Trey McIntyre Returns To Jacob's Pillow With ARRANTZA & Other Works 8/4-8

In the company's only East Coast engagement in 2010, Trey McIntyre Project will perform at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival August 4-8. The winning program includes three appealingly athletic contemporary ballet pieces: (serious) set to a score by American composer Henry Cowell; Wild Sweet Love with music by Lou Reed, Queen, The Zombies, and The Partridge Family; and the East Coast premiere of Arrantza. This popular ensemble made its official company debut at Jacob's Pillow in 2008, and since then has toured to more than 25 cities across the nation and around the world.
Arrantza, McIntyre's highly anticipated newest work, will premiere in Boise, Idaho where the company is based just days before it comes to the Pillow. The title of the work, Arrantza, a Basque word meaning 'fishing', serves two purposes. It focuses on the idea of fishing as being a large part of Basque culture and, secondly, it symbolizes McIntyre's creative process.

"For me, as an outsider, the process is kind of like a fisherman in that really what I am doing is casting the line out and then seeing what comes back, and hopefully it is something nutritious, interesting, unusual, or more exciting," he explains.

The Basque people primarily inhabit an area known as Basque Country, a region at the Western end of the Pyrenees on the coast of the Bay of Biscay, straddling north-eastern Spain and south-western France. The culture is known for its music, specifically singing and oral histories. There is a significant Basque community in Boise. Arrantza is set to Basque music incorporating traditional instruments such as txistu, alboka, and accordion, interspersed with spoken interviews.
Full of lush movement and detailed contemporary gestures, McIntyre's 2009 work (serious) comprises a series of solos and duets by two men and one woman dressed in Oxford shirts and slacks. (serious) is set to music by 20th century composer Henry Cowell, an early proponent of experimental technique, rhythm, and harmonies within the classical lexicon. "Languor and sexual tension hinted at a dystopian world-the dancers in slacks and dress shirts were like business professionals cracking up under pressure. In (serious)... rare moments of stillness came like breeze in an airless room" (Santa Barbara Independent).
McIntyre's Wild Sweet Love deals with a woman's search for affection. The piece is inspired by the "Wedding March" from Felix Mendelssohn's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," and takes its name from the lyrics of Jimmy Webb's "Do What You Gotta Do." Wild Sweet Love also includes music by The Zombies, The Partridge Family, Lou Reed, Jose Alfredo Jimenez, Roberta Flack, and Queen. Trey McIntyre is well-known for his inventive, sensitive use of music, and his sources stretch across boundaries of style and genre. The Los Angeles Times states, "Audience members can see the music, hear the dancers and occasionally feel it under our own skin." This work will also feature members of the Berkshire County and Jacob's Pillow community.

Trey McIntyre is one of the most sought-after choreographers working today. Prior to establishing Trey McIntyre Project, he was Choreographic Associate to Houston Ballet-a position created especially for him by Artistic Director Ben Stevenson. He has also served as Resident Choreographer for Oregon Ballet Theatre, Ballet Memphis, and The Washington Ballet. He has created more than eighty works for companies such as Stuttgart Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, New York City Ballet, Ballet de Santiago (Chile), and Trey McIntyre Project. He has received two choreographic fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, was named one of Dance Magazine's "25 Hottest Bachelors" in 2003, and one of Out Magazine's 2008 "Tastemakers." Trey McIntyre Project made its Pillow debut in 2005 and returned in 2006 as a temporary "pick up" company, and made its full-time company debut in the Ted Shawn Theatre in 2008.

Performance and Ticket Information
Wednesday, August 4 through Saturday, August 7 at 8pm
Saturday, August 7 and Sunday, August 8 at 2pm
Free Pre-Show Talks with Jacob's Pillow Scholars-in-Residence are offered in Blake's Barn 30 minutes before every performance. Artistic personnel will take part in a Post-Show Talk on Thursday, August 5.
Tickets range from $58-63.

Tickets on sale now online jacobspillow.org, via phone at 413.243.0745, or in person at Jacob's Pillow.
Pillow Members receive exclusive benefits. To become a Member call 413.243.9919 x125
Jacob's Pillow is located at 358 George Carter Road in Becket, MA, 01223 (10 minutes east on Route 20 from Mass Pike Exit 2). The Jacob's Pillow campus and theaters are handicapped-accessible.

Free Events at the Pillow August 4-8
Free "Inside/Out" Performance - Eyes of a Blue Dog Dance Theatre
NEW TIME Wednesday, August 4, 6:15pm
Inside/Out
Fusing classical and contemporary art philosophy with theatrical devices, Artistic Director Elspeth Brown delves into a dreamworld in excerpts from Perhaps Now, Perhaps Never. Dancers investigate the world around them and what happens when things are not what they seem.

Free "PillowTalk" - 15 Days of Dance: The Making of "Ghost Light"
NEW DAY Thursday, August 5, 5pm
Blake's Barn
Award-winning filmmaker Elliot Caplan set out to chronicle the making of a dance in a whole new way as he recorded virtually every moment of Brian Reeder creating a work for ABTII. The final installment of his twenty-part project receives its World Premiere screening here.

Free "Inside/Out" Performance - Malcolm Low/Formalstructure Inc.
NEW TIME Thursday, August 5, 6:15pm
Inside/Out
Originally from Chicago where he trained with Hubbard Street, Malcolm Low has performed with the likes of Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal and others. He brings Formalstructure Inc. to present fragmented images of loneliness and isolation in Luscious Colors of Unclear Canvas.

Free "Inside/Out" Performance - Jessica Gaynor Dance
NEW TIME Friday, August 6, 6:15pm
Inside/Out
Echoing the theme and variation structure of Bach's "A Musical Offering", Jessica Gaynor's Theory of Games uses puzzles and games to explore how ideas change and develop over time. A work for six dancers, Gaynor draws on her training as a gymnast to solicit beauty in action and exertion.

Free "PillowTalk" - Dance and Photography
Saturday, August 7, 4pm
Blake's Barn
Lois Greenfield has been photographing dancers for over thirty years, while Kyle Abraham used the photographs of Eadweard Muybridge as a springboard for his newest work. These two perspectives on the connections between dance and photography come together in a discussion about capturing movement.

Free "Inside/Out" Showing - The School at Jacob's Pillow - Jazz/Musical Theatre Dance
NEW TIME Saturday, August 7, 6:15pm
Inside/Out
Chet Walker, Artistic Director of WALKERDANCE and co-conceiver of the Broadway hit Fosse, with Broadway stars and music director Steve Marzullo, showcase dancers of The School in new work created during their first of three intensive program weeks as they prepare for A Jazz Happening, a benefit for The School on August 22.

The 2010 Gallery Exhibits
All exhibits are free and open to the public June 23-August 29.
Lois Greenfield: Imagined Moments
Blake's Barn
Open Tues-Sun, noon-after the show
With a recognizable style that is frequently emulated, Lois Greenfield has been at the forefront of dance photography for more than three decades. She collaborates with dancers to create photographic moments that are improvised and often risky, capturing bodies in mid-air. This new exhibition, the most extensive of the 2010 offerings, features Greenfield's unique body of photography, and is exclusive to the Pillow. Featured dance artists include legendary Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater artist Carmen de Lavallade, Martha Graham dancer and LAFA & Artists co-founder Fang-Yi Sheu, choreographer Shen Wei, American Butoh artist Maureen Fleming, Invisible Wings creator Joanna Haigood, and Festival 2010 artist Bill T. Jones.

Arnie Zane on Bill T. Jones
Ted Shawn Theatre Lobby
Open 30 minutes prior to Ted Shawn Theatre performances
The early career of choreographer Bill T. Jones was shaped by his relationship with dancer, choreographer, and company co-founder Arnie Zane (1948-1988). Zane was also a provocative photographer, whose works were exhibited in prominent venues in the 1970s and collected in a posthumous catalog and retrospective exhibit which debuted in 1999. Some of Zane's early photos of Jones are on display in this exhibit.

Pilates at the Pillow
Doris Duke Theatre Lobby
Open 30 minutes prior to Doris Duke Theatre performances
Joseph Pilates is widely recognized as originating one of the world's most popular forms of exercise, but his connection with dance and the Berkshires is not well known. He taught at the Pillow in the 1940s and 50s, and for many years owned a house nearby in Becket. Debuting this season is an exhibit of rare evidence of his pioneering work at the Pillow, including correspondence, class schedules, and photographs of Pilates himself demonstrating his signature technique.

Another Dance to Jules Feiffer
Blake's Barn
Open Tues-Sun, noon-after the show
The ground-breaking exhibition of dance imagery by the Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist and writer Jules Feiffer, which debuted last summer, receives an encore in this collection of original watercolors and drawings. Feiffer's memorable solo dancer in a black leotard returns along with new art works.

John Van Lund
Bakalar Studio
Open Tues-Sun, whenever classes are not in session
As Festival photographer at the Pillow beginning in the late 1940s, John Van Lund (1916-2009) captured generations of important dancers on film. As a memorial tribute to his many years of faithful service and the donation of his complete collection of negatives and prints to the Jacob's Pillow Archives, highlights of his vast output are on view in Bakalar Studio, where founder Ted Shawn's Men Dancers performed for the first Pillow audiences.

Other Activities at Jacob's Pillow
The Archives are open to the public and allow impromptu visitors to view videos, browse through books, access the Pillow's computer catalog, or peruse Permanent Collections of Pillow programs and photographs. Pillow Interactive, a popular touch-screen kiosk, provides instant interlinked access to rare film clips ranging from the present day back to the 1930s.
Patrons are invited to explore the historic grounds to discover all the reasons why the Pillow was named a National Historic Landmark, with Guided Tours leaving from the Welcome Center every Friday and Saturday at 5:30pm. Self-guided tour maps are always available as well.
Visitors can also relax in the historic Tea Garden, where Ted Shawn's Men Dancers welcomed the first Pillow audiences in the 1930s, as they peek into the Bakalar Studio to watch rehearsals; picnic on the grounds, or stroll through several ecological zones on the Wetlands Trail, created as part of the Pillow's responsible stewardship of its 163 acres of rural environment.

Dance Opportunities
Morning Jumpstart Classes offered in Pilates, Ballet, Modern, and Arab-American Fusion, Mondays through Thursdays at 8am. All experience levels, 16 and older, fees apply. Ruth St. Denis Studio. Call the Education Hotline at 413.243.9919 x5
Weekly Master Classes are led by Festival artists on Sundays from 10-11:30am for intermediate and advanced dancers, $15 fee applies. Pre-registration is required. Call the Education Hotline at 413.243.9919 x5
The School at Jacob's Pillow featuring world renowned faculty is open to walk-in public observation Tuesdays through Saturdays, 9am-5pm, at no charge. Groups of four or more should confirm space availability by calling 413.243.9919 x5.

Dining

The Pillow Café offers fine dining and full bar on The Great Lawn. Wednesdays through Saturdays, dinner is served 5-8pm. Reservations are required, call 413.243.2455.

The Pillow Pub offers casual family fare, takeout for picnics, and full bar service. Wednesdays through Fridays 5pm-midnight, Saturdays noon-midnight, and Sundays noon-5pm.

The Coffee Bar and Ice Cream Bar are open pre-performance and during intermissions.

Sample menus for each dining venue are available at www.jacobspillow.org. Pillow Patrons are also invited to bring picnics and relax at one of many picnic areas on the Pillow grounds.

Funding for Jacob's Pillow's presentation of Trey McIntyre Project has been provided, in part by the National Dance Project of the New England Foundation for the Arts, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and additional funding from the Ford Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Community Connections Fund of the MetLife Foundation.
As of June 2010, major support for Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival has been provided by: Asian Cultural Council; The Cricket Foundation; The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation; Frances Alexander Family Fund; The Howard Gilman Foundation; The Harkness Foundation for Dance; The Geoffrey C. Hughes Foundation, Inc.; The Leir Charitable Foundations, In Memory of Henry J. Leir; The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; Mertz Gilmore Foundation; New England Foundation for the Arts; Leading for the Future Initiative, a program of the Nonprofit Finance Fund, funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation; Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation; Bessie Pappas Charitable Foundation, Inc.; Princeton University; The Prospect Hill Foundation; The Roxe Foundation; The Shubert Foundation, Inc.; The Spingold Foundation, Inc.; The Walbridge Fund, Ltd.; Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency; MassDevelopment; National Endowment for the Arts; National Endowment for the Arts as part of American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius; American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; Save America's Treasures; CEC ArtsLink and the Open World Leadership Center; ALEX®; Capezio®/Ballet Makers Dance Foundation; Greylock Federal Credit Union; The Legacy Banks Foundation; Quality Inn; Rodeway Inn; Jacob's Pillow Business Alliance; and Jacob's Pillow Members.
Major endowment support is provided by The Barrington Foundation, Inc.; The William Randolph Hearst Foundation; The Leir Charitable Foundations, In Memory of Henry J. Leir; The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; Onota Foundation; The Prospect Hill Foundation; Talented Students in the Arts Initiative, a collaboration of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and Surdna Foundation; and Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.

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