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Rep. Guyer Secures $600,000 for Keystone Arches
Boston- State Representative Denis Guyer (D-Dalton) announced today
that $600,000 has been designated for the renovation of the Keystone
Arch Bridges as part of the Massachusetts House of Representatives’
Transportation Bond Bill. The bill will invest $1.5 billion into
the infrastructure projects in the Commonwealth.
The Keystone Arch Bridges are located on the West Branch of the
Westfield River in the towns of Becket, Middlefield, and Chester.
These stone arch bridges were constructed in 1841 to allow trains to
pass over the river. Today, the Keystone Arch Bridge Trail provides
recreational opportunities on the abandoned river crossings. This
earmark will be used for a project to restore the aging bridges.
“The Keystone arches are not only an historic and amazing piece of
engineering history, but also provide a great opportunity for people
now and of future generations to enjoy the natural beauty of the
Westfield River,” said Guyer.
“We deeply appreciate the efforts of Representative Guyer to secure
crucial funding for our project,” Christopher Curtis, Chief Planner
for the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission, and project manager for
the Keystone Arch Bridges project noted. “This funding will enable
the full restoration of the Keystone Arch Bridges to be completed in
a timely manner, and preserve these national historic treasures for
the public to enjoy.”
“The Keystone Arch Bridges and surrounding landscape prominently
beckon to the forefront as being one of the most remarkable areas
along this National Wild & Scenic Westfield River,” stated Robert
Thompson, Chair of the Westfield River Wild & Scenic Advisory
Committee. “As one of the contributing historic resources which led
to the Westfield River's National Wild & Scenic designation, the
restoration of these extraordinary bridges is critically important.
This funding will insure the protection of these national
treasures.”
Berkshire Taconic Announces New Grants for Community
Initiatives in Central Berkshires
Berkshire Taconic
Community Foundation today announced that its Central Berkshire Fund
is offering two-year grants of up to $38,000 for nonprofit
initiatives that support health, education, culture, environment,
childcare or human services in Dalton, Hinsdale, Peru, Becket,
Cummington, Windsor and Washington, MA.
"This community impact grant, which is being funded by an anonymous
donor, gives the fund the opportunity to significantly help
residents of the central Berkshire region, said John Kittredge,
chair of the advisory committee of the Central Berkshire Fund.
The community impact grant may be one grant of $38,000 or two of
lesser amounts. Organizations that apply for the community impact
grant remain eligible to apply to the annual grant program of the
Central Berkshire Fund.
Funded projects must begin on or after January 1, 2009; project
funding concludes on December 31, 2010 at the latest.
To apply, nonprofit groups must submit a letter of interest to
Berkshire Taconic by May 31. The advisory committee of the Central
Berkshire Fund will review the letters and select two to four
projects to be developed into full proposals. The committee must
receive full proposals by September 1 and will announce grant
recipients in January 2009.
Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation builds stronger communities
and improves the quality of life for all residents in the region it
serves: Berkshire County, MA; Columbia County and northeast Dutchess
County, NY; and northwest Litchfield County, CT. Founded in 1987,
Berkshire Taconic currently has over 500 funds and manages more than
$84 million in assets. Each year, it distributes more than $7
million through grants and scholarships, helping thousands of donors
achieve their philanthropic goal and hundreds of nonprofits carry on
their good work.
Jacob's
Pillow Dance Festival Announces 76th SeasonTHE 76TH
SEASON PERFORMERS
2008 Season Opening Gala
The season kicks off with a
gala on
Saturday, June 14,
featuring Garth Fagan Dance, which opens the season a few days
after the gala, as well as an exclusive solo appearance by eminent
choreographer and dancer Bill T. Jones. Additionally, Ballet
Austin Artistic Director Stephen Mills presents a world premiere
performed by the dancers of the Ballet Program of The School at
Jacob’s Pillow, and a special montage of film clips from the Pillow
Archives will be screened. The evening includes cocktails, dinner,
a live auction, and dancing to live music on the Pillow’s Great
Lawn. Additional performers and personalities to be
announced. Call 413.243.9919 ext. 24 for more information and to
purchase tickets.
Garth Fagan Dance
June 18 – 22
Ted Shawn Theatre
Garth Fagan Dance returns to
Jacob’s Pillow with Griot New York, an eight-part evening-length
work rarely seen in its entirety. With music composed by jazz
legend Wynton Marsalis and sets by noted sculptor Martin Puryear,
Griot New York is often cited as choreographer Garth Fagan’s
greatest creation. The term “griot” refers to honored West African
storytellers, poets, or musicians, and this work explores
contemporary urban life as well as human anguish, exaltation, and
triumph. Jamaican-born Fagan, widely known for his Tony
Award-winning choreography for Broadway’s The Lion King, marries
African, Caribbean, modern, and ballet movement in a dance language
that is recognizably unique. (This program includes brief partial
nudity.)
Tickets are $58; Jacob’s Pillow subscribers receive discounts.
Free Pre-Show Talks with Jacob’s Pillow Scholars-in-Residence are
offered at Blake’s Barn 30 minutes before every performance.
On Thursday, June 19, artistic personnel from Garth Fagan Dance
participate in a moderated Post-Show Talk directly following the
evening performance. For additional information visit
www.jacobspillow.org or
www.garthfagandance.org.
Compagnie Heddy Maalem
June 25 - 29
France/Africa
Ted Shawn Theatre
Choreographer Heddy Maalem’s
precise yet unrestrained movement style delivers a new and
contemporary interpretation of Stravinsky’s timeless score, The Rite
of Spring (Le Sacre du Printemps). Created for fourteen dancers from
the African continent, including Mali, Benin, Nigeria, and Senegal,
with striking imagery from award-winning French filmmaker Benoit
Dervaux, Maalem’s contemporary take on this classic re-imagines the
danger and celebration of nature’s rebirth.
Tickets are $58; Jacob’s Pillow subscribers receive discounts.
Free Pre-Show Talks with Jacob’s Pillow Scholars-in-Residence are
offered at Blake’s Barn 30 minutes before every performance.
On Thursday, June 26, artistic personnel from Compagnie Heddy Maalem
will participate in a moderated Post-Show Talk directly following
the evening performance. For additional information visit
www.jacobspillow.org or
www.heddymaalem.com.
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane
Dance Company
June 26 – 29 and July 3 – 6
TWO WEEK ENGAGEMENT
Live Music
Doris Duke Studio Theatre
Tony Award-winning Bill T.
Jones presents Chapel/Chapter, an exploration of society’s
negotiation with the news of the world and everyday life. This
acclaimed production, which won a 2007 Bessie Award, is performed
in-the-round, as it was originally conceived, transporting the
audience into an intimate and affecting theatrical experience. This
unusual two-week engagement features a live ensemble of two
classically trained singers, a cellist, and a “voicestrumentalist,”
with a score composed and arranged by Daniel Bernard Roumain,
Christopher Antonio William Lancaster, Alicia Hall Moran, and
Lawrence “Lipbone” Redding. (This program includes adult content.)
Tickets are $45; Jacob’s Pillow subscribers receive discounts.
Free Pre-Show Talks with Jacob’s Pillow Scholars-in-Residence are
offered on the Doris Duke Studio Theatre Porch 30 minutes before
every performance.
On Friday, June 27 and Friday, July 4, artistic personnel from Bill
T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company participate in a moderated
Post-Show Talk directly following the evening performance.
For additional information visit
www.jacobspillow.org or
www.billtjones.org.
Lar Lubovitch Dance Company
July 2 – 6
Ted Shawn Theatre
The great American
contemporary dancemaker Lar Lubovitch celebrates his company’s 40th
anniversary with a special program that includes Concerto 622,
Little Rhapsodies, and Dvorak Serenade. The company has significant
history at the Pillow, having been championed in 1971 by Pillow
founder Ted Shawn himself and since then appearing here in 1980,
1981, 1991, and 2004. Rasta Thomas, formerly of the Kirov Ballet,
Twyla Tharp’s Movin’ Out on Broadway, and known for launching the
Bad Boys of Dance last season at the Pillow, performs with the
company.
Tickets are $58; Jacob’s Pillow subscribers receive discounts. $10
Youth matinee tickets.
Free Pre-Show Talks with Jacob’s Pillow Scholars-in-Residence are
offered at Blake’s Barn 30 minutes before every performance.
On Thursday, July 3, artistic personnel from Lar Lubovitch Dance
Company will participate in a moderated Post-Show Talk directly
following the evening performance. For additional information visit
www.jacobspillow.org or
www.lubovitch.org.
Hofesh Shechter Company
July 9 – 13
United States Company Debut
Live Music
England
Pillow Exclusive Program
Ted Shawn Theatre
Jacob’s Pillow presents
Israeli-born Hofesh Shechter, one of London’s most dynamic young
contemporary choreographers, in his company’s U.S. debut with
Uprising, a work that addresses themes of power and rebellion, and
In your rooms, a recent new work co-produced by prestigious London
venues The Place, South Bank Centre, and Sadler’s Wells. These two
energy-charged dances connect with audiences with their dramatic
and physical intensity. Called “the most important new dance work
to be created in Britain since the millennium” by The Observer, In
your rooms features an original music score composed by Shechter
himself, performed live.
Tickets are $58; Jacob’s Pillow subscribers receive discounts.
Free Pre-Show Talks with Jacob’s Pillow Scholars-in-Residence are
offered at Blake’s Barn 30 minutes before every performance.
On Thursday, July 10, Hofesh Shechter Company artistic personnel
participate in a Post-Show Talk directly following the evening
performance. For additional information visit
www.jacobspillow.org or
www.hofesh.co.uk.
Natural Dance Theatre and Ko
& Edge Company
July 10 – 13
United States Company Debut of Natural Dance Theatre
United States Premieres
Japan
Doris Duke Studio Theatre
The range, diversity and
inventiveness of Japanese contemporary dance-theatre is celebrated
in this double bill program. First, Natural Dance Theatre makes its
U.S. debut with Alice, transporting audiences to a strange and
humorous wonderland, and exploring the differences between
imagination and reality. Then, choreographer Ko Murobushi, one of
the most prominent names in Japan’s iconoclastic Butoh art form,
presents Ko & Edge Company in the U.S. premiere of Dead 1, a journey
into the strange, intense, and beautiful world of Butoh. (This
program includes partial nudity.)
Tickets are $29; Jacob’s Pillow subscribers receive discounts.
Free Pre-Show Talks with Jacob’s Pillow Scholars-in-Residence are
offered on the Doris Duke Studio Theatre Porch 30 minutes before
every performance.
On Friday, July 11, artistic personnel from Natural Dance Theatre
and Ko & Edge Company will participate in a moderated Post-Show Talk
directly following the evening performance. For additional
information visit
www.jacobspillow.org.
Ballet Boyz
July 16 – 20
United States Premieres
England
Ted Shawn Theatre
Former stars of The Royal
Ballet, Ballet Boyz founders Michael Nunn and William Trevitt have
swiftly established themselves as leaders in innovative
contemporary dance. They come to the Pillow with a cast of both
male and female dancers and a diverse repertory showcasing some of
today’s most adventurous European choreographers including three
U.S. premieres; award-winning Russell Maliphant’s Broken Fall,
Raphael Bonachela’s Amox, and Craig Revel Horwood's Yumba vs Nonino,
a brand new tango work with music by Astor Piazzolla. Nunn and
Trevitt are well-known for short films that pepper their
performances, adding life and humor to the show and demystifying
the art of ballet.
Tickets are $58; Jacob’s Pillow subscribers receive discounts.
Free Pre-Show Talks with Jacob’s Pillow Scholars-in-Residence are
offered at Blake’s Barn 30 minutes before every performance.
On Thursday, July 17, Ballet Boyz artistic personnel participate in
a moderated Post-Show Talk directly following the evening
performance. For additional information visit
www.jacobspillow.org or
www.balletboyz.com.
T.P.O. (Teatro d’Piazza
d’Occasione)
July 17 – 20
Italy
Doris Duke Studio Theatre
T.P.O. (Teatro d’Piazza
d’Occasione), a visual theatre dance company from Tuscany, takes
interactivity to a new level with two different programs, The
Japanese Garden and The Painted Garden. Dancers perform on an
elaborate, technologically sensored ‘carpet,’ and each body contact
activates a new and different light, sound or image. Through
narration and movement, this interactive program invites audiences,
seated close to the action, to explore the relationship among
dance, animated images, perception of space and the dynamics of
childhood play.
Tickets are $29; Jacob’s Pillow subscribers receive discounts.
Youth tickets are $10 for ALL performances.
Free Pre-Show Talks with Jacob’s Pillow Scholars-in-Residence are
offered on the Doris Duke Studio Theatre Porch 30 minutes before
every performance.
On Friday, July 18, artistic personnel from T.P.O. participate in a
moderated Post-Show Talk directly following the evening
performance. For additional information visit
www.jacobspillow.org or
www.tpo.it.
Jacob’s Pillow Community Day
Sunday, July 20, 10am – 1pm
Jacob’s Pillow hosts its
twelfth annual Community Day, with free performances, dance
workshops, crafts, family friendly games and activities, giveaways,
and an Archives bazaar with unique items. This event invites all
ages to appreciate dance in many forms as the entire Pillow site
becomes an “open campus,” in a community-wide celebration of
dance.
Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet
July 23 – 27
Ted Shawn Theatre
Called “one of the few bona
fide visionaries in the ballet world today” by the San Francisco
Chronicle, Alonzo King brings his aptly named company to the
Pillow. The program includes Migration: The hierarchical migration
of birds and mammals, a work that investigates awakenings of
numerous varieties, with music by jazz innovator, Pharoah Sanders;
and RASA, with music by the renowned tabla master Zakir Hussain,
which premiered in November of 2007. After 25 years of
dance-making, King continues to create work that takes the exacting
rigor and beauty of classical ballet to an utterly contemporary
place.
Tickets are $58; Jacob’s Pillow subscribers receive discounts. $10
Youth matinee tickets.
Free Pre-Show Talks with Jacob’s Pillow Scholars-in-Residence are
offered at Blake’s Barn 30 minutes before every performance.
On Thursday, July 24, LINES Ballet artistic personnel participate
in a Post-Show Talk directly following the evening performance. For
additional information visit
www.jacobspillow.org or
www.linesballet.org.
Conny Janssen Danst
July 24 – 27
The Netherlands
Doris Duke Studio Theatre
Conny Janssen Danst’s Rebound
makes its East Coast premiere at the Pillow. This unusual and
witty contemporary work explores what happens when six men are
trapped by three, ten-foot tall padded white walls. As they
interact, Janssen’s dancers are athletic, technically impressive,
funny, and real, tackling intricate contemporary movement with the
grace and precision of ballet dancers. Janssen creates a dance
language that is supple, virtuosic and surprising, and has been
recognized as an important artist in The Netherlands and throughout
Europe.
Tickets are $29; Jacob’s Pillow subscribers receive discounts. $10
Youth matinee tickets. Free Pre-Show Talks with Jacob’s Pillow
Scholars-in-Residence are offered on the Doris Duke Studio Theatre
Porch 30 minutes before every performance.
On Friday, July 25, artistic personnel from Conny Janssen Danst
participate in a moderated Post-Show Talk directly following the
evening performance. For additional information visit
www.jacobspillow.org or
www.connyjanssendanst.nl.
Mimulus
July 30 – August 3
United States Premiere
Brazil
Ted Shawn Theatre
After making its American
debut at the Pillow in 2007, Mimulus, the Brazilian dance troupe
whose vernacular is Latin social dance, returns by popular demand
to the Ted Shawn Theatre. Described by The New York Times as
offering “infectious wit and energy as well as intriguing dance
invention,” Mimulus presents the U.S. premiere of Dolores.
Inspired by the films of director Pedro Almodóvar, Dolores is a
life-affirming work about absurdity, desire, elegance and kitsch,
and life’s big and little pleasures and pains.
Tickets are $58; Jacob’s Pillow subscribers receive discounts.
Free Pre-Show Talks with Jacob’s Pillow Scholars-in-Residence are
offered at Blake’s Barn 30 minutes before every performance.
On Thursday, July 31, Mimulus artistic personnel participate in a
moderated Post-Show Talk directly following the evening
performance. For additional information visit
www.jacobspillow.org.
David Michalek’s Slow Dancing
July 31 – August 3
Pillow Exclusive Program
Doris Duke Studio Theatre
The New York Times calls
filmmaker and photographer David Michalek’s Slow Dancing "…an
unforgettable dance-meets-film-technology evening." Seen in the
U.S. as a giant outdoor installation at the Lincoln Center
Festival, Jacob’s Pillow presents an exclusive theatrical version
of Slow Dancing, demonstrating the beauty of dance, dancers, and
the body in motion. The dancers’ short movement phrases are
captured at 1,000 frames per second in hyper-slow-motion video
portraits and contrasted with live performances of the portraits,
in real time. Jill Johnson of The Forsythe Company (William
Forsythe, artistic director), and classical Indian dancer Shantala
Shivalingappa are among the artists who appear live and on screen.
The program includes commentary with Michalek and the artists on
stage.
Tickets are $29; Jacob’s Pillow subscribers receive discounts.
Free Pre-Show Talks with Jacob’s Pillow Scholars-in-Residence are
offered on the Doris Duke Studio Theatre Porch 30 minutes before
every performance.
On Friday, July 25, Slow Dancing artistic personnel participate in
a moderated Post-Show Talk directly following the evening
performance. For additional information visit
www.jacobspillow.org or
www.slowdancingfilms.com.
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Local Students
Participate in Model Solar Car Northeast Championship
"Where are tomorrow's inventors, tomorrow's
engineers? Where are tomorrow's technological trouble-shooters and
scientists? Where are tomorrow's out of the box thinkers? I say they
are RIGHT HERE TODAY!", states an exuberant Arianna Alexsandra
Collins, Education Director of the Northeast Sustainable Energy
Association, "Remember you are already winners! Be proud of
yourselves!" And they were.
Nessacus Regional Middle School students Nathan Sears, Christian
Pickwell, Ryan Parker and Kyle Miller, of Dalton, MA, won first
place in Speed in their regional race earning them an invitation to
attend the regional championship. They competed with their model car
at the Northeast Regional Junior Solar Sprint Championship, Sunday,
June 8 in Springfield, MA.
109 top-performing middle school student teams from across the
Northeast, over 275 students, entered this year's Junior Solar
Sprint Championship, run by the Northeast Sustainable Energy
Association (NESEA). This year, students and race officials alike
braved near 100 degrees temperatures to participate in this "cool"
event or "hot" event as the case may be. Water and dual fan-spray
bottles were on hand to cool off the guests.
Student teams competed for Speed and three design
awards-Craftsmanship, Innovation, and Technical Merit. Additionally,
awards were also given to Best Re-Use of Materials, for best re-use
of recycled and recyclable materials in car construction, Kid's
Choice, for most impressive car among competing students, and new
this year is the Artistic Merit Award, for the most clever and
visually appealing solar car. Throughout the day, students and
parents alike investigated renewable energy exhibits including
perennial favorites, a well-stocked solar-powered ice cream cooler
and a sampling of solar ovens and other solar gadgetry. New this
year was a peddle-powered grain grinder which was popular to try out
despite the heat. And bless them for coming out in full formal
uniform, the ROTC Color Guard from Commerce High School of
Springfield, MA with Cadet Captain Christopher Rios singing the
National Anthem.
"The Junior Solar Sprint program allows students to explore
scientific concepts and technologies that can help our country
address issues of global climate change, reduce air and water
pollution, and reduce our dependence on foreign sources of fuel,"
notes Arianna Alexsandra Collins, NESEA's Education Director. "It
our sincerest hope that programs such as JSS provides opportunities
for these students to become informed and pro-active citizens,
infused with a team-spirit approach to face the challenges that lie
ahead with dignity and resourcefulness."
Susan Reyes, Science Educator and Junior Solar Sprint Coordinator
notes, "This is a teacher's dream! Having students design and build
a model solar car for competition is highly engaging and challenges
kids to put their learning to practical use."
"Kids develop teamwork and problem solving abilities, investigate
environmental issues, gain hands-on engineering skills, and use
principals of science and math to get the fastest, most interesting,
and best crafted vehicle possible," Reyes said.
The Northeast Junior Solar Sprint program is sponsored by the U.S.
Army and is run by the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA).
NESEA provides workshops for educators, subsidies for area events,
and runs the Northeast Championship. (See
www.nesea.org/education/jss.)
NESEA is the nation's leading regional association involved in
promoting awareness, understanding, and development of
non-polluting, renewable energy technologies. Its educational
programs support innovative activities that involve K through 12th
grade students and school systems in experiential learning about
sustainable energy.}
Headquartered in Greenfield, MA, NESEA works in the fields of
transportation, building construction and renewable energy.
Jacob's
Pillow Dance Festival Announces 76th Season
Stockholm 59° North
August 6 – 10
World Premiere
Pillow Exclusive Program
Sweden
Ted Shawn Theatre
The dancers of Stockholm 59°
North are soloists of the Royal Swedish Ballet, one of the oldest
dance companies in the world, who created their own troupe in order
to perform new and contemporary works, predominantly choreographed
by Swedish dancemakers. Stockholm 59° North made its American
debut at the Pillow in 1997, the company returns in a rare U.S.
appearance with this exclusive program that includes the world
premiere of Cicada by choreographer Christina Caprioli; The
Apartment and Pointless Pastures, both by the iconic Mats Ek; and
the powerful Castrati by Nacho Duato, of Spain.
Tickets are $58; Jacob’s Pillow subscribers receive discounts.
Free Pre-Show Talks with Jacob’s Pillow Scholars-in-Residence are
offered at Blake’s Barn 30 minutes before every performance.
On Thursday, August 7, artistic personnel from Stockholm 59° North
participate in a moderated Post-Show Talk directly following the
evening performance. For additional information visit
www.jacobspillow.org or
www.stockholm59north.com.
Shantala Shivalingappa
August 7 – 10
Live Music
India
Doris Duke Studio Theatre
The beauty of classical
Indian dance and music in the quicksilver Kuchipudi tradition is
embodied in Shantala Shivalingappa and her ensemble of master
musicians. The Pillow presents Gamaka, a landscape of imagination,
story-telling, dance and music in harmony. Shivalingappa’s talent
is recognized by some of the greatest artists of her time, and she
has performed with the likes of Peter Brook, Bartabas, Maurice
Béjart, and Pina Bausch. The Village Voice comments, "she's a
wonder, accomplished in every aspect of this demanding form."
Tickets are $29; Jacob’s Pillow subscribers receive discounts. $10
Youth matinee tickets.
Free Pre-Show Talks with Jacob’s Pillow Scholars-in-Residence are
offered on the Doris Duke Studio Theatre Porch 30 minutes before
every performance.
On Friday, August 8, artistic personnel from Shantala
Shivalingappa’s ensemble participate in a moderated Post-Show Talk
directly following the evening performance. For additional
information visit
www.jacobspillow.org or
www.shantalashivalingappa.com.
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet
August 13 – 17
Pillow Exclusive Program
Ted Shawn Theatre
The grace and elegance of
classical ballet coupled with a repertoire full of sharp new works
makes Aspen Santa Fe Ballet one of the most eclectic contemporary
ballet companies in the world today. Lauded by the Boston Herald as
the “classically trained company of the future,” Aspen Santa Fe
Ballet performs an exclusive East Coast program including Itzik
Galili’s Chameleon with music by John Cage, William Forsythe’s
Slingerland, and 1st Flash, by Jorma Elo.
Tickets are $58; Jacob’s Pillow subscribers receive discounts. $10
Youth matinee tickets.
Free Pre-Show Talks with Jacob’s Pillow Scholars-in-Residence are
offered at Blake’s Barn 30 minutes before every performance.
On Thursday, August 14, artistic personnel from Aspen Santa Fe
Ballet participate in a moderated Post-Show Talk directly following
the evening performance. For additional information visit
www.jacobspillow.org or
www.aspensantafeballet.com.
Kate Weare Company and
Maureen Fleming
August 14 – 17
World Premiere
Live Music
Pillow Exclusive Program
Doris Duke Studio Theatre
The Pillow presents two very
different and unusual artists from New York City in this exclusive
double bill. Dubbed “wonderfully ingenious” by The Village Voice,
Kate Weare presents the world premiere of Bridge of Sighs, created
at Jacob’s Pillow during a recent Creative Development Residency.
A quartet for two women and two men, Bridge of Sighs looks at the
instincts that drive people toward love. Performance artist Maureen
Fleming’s world of “surreal movement poetry” transforms how
audiences think of the human body and its communicative power. The
Baltimore Sun calls her, “part dance, part sculpture, and part
dream.” Fleming’s program includes The Stairs, with a score by
Phillip Glass, performed live by Peter Phillips, Dialogue of Self
and Soul and Sphere. (This program includes partial nudity.)
Tickets are $29; Jacob’s Pillow subscribers receive discounts.
Free Pre-Show Talks with Jacob’s Pillow Scholars-in-Residence are
offered on the Doris Duke Studio Theatre Porch 30 minutes before
every performance.
On Friday, August 15, Maureen Fleming and Kate Weare Company
artistic personnel participate in a moderated Post-Show Talk
directly following the evening performance. For additional
information visit
www.jacobspillow.org,
www.kateweare.com, or
www.maureenfleming.com.
Special Benefit Event: A Jazz
Happening
August 17, 8pm
Live Music
Ted Shawn Theatre
Chet Walker, who co-conceived
the Tony Award-winning Fosse and serves as director of The School
at Jacob’s Pillow’s Jazz/Musical Theatre Dance Program, brings a
celebration of the art of Broadway jazz dance to the Pillow. This
benefit for The School at Jacob’s Pillow showcases The School’s
professional-level dancers performing side-by-side with renowned
Broadway artists and faculty musicians. The event debuted in 2007
and was an instant sellout; this year’s performance features a
brand new mix of stars and students, to be announced, and includes
a reception with the artists. Tickets are $100.
Trey McIntyre Project
August 20 - 24
Full-Time Company Debut
World Premiere
Ted Shawn Theatre
Dubbed “one of ballet's most
surprising talents” by The New York Times, Trey McIntyre launches
his full-time company with this engagement. With more than 70
ballets under his belt, and having brought his work to the Pillow’s
Doris Duke Studio Theatre in 2005 and to the Ted Shawn Theatre in
2006, this au courant choreographer has decided to stake a
permanent claim on the dance scene. Formerly a temporary pick-up
group, Trey McIntyre Project debuts as a fully employed company of
performers with a program that includes a world premiere with music
by renowned American folk artist, Peter Yarrow, of Peter, Paul and
Mary. McIntyre’s winning, accessible ballets appeal to all
audiences, from the dance connoisseur to the novice.
Tickets are $58; Jacob’s Pillow subscribers receive discounts.
Free Pre-Show Talks with Jacob’s Pillow Scholars-in-Residence are
offered at Blake’s Barn 30 minutes before every performance.
On Thursday, August 21, artistic personnel from Trey McIntyre
Project participate in a moderated Post-Show Talk directly
following the evening performance. For additional information visit
www.jacobspillow.org or
www.treymcintyre.com.
Keigwin + Company
August 21 – 24
Doris Duke Studio Theatre
Dancer, choreographer,
director, and Bessie Award-winner Larry Keigwin has performed his
way from Broadway to cabaret to the Metropolitan Opera. His works,
called “wonderful choreographic whirlwinds” by The New York Times,
strike a note at the intersection of entertainment and insight. Keigwin’s
craftsmanship, versatility and wit are fully revealed with his own
company, which performs Love Songs and other winning dances at
Jacob’s Pillow this season.
Tickets are $29; Jacob’s Pillow subscribers receive discounts.
Free Pre-Show Talks with Jacob’s Pillow Scholars-in-Residence are
offered on the Doris Duke Studio Theatre Porch 30 minutes before
every performance.
On Friday, August 22, artistic personnel from Keigwin + Company
participate in a moderated Post-Show Talk directly following the
evening performance. For additional information visit
www.jacobspillow.org or
www.larrykeigwin.com.
All casts and programs are subject to change.
2008 Ticketing Information
Subscriptions: Jacob’s Pillow subscribers receive early ordering and early renewal
privileges, free ticket exchange (up to seven days prior to
performance) and ticket discounts. New this season, the Pillow
offers three subscription packages including a Full Season
Subscription, in which subscribers are guaranteed the same seat for
all ten shows in the Ted Shawn Theatre and/or all eight shows in
the Doris Duke Studio Theatre, upon renewal; a Flex 5+
Subscription, in which subscribers create their own schedule
choosing five or more performances, any day, any time; and a Youth
Matinee Series, in which subscribers select five shows from
designated matinee performances that may be more accessible for the
whole family (recommended for children ages 8 – 16). Jacob’s
Pillow Members receive earliest ordering privileges as member
subscriptions go on sale beginning February 11. Non-member
subscription begins March 3. Mail and fax pre-orders accepted now,
Box Office live phone lines open March 3; Monday-Friday, 10am -
6pm, with additional hours during the Festival. Box Office:
413.243.0745 (phone) or 413.243.0749 (fax). For additional ticket
policies, visit
www.jacobspillow.org.
Single Ticketing: Jacob’s Pillow Member single ticketing begins
March 31. Single ticket ordering opens to the public on April 7.
Specially priced $10 youth matinee tickets (recommended for
children ages 8 – 16) are available for Saturday matinees of Alonzo
King’s LINES Ballet, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, Conny Janssen Danst,
Lar Lubovitch Dance Company, Shantala Shivalingappa, and all ten
T.P.O. (Teatro d’Piazza d’Occasione) performances (matinee and
evening). Mail and fax pre-orders accepted now, online orders
begin April 7, Box Office phone lines open March 3; Monday-Friday,
10am - 6pm, with additional hours during the Festival. Box Office:
413.243.0745 (phone) or 413.243.0749 (fax). For additional ticket
policies, visit
www.jacobspillow.org.
Additional Offerings:
Inside/Out Series: In addition to the more than 100 ticketed
performances it presents each year, Jacob’s Pillow offers numerous
other free activities and opportunities to enjoy dance. Of the more
than 40 dance companies to be presented at Jacob’s Pillow in 2008,
more than half can be seen performing on the Inside/Out Stage, a
unique outdoor performance space nestled in the bucolic hills of
the Berkshires, for free. The curated Inside/Out series includes
previews of Doris Duke Studio Theatre artists, presentations of
emerging dance companies from all over the world, and showings by
the professional-track students of The School at Jacob’s Pillow,
Wednesdays through Saturdays during the season. Performers to be
announced, visit
www.jacobspillow.org for additional information.
Exhibits and Archives: Annual curated exhibits in four venues
across the Pillow’s National Historic Landmark grounds display
photographs, video, artifacts and other engaging visual material
that enrich the visitor’s experience of dance. The Archives,
documenting dance and Pillow history from 1894 to the present,
welcome both the general public and artistic and scholarly
researchers to view videos of recent performances or historic films
from years past, browse dance or related art and history books, and
use the interactive kiosk with linked video clips spanning the
Festival’s history.
Talks: More than 140 enlightening and informative talks range from
in-depth hour-long PillowTalks, to brief Pre-Show Talks to orient
audiences to the performance they are about to attend, and
Post-Show Talks with the artists just after they step offstage,
providing varied opportunities to gain insight from dancers,
choreographers, musicians, filmmakers, visual designers, historians
and other experts.
Tours, Classes, and More: During the season, guided tours of the
163-acre campus leave from the Welcome Center every Friday and
Saturday at 5:30pm, and patrons can pick up a self-guided tour map
anytime to explore the grounds on their own. Ted Shawn hosted the
first Jacob’s Pillow patrons in the historic Tea Garden, adjoining
the studio where his Men Dancers performed. The Tea Garden still
welcomes visitors today; they can enjoy seasonal plantings and
watch artist rehearsals through the doors of the adjacent Bakalar
Studio. Community dance, Pilates and yoga classes are offered
Mondays – Fridays at 8am and are open to all experience levels
(minimal class fee required). Master Classes with artists of the
Doris Duke Studio Theatre are offered every Sunday for intermediate
to advanced dancers. For Festival Dance Class information call
413.243.9919, x10. Patrons are also welcome to visit The School at
Jacob’s Pillow and observe renowned artist faculty working with
emerging professional dancers, either on a drop-in basis or
pre-arranged for groups larger than four.
Dining: Jacob’s Pillow offers many dining options including the
Pillow Café, a full-service open air restaurant on The Great Lawn;
the Pillow Pub, offering casual fare, ready-to-go picnics, and a
full bar; and the Coffee & Ice Cream Bar. Many local visitors will
bring a picnic lunch or dinner from home and dine on The Great Lawn
or while taking in a performance on the Inside/Out stage.
About Jacob’s Pillow: Founded by modern dance legend Ted Shawn in
1933, Jacob’s Pillow celebrated its 75th Anniversary Season in
2007. The Pillow is home to a world-renowned international dance
Festival, presenting and commissioning works from dance artists and
companies and supporting artists through Creative Development
Residencies. In 75 years, the Pillow has presented more than 1,050
different dance companies from throughout the world. The School at
Jacob’s Pillow encompasses a professional training program in the
disciplines of Ballet, Cultural Traditions, Contemporary
Traditions, Jazz/Musical Theatre Dance, and a Choreographers Lab,
as well as an Intern Program. Alumni of The School have gone on to
perform with prestigious dance companies such as Merce Cunningham
Dance Company, New York City Ballet, and on Broadway, and former
interns have been employed at arts organizations including Mark
Morris Dance Group, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, and The
British Council. The Pillow’s extensive Archives, open year-round
to the public free of charge, chronicle the often ephemeral and
elusive art form of dance in correspondence, photographs, programs,
board minutes, books, costumes, posters, films, audiotapes, and
scrapbooks. Jacob’s Pillow’s year-round Community Programs enrich
the lives of children and adults, and are yet another part of the
Pillow’s cultural legacy. In 2003, Jacob's Pillow became the first
and only dance entity in the U.S. to be declared a National
Historic Landmark and in 2007, it was formally dedicated as a site
on the Upper Housatonic Valley African American Heritage Trail.
For additional in-depth information regarding the history of
Jacob’s Pillow, contact Mariclare Hulbert at 413.243.9919 ext. 29
or via email at
mhulbert@jacobspillow.org.
As of January 2008, major support for Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival
has been provided by: The Barrington Foundation; The Dana
Foundation; Danish Arts Agency; Frances Alexander Foundation; The
Marshall Frankel Foundation; The Howard Gilman Foundation; The
Harkness Foundation for Dance; The William and Flora Hewlett
Foundation; The Leir Charitable Foundations, in Memory of Henry J.
Leir; The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; Mertz Gilmore Foundation;
National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts; Evelyn Stefansson
Nef Foundation; Netherland-America Foundation; Netherlands Culture
Fund; New England Foundation for the Arts; Bessie Pappas
Charitable Foundation; The Prospect Hill Foundation; Arch W. Shaw
Foundation; The Shubert Foundation, Inc.; The Starr Foundation; The
Surdna Foundation; Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency;
Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism; National Endowment for
the Arts; ALEX®; Ameriprise Financial; Big Y World Class Market;
Capezio/Ballet Makers Dance Foundation; The Legacy Banks
Foundation; Tourism Cares; The Pillow Business Alliance; and
Jacob’s Pillow Members.
Major endowment support is provided by The Barrington Foundation;
The William Randolph Hearst Foundation; The Leir Charitable
Foundations, in Memory of Henry J. Leir; Massachusetts Cultural
Council, a state agency; The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; Onota
Foundation; The Prospect Hill Foundation; The Puffin Foundation;
Arch W. Shaw Foundation; and the Talented Students in the Arts
Initiative, a collaboration of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
and the Surdna Foundation. |
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