Jacob's Pillow Dance

June 7, 2011 - (Becket, MA) Switzerland's acclaimed Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève returns to Jacob's Pillow for the first time since its 2007 U.S. debut, June 22-26 in the Ted Shawn Theatre. The company, called "one of the most original and inventive in Europe" by La Presse de Tunisie, was established in 1962 by the Geneva Opera House, and has since worked with artists such as Mikhail Baryshnikov, Lucinda Childs, Rudolf Nureyev, Ohad Naharin, and William Forsythe. Ballet Genève will perform the U.S. premiere of French choreographer Joëlle Bouvier's Romeo and Juliet, a re-imagined contemporary ballet that breathes new life into the classic Shakespearean love story.

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