Update on
Festival 2020

An important message to our artists, audiences, community partners,
friends, and the dance community.

Read Director's Statement on Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival 2020

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Browse Artists

Watch videos and read about this summer's artists from around the world

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Virtual Pillow Views: Black Voices

Our playlist features new videos of David Roussève/ REALITY, Urban Bush Women, and more

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Women in Dance

Explore Dance Interactive – chock full of extended video clips, interviews, and rare material

Browse videos and essays

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PillowVoices brings listeners closer to notable dance artists connected with Jacob's Pillow.

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An ever-growing collection of dance videos filmed at Jacob’s Pillow from the 1930s to today.

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Discover the Berkshires

Discover the Berkshires

Expand upon your trip to the Pillow and experience the beauty of the Berkshires — a thriving cultural region filled with historic landmarks, museums, farm-to-table dining, and performing arts venues.

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Opportunities for Artists

Opportunities for Artists

Visionary artists are supported through the Jacob's Pillow Dance Award and the Pillow Lab, while emerging artists can apply to perform at our Inside/Out Series.

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Intent on legitimizing dance in America as an honorable career for men, choreographer and dancer Ted Shawn founded Jacob’s Pillow in 1931.

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“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.”

President Barack Obama

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

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