The 2021 summer Festival will be the first to feature on-site and online programming.
On-site events will run June 30-Aug. 29, with online streaming through Sept. 23. The newly imagined Festival â with the safety of artists, staff and audiences at the forefront of all planning â will feature commissioned works and world premieres and engage hundreds of artists who have had incredibly limited performance opportunities for the past year because of the global coronavirus pandemic. (Jacob s Pillow was forced to cancel its 2020 summer season in response to COVID-19.)
The 2021 Festival also is the first organized by an expanded curatorial team made up of Artistic and Executive Director Pamela Tatge and Associate Curators Melanie George and Ali Rosa-Salas.
The Pillow also announced plans for an $8 million renovation of its Ted Shawn Theatre.David Dashiell
As arts organizations around the country take note of the one-year anniversary of the lockdown on live performance, Jacobâs Pillow Dance Festival is among the first of the Berkshiresâ major arts presenters to announce a return to live events this summer. The 2021 season of Americaâs largest and longest-running dance festival is on. Scheduled for June 30-Aug. 29, this yearâs festival will feature dance artists representing a wide range of styles in live, outdoor performances, plus virtual access internationally.
The Pillow also announced plans for an $8 million renovation of its main performance stage, the Ted Shawn Theatre. Improvements will include a new ventilation system, as well as major upgrades to the stage and backstage areas, plus the front of house. The renovation will be complete in 2022, the organizationâs 90th anniversary. Jacobâs Pillow dir
BECKET â Jacobâs Pillow will hold in-person performances this summer, the organization announced Thursday.
Pillow officials also said that the historic Ted Shawn Theatre will undergo substantial renovations, including the addition of an air conditioning system.
In-person performances will take place this summer at a multiplatform on-site and virtual festival, according to a news release.
âThe Pillow has endured, despite experiencing the toughest year in our history with the cancellation of Festival 2020 and the tragic loss of the Doris Duke Theatre,â Jacobâs Pillow executive and artistic director Pamela Tatge said in the release. âWe put these losses in the context of all of the tragedy our country, and the world, has experienced this past year.
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