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December 4, 2024 | 30 Years of Dance and Discovery: Jacob’s Pillow Curriculum in Motion Connects Art and Academics at Monument Mountain Regional High School
November 20, 2024 | Jacob’s Pillow, Leading Venue for Dance in the United States, Announces Opening Date and Artists of Landmark New Theater Designed by Leading Dutch Architects Mecanoo
September 18, 2024 | Jacob’s Pillow Announces Indigenous Art and Design Collaborators on the Reimagined Doris Duke Theatre
August 29, 2024 | Jacobs Pillow Announces Artists and Schedule of Events For 10 Pillow Lab Residencies From October 2024 through April 2025
August 2, 2024 | Jacob’s Pillow to Present The Inaugural Men Dancers Award to American Dancer and Choreographer Roderick George at August 15 Performance
July 31, 2024 | Jacob’s Pillow Invites Audiences Into the Development of the Reimagined Doris Duke Theatre with New In-Depth Film
July 18, 2024 | Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival Presents Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca in Their First Festival Appearance in 22 Years
July 12, 2024 | Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival Welcomes Parsons Dance Back to the Ted Shawn Theatre After 25 Years
July 10, 2024 | 24 Hours Begins Now: Free Limited On-Demand Stream of New Work by The Royal Ballet of the United Kingdom at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival
July 2, 2024 | Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival Presents Camille A. Brown & Dancers in the World Premiere of I AM
June 27, 2024 | Jacob’s Pillow Welcomes Dancer-Illusionist Company MOMIX For Week 5 of Summer Dance Festival
June 21, 2024 | Argentina-Based Social Tango Project Makes Jacob’s Pillow Debut In Week 4 of Summer Dance Festival
June 18, 2024 | Jacob’s Pillow Welcomes Switzerland’s Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève for Week 3 of Summer Dance Festival
June 12, 2024 |Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival Welcomes The Royal Ballet for a Historic Takeover on Indoor and Outdoor Stages
June 5, 2024 | Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival Kicks Off 2024 Season by Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of All-Male Comic Ballet Company Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
June 3, 2024 | Jacob’s Pillow Celebrates its Global Audiences With Free Livestream Series Featuring Artists and Programs from Festival 2024
April 11, 2024 | Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival Announces Full Schedule for 92nd Season
Mar 19, 2024 | Acclaimed Choreographer Pam Tanowitz To Receive 2024 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award
Feb 20, 2024 | Internationally Acclaimed Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival Returns For Its 92nd Season
Feb 1, 2024 | CONTRA-TIEMPO Activist Dance Theater to Host Free Community Dance Party, Workshop, and Performance in Pittsfield
Jan 10, 2024 | Jacob’s Pillow Welcomes Kim Chan as Associate Artistic Director
Dec 7, 2023 | Jacob’s Pillow Announces Investments in Innovative New Work at the Intersection of Dance and Technology
Nov 15, 2023 | The Royal Ballet Comes To Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival For One Week Only This Summer
Aug 22, 2023 | Jacob’s Pillow Announces 10 Pillow Lab Residencies, October 2023 Through July 2024
July 2, 2024 | Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival Presents Camille A. Brown & Dancers in the World Premiere of I AM
June 27, 2024 | Jacob’s Pillow Welcomes Dancer-Illusionist Company MOMIX For Week 5 of Summer Dance Festival
June 21, 2024 | Argentina-Based Social Tango Project Makes Jacob’s Pillow Debut In Week 4 of Summer Dance Festival
June 18, 2024 | Jacob’s Pillow Welcomes Switzerland’s Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève for Week 3 of Summer Dance Festival
June 12, 2024 |Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival Welcomes The Royal Ballet for a Historic Takeover on Indoor and Outdoor Stages
June 3, 2024 | Jacob’s Pillow Celebrates its Global Audiences With Free Livestream Series Featuring Artists and Programs from Festival 2024
April 11, 2024 | Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival Announces Full Schedule for 92nd Season
Mar 19, 2024 | Acclaimed Choreographer Pam Tanowitz To Receive 2024 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award
Feb 20, 2024 | Internationally Acclaimed Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival Returns For Its 92nd Season
Feb 1, 2024 | CONTRA-TIEMPO Activist Dance Theater to Host Free Community Dance Party, Workshop, and Performance in Pittsfield
Jan 10, 2024 | Jacob’s Pillow Welcomes Kim Chan as Associate Artistic Director
June 12, 2024 | Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival Welcomes The Royal Ballet for a Historic Takeover on Indoor and Outdoor Stages
Dec 7, 2023 | Jacob’s Pillow Announces Investments in Innovative New Work at the Intersection of Dance and Technology
Nov 15, 2023 | The Royal Ballet Comes To Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival For One Week Only This Summer
Aug 22, 2023 | Jacob’s Pillow Announces 10 Pillow Lab Residencies, October 2023 Through July 2024
July 26, 2023 | Compagnie Käfig Bridges Dance and Technology in the Final Week of Festival 2023
July 19, 2023 | Martha Graham Dance Company Performs in Week 8 of Festival 2023
July 12, 2023 | Complexions Contemporary Ballet Makes Pillow Debut with Bowie-inspired ‘STAR DUST’
July 5, 2023 | Jacob’s Pillow Celebrates the 50th Anniversary of Hip Hop with ‘Hip Hop Across the Pillow,’ Featuring Two World Premiere Commissions
June 28, 2023 | Northern Ireland’s Oona Doherty/OD Works, Taiwan’s Resident Island Dance Theatre to make Pillow debuts
June 21, 2023 | Dorrance Dance, Mythili Prakash Perform in Week 4 of Festival 2023
June 14, 2023 | Gauthier Dance//Dance Company Theaterhaus Stuttgart return to Jacob’s Pillow
June 7, 2023 | Dutch National Ballet Makes Historic Pillow Debut in Week 2 of Festival 2023
May 31, 2023 | Mark Morris Dance Group Kicks off Festival 2023 with “The Look of Love”
May 4, 2023 | Building Plans Announced for the Reimagined Doris Duke Theatre
April 17, 2023 | Tickets on Sale for Festival 2023; Full Programming Schedule Announced
March 22, 2023 | Misty Copeland Named 2023 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award Recipient
Feb 15, 2023 | Jacob’s Pillow Announces 2023 Dance Festival
Nov 17, 2022 | Jacob’s Pillow to Build a Reimagined Doris Duke Theatre
Oct 20, 2022 | Doris Duke Theatre Remains Featured in MoMA Installation and Performance
Oct 18, 2022 | Jacob’s Pillow On Demand Features Full-Length Streaming Performances and More
Oct 4, 2022 | Cathy Levy Joins Jacob’s Pillow’s Curatorial Team as International Advisor
Aug 31, 2022 | Pillow Lab Residencies for Fall 2022 and Winter/Spring 2023 Announced
July 27, 2022 | Miami City Ballet Performs With a Live Orchestra in the Final Week of Festival 2022
July 20, 2022 | Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble, Hustle at the Pillow, and more in Week 9 of Festival 2022
July 13, 2022 | Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Dance Heginbotham, and Liz Lerman perform in Week 8 of Festival 2022
July 6, 2022 | Alonzo King LINES Ballet Returns to Jacob’s Pillow for Week 7 of Festival 2022
July 1, 2022 | On the Road Free Performance Series Returns to Berkshire County
June 29, 2022 | New Zealand-Based Black Grace Performs in Week 6 of Festival 2022
June 22, 2022 | Limón Dance Company Celebrates its 75th Anniversary During the Fifth Week of Festival 2022
June 21, 2022 | Jacob’s Pillow Selects Boston Gourmet Management Company as Hospitality Partner
June 15, 2022 | A.I.M by Kyle Abraham Performs in the Fourth Week of Festival 2022
June 8, 2022 | SW!NG OUT Brings Live Music and the Best of Swing Dance to the Ted Shawn Theatre
June 1, 2022 | Ronald K. Brown / EVIDENCE, BODYTRAFFIC, and Loni Landon and Mary Lattimore Perform in Festival Week 2
May 25, 2022 | World Premiere of America(na) to Me Opens Festival 2022 in the Renovated Ted Shawn Theatre
May 17, 2022 | Lila Kanner Joins Jacob’s Pillow as Chief Philanthropy Officer
Apr 26, 2022 | 10 Weeks of Performances, 20 Outdoor One-Nighters, Free PillowTalks and More Announced for Festival 2022
March 15, 2022 | Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui Receives 2022 Dance Award; Gala Program Announced
Feb 2, 2022 | Jacob’s Pillow Announces 2022 Dance Festival
Dec 9, 2021 | Jacob’s Pillow Announces Winter/Spring 2022 Pillow Lab Recipients
Dec 3, 2021 | Jacob’s Pillow and NOWNESS Partner for Release of Film Series, ‘Body Language’
Nov 23, 2021 | Jacob’s Pillow Presents: Special Edition Holiday Stream of STREB Extreme Action Company
Oct 7, 2021 | Jacob’s Pillow Announces Hiring of New CMO, Expanded Curatorial Position
Sept 22, 2021 | Jacob’s Pillow Announces Fall 2021 Pillow Lab Residencies
Aug 13, 2021 | Ballet Coast to Coast, jumatatu m. poe and Jermone Donte Beacham Perform in Final On-Site Week of Festival
Aug 5, 2021 | Jacob’s Pillow Announces Week 8 Programming
July 29, 2021 | Jacob’s Pillow Announces Week 7 Programming
July 22, 2021 | Jacob’s Pillow Announces Week 6 Programming
July 20, 2021 | Jacob’s Pillow Announces On the Road Pop-Up Series
July 14, 2021| Jacob’s Pillow Announces Week 5 Programming
July 9, 2021| Jacob’s Pillow Announces Week 4 Programming
July 2, 2021 | Jacob’s Pillow Announces Week 3 Programming
June 29, 2021 | Jacob’s Pillow Announces Week 2 Programming
June 15, 2021 | Jacob’s Pillow Announces Week 1 Programming
June 8, 2021 | Dormeshia Receives the 2021 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award
Apr 20 | Jacob’s Pillow Announces Artist Line-Up for First Multi-Platform Festival, June 30 – August 29
Jan 13 | Jacob’s Pillow Announces Second Season of Onsite and Virtual Programming During COVID-19
Nov 17 | Statement on the Doris Duke Theatre fire
Oct 2 | Jacob’s Pillow Expands Virtual Programs and Welcomes Artists Back to Historic Site
Sep 22 | Jacob’s Pillow Expands Curatorial Team
Jul 1 | Jacob’s Pillow Announces Virtual Festival
Jun 17 | Ronald K. Brown Receives the 2020 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award
May 20 | Jacob’s Pillow Hosts Dance We Must: A Virtual Benefit
May 12 | Jacob’s Pillow Launches Curriculum in Motion® Institute
Mar 31 | Jacob’s Pillow Announces Cancellation of 2020 Festival
Feb 3 | Jacob’s Pillow Hosts 2020 National Dance Presenters’ Forum
Dec 18 | Jacob’s Pillow Announces 2020 Winter/Spring Season
Sep 25 | Jacob’s Pillow Announces 2019-2020 Pillow Lab Artist Residencies
Aug 28 | Jacob’s Pillow Announces Fall Events & Programs
Aug 7 | Urban Bush Women Close Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival with Walking with ‘Trane
Aug 7 | Boston Ballet Closes Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival 2019
Jul 29 | Sara Mearns Performs Beyond Ballet in Jacob’s Pillow Exclusive Production
Jul 22 | Jacob’s Pillow Presents World Premiere of Gallim’s True, Very
Jul 12 | A.I.M By Kyle Abraham Makes Ted Shawn Theatre Debut
Jul 9 | Caleb Teicher & Company Perform More Forever with Conrad Tao at Jacob’s Pillow
Jul 9 | Paul Taylor Dance Company Presents an All-Taylor Program at Jacob’s Pillow in Remembrance of Founder
Jul 3 | Umanoove/Didy Veldman Makes U.S. Debut at Jacob’s Pillow
Jul 3 | Mark Morris Dance Group & Music Ensemble Returns to Jacob’s Pillow
Jun 24 | Jacob’s Pillow Presents the World Premiere of Reggie Wilson/Fist and Heel Performance Group’s POWER
Jun 24 | Dance Theatre of Harlem Returns to Jacob’s Pillow to Celebrate 50th Anniversary
Jun 20 | Jacob’s Pillow Announces Participants of 2019 National Dance Presenters’ Forum
Jun 14 | David Roussève/REALITY brings Halfway to Dawn to Jacob’s Pillow
Jun 6 | Abby Z and the New Utility make their Pillow debut with abandoned playground
Jun 6 | Compañía Irene Rodríguez returns to Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival
May 22 | Circa brings contemporary Australian Circus To Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival
May 22 | Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival Opens 87th Season with Ballet BC in the Ted Shawn Theatre
Apr 11 | Ina Clark Joins Jacob’s Pillow as Director of Development
Mar 20 | Choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa Receives The 2019 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award
Nov 25 | Jacob’s Pillow Announces Four Artists of Festival 2019
Oct 11 | A.J. Pietrantone Joins Jacob’s Pillow as Deputy Director
Aug 24 |The School at Jacob’s Pillow Announces Inaugural 2018 Choreography Fellows
Aug 6 | Houston Ballet Returns to Jacob’s Pillow with Pillow-Commissioned World Premiere
Jul 31 | Limón Dance Company Brings Beloved Classics and Innovate New Works to Jacob’s Pillow
Jul 31 | Netta Yerushalmy Deconstructs Iconic Modern Choreographies in the World Premiere of Paramodernities
Jul 26 | Jacob’s Pillow Announces Collaboration with Nationally Renowned Dance Education Laboratory (DEL)
Jul 23 | Audience Favorite Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Celebrates 40th Anniversary at Jacob’s Pillow
Jul 18 | Cie Art Move Concept Brings Abstract Hip-Hop to Jacob’s Pillow
Jul 18 | Renowned Tap Company Dorrance Dance returns to Jacob’s Pillow
Jul 9 | Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s Eastman comes to Jacob’s Pillow with Genre-Bending Fractus V
Jul 3 | Diane Wortis Joins Jacob’s Pillow as Deputy Director of Philanthropic Engagement
Jun 27 | Nicola Gunn’s Piece For Person and Ghetto Blaster at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival
Jun 27 | Batsheva – The Young Ensemble Brings Inimitable Gaga Movement To Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival
Jun 26 | Jacob’s Pillow Presents The World Premiere of Ephrat Asherie Dance’s Odeon
Jun 26 | Pilobolus Presents Come To Your Senses in The Ted Shawn Theatre
Jun 13 | Royal Danish Ballet, The World’s Third Oldest Ballet Company, Opens Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival
Jun 1 | Jacob’s Pillow Kicks Off Festival 2018 with Season Opening Gala & After Party
Mar 28 | Faye Driscoll Receives 2018 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award
Mar 5 | Jacob’s Pillow Presents a Rare Public Glimpse into the Pillow Lab
Feb 15 | Jacob’s Pillow Announces New Festival Dining Partnership with AAA 4-S-star The Old Inn on the Green
Feb 13 | Jacob’s Pillow Calls All Artists to Apply to Inside/Out: Chance to Dance Contest
Nov 14 | Jacob’s Pillow Moves Into Festival 2018 Announcing First Four Festival Artist
Sep 20 | Jacob’s Pillow Announces Festival 2017 Success with Record-Breaking 111,000 Experiences
Aug 15 | Jacob’s Pillow Dance Hosts Dog Dance, August 26
Aug 8 | The Washington Ballet Brings Works Of Today’s Leading Contemporary Ballet Choreographers
Aug 1 | Compañía Irene Rodríguez Of Havana, Cuba Makes Highly-Anticipated Jacob’s Pillow Debut
Aug 1 | Jacob’s Pillow And The Trisha Brown Dance Company Celebrate Brown’s Legacy In The Ted Shawn Theatre
Jul 29 | Jacob’s Pillow Dance Celebrates Opening Of New Perles Family Studio By Flansburgh Architects
Jul 26 | Camille A. Brown Brings BLACK GIRL: Linguistic Play to the Ted Shawn Theatre
Jul 18 | Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival Receives $10,000 Grant From The Feigenbaum Foundation
Jul 18 | Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival Receives $225,000 Grant From Massachusetts Cultural Facilities Fund
Jul 14 | Jacob’s Pillow Dance Celebrates 30 Years Of Doug Varone & Dancers With A Retrospective Program
Jul 13 | Kyle Abraham/Abraham.In.Motion Returns To Jacob’s Pillow With Their Newest Work, Dearest Home
Jul 11 | AteNine Brings Fierce Gaga Movement To Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival
Jul 10 | Jacob’s Pillow Partners With Great Barrington-Based Greenagers Inc.
Jun 30 | Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival Presents Aakash Odedra In Rising
Jun 30 | Groundbreaking Canadian Ensemble Compagnie Marie Chouinard Makes Its Jacob’s Pillow Debut
Jun 22 | Roy Assaf Dance Makes Its U.S. Debut at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival
Jun 22 | Paul Taylor Dance Company Returns to Jacob’s Pillow for Seven Performances
Jun 6 | Faye Driscoll’s Thank You For Coming: Attendence at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival
Jun 6 | Jessica Lang Dance Makes its Ted Shawn Theatre Debut at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival
Jun 5 | TIRELESS: A Tap Dance Experience, Curated By Tap Sensation Michelle Dorrance
May 31 | Portland-Based NW Dance Project Makes its Debut at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival
May 25 | Jonah Bokaer Choreography Opens Jacob’s Pillow 85th Anniversary Season
May 25 | Miami City Ballet Opens Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival 85th Anniversary Season
May 18 | Jacob’s Pillow Enters 85th Anniversary Season with a Renewed Focus on Community and Collaboration
May 17 | Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival Kicks Off 85th Anniversary with Season Opening Gala
May 8 | Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival Adds Two New Opportunities to Experience Trisha Brown Dance Company
May 1 | Jacob’s Pillow Dance Packs 85th Anniversary Season with 350+ Events
Mar 28 | 2017 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award Goes to Liz Lerman
Mar 20 | Announcing Jacob’s Pillow Dance Interactive Site Expansion
Feb 6 | Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival Hosts First Ever Inside/Out: Chance to Dance Contest
Jan 3 | Jacob’s Pillow Dance and MASS MoCA Co-present the Work-In-Progress Showing of Richard Move’s XXYY
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