*Tickets for this event must be purchased through Jacob’s Pillow
David Alan Miller, conductor
San Franciso ballet
Albany Symphony
Deemed “strikingly modern [and] technically stunning” (Daily Californian), the nation’s longest-running professional ballet company will return to the site of its heralded East Coast debut this summer after a 70-year absence. Led by Artistic Director and former Artistic Director of London’s English National Ballet Tamara Rojo, San Francisco Ballet will come to Jacob’s Pillow for the first time since 1956 to perform a mixed program featuring Grosse Fuge by Hans van Manen, Don Quixote, Act III: Grand pas de deux by Helgi Tómasson after Marius Petipa, Raymonda: Grand pas d'action by Tamara Rojo after Marius Petipa, Diamonds pas de deux by George Balanchine, Dust Duet by Akram Khan, and Prologue and The Barre Project by William Forsythe with music by James Blake. The Albany Symphony joins the San Francisco Ballet from Aug 5-9 at Jacob’s Pillow, marking their first ever collaboration.
In an expansive two-stage engagement, San Francisco Ballet will perform different programs on the outdoor Henry J. Leir Stage and in the Ted Shawn Theatre in the same week. Audiences interested in attending both programs will be able to enjoy the full outdoor performance in time to view the indoor performance.
About the Company
San Francisco Ballet is a world-leading ballet company and a trailblazing commissioner, collaborator, and presenter in dance. Along with American Ballet Theatre and the New York City Ballet, the company has been described in the "triumvirate of great classical companies defining the American style on the world stage today” (The Observer).
Since its founding in 1933 (the same year Jacob’s Pillow was founded), the company has been an innovator in the art form and an originator of beloved cultural traditions, from staging the first American production of Swan Lake to bringing an annual holiday Nutcracker to U.S. audiences. With a deep commitment to new and contemporary works and the classical repertoire, San Francisco Ballet invests in commissions and acquisitions, presents established and emerging choreographers, uplifts creatives across disciplines, and cultivates the next generation of the world’s top dancers in its San Francisco Ballet School.
"Strikingly modern [and] technically stunning”
-Daily Californian
PARKING & ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION
Jacob’s Pillow is located in the Berkshire Hills of Western Massachusetts in the town of Becket. The 225-acre National Historic Landmark is within easy driving distance of Boston, New York, Albany, Burlington and Hartford.
358 George Carter Road, Becket, MA 01223
GPS Coordinates: 42.264087,-73.117888
Getting Here & Parking: Directions, parking options, and on-campus transportation services
Jacob’s Pillow is located 0.6 miles down George Carter Road off of Route 20/Jacob’s Ladder Road, with the main entrance on the right. The primary parking lot is firm-packed gravel with accessible paved spaces available near the Box Office. Upon arrival, patrons may request golf cart transportation between the parking lots and all buildings and theaters, with designated pick-up and drop-off ramps provided throughout campus. Canes and wheelchairs are also available upon request.
Campus Terrain & Pathways: Surface types and main campus routes
The campus includes a mix of stone-chip gravel paths, blacktop, wood-chip paths, and grassy areas. Not all transitions between surfaces are perfectly smooth, and some building entrances include lips of less than one inch. The main path through campus is a stone-chip gravel-covered firm blacktop walkway that runs from the main parking lot to the entrance of the Henry J. Leir Stage at George Carter Road.
Know Before You Go Video
This video will help you understand what to expect when you visit Jacob's Pillow's campus. Watch the full video for a walkthrough of the campus or use the video chapters to jump to information about the specific locations you plan on accessing during your visit.