This annual summer tap dance festival brings together a variety of performing artists from around the globe for its 9th knockout showcase of tap dance at its finest. ON TAP 2018 features a top-notch cast of tap dancers and musicians featuring Christopher Broughton (NY); Lisa La Touche (NY); Barbara Duffy (NY); Josh Hilberman (Belgium); Sean … Continued
LIVE MUSIC Daniel Ulbricht’s Stars of American Ballet bring together some of today’s most remarkable ballet talents. With a cast highlighting principal dancers of New York City Ballet including Sterling Hyltin, Adrian Danchig-Waring, Ask la Cour, Teresa Reichlen, and Ulbricht, this collaborative celebrates the legacy of choreographic legend Jerome Robbins with a program dedicated to … Continued
Acclaimed for dramatic expression, technical mastery, and expansive yet nuanced movement, Limón Dance Company is under the new artistic direction of Colin Connor and perpetuates the timelessness of José Limón’s work and vision. Limón Dance Company brings Limón’s Chaconne, The Moor’s Pavane, and beloved A Choreographic Offering, with special archival footage of José Limón performing … Continued
2018 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award winner Faye Driscoll returns to the Pillow for the second consecutive summer with the next installment of the Thank You For Coming trilogy. Play, described as “captivating and complex” (Portland Mercury), investigates the ritual of storytelling, focusing on the shadows, gaps, repetitions, and stutters between what we say and what … Continued
On the occasion of its 40th anniversary, world-renowned Hubbard Street Dance Chicago (HSDC) returns to Jacob’s Pillow with a diverse program featuring today’s leading contemporary choreographers including Crystal Pite and resident choreographer Alejandro Cerrudo, among others. Praised as “a near-perfect storm of movement, music, and choreography” (Los Angeles Times), HSDC brings an eclectic repertoire performed … Continued
Madrid-based Compañía Sharon Fridman makes its U.S. debut, with athletic, adventurous work rooted in contact improvisation. In a versatile program where “even the smallest movement speaks volumes” (The Coast), Compañía Sharon Fridman performs “Hasta Dónde..?” and “Free fall.” The first is a duet that has been performed over 300 times around the world and explores … Continued
LIVE MUSIC Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE performs New Conversations, a soulful, uplifting new work marked by Brown’s iconic blend of African, Caribbean, and contemporary choreography and set to Afro-Cuban jazz music by GRAMMY-Award winning musician Arturo O’Farrill, performed live by O’Farrill and jazz ensemble Resist. Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE has deeply moved audiences for over thirty years, … Continued
“A thrilling fusion of hip-hop and contemporary dance” (The New York Times), Cie Art Move Concept is led by prominent French hip-hop figures Soria Rem and Mehdi Ouachek. With the ability to transcend traditional moves by mixing contemporary dance with circus arts and mime, Cie Art Move Concept is a genre-blurring tour de force of … Continued
“Virtuosic, spiritually uplifting, and socially conscious” (The Philadelphia Inquirer), The Philadelphia Dance Company (PHILADANCO!) is celebrated for its innovation, creativity, and preservation of predominantly African-American traditions in dance. Resident modern dance company for the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts and led by 2013 National Medal of the Arts recipient Joan Myers Brown, PHILADANCO! works … Continued
Melbourne-based performance artist Nicola Gunn combines text and choreography to create contemporary performance praised as“tantalising, entertaining, ridiculous, and often bewildering in the best possible way” (Herald Sun). A confrontational reflection on peace and conflict, moral relativism, and the very function of art, Piece for Person and Ghetto Blaster is inspired by an incident between a … Continued