by Chava Pearl Lansky | Nov 8, 2018 | News, Training
Last month The School at Jacob’s Pillow announced a major change to its historic summer ballet program, which boasts alumni at companies including American Ballet Theatre, Pennsylvania Ballet and Dutch National Ballet. This summer, rather than focusing on...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Aug 19, 2018 | News
Wonder what’s going on in ballet? We’ve pulled together some highlights. Stars of American Ballet Closes Jacob’s Pillow Season with an All-Robbins Program Summer’s winding down, and with it some of the dance world’s most beloved...
by Pointe Magazine | Aug 16, 2018 | Career, Profiles, Trending, Viral Videos
All week , Houston Ballet soloist Harper Watters has been giving us the inside scoop on the company’s tour to Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. In this last installment, we’ll see how the dancers prep for opening night (hint: it involves a good nap and...
by Pointe Magazine | Aug 15, 2018 | Career, Profiles, Viral Videos
Houston Ballet has been taking Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival by storm this week, and soloist Harper Watters has been filling us in on how it’s going. In yesterday’s vlog he took us around the historic festival’s scenic grounds and barn-like...
by Anna Maples | Aug 12, 2018 | News
Wonder what’s going on in ballet this week? We’ve pulled together some highlights. Houston Ballet Brings a World Premiere to Jacob’s Pillow August 15-18 , for the first time in almost four decades, Houston Ballet is appearing at Jacob’s Pillow,...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Jun 18, 2018 | News
On June 20, Royal Danish Ballet will open the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival with a weeklong run in the historic Ted Shawn Theatre. The celebrated relationship between the Copenhagen-based company and the Pillow dates back to 1954, when leading RDB soloist Inge...
by Anna Maples | Jun 17, 2018 | News
Wonder what’s going on in ballet this week? We’ve pulled together some highlights. The Australian Ballet’s Triple Bill, Verve, Includes New Work by Company Dancer Alice Topp Verve , a triple-bill program from The Australian Ballet running June 21-30...
by Caroline Hamilton | Aug 28, 2017 | Career, Profiles
For former American Ballet Theatre star Julie Kent, this has not only been her first year at The Washington Ballet, but her first year as an artistic director. How has it been going? We caught up with her during the company’s run at the Jacob’s Pillow...