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In the pastoral Berkshire Hills, on historic grounds, awaits an intimate and powerful dance experience like no other, for audiences, students, scholars, professionals, and the community.

Jacob's Pillow, founded in 1933 by the legendary dancer Ted Shawn, is an internationally celebrated center for dance that presents dance in all forms from the world over during its annual festival. The center supports the creation of new work through commissions and residencies, engages the public through free performances, exhibits, lectures, and talks with artists and scholars, educates professional dancers at its school, trains interns in arts administration and technical theatre, and preserves dance legacies through documentation and an extensive historical archive.

Location: 58 George Carter Road, Becket Massachusetts 01223 Telephone 413-637-1322 Fax 413-243-4744

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