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from subtle shadow play to dramatic multimedia presentations. Even the overhead catwalks are sheathed in wood, softening the ceiling ' s industrial lines while maximizing functionality. From every direction— literally and figuratively— the building invites flow.
A Revolutionary Dance Space
There will be an opening week celebration from July 6 – 13, featuring Camille A. Brown, who will lead people who sign up to participate in a specially choreographed community dance performance called Celebration!, and Eiko Otake, who will premiere a new outdoor piece, Shadows and Stones, leading audience members around the site of the new theater. Inside, the Doris Duke will feature Kinetic Light, a project led by disabled artists creating radical access in dance, while Unwired Dance Theatre will present an audio-based dance installation where audiences can experience the inner thoughts of a dancer.
Week-long engagements in the theater will commence the following week with Obie Award-winning performer, writer, and artist Andrew Schneider, whose Pillow-commissioned HERE, will make its world premiere. This performance will be complemented by an immersive“ binaural” sound experience that“ crossfades with reality,” which audiences will access using their own devices and headphones while navigating the space around them.
Schneider will be followed by the U. S. debut of the Elle Sofe Company from Norway; Korean avant-garde artist Eun- Me Ahn, making her first appearance at the Pillow since 2000 with the official U. S. premiere of Dragons, a work hailed as“ spectacular” by BroadwayWorld that incorporates 3D holographic choreography; and Shamel Pitts / TRIBE, who will bring the work they were developing in their Pillow Lab residency program in November 2020, the day before the fire in the original Duke. For more details on the full slate of performers at the reimagined Doris Duke Theatre’ s inaugural season, visit the Jacob’ s Pillow website.
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