Dance
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La Septima
Tampa City Ballet
By: - Oct 01st, 2026Sixteen years after leaving her native Venezuela to settle in Tampa where she would become an associate instructor of dance at the University of South Florida, Paula Nuñez founded the nonprofit Tampa City Ballet, marshalling 42 dancers from the Tampa Bay area to present the company’s first major performance at the Hillsborough Community College in Ybor City in 2018.
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Sarasota Contemporary Dance
Upcoming Season Its 21st
By: - Sep 20th, 2026This year, each of the company’s four mainstage productions will be held at a different venue, with just one at its usual “home” stage, the Jane B. Cook Theater at the FSU Center for the Performing Arts. The most unusual will be a traveling, outdoor, site-specific work.
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Tanz im August, 2026, Berlin, Germany
38 Years of Dance in August, Berlin
By: - Sep 01st, 2026Another amazing dance festival in Berlin, Germany, has shown its allure. The 38th edition of "Tanz im August" took place this year from August 13-29, 2026 and delighted its audiences again.
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Ballet Hispánico. New York at Jacob's Pillow
Celebrating Three Latinx Choreographers
By: - Aug 25th, 2026Founded in 1970 by Tina Ramirez this was the sixth time that Ballet Hispánico New York. visited Jacob's Pillow. Since 2009 the company has been led by Eduardo Vilaro.
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Martha Graham at Jacob's Pillow
Centennial Tour of Her Company
By: - Aug 17th, 2026The centennial tour of the Martha Graham Company reached Jacob's Pillow where it has deep roots. The company is custodian and curator of the 181 works she created. The program in four parts presented vintage and new works created recently for the company. Graham is remembered today as the greatest master of modern dance.
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Gauthier Dance/ Dance Company Theaterhaus Stuttgart
At Jacob's Pillow
By: - Aug 04th, 2026With this appearance at Jacob's Pillow the emphasis was on the company. Of 13 works presented just one was choreographed by Eric Gauthier.
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DanceSport
The Competative Arm of Ballroom Dancing
By: - Jul 27th, 2026DanceSport, the competitive arm of ballroom dancing – a term adopted in the ‘80s by the by the International Council of Amateur Dancers (now known as the World DanceSport Federation) to distinguish competitive dancing from social or recreational dance – is big business in America.
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Circa Contemporary Circus: Wolf
Fourth Visit to Jacob's Pillow Since 2012
By: - Jul 27th, 2026Gone are the ringmaster, clowns and elephants. In 1999, in Brisbane, Australia Yaron Lifschitz founded Circa Contemporary Circus. The successful organization has three separate companies on constant tour,. For the fourth time since 2012 one visited Jacob's Pillow. They performed the U.S. premiere of "Wolf" with a company of five men and five women.
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A.I.M. by Kyle Abraham: White Space
American Premiere at Jacob's Pillow.
By: - Jul 20th, 2026A.I.M by Kyle Abraham: White Space was partly developed during a winter residency at Jacob's Pillow. It premiered in Europe with rave reviews and sold out performances. The stunning work has now had its American premiere at Pillow.
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Cuban Born Dancer Harold Mendez
Career Ending Early
By: - Jul 13th, 2026It was never a given that Harold Mendez would succeed as a dancer. When he was chosen by the Cuban government to enter its state-run ballet training program at the age of 10, there was no guarantee he would ultimately develop the combination of physique, ability, discipline and ambition it takes to make it in a notoriously difficult and competitive art form.
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Akram Khan Company at Jacob's Pillow
Thikra: A Night of Remembering
By: - Jul 13th, 2026Thikra: A Night of Remembering is the final work created by Akram Khan for his 25-year-old British based company. It will be on tour through March, 2027 when the company will disband.
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Urban Bush Women at Jacob’s Pillow
SCAT!... The Complex Lives of Al & Dot, Dot & Al Zollar
By: - Jul 06th, 2026A mandate for the 2026 season of Jacob’s Pillow is to highlight the contributions of women. The week celebrating the 250th anniversary of America focused on Jowole Willo Jo Zollar who founded Urban Bush Women in 1984. The company has been a frequent visitor to the Berkshires and developed new work during a residency at MASS MoCA.
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Sarasota Ballet Returns to The Joyce
Company's Third Visit to New York City
By: - Jun 29th, 2026In a not particularly surprising reveal, The Sarasota Ballet has announced it will begin its 20th season under Director Iain Webb with a six-day, seven-performance run at The Joyce Theater in New York City prior to opening its home season in Sarasota in late October.
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Tania Vergara Dance Theater
Cuban Company Reformed in Sarasota
By: - Apr 13th, 2026Sensory memories became the catalyst for the choreographer’s latest work for Tania Vergara Dance-Theater, the contemporary ballet company she founded in Cuba as Endedans Contemporary Ballet more than two decades ago and revived three years ago in Sarasota.
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Centenary of Martha Graham Company
The Sarasota Ballet
By: - Mar 01st, 2026Graham’s death in 1991 led to a protracted legal battle over her work that bankrupted the company and shuttered it for several years; Janet Eilber is credited with turning things around by showcasing masterpieces by Graham alongside newly commissioned works and providing an historical perspective to make them all more accessible.
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Jacob's Pillow Rebounds
Announcing Fall Programming
By: - Sep 19th, 2025Jacob’s Pillow announces the presentation of its first-ever fully-produced fall program on campus featuring a special weekend run of Caleb Teicher & Nic Gareiss, an evening-length duo concert performed by the acclaimed dancers and creative partners.
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White Raven, Black Dove in Boston
White Snakes Projects Presents
By: - Sep 17th, 2025Celebrated for creating diverse, timely and relevant opera, White Snake Projects (WSP) returns to Boston’s Strand Theatre, September 26-28, 2025, for the world premiere of White Raven, Black Dove, in a season dedicated to addressing the climate crisis through art. Composed by Jacinth Greywoode and Andrew Lynch, and written by librettist Cerise Lim Jacob, White Raven, Blake Dove is an original work of science fiction fantasy exploring two issues consuming America today – race and climate change.
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Sole Defined Zaz
Co Presented bv Williams and Jacob's Pillow
By: - Sep 15th, 2025ZAZ is an immersive sensory performance that shifts traditional viewing practices beyond just sight and sound. The performers embody the oral histories and recorded experiences of survivors of Hurricane Katrina. They perform in tap shoes, hard-soled shoes, gumboots, and barefoot, creating a rhythmic score that supports the narration woven into the performance.
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Dance in August 2025, Berlin, Germany
Tanz im August 2025, Berliner Festspiele
By: - Sep 03rd, 2025The 37th edition of the international Dance Festival in Berlin, called 'Tanz im August' took place in ten (10) locations in Berlin and introduced twenty (20) amazing contemporary dance companies from around the globe.
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Week Seven at Jacob's Pillow
Bill T. Jones/ Arnie Zane and Shamel Pitts
By: - Jul 29th, 2025Touch of RED by Shamel Pitts | TRIBE will get a Jacob’s Pillow premiere that has been five years in the making. This performance will be a homecoming. In the Ted Shawn Theatre, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company will make their first appearance at the Pillow since 2012, running August 6 through 10. Now in their 43rd year, the company is performing two seminal works from their historic repertoire: D-Man in the Waters set to Felix Mendelssohn’s soaring Octet for Strings (1989) and Story/ (2013) performed to Death and the Maiden by Franz Schubert played live.
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Stephen Petronio at Jacob’s Pillow
The Last Dances
By: - Jul 28th, 2025When Stephen Petronio announced that he was disbanding his company of 40 years Pamela Tatge of Jacob's Pillow jumped in. Together they planned a program that best represented his work. He spoke directly and candidly to the audience which responded with love and support.
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Sekou McMiller & Friends
Coming to Jacob's Pillow
By: - Jul 23rd, 2025Jacob’s Pillow will welcome the Afro Latin dance company Sekou McMiller & Friends, who brought audiences to their feet last year on the outdoor stage, for their Ted Shawn Theatre debut from July 30 through August 3.
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Sarasota Ballet Company at Jacob’s Pillow
Works by Sir Frederick Ashton
By: - Jul 21st, 2025For its first appearance at Jacob's Pillow in a decade the Sarasota Ballet Company presented two works by Sir Frederick Ashton and a world premiere by Jessica Lang, Sir Frederick Ashton (born 1904, Guayaquil, Ecuador—died 1988, Sussex, England) was the principal choreographer and director of England’s Royal Ballet, the repertoire of which includes about 30 of his ballets.
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Trinity Irish Dance Company
Featured for the First Time at Jacob's Pillow
By: - Jul 14th, 2025Although American based, the world touring company Trinity Irish Dance Company is rooted in traditions of step dancing and music. The unique vision has been to expand the program from folk forms to creating works with progressive vision that puts it on level ground with leading contemporary companies. The dances are exquisite, unique, intricate, and challenging.
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LA Company Bodytraffic at Jacob's Pillow
Fourth Visit Since 2013
By: - Jul 07th, 2025Bodytraffic was founded in 2007 in Los Angeles by Tina Finkelman Berkett and Lilian Barbeito. They made their Jacob’s Pillow debut on the outdoor stage in 2013. They returned two more times including appearing in the Doris Duke Theater. For this season they were invited to perform in the Ted Shawn Theatre.
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