“The retreat brings people together, builds community in the forest, gets participants outside and off their screens, and uses nature sustainably to heal and inspire minds and souls,” stated Great Mountain Forest Executive Director Michael Zafros. Retreat registration closes on July 30.
Of his dance choreographed for Memorial Day (click on the video in this item) , Leif Steinert of Stockbridge writes: "I think what I have achieved here is truly ridiculous."
With each movement, integration abounds and, unbeknownst to these little dancers, they are building a foundation for life. The intellectual, creative and social-emotional benefits are endless.
There was an unremitting honesty of expression, notwithstanding the magical leaps, effortless lifts, extraordinary acrobatics, and delicious sexuality.
It was heartfelt, honest, and original expression by strikingly beautiful, muscular, tall, linear humans to music of depth and profundity. Notably absent were rote patterns, fixed poses, and showy acrobatics.
Pulse founder Bettina Montano now has a beautiful setting in which to train the serious dancer, the four-year-old sprite, or the adult Flamenco dabbler. On any given afternoon and evening, one can walk down the hall — which is lit with long bars of colored glass — and hear the classes going in all three dance studios and the music room.
“The Pillow build audiences for dance year-round, and one of the ways in which we do that is through our partnership with MASS MoCA. Audiences will be wowed by KEIGWIN + COMPANY’s unstoppable energy and style.”
-- Ella Baff, Executive and Artistic Director of Jacob's Pillow
By transplanting and re-envisioning the child-friendly studio model she found in Israel to the Berkshires, Ilana Siegal has found her calling: “My priority is to make everyone who walks in here feel as if they are treated as full human beings.”
A seasoned arts administrator, he served on staff at arts organizations across the East coast, including Philadelphia's Fabric Workshop and Museum; Spoleto Festival USA; Boston's Next Move Theatre Company; and Boston Ticket Services.
