GLOBAL PILLOW: A VIRTUAL GALA SUPPORTING JACOB’S PILLOW

Who: Jacob’s Pillow
What: Virtual gala and dance party
Where: Jacob’s Pillow online and Zoom
When: Saturday, June 12, free with RSVP, 7:00 (available through June 19 at 7:00)
Why: Evolving from “Tea Lecture Demonstrations” begun in 1933 by Ted Shawn’s Men Dancers on a farm in Becket, Massachusetts, Jacob’s Pillow developed into one of the most important places for dance in the world. The annual gala is being held virtually on June 12 at 7:00, with performances by New Zealand’s Black Grace, England’s Candoco Dance Company, Brazil’s Companhia Urbana de Dança, Senegal’s Germaine Acogny, Hong Kong’s Hong Kong Ballet, the Netherlands’ Nederlands Dans Theater, India’s Nrityagram Dance Ensemble, and France’s Paris Opera Ballet in addition to a premiere from 2021 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award winner Dormeshia. The gala, which will be available on demand through June 19 at 7:00, will be followed by a live Zoom dance party at about 8:20 hosted by Christal Brown and DJ DP One. Donations will be accepted to continue the Pillow’s mission and to renovate the Ted Shawn Theatre; sadly, the Doris Duke Theatre was destroyed in a fire in November. Part of the proceeds will also go to the Ohketeau Cultural Center in Ashfield.