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Jacob s Pillow announces details of 2021 season FacebookTwitterEmail 2of6Ted Shawn Theatre at Jacob s Pillow (photo by Christopher Duggan) Show MoreShow Less 3of6 5of6 Dancers of Ballet Hispánico will be returning in the 2021 season. (photo by Christopher Duggan)Christopher DugganShow MoreShow Less 6of6 Jacob’s Pillow has announced details of a reimagined summer dance festival that takes a hybrid approach, including both on-site and online programming. A full lineup of outdoor shows, talks and classes will take place at the Pillow campus in Becket, Mass., June 30 to Aug. 29, with online versions of the performances premiering soon after and streaming through Sept. 23. Tickets go on sale June 1, and a free, virtual opening gala is set for June 12. ....
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. ....