Janis Claxton Dance at The Clark | June 17, 2018 at 2pm

Scottish company Janis Claxton Dance makes its U.S. debut with POP-UP Duets (fragments of love), performed at The Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, MA.

POP-UP Duets is a series of five minute, multi-site-specific contemporary dance duets, based around the theme of love and designed for a wide range of public spaces. Praised as “a richly inventive, wonderfully perceptive work, danced with a persuasive humanity to a score you want to own” (The Herald), the duets are created by choreographer Janis Claxton with music composed by Pippa Murphy. Check out more dates and locations.

Wednesday, July 25, 2018 from 5-8PM

Boston-based Peter DiMuro/Public Displays of Motion (PDM) makes dance and theatre, often translating the humane within everyday lives into performance. Seen in grand spectacles on-site, miniature dances on table tops, and in more traditional performances on a stage, the company of dancer/collaborators is adept in multiple movement and performance techniques and span an age-range of five decades. In a special engagement, PDM presents site-specific pop-up performances on and around the Pillow grounds prior to evening performances.

Adam H. Weinert in Dance of the Ages | September 20, 2018

Join us in the Dance Zone at the north end of Pittsfield’s Third Thursday cultural street festival for this family-friendly pop-up performance. Pittsfield’s Third Thursday cultural street festival is family-friendly and open to the public featuring live music, local food, craft vendors, street performers, and plenty more.

Full Schedule of Performances

5:30pm | Olga Dunn Dance Studio
6pm | Pillow Pop-Up: Adam H Weinert in Dance of The Ages
6:40pm | Cantarella School of Dance
7pm | Berkshire Salsa

Hood Nation | August 16, 2018

Join us in the Dance Zone at the north end of Pittsfield’s Third Thursday cultural street festival for this family-friendly pop-up performance. Pittsfield’s Third Thursday cultural street festival is family-friendly and open to the public featuring live music, local food, craft vendors, street performers, and plenty more.

Calpulli Mexican Dance Company | July 19, 2018

Join us in the Dance Zone at the north end of Pittsfield’s Third Thursday cultural street festival for this family-friendly pop-up performance. Pittsfield’s Third Thursday cultural street festival is family-friendly and open to the public featuring live music, local food, craft vendors, street performers, and plenty more.

Wild Rhythm | May 17, 2018 at 6pm

The artists of Wild Rhythm, one of New York’s most decorated swing duos, take to Pittsfield’s first Third Thursday of the summer, prior to their Inside/Out performance on June 28. With nearly 20 years of combined experience, Nathan Bugh and Gaby Cook travel the world regularly, sharing their knowledge and passion of swing, jazz, and vintage-dance entertainment. Wild Rhythm has graced many stages including Carnegie Hall, The Apollo Theater, Lincoln Center, and The USS Intrepid.

Pittsfield’s Third Thursday cultural street festival is family-friendly and open to the public featuring live music, local food, craft vendors, street performers, and plenty more.

Pillow Case | Aug 11, 2019 at 11am

A garden party performance celebrating the magic of Jacob’s Pillow

Celebrate the magic of Jacob’s Pillow at this intimate garden party performance at a private home in Tyringham, which features exclusive performance and company.

Taylor Stanley, Principal Dancer with New York City Ballet, performs one of the most talked-about solos from Kyle Abraham’s critically acclaimed NYCB commission The Runaway; Maleek Washington and Timothy Edwards of Camille A. Brown & Dancers perform excerpts from Brown’s ink, the final work in a trilogy about culture, race, and identity; and Craig D. Black Jr. and Ana Lopez of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago perform excerpts from resident choreographer Alejandro Cerrudo’s Silent Ghost.

Proceeds will support dance-enhanced community partnerships throughout the Berkshires, dancers attending The School at Jacob’s Pillow, nascent choreographers, and the ongoing work of dance research and scholarship.

This event is hosted by Jacob’s Pillow Trustee and Community Engagement Committee Chair Jennie Kassanoff & her husband Dan Schulman at their Tyringham home, Wildbrook.

About Wildbrook

A spectacular private residence set on 500 acres of award-winning landscapes and gardens, this rural retreat is nestled in one of Tyringham’s most beautiful valleys on Sodom Pond and Hop Brook, a neighbor to Ashintully Gardens. To visit this beautiful spot is an experience not to be missed! See photos of the estate below.

FRIDAY, JULY 5, 2019 AT 6:15PM

FREE | FAMILY-FRIENDLY | OUTDOOR | TAP

Expect live music and high-flying hoofing as Boston-based choreographer and alumnus of The School at Jacob’s Pillow Ian Berg examines the intersections of tap and jazz, playing with original compositions and improvisation. The Improper Bostonian praises, “there’s nothing routine about the work of tap dancer and choreographer Ian Berg.” Learn more about Subject:Matter.

Friday, August 24, 2018 at 6:15PM

Saung Budaya Dance was established in 2005 by Amalia Suryani to introduce new audiences to Indonesian culture through dance and music. As a vital part of the Indonesian community in New York, Saung Budaya repertoire includes various dances from all over Indonesian archipelago. They have performed at Lincoln Center, Asia Society, American Museum of Natural History, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Saung Budaya presents two pieces showcasing the beauty and diversity of Indonesia with an interactive teaching component. Leleng will takes audiences deep into the jungles of Borneo, home to the Dayak Tribe, where a young girl lost is saved by the hornbill birds. Naiak Piring portrays the daily lives of women who balance baskets on their heads in the rice fields through farmers’ daily activities and harvest celebrations in West Sumatra. This dance comprises several quick movements with plates that create a throbbing atmosphere throughout the work.

FREE                 FAMILY-FRIENDLY              OUTDOOR             INDONESIAN

Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at 6:15PM

Felipe Galganni is a tap dancer, teacher, and choreographer known for his unique style and versatility in blending the American art form of tap dance with his Brazilian roots. Felipe Galganni & Company present excerpts from the concert TAP&TOM, which premiered at The Players Theatre in New York. Under the musical direction of award-winning Brazilian Maestro Carlos Bauzys, the performance blends Galganni’s original tap dance choreography with the music of Antonio Carlos Jobim’s bossa nova.

FREE                 FAMILY-FRIENDLY              OUTDOOR             TAP