Quotes
“I believe that dance communicates man’s deepest, highest and most truly spiritual thoughts and emotions far better than words, spoken or written.” – Ted Shawn, Jacob’s Pillow Founder
“There is no place quite like Jacob’s Pillow.” – Mikhail Baryshnikov
"The Pillow has become a prestigious venue for dance companies from all over the world as well as a major source, and resource, for the education of young dancers and developing choreographers." - Gradimir Pankov, Artistic Director of Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal
“Dance fans love to revel in the festival’s history, because its story is a good one…Amid the illustrious names, the Pillow itself is always one of the chief attractions. It’s simply lovely to be there.” – The New York Times
“Architecture can give a permanent presence and identity to dance. To think of the Kirov Ballet is to picture its home, St. Petersburg’s Maryinsky Theatre, a pastel rococo confection. The Paris Opera Ballet is indelibly linked with the over-the-top Second Empire Opera Garnier. American dance is short on such landmarks. The most prominent exception is not a grand opera house, but the barns that make up Jacob’s Pillow—both authentic barns and buildings designed in the same spirit of New England frugality and simplicity.” – The Boston Globe
"Dance disappears. It's the most fleeting of the arts, the most difficult to pin down and preserve, even in the age of video and CD-ROMS. Which is why the recent opening of the Jacob's Pillow Archives at the famed dance festival in the Berkshires is so significant." – Christine Temin in The Boston Globe
“…the hub and Mecca of dancing in North America…” – TIME
“Dance fans love to revel in the festival’s history, because its story is a good one… Amid the illustrious names, the Pillow itself is always one of the chief attractions. It’s simply lovely to be there.” – Jack Anderson, The New York Times
“No other American dance festival has its own permanent home…The Pillow isn’t borrowed; it belongs to dance and dancers…The institution…is a major success story in New England culture.” – Christine Temin, The Boston Globe
“A pilgrimage to the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival is almost always a pleasure. There is the quality of the performances of course. But there are also the bucolic grounds of this Berkshires retreat, along with the ever-present aura of dance history.” – John Rockwell, The New York Times
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