A Jacob’s Pillow & Mahaiwe Co-Presentation

Oct 7-8, 2017

Paul Taylor Dance Company celebrates its 10th consecutive season of performances at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center with the New England premiere of Continuum and two original Taylor works. One of the seminal artists of our time, Paul Taylor continues to shape the homegrown American art of modern dance that he has helped define since becoming a professional dancer and pioneering choreographer in 1954.

“Taylor has produced a repertory of enormous breadth that asks us to acknowledge the infernal complications of human nature and experience.”

Suzanne Carbonneau

Read more in Carbonneau’s PillowNotes of Paul Taylor Dance Company’s Festival 2017 engagement.

Join the conversation in a Pre-Show Talk with Jacob’s Pillow Scholar-in-Residence and Paul Taylor biographer Suzanne Carbonneau! | Oct 7 at 7pm & Oct 8 at 1pm

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Full Programming

Roses (1985) | Choreography by Paul Taylor
Set to music by Richard Wagner and Heinrich Baermann, Roses is a paean to love and relationships in various stages. Some couples’ duets illustrate youthful ardor and love’s first blush. A central duet suggests a more mature relationship characterized by support, security, and the anticipation of one another’s needs. Whether these are all distinct relationships or different stages of the same one is for the viewer to decide.

Continuum (2017) | Choreography by Lila York
Continuum is a new work by Taylor Alumna Lila York, commissioned through Taylor Company Commissions and made on the Taylor dancers. Continuum is set to Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons” recomposed by Max Richter. It is an abstract work in nine sections that offer images of contemporary life in a fraught world. It is about finding peace in a hostile environment.

Arden Court (1981) | Choreography by Paul Taylor
One of the exuberant dances from Mr. Taylor’s highly acclaimed collection of works set to baroque music. Music by William Boyce accompanies a look at three kinds of relationships: supportive, competitive, and flirtatious. “One of the few great art works created in [the 20th] century… exploring a new movement field of love and relationship. The women dance into the men’s arms as if Shakespeare had only written Romeo and Juliet the day before yesterday. One of the seminal works of our time… something extraordinary in the history of dance.”(New York Post)

A Jacob’s Pillow & Mahaiwe Co-Presentation

Nov 10, 2019 | 1pm

Raymonda is betrothed to Jean de Brienne, a gallant knight who pledged to go on a crusade led by the King of Hungary. When her beloved leaves, Abderakhman, a foreign knight, makes a bid for the hand of Raymonda and threatens her fate when she rejects him.

Raymonda is a must-see of the Bolshoi, a work of living dance history showcasing the ballerina as the ultimate virtuoso. Being one of legendary choreographer Marius Petipa’s final works, he fully armed this ballet with beautiful court scenes, romantic corps de ballet dances, Hungarian czardas and a title role suited for the most outstanding ballerina.

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Music: Pavel Sorokin

Choreography: Yuri Grigorovich (2003 version) with scenes in choreography by Marius Petipa and Alexander Gorsky used

Cast: The Bolshoi Principals, Soloists and Corps de Ballet

Friday, July 5, 2019 at 2pm

Enjoy FREE dance games, a free outdoor Inside/Out performance, multi-generational movement and music classes, a special kids’ tour of the Pillow’s historic grounds, pop-up performances, and more! Scroll for full schedule of events.

Pop-Up Circus by Nimble Arts

Nimble Arts will be performing circus vignettes at Jacob’s Pillow, sharing a variety of circus artistry in the air and on the ground. Founded by identical twin aerialists Elsie Smith & Serenity Smith Forchion, the ensemble troupe of performers brings vaudevillian fun, emotive physicality, and astonishing human capacity to their work.

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Full Schedule

2-5pm | Free popcorn, bubbles & music, and face painting! | Tea Garden

2-2:45pm | Zumba | Sommers Studio

2:15, 3:15, 4:15pm | Pop-Up by Nimble Arts: Aerial Vignettes | Great Lawn

2:30, 3:30, 4:30pm | Pop-Up by Nimble Arts: Acrobatic Vignettes | Blake’s Barn Lawn

2:30, 3:30, 4:30pm | Move-Along Storytime | Ted Shawn Theatre bell

2:45, 3:45, 4:45pm | Pop-Up by Nimble Arts: Juggling Vignettes | Tea Garden 

3-3:30pm | Kids Historical Tour | Meet at the Welcome Center

3-3:45pm | Folk Dance | Sommers Studio

4-4:45pm | Hip-Hop | Sommers Studio

5-6pm | Families Dance Together | Sommers Studio