Join fellow community dancers for the D.R.E.A.M. Ring dance competition at Berkshire Museum, led by Reggie “Regg Roc” Gray and the artists of FLEXN.

Saturday, July 13, 2019 at 6:15pm

FREE | FAMILY-FRIENDLY | OUTDOOR | CONTEMPORARY

Dancers of the Contemporary Program are apprentices, advanced pre-professionals, and early-career professionals from leading dance companies and training centers around the world. Darrell Grand Moultrie, Jae Man Joo, and Didy Veldman—three of today’s most sought-after, and stylistically diverse, contemporary choreographers will create new work on the ensemble of dancers.

Renowned mentor, choreographer, and Horton technique expert Milton Myers returns for his 33rd summer as Director of the Contemporary Program, joined by Dutch artistic director, choreographer, and contemporary teacher Didy Veldman. Renowned artist faculty joining the two are Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s Rehearsal Director Lucas Crandall; Ballet Master for Alonzo King LINES Ballet Arturo Fernandez; Aya Kaneko, School alumna and Myers’ assistant; expert of Forsythe technique Thomas McManus; one of Britain’s leading contemporary technique teachers Kerry Nicholls; Head Faculty at Manhattan Youth Ballet Deborah Wingert; and John Levis, Music Director.

Photography is not permitted at Saturday performances by The School at Jacob’s Pillow.

Open Rehearsal Observation

3pm on the Inside/Out Stage
In cases of inclement weather, observation of rehearsals will be canceled.

Food and drink are welcome in the performance space.

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT RAINS?

In the event of rain, the 6:15pm Inside/Out performance may be canceled or moved indoors to the Perles Family Studio, and seat passes are distributed on a first-come, first-serve basis. When possible, a live video simulcast with limited seating is offered in a nearby studio. Passes are distributed beginning at 5:20pm. We encourage patrons not to arrive before 5:20 if it is raining unless they are prepared to wait in the rain for pass distribution.

Call the Box Office at 413.243.0745 after 5pm to find out if the Inside/Out performance has been moved indoors and what to expect regarding indoor availability.

This performance is sponsored by Norm Abramson.

Saturday, August 3, 2019

FREE | FAMILY-FRIENDLY | OUTDOOR | TAP

Dancers of the Tap Program have journeyed from around the world to study with Tap Program Directors Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards and Michelle Dorrance for three weeks. For Inside/Out audiences, they perform traditional tap vocabulary, cutting edge styles, improvisation, and acapella compositions as soloists and ensemble performers, all in preparation for GOTTA DANCE, a benefit for The School at Jacob’s Pillow held in the Ted Shawn Theatre on August 18.

Additional artist faculty that dancers are trained and mentored by are among the most talented and celebrated artists in tap today including Brenda Bufalino, Derick K. Grant, Jason Samuels Smith, Maria Torres, Dianne Walker, Sam Weber, and Josette Wiggan-Freund. 

Photography is not permitted at Saturday performances by The School at Jacob’s Pillow.

Open Rehearsal Observation

3pm on the Inside/Out Stage
In cases of inclement weather, observation of rehearsals will be canceled.

Food and drink are welcome in the performance space.

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT RAINS?

In the event of rain, the 6:15pm Inside/Out performance may be canceled or moved indoors to the Perles Family Studio, and seat passes are distributed on a first-come, first-serve basis. When possible, a live video simulcast with limited seating is offered in a nearby studio. Passes are distributed beginning at 5:20pm. We encourage patrons not to arrive before 5:20 if it is raining unless they are prepared to wait in the rain for pass distribution.

Call the Box Office at 413.243.0745 after 5pm to find out if the Inside/Out performance has been moved indoors and what to expect regarding indoor availability.

Thursday, August 22, 2019 at 6:15pm

FREE | FAMILY-FRIENDLY | OUTDOOR

For the fourth consecutive year, American College Dance Association (ACDA) presents highlights from its regional conferences, supporting and promoting the wealth of talent and creativity from college and university dance departments. This year we’re excited to welcome dancers from Slippery Rock University, Arizona State University, Florida Southern College, El Camino College, Loyola Marymount University, and San Jose State University to perform in this one-night-only performance on Inside/Out. 

Each spring, regional conferences are hosted around the country with performances, workshops, panels, and master classes. At each conference, a panel of expert adjudicators select works in an anonymous process to be performed at a gala performance which concludes the conference. The dances are choreographed by undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and guest artists. Selected works from each region are identified by regional adjudicators before highlights are selected for the Inside/Out stage.

Food and drink are welcome in the performance space.

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT RAINS?

In the event of rain, the 6:15pm Inside/Out performance may be canceled or moved indoors to the Perles Family Studio, and seat passes are distributed on a first-come, first-serve basis. When possible, a live video simulcast with limited seating is offered in a nearby studio. Passes are distributed beginning at 5:20pm. We encourage patrons not to arrive before 5:20 if it is raining unless they are prepared to wait in the rain for pass distribution.

Call the Box Office at 413.243.0745 after 5pm to find out if the Inside/Out performance has been moved indoors and what to expect regarding indoor availability.

Thursday, July 20, 2017 at 6:15pm

Caleb Teicher & Company reinvents traditional American dance forms for contemporary contexts. The company’s Inside/Out performance features Meet Ella, a male swing dance duet set to classic live recordings of Ella Fitzgerald. A 2011 Bessie Award Winner for Outstanding Individual Performance, one of Dance Magazine’s 2012 “25 to Watch,” and winner of “Best Emerging Choreographer” for Dance Magazine’s 2016 Readers’ Choice Awards, Teicher draws from his experience in concert dance, musical theater, and social dance. He has garnered acclaim for his work as a versatile performer, most notably as a member of Dorrance Dance and The Chase Brock Experience. Founded in 2012, his company explores a wide range of styles including tap dance, lindy hop, and vernacular jazz, creating works that celebrate a uniquely American physicality. Teicher is an alumnus of The School at Jacob’s Pillow and the National Young Arts Foundation.

FREE                     FAMILY-FRIENDLY                    OUTDOOR                    PERCUSSIVE DANCE

Class with Inside/Out Artist:  Lindy Hop with Caleb Teicher

4pm | Caleb Teicher, tap dance artist, teaches this lindy hop class prior to this Inside/Out performance. Open to all experience levels, ages 12+; $10 per person.

Food and drink are welcome in the performance space.

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT RAINS?

In the event of rain, most Festival events continue as scheduled. The 6:15pm Inside/Out performance may be cancelled or moved indoors to a studio seating 80 or fewer people, and seat passes are distributed on a first-come, first-serve basis. When possible, a live video simulcast with limited seating is offered in a nearby studio. Passes are distributed beginning at 5:20pm. We encourage patrons not to arrive before 5:20 if it is raining unless they are prepared to wait in the rain for pass distribution.

Call the Box Office at 413.243.0745 after 5pm to find out if the Inside/Performance has been moved indoors and what to expect regarding indoor availability.

Saturday, June 22, 2019 at 6:15pm

FREE | FAMILY-FRIENDLY | OUTDOOR | BALLET

Dancers of The School at Jacob’s Pillow Contemporary Ballet Program are apprentices, trainees, pre-professionals, and early-career professionals with leading ballet companies from around the world. Their performance for Festival audiences includes choreography by Aszure Barton as well as the new ballet created on them for the 2019 Season Opening Gala by esteemed choreographer Matthew Neenan.

The Contemporary Ballet Program is directed by Alexandra Damiani, former artistic director of Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, and Matthew Neenan, co-founder of Philadelphia’s premier contemporary ballet company BalletX.

Photography is not permitted at Saturday performances by The School at Jacob’s Pillow.

Open Rehearsal Observation

3pm on the Inside/Out Stage
In cases of inclement weather, observation of rehearsals will be canceled.

Food and drink are welcome in the performance space.

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT RAINS?

In the event of rain, the 6:15pm Inside/Out performance may be canceled or moved indoors to the Perles Family Studio, and seat passes are distributed on a first-come, first-serve basis. When possible, a live video simulcast with limited seating is offered in a nearby studio. Passes are distributed beginning at 5:20pm. We encourage patrons not to arrive before 5:20 if it is raining unless they are prepared to wait in the rain for pass distribution.

Call the Box Office at 413.243.0745 after 5pm to find out if the Inside/Out performance has been moved indoors and what to expect regarding indoor availability.