About Jacob's Pillow Dance

Jacob's Pillow Dance is lauded worldwide as a "hub and mecca of dancing" (TIME Magazine), "one of America's most precious cultural assets" (Mikhail Baryshnikov), and "the dance center of the nation" (The New York Times). "The Pillow" is a treasured 163-acre National Historic Landmark, a recipient of the National Medal of Arts, and home to America's longest-running international dance festival.

Each year thousands of people from across the U.S. and around the globe visit to experience the Festival with more than 50 international dance companies and 200 free performances, talks, and events. Artists are supported through the Pillow's Creative Development Residency Program, where they are provided with unlimited studio space, housing, and other resources to support the creation of new work. Revered choreographers, directors, and artists serve as artist faculty at The School at Jacob's Pillow, one of the most prestigious professional dance training centers in the U.S.

The Pillow's rare and extensive dance Archives are an invaluable resource for students, scholars, and arts lovers. The Archives are free and open to the public and chronicle more than 75 years of dance history at Jacob's Pillow through correspondence, photographs, programs, books, costumes, posters, films, audiotapes, and scrapbooks. The Pillow's Community Programs educate and engage dance audiences of all ages through free events, classes, and a signature educational program Jacob's Pillow Curriculum in Motion©. Virtual Pillow is a series of online programming aimed at expanding e-audiences for dance and includes the online video collection Jacob's Pillow Dance Interactive.

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