This document announces the performance of "Borrowed Light" by Tero Saarinen Company and The Boston Camerata at Jacob's Pillow from July 11-15. "Borrowed Light" is an evening-length work inspired by Shaker culture that integrates dance, music, and lighting. It premiered in the US at Jacob's Pillow in 2006 and is returning as part of the 80th anniversary season. The performance will take place in the Ted Shawn Theatre with pre-show talks and a post-show discussion on July 13. Additional male dancer performances will take place in the Doris Duke Theatre from July 11-14.

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JACOB’S PILLOW PRESENTS
TERO SAARINEN COMPANY AND THE BOSTON CAMERATA
IN THE INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED PRODUCTION BORROWED LIGHT
PART OF THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY
―BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND‖ SERIES
July 9, 2012– (Becket, MA) After touring 11 countries across Europe, North America, and Oceania,
Tero Saarinen Company and The Boston Camerata return to Jacob‟s Pillow with the acclaimed
production Borrowed Light. This unique evening-length work had its U.S. premiere at Jacob‟s Pillow
in 2006 and was invited for a return engagement as part of the 80th Anniversary Season “Back by
Popular Demand” series. A beautifully integrated union of stunning visuals, powerful choreography,
and haunting live music, Borrowed Light presents a highly theatrical experience inspired by the
culture of the Shakers. John Rockwell of The New York Times raved, "The movements evoke
religious austerity and ecstasy…„Borrowed Light‟ is a true child of „Appalachian Spring,‟ and for a
lover of American modern dance there can be no higher praise.” Borrowed Light runs July 11–15 in
the Ted Shawn Theatre.
“Borrowed Light premiered in the U.S. at the Pillow in 2006, and many audience members have
talked about it since as one of their most memorable experiences.” commented Ella Baff, Executive
and Artistic Director of Jacob‟s Pillow. “I asked Tero Saarinen and The Boston Camerata if they
would revive it for our 80th Anniversary Season; if ever there was an evening of dance and music
that belongs at Jacob‟s Pillow, it is this one. Borrowed Light is full of passionate dancing and exalted,
spiritual music. It is a very contemporary work, but the inspiration and the music are part of the
unique history of New England and the Berkshires.”
First premiered in 2004 in France, Borrowed Light was developed by Finnish choreographer Tero
Saarinen and Joel Cohen, the Music Director Emeritus of the pioneering early music ensemble The
Boston Camerata; together with the stark, extraordinary lighting and set design by Mikki Kunttu, this
work is rich with spiritual vision.
The United Society of Believers was a religious sect of Christianity founded in 1747 in Manchester,
England, and soon came to be known as the “Shaking Quakers,” then finally the “Shakers,” after
outsiders witnessed adherents‟ convulsions of spiritual experience. Shaker tenets included celibacy,

2. pacifism, and the sharing of goods and wealth. They moved to America in 1774, and sought to lead
a life of heaven on earth in their tight-knit communities, the first of which was established in New
Lebanon, New York, just across the state border from Jacob‟s Pillow. Another center was closer to
the Pillow, in Hancock, Massachusetts, a village which continues today as one of the foremost
examples of Shaker life. The phrase “borrowed light” comes from Shaker architecture, which is
characterized by simple but highly practical designs using materials such as wood, stone, or bricks;
the term describes the passage of light from one indoor area to another through an ideally placed
window. The historic Ted Shawn Theatre at Jacob‟s Pillow, America‟s first theatre built specifically
for dance, is thus one of the few places in America where Borrowed Light could appear with so much
contextual power. John Rockwell of The New York Times writes, “Considering the...deep Shaker
tradition in this part of the country, Jacob's Pillow is the ideal spot to see and hear this dance.”
While Borrowed Light draws motivation from the traditions of Shaker communities, Saarinen and
Cohen stress that this work does not aim to recreate Shaker history or comment on their beliefs.
Rather, they were inspired by the Shakers‟ powerfully simple music as well as their cultural
emphasis on community and devotion. The work unites Saarinen‟s ecstatic contemporary movement
with the Shakers‟ haunting compositions that Cohen transcribed and arranged from previously
unpublished original manuscripts; a few of those Shaker songs had not been performed live in
America for more than one hundred and fifty years until Borrowed Light's 2006 U.S. premiere at the
Pillow. What arises from these Shaker influences is a work that audiences and critics alike have
rendered as one of the most spiritually moving works in recent years. Karen Campbell of The Boston
Globe called Borrowed Light “a powerful, strikingly original evocation of communal devotion unlike
anything this reviewer has experienced.”
Tero Saarinen, a former soloist with the Finnish National Ballet, has created over 30 works, which
have been presented by prominent dance companies around the world including Nederlands Dans
Theater, Batsheva Dance Company, and Lyon Opéra Ballet. Saarinen‟s works are considered all-
encompassing productions that present impressive combinations of striking visuals, live music, and
unique choreography. His style shows influences ranging from butoh and Nepalese folk dance to
classical ballet and Western contemporary dance. Saarinen was an artist faculty member of The
School at Jacob‟s Pillow in 2009.
Tero Saarinen Company was founded in 1996 to promote a greater understanding of humanity
through the language of dance. The company has toured in nearly 40 countries in addition to running
an international teaching program. Tero Saarinen Company‟s most recent productions include
Scheme of Things and Vox Balaenae with the Ensemble Intercontemporain (France) and Avanti!
Chamber Orchestra (Finland). The group is the resident company of Helsinki‟s Alexandre Theatre,
the former home of the Finnish National Opera and Ballet.
The Boston Camerata was founded in 1954 and is considered to be America‟s foremost early
music ensemble, presenting European and American music from the Medieval, Renaissance, and
Baroque eras. Simple Gifts, a recording of Shaker spirituals and chants, topped the national
Billboard magazine classical charts in 1995 and 1996, with subsequent releases of English and
American folk music becoming bestsellers in Europe. Joel Cohen led the ensemble for 40 years
before becoming Music Director Emeritus in 2008, when Anne Azéma became the ensemble‟s
Artistic Director. In June 2011, The Boston Camerata presented five new programs of medieval
music during a residency in Reims, France, to celebrate the 800th Anniversary of Reims Cathedral.

3. Cohen and The Boston Camerata have collaborated with Tero Saarinen Company on the creation
and performance of Borrowed Light since 2003.
Performance and Ticket Information
Borrowed Light
Ted Shawn Theatre
Wednesday, July 11 through Saturday July 14 at 8pm
Saturday July 14 and Sunday July 15 at 2pm
Free Pre-Show Talks with Jacob‟s Pillow Scholars-in-Residence are offered in Blake‟s Barn
30 minutes before every performance.
A Post-Show Talk with Tero Saarinen and a Pillow Scholar will take place onstage on
Friday, July 13.
Tickets $59-64. Now on sale online at jacobspillow.org, via phone at 413.243.0745, or in
person at the Jacob‟s Pillow Box Office.
Box Office hours: Monday and Tuesday, 10am-6pm, Wednesday through Saturday 10am-
8pm, and Sunday 11am-5pm.
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 theatres are
handicapped-accessible.
IN THE DORIS DUKE THEATRE, JULY 11–14
The Men Dancers: From the Horse’s Mouth
Doris Duke Theatre
Wednesday, July 11 – Saturday, July 14, 8:15pm
Saturday, July 14 & Sunday, July 15, 2:15pm
EXCLUSIVE ENGAGEMENT
Some of today‟s most exceptional male dancers and choreographers pay homage to the Pillow‟s
pioneering founder Ted Shawn and his company of Men Dancers in this exclusive program, only to
be seen at the Pillow. An extraordinary cast of approximately twenty outstanding dancers and
choreographers of all ages and traditions will perform solos and share extraordinary personal stories
with the audience. A rotating cast of performers will include Dance Theatre of Harlem founder Arthur
Mitchell; tap superstar Jason Samuels Smith; Trent Kowalik, one of the original “Billy” performers in
the musical Billy Elliot; master choreographer Lar Lubovitch; choreographer, performer and dance
writer Gus Solomons jr; choreographer Arthur Aviles; hoofer prodigy and choreographer Cartier
Williams; John Heginbotham, Artistic Director of Dance Heginbotham; dancer and choreographer
Germaul Barnes; Merce Cunningham Dance Company Director of Choreography Robert Swinston;
Indian classical and contemporary artist Hari Krishnan, and many others. Additional cast members to
be announced; cast subject to change. The Men Dancers: From the Horse's Mouth is conceived and
directed by Tina Croll and Jamie Cunningham. Tickets $38, available at jacobspillow.org and via
phone 413.243.0745.
Free Inside/Out Performance: Ian Spencer Bell
Wednesday, July 11, 6:15pm
Choreographer Ian Spencer Bell, described as "stealthy as a nocturnal feline," by The Village Voice,
is interested in strenuous, athletic movement, as well as repetition, speed, and stillness. Two-Minute
Songs―set to music by the Beastie Boys, The Beatles, Joni Mitchell, Roy Orbison and others―is
danced in six sections, each part repeating, changing qualities with the music, and expanding in
size. His group, Ian Spencer Bell Dance, also performs Split, set to the sound of keys dropping and
inspired by the poem "One Art" by former U.S. Poet Laureate Elizabeth Bishop. FREE

4. Free Inside/Out Performance: Cari Cunningham/bellē contemporary dance co.
Thursday, July 12, 6:15pm
Based in Reno, Nevada, this all-female contemporary dance company has performed across the
country and is joined for this engagement by guest performer Trannon Mosher. 30/Love was inspired
by the give-and-take of a tennis match, Unforseeable explores tactile intimacy in relationships, and
Slipping the Circumference comments on the dancers' femininity as they negotiate large hoop skirts.
FREE
Free PillowTalk: Judith Jamison’s Life in Dance
Friday, July 13, 5pm
This PillowTalk features an intimate conversation with Judith Jamison, Alvin Ailey‟s star dancer in
the 1960s and „70s, who became his successor in leading Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and
recently retired after more than two decades of triumphs. FREE
Free Inside/Out Performance: OtherShore
Friday, July 13, 6:15pm
OtherShore's mission is to showcase the works of diverse contemporary choreographers, including
former New York City Ballet dancer Edwaard Liang, Big Dance Theater directors Annie-B Parson
and Paul Lazar, and most recently Stephen Petronio. Their Inside/Out program includes Bird, Bear,
Grey Violet-Blue by Bessie Award-winning choreographer and recent Festival performer Jodi
Melnick, a deliberately illusive quartet that is imbued with subtle gestures and unexpected twists.
FREE
Free PillowTalk and Film Screening: Finding Billy: The Search for Broadway’s Billy Elliot
Saturday, July 14, 4pm
This 90-minute presentation includes a screening of the acclaimed film Finding Billy, about the
search
for the stars of the hit Broadway show Billy Elliot. Trent Kowalik, one of Broadway's three original
“Billys,” appears in person along with film director Joe Locarro. FREE
Free Inside/Out Performance: The School at Jacob’s Pillow Contemporary Program
Saturday, July 14, 6:15pm
Under the direction of master teacher Milton Myers, dancers conclude their first week of study with
work created by and set on them by Artistic Director Emerita of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Judith Jamison and her assistant, notable Ailey dancer and faculty member, Elizabeth-Roxas-
Dobrish. FREE
Sunday Film Event – Never Stand Still
Sunday, July 15, 4:30pm
NEW Festival Event
Winner of “Best Documentary” prizes at Dance Camera West and the San Francisco Dance Film
Festival, the film Never Stand Still has been screened at film festivals and theatres across the U.S.
and Europe. This feature-length documentary about dance, filmed over many seasons at the Pillow,
is directed by Ron Honsa, who will personally introduce this screening. The film is narrated by
acclaimed choreographer Bill T. Jones and includes
performances and interviews with dance artists including Suzanne Farrell, Paul Taylor, Judith
Jamison, Merce Cunningham, Rasta Thomas, Shantala Shivalingappa, and many others. Tickets
$10, available at jacobspillow.org and via phone 413.243.0745.

5. FREE EXHIBITS—OPEN JUNE 20–AUGUST 26
Decades of Dance
Blake's Barn
Open Tues-Sun, noon to approx 10pm
From its inception in 1933 to the present day, Jacob's Pillow has been home to extraordinary dance
from around the world. In celebration of the Pillow's 80th Anniversary Season, remarkable images
from each decade are grouped thematically in a unique commemorative exhibition. Culled from the
extensive Jacob's Pillow Archives, this cornucopia of treasures includes a virtual Who's Who of the
dance world and features rare materials never before exhibited. FREE
Old / Pillow
Ted Shawn Theatre Lobby
Open 60 minutes before every Ted Shawn Theatre performance
New York photographer Toby Old has focused his lens on specific locations like Coney Island and
Times Square, and explored themes such as fashion shows, nightclubs, and boxing matches. His
Jacob‟s Pillow visits over the past five years have yielded images that capture both the place and the
people who enliven it. Some of these photographs were recently featured in a Paris gallery; this
exhibit marks the first time they have been shown in the U.S. FREE
Ivan Chermayeff Designs
Doris Duke Theatre Lobby
Open 60 minutes before every Doris Duke Theatre performance
A celebrated designer, illustrator, and artist, Ivan Chermayeff has created familiarly iconic images for
hundreds of prominent clients such as the Museum of Modern Art and the Smithsonian and has won
numerous awards. In 1955, with Tom Geismar, he co-founded the internationally-known New York
City design firm Chermayeff & Geismar. Chermayeff's designs for Jacob's Pillow in the 1980s and
90s are still remembered for their bold vision and originality, and many are collected here for the first
time. FREE
Precious Medals
Blake's Barn
Open Tues-Sun, noon to approx 9pm
When President Barack Obama presented the National Medal of Arts to Jacob's Pillow at the White
House last year, the Pillow became the first dance presenting organization ever to receive this
distinction. The medal itself and the signed presidential proclamation are on display in this exhibit
along with some of the other awards received by the Pillow and its founder, Ted Shawn, including
the Capezio Award, the Commonwealth Award, Shawn's medal from the King of Denmark, and other
treasures. FREE
Anniversary Highlights, Part 2
Bakalar Studio
Open to the public whenever classes or rehearsals are not in session
Photos from past Pillow seasons traditionally line the Bakalar Studio walls, and the current 80th
Anniversary Festival offers a special opportunity to look back at memorable images from the
Festival's history. FREE
Jacob's Pillow Dance Archives
Blake's Barn
Open Tues-Sun, noon to approx 9pm
This informal library and reading room allows 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, the popular touch-screen kiosk, provides instant access to rare

6. film clips ranging from the present-day back to the 1930s, and the Dance Heritage Coalition's new
Secure Media Network features videos from other archives throughout the country. FREE
Jacob’s Pillow, celebrating its 80th Anniversary Festival in 2012, is a National Historic Landmark, recipient of the National Medal of
Arts, and home to America's longest running international dance festival. The Festival includes more than 50 national and
international dance companies and 300 free and ticketed performances, talks, tours, classes, exhibits, and events. The School at
Jacob’s Pillow, one of the most prestigious professional dance training centers in the U.S., encompasses the diverse disciplines of
Ballet, Cultural Traditions, Contemporary, and Jazz/Musical Theatre Dance, as well as an Intern Program in various departments of
arts administration and production. The Pillow‟s extensive Archives, open year-round to the public, chronicle more than 80 years of
dance in photographs, programs, books, costumes, audiotapes, and video. Year-round Community Programs enrich the lives of
children and adults through public classes, residencies in area schools, and more than 200 free public events. Through Jacob’s
Pillow Curriculum in Motion®, a nationally-recognized program, artist-educators work with Berkshire County teachers and students
grades K-12, transforming existing curricula such as biology, literature, and history into kinesthetic and creative learning
experiences. Creative Development Residencies, in which dance companies are invited to live and work at the Pillow and enjoy
unlimited studio time; choreography commissions; and the annual $25,000 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award all support visionary
dance artists and choreographers. Virtual Pillow is aimed at expanding global audiences for dance and offers the opportunity to
experience dance and Jacob's Pillow from anywhere in the world via online interactive exhibits, global video networks, and mobile
social media. As part of the Virtual Pillow initiative, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Interactive, is a curated online video collection of dance
highlights from 1936 to today. On March 2, 2011, President Obama honored Jacob‟s Pillow with a National Medal of Arts, the
highest arts award given by the United States Government. Jacob‟s Pillow is the first dance presenting organization to receive this
prestigious award. For more information, visit www.jacobspillow.org.
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