Streaming from January 8-February 4 on Jacob’s Pillow On Demand, watch the Martha Graham Dance Company’s full-length 2023 Festival performance. One of the ever-evolving world leaders in modern dance, the company performs “Errand into the Maze” (1947), “Cave of the Heart” (1946), and Hofesh Shechter’s “CAVE” (2022). Take a look back with us as we celebrate this new stream by diving into the rich, intertwined history of Martha Graham Dance Company and Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival.
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DIVE DEEPER
Want to see more from Martha Graham at Jacob’s Pillow? Explore Jacob’s Pillow Dance Interactive to see select performances from the company throughout our history as well as other related works.
INSIGHT FROM THE ARTISTS
Hear from Janet Eilber, Artistic Director of Martha Graham Dance Company, and dancers Xin Ying and Lloyd Knight, alongside moderator Maura Keefe, a Pillow Scholar-in-Residence, about the featured performances from the company at the 2023 Festival.
PILLOWTALK: WHEN DANCE BECAME MODERN
Hear from Neil Baldwin as he discusses his “challenging and satisfying” (Dance Magazine) new Martha Graham biography in a Festival 2023 PillowTalk.
PILLOWVOICES PODCAST: AN HOMAGE TO MARTHA GRAHAM
Hear from those she impacted, as well as Graham herself, in this PillowVoices podcast that considers the imprint she left on Jacob’s Pillow.
This Pillow Pick was written by Bonnie Spann and published on January 8, 2024.