PillowVoices: Dance Through Time

Club Culture and Connection: Archie Burnett and Sally Sommer

Archie Burnett is a legendary New York house and vogue dancer, and Sally Sommer is a dance historian and critic who helped document underground club culture. They first c

Bebe Miller: Craft, Curiosity, and Legacy

About guest host: Jennifer Harge is a choreographer, performance artist, and educator. Her creative research conjures and theorizes Black worldmaking practices through in

Dancing the Algorithm with Katherine Helen Fisher

Learn more about host Katherine Helen Fisher View excerpt of Lamentation: Dancing the Archive on Dance Interactive  

Judith Jamison: The Endurance of the Dancing Spirit

Judith Jamison dancing in 1988 at Jacob's Pillow on Dance Interactive Linda Celeste Sims performing Cry in 2007 at Jacob's Pillow on Dance Interactive Learn more about

The Dancing Body: Graham After Graham

Multi-media essay 'Tracing a Legacy: Martha Graham's Centuryl Long Journey to Jacob's Pillow'  

Ann Hutchinson Guest's Dancing Life

Ann Hutchinson Guest's Century Plus (2022)

Clouds Don’t Resist: Marjani Forté-Saunders

Dance Interaction videos and essays related to this episode include: Soles of Duende Urban Bush Women   PillowVoices podcasts related to this episode include: Rememb

Virginia Johnson and Misty Copeland: Ballerina Brilliance

Virginia Johnson of Dance Theatre of Harlem and Misty Copeland of American Ballet Theatre discuss their own training, the universality of performing classical ballets, th

50 Seasons with Norton Owen

Behind the scenes stories of how the exhibition 'Connecting Through Time: 50 Seasons with Norton Owen' came together. Scholar in Residence Maura Keefe guides the conversa

Tap is the Root, with Robyn Watson

Dance Interactive Video Excerpts of Tap Performances at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Interactive Multimedia Essays on Tap curated by Brian Seibert  

Frederic Franklin's Ballet Memories

See Frederic Franklin dancing with Alexandra Danilova in 1948 at Jacob's Pillow on DANCE INTERACTIVE 'Frederic Franklin Returns' PillowTalk 2007 - video excerpt on YOUTU

Audio Description for Dance at Jacob’s Pillow

Links to disability artistry projects mentioned in this podcast: POD Access by Thomas Reid and Cheryl Green Reid My Mind Radio hosted by Thomas Reid Social Audio Descr

Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui

Dance scholar Nancy Wozny highlights the life and work of Moroccan and Belgian choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui. Cherkaoui was honored with the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Awa

Bill T. Jones: Philosophies and Memories

Norton Owen introduces highlights from past PillowTalks with choreographer Bill T. Jones, including reflections on his philosophy of partnering and its roots in contact i

Dancing Mr. Talley Beatty's Blackness

Dance Scholar Mora-Amina Parker illuminates the historical and cultural context of Mr. Talley Beatty's choreography as well as the significant impact on in her course as

Resident Dance Photographers at Jacob's Pillow

Guest host Benjamin Richards focuses the lens on four different resident dance photographers: John Lindquist, Stephan Driscoll, Mike van Sleen and Christopher Duggan.

La Nijinska

Highlights from a 2022 PillowTalk with Lynn Garafola, author of the biography La Nijinska: Choreographer of the Modern speaking with scholar-in-residence Brian Schaefer.

Celebrating Carmen de Lavallade

Highlights from Carmen de Lavallade's Pillow debut as a dancer in Lester Horton's company in 1953, all the way through the premiere of her one woman show at the age of 83

Documenting The Hustle

Choreographer and teacher Maria Torres, historian Cassie Mey, and dancer Abdiel are each passing along Hustle social dance traditions in dynamic ways. Former Associate Cu

Beyond the First 50 Years of Hip Hop with Michele Byrd-McPhee

What could representation and opportunity for Hip Hop dance look like in the near future? Guest host Michele Byrd-McPhee revisits the 2023 conversation during PillowTalk: