavasseDance&Performance

NEW TIME Wednesday, August 25, 6:15pm

Inside/Out

Artistic Director Amy Chavasse creates dance-theatre works using outrageous movement to comment on current events and social issues. Plumpness searches supple spaces by feeding off the improvisations of its dancers.

 

Free "PillowTalk" Discussion - Hubbard Street's New Directions

NEW DAY Thursday, August 26, 5pm

Blake's Barn

With performing credentials at both the Joffrey Ballet and Nederlands Dans Theater, Glenn Edgerton joins Hubbard Street as Artistic Director after more than a decade leading NDT. He looks back on Hubbard Street's illustrious past while also discussing his own background and what's ahead.

 

Free "Inside/Out" Performance - Purchase Dance Corps

NEW TIME Thursday, August 26, 6:15pm

Inside/Out

This ensemble from SUNY Purchase College's Conservatory of Dance performs a diverse and challenging repertory from contemporary and classical to reconstructions and new works. These young dancers-in-training exude youth and possibilities, as they prepare for a professional dance career.

 

Free "Inside/Out" Performance - ¡Flamenco Revolución!

NEW TIME Friday, August 27, 6:15pm

Inside/Out

Artistic Director Maya de Silva brings an ensemble of scintillating dancers, singers, and musicians to perform classic flamenco works with a contemporary flair. Originally from the Andalusian region of Spain, flamenco celebrates the passion, fervor, and grace of Spanish culture.

 

Free "PillowTalk" Discussion and Book Signing - Hippo in a Tutu

Saturday, August 28, 4pm

Blake's Barn

In her new book on dancing in Disney animation, author Mindy Aloff cites examples from the glory years of animated features. The book includes an interview with Fantasia and Snow White animation model Marge Champion, who joins Aloff here in screening sample clips and signing books.

 

Free "Inside/Out" Performance - Thodos Dance Chicago

NEW TIME Saturday, August 28, 6:15pm

Inside/Out

Thodos Dance Chicago returns to present their critically acclaimed contemporary style. These well-rounded artists perform works by emerging and established choreographers including the work of founder and Artistic Director Melissa Thodos.

 

Support for Jacob's Pillow's Free Events comes, in part, from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.

 

2010 Ticketing Information

Single Tickets: Tickets are on sale now via phone at 413.243.0745, online at jacobspillow.org or at the Jacob's Pillow Box Office. Specially priced $10 youth tickets (sponsored by ALEX®) are available for certain performances of Dance Theatre of Harlem Ensemble, Nina Ananiashvili and the State Ballet of Georgia, Shantala Shivalingappa, and The Vanaver Caravan. Box Office is open Monday-Friday, 10am - 5pm, with additional hours during the Festival. Box Office: 413.243.0745 (phone) or 413.243.0749 (fax). For complete ticket policies, visit jacobspillow.org.

 

Subscriptions: Jacob's Pillow Subscribers receive early ordering and renewal privileges, free ticket exchange (up to 48 hours prior to performance) and the deepest discounts on tickets purchase by June 1. Subscription options include: Full Season Subscriptions, in which subscribers purchase tickets to all ten Ted Shawn Theatre or Doris Duke Theatre performances, and Flex 5+ Subscriptions, in which subscribers create their own schedule choosing five or more performances, any day, any time. Box Office: 413.243.0745 (phone) or 413.243.0749 (fax). For complete ticket policies, visit jacobspillow.org.

 

Jacob's Pillow celebrates its 78th anniversary in 2010 and is home to a renowned international dance Festival, presenting and commissioning works of artists and companies from throughout the world. The School at Jacob's Pillow encompasses a professional training program in the diverse disciplines of Ballet, Tap, Contemporary Traditions, Jazz/Musical Theatre Dance, and a Choreographers Lab, as well as an Intern Program in arts administration and production. The Pillow's extensive Archives, open year-round to the public free of charge, chronicle more than a century of the often ephemeral art form of dance in photos, print, video, and more. Jacob's Pillow's year-round Community Programs enrich the lives of children and adults including Jacob's Pillow Curriculum-in-Motion® a nationally-recognized program for educational settings, and the Creative Development Residency and commissioning programs support artists as they create work. In 2003, Jacob's Pillow was declared a National Historic Landmark and is the first and only dance entity in the U.S. to achieve this honor.

 

As of December 2009, major support for Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival has been provided by: The Barrington Foundation, Inc.; The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation; Frances Alexander Family Fund; Cultural Services of the French Embassy; The Howard Gilman Foundation; The Florence Gould Foundation; The Harkness Foundation for Dance; The Leir Charitable Foundations, In Memory of Henry J. Leir; The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; Mertz Gilmore Foundation; Evelyn Stefansson Nef Foundation; New England Foundation for the Arts; The New York Community Trust-Wallace Special Projects Fund; Leading for the Future Initiative, a program of the Nonprofit Finance Fund, funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation; Bessie Pappas Charitable Foundation; The Prospect Hill Foundation; Neal Rantoul Foundation; Royal Danish Ballet; Arch W. Shaw Foundation; The Shubert Foundation, Inc.; Trust for Mutual Understanding; American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; CEC ArtsLink and the Open World Leadership Center; Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency; MassDeve