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Jacob's Pillow Dance is lauded worldwide as a "hub and mecca of dancing" (TIME Magazine), "one of America's most precious cultural assets" (Mikhail Baryshnikov), and "the dance center of the nation" (The New York Times).

05/29/2026

Welcome to the Pillow Family, Intern Class of 2026! 💛🌅

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Festival 2026 will be kicking off with and his collective in the Doris Duke Theatre!Inspired by the rapid-fire footwor...
05/29/2026

Festival 2026 will be kicking off with and his collective in the Doris Duke Theatre!

Inspired by the rapid-fire footwork of boxing, the African American jazz dance style Lindy Hop, Gaga movement language, and nightlife culture, "Touch of RED" examines the way Black men are perceived and perceive themselves in contemporary society.

Not only will Shamel Pitts | TRIBE perform week one of our summer festival, but Pitts will also receive the Jacob’s Pillow Men Dancers Award.

Tickets are on sale now for "Touch of RED," June 24-28. 🔗

Slides 1 & 3 📷: Jason Smith - C/O Hancher
Slides 2 & 4 📷: Elvis Suarez, Glassworks Media
Slide 5 📷: Alex Apt

05/28/2026

Feet on fire 🔥

In this clip, Zakhele “Swazi” Grabowski competes in our 2023 All Styles Dance Battle. Swazi is a 2023 Tap Dance Program Alum & Lorna Strassler Award Recipient.

The School at Jacob's Pillow is still accepting applicants for our Musical Theatre and Dance as Social Transformation: Kinetic Visioning programs. Apply today!

June is approaching and there's so much to do at the Pillow. Swipe to see what's coming up & check out our website to pl...
05/22/2026

June is approaching and there's so much to do at the Pillow. Swipe to see what's coming up & check out our website to plan your visit today ✨



📷: Paul Taylor Dance Company, Hisae Aihara photo. Uppercut Dance Theater, Raphael Solholm photo. Season Opening Gala, Jamie Kraus photo. Morning Class, Jamie Kraus photo. Shamel Pitts | TRIBE, Studio Aura photo.

05/21/2026

Bringing our campus to yours... Aubrie Stoehr first attended a 360 Intensive in 2023, and has since become a B.F.A. Dance Major at Chapman University and participated in several programs at The School at Jacob's Pillow.

Aubrie is a stellar example of how our 360 Intensives are designed to inspire, educate, and connect the Pillow with the next generation of artists! Applications are OPEN for dancers ages 14-18.

Will we see you there? Apply today at the link in bio 🔗

Upcoming 360 Intensives:
📍 Chapman University | July 31 — Aug. 2
📍 Southern Methodist University | Oct. 9-11

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05/20/2026

One month until our season opening Gala! 🤩 This year, will premiere new work for The School at Jacob's Pillow Contemporary Ballet Performance Ensemble.

You can tune into the Gala for FREE on June 20 via livestream — registration open now on our website.

Dancers: .b_shoe
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05/19/2026

And the countdown begins... we CANNOT WAIT to fill our campus this summer! ✨

Registration for classes, workshops, special events, and livestreams, along with dining & picnic reservations, is now open. 🧺 🍉 Click the link in our bio for more info! 🔗

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Happy birthday to Dame Margot Fonteyn! 🎉🩰In 1973, an advertising campaign for the Pillow's Festival season read, "Margot...
05/18/2026

Happy birthday to Dame Margot Fonteyn! 🎉🩰

In 1973, an advertising campaign for the Pillow's Festival season read, "Margot Fonteyn will be there. What about you?"

Dame Margot’s debut that festival season certainly made a splash: Fonteyn danced "In Nightly Revels," the first performance of a commissioned solo, choreographed by Peter Darrell.

The longtime prima ballerina for The Royal Ballet is regarded as one of the greatest classical dancers of the 20th century.

📸 John Van Lund, Jacob's Pillow Archives
✍️ Writing by Anna Kisselgoff, Special to The New York Times

After seven years, Urban Bush Women returns to Jacob’s Pillow with a story of love, migration, resilience, and jazz.In S...
05/15/2026

After seven years, Urban Bush Women returns to Jacob’s Pillow with a story of love, migration, resilience, and jazz.

In S**T!... The Complex Lives of Al & Dot, Dot & Al Zollar, the groundbreaking Black women-led company transforms the stage into a fictional jazz club where song, dance, and storytelling trace one family’s journey through the realities of American life in the 1940s and ’50s. Featuring an original live jazz score by Craig Harris and seven musicians, the work is a powerful blend of theatrical storytelling and movement.

Don’t miss this long-awaited return to the Festival.

Tickets at https://www.jacobspillow.org/whats-on/events/urban-bush-women/



📸: Maria Baranova

05/14/2026

Throwback to Boston Ballet at Jacob’s Pillow.

Separated by a two-hour drive on the Mass Pike, Jacob’s Pillow and Boston Ballet have shared a relationship spanning decades. Since the company’s first Pillow appearance in 1962, generations of artists have brought ballet and contemporary works to the Ted Shawn Theatre stage.

Featured here is Playlist (EP) by William Forsythe, created during his residency with the company.

Watch the full clip at https://bit.ly/4dr1EFD

🎵: "Location" by Khalid
🎥: Nel Shelby Productions

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Becket, MA
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