A nerve-racking year punctuated by tectonic shifts in key sources of support has prompted grant makers and recipients to ask big questions about the dance funding model. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Doris Duke Foundation, and Ford Foundation—decades-long supporters of the performing arts—rained down a trio of blows in recent months, with each announcing that […]

Nearly five years after a devastating fire at Jacob’s Pillow, the new-and-improved Doris Duke Theatre is opening with a lineup of exciting performances.

The artists celebrated at the 2024 Dance Magazine Awards have had such a broad impact that the evening felt as though it were bursting at the seams with wisdom and possibility.

March 31, 2020: It was the day the summer dance festivals died. Though the respective directors of Jacob’s Pillow, American Dance Festival and Bates Dance Festival hadn’t planned to announce the cancellations of their 2020 editions all on the same day, their decisions appeared in inboxes and on social media channels within hours of each […]

At Jacob’s Pillow’s June gala, something happened that outraged me: A patron who identifies as black/biracial felt a white man seated behind her touch her tightly coiled hair. When she ignored him, he audibly complained that her hair would block his view of the stage. At dinner, the patron was further subjected to a series […]

Jacob’s Pillow kicked off its annual summer dance festival this weekend, and with it, its 85th anniversary season. It’s the first to be curated by new director Pamela Tatge, offering a glimpse of the direction in which she plans to lead the historic festival. But as of this morning, we have more than just a […]

New director Pamela Tatge is making the most of Jacob’s Pillow’s vast resources. She’s reenvisioned the dance mecca as a year-round institution, not only expanding the Creative Development Residencies but giving those residents 24-hour access, a generous stipend and funds to bring in an outside eye. Residency showings are open to students from nearby colleges, […]

For Dance Magazine‘s 90th anniversary issue, we wanted to celebrate the movers, shakers and changemakers who are having the biggest impact on our field right now. There were so many to choose from! But with the help of dozens of writers, artists and administrators working in dance, the Dance Magazine staff whittled the list down […]