Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival 2018
Sonya Tayeh
Aug 15-19
Obie and Lucille Lortel Award-winner Sonya Tayeh presents you’ll still call me by name, an emotionally charged dance symphony in collaboration with vocalist Jo Lampert and indie-folk duo The Bengsons. | LIVE MUSIC
GOTTA DANCE:
New Faces for Broadway
Aug 19
Dancers of the Musical Theatre Dance Program of The School at Jacob’s Pillow perform in a joyous celebration of dance and live music, directed by Broadway’s Chet Walker.
Stars of American Ballet
Aug 22-26
Daniel Ulbricht curates Stars of American Ballet in celebration of choreographic legend Jerome Robbins’ centennial, bringing some of today’s most remarkable ballet talents to the intimate Ted Shawn Theatre. | LIVE MUSIC
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Pop-Ups in the Berkshires
Join us at The Clark, in Great Barrington, and at Pittsfield’s Third Thursday all summer long.
Perfect Your Technique
Offering a variety of dance classes for all levels & ages. Checkout our Community Dance Classes.
Special Events
A fabulous season-opening party, intimate film screenings, an epic dance battle, an ultimate end-of-summer celebration, a happy hour not to forget, and many more!
Intent on legitimizing dance in America as an honorable career for men, choreographer and dancer Ted Shawn founded Jacob’s Pillow in 1931.
“Thousands of people, of all ages, from across the United States and the world, have Jacob’s Pillow to thank for opening their horizons to dance.”
awarding Jacob’s Pillow with a 2010 National Medal of Arts
Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers in Dance of the Ages, 1938. Photo: Shapiro Studios