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The Pillow presents international dance in many forms, styles, and traditions. A performance on the outdoor Henry J. Leir Stage. Pillow founder Ted Shawn was instrumental in beginning the careers of Martha Graham and Jack Cole, and the Pillow has continued this mentoring role in the careers of artists such as Alvin Ailey, José Limón, and Mark Morris.
Shakespeare & Company is an American theatre company and venue complex located in Lenox, Massachusetts, in the Berkshires region of western Massachusetts. It was founded in 1978 by artistic director Tina Packer. The company performs plays by Shakespeare and new plays of "social and political significance", reaching over 75,000 patrons annually ...
Tanglewood Main Gate Tanglewood Music Shed and lawn Seiji Ozawa Hall. The history of Tanglewood begins with a series of concerts held on August 23, 25 and 26, 1934, at the Interlaken estate of Daniel Hanna, about a mile from today’s festival site.
The Tanglewood Music Festival is a music festival held every summer on the Tanglewood estate in Stockbridge and Lenox in the Berkshire Hills in western Massachusetts. [1]The festival consists of a series of concerts, including symphonic music, chamber music, choral music, musical theater, contemporary music, jazz, and pop music.
The Berkshires (locally / ˈ b ɜːr k ʃ ɪər z,-ʃ ər z /) are highlands located in western Massachusetts and northwestern Connecticut in the United States. Generally, "Berkshires" may refer to the range of hills in Massachusetts that lie between the Housatonic and Connecticut Rivers . [ 1 ]
The wealthy and their entourage opened immense houses for recreation and entertaining during the Berkshire Season, which lasted from late summer until early fall. One event was the annual Tub Parade, when Main Street was lined with ornately decorated carriages. Property values jumped as millionaires competed for land on which to build showplaces.
Camp Becket, also known as Camp Becket-in-the-Berkshires, is a YMCA summer camp for boys in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts. Founded in 1903 by George Hannum on Rudd Pond in Becket, Massachusetts , it is one of the oldest continually operational summer camps in the United States, and is consistently rated among the best camps of its kind.
[3] In early 1900s dance and etiquette manuals paid attention to ceremonial details of the ballroom. Rules and rituals were established, including the correct ways of issuing party invitations and giving parties and balls, asking a partner to dance, appropriate conversation while dancing a quadrille, and wearing the latest ballroom fashions.