Internship Programs
Summer Festival Intern Program
Be a member of the team executing one of the world's most prestigious dance festivals, and receive on-the-job training and experience working with the Festival's professional program, administration, documentation, and production staff. Summer Festival internships are part of a structured program for more than 25 interns from around the world.
Learn MoreOur Alumni
Alumni of the program have gone on to work at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American Ballet Theatre, Baryshnikov Arts Center, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, Boston Ballet, The Brookings Institution, Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv, Dance Magazine, Dance/USA, Glimmerglass Festival, The Howard Gilman Foundation, Jacob’s Pillow Dance, The Joyce Theater, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, MASS MoCA, The Metropolitan Opera, Merce Cunningham Dance Company/Merce Cunningham Trust, New York Live Arts, New York Philharmonic, The New York Public Library, The New York Times, Spoleto Festival USA, Standard & Poor’s, Sundance Film Festival/Sundance Institute, and Williams College, among others.
Life at the Pillow
Summer Festival Interns spend six days a week learning about the operations of Jacob’s Pillow and running the Festival. All interns form lasting relationships with their fellow interns and Pillow staff, and make professional connections in the larger arts world.
Applications have closed for the Festival 2024 season.
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