Vision '22
A strategic plan for the Pillow's future: strengthening the artistic core, boosting civic leadership & community engagement, and renewing campus facilities.

Become a year-round, international center for dance research and development by:
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- Sustaining and evolving our renowned 10-week summer dance Festival
- Creating and growing the Pillow Lab, a residency program that enhances artist development and nurtures the process of choreography
- Expanding online access to our unparalleled Archives
- Teaching creative excellence to the next generation of dancers and choreographers through The School at Jacob’s Pillow
- Serving as a preeminent leader in the dance field by hosting conferences, workshops, and other events
By 2022, the campaign will enable:
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- Tailor-made research and development residencies for choreographers
- Unparalleled professional training for emerging choreographers
- Opportunities for faculty from regional colleges and universities to use Pillow resources in their teaching
- Convenings for dance professionals to discuss and address issues in the field
- Program endowments to secure these leadership initiatives

Strengthen connections with our neighbors in the Berkshires and surrounding counties by:
- Expanding our Jacob’s Pillow Curriculum in Motion® program to all elementary schools in Pittsfield
- Collaborating with Pittsfield & Becket schools to enhance the presence of dance in curriculum
- Providing public programs such as Pillow Pop-Up performances and interactive community dance workshops
- Forging partnerships with local dance schools to bring students to the Pillow
By 2022, the campaign will enable:
- Increased community performances and participatory dance events
- Hundreds of third graders and their teachers to enhance non-arts curricula with professional choreographers
- More dance students in the Berkshires to connect directly with Pillow programs
- Program endowments to secure these leadership initiatives

Bring the famed Jacob’s Pillow campus up to date and make facilities more comfortable for artists, audiences & staff by:
- Upgrading and modernizing the historic Ted Shawn Theatre
- Completing the Perles Family Studio
- Improving intern, apprentice, and artist housing
By 2022, the campaign will enable:
- Expanded and improved rehearsal and performance facilities
- A modernized Ted Shawn Theatre – without any change to its look and feel
- Improved housing accommodations for festival staff, and accommodations for year-round residencies