Dance people tend to work with less emphasis on time and budget and do whatever it takes to bring an idea to life. Money is rarely the motivation for the dance industry. Colleague-ship is! Ideas are born in an artists heart, and created with support from a vast number of generous people helping with the working, reworking, and development of creative projects. This generous spirit draws in colleagues who collaborate to move creative projects into reality. I do no know what or how many people it took to bring Jacob's Pillow's new project to life. I do not know the financial output, but I am sure it is due to the discipline and dedication that is so well known in the dance industry.
From this generous spirit, Jacob's Pillow provides so much for the international dance community and is one of the most successful in maintaining itself, passing along the legacy for generations to come. Kudos to them for launching this innovative project and lucky for the world for having access to it.
Those of us who give and those who receive, as in this Jacob's Pillow project, help insure the future of dance so that together we can continue making in roads toward bridging communities and solving some of the world's issues. Because dancers are universal communicators who are very effective in stirring emotions, illuminating an issue, and sometimes inciting action, they can easily work politically, socially or simply to beatify. Whatever the means and motives, dance often makes inroads toward understanding. This is why dance is so important. That is why this Jacob's Pillow project is a big deal. Dance is universal in the way that is can communicate and bridge people together.
'Dancers don't have problems; they solve them' is an understood mantra from the youngest dancer student to the masters passing on their legacy. Solving problems is what the world needs. We have so many of them. The imagination of people in the dance industry is often seen in choreography, sometimes in media projects (like Jacob's Pillow's), and sometimes addressing world problems.
Thank you to Jacob's Pillow and the many other parts of the dance industry for their support in upholding the traditions and propelling innovation in the international dance community.
I love the dance industry, full of imaginative, generous, and responsible people who dedicate themselves to the universal language of dance. Everyday my work as a dance school director grows out of the inspiration around me: from the legacy that was entrusted to me by my predecessors to the eager hearts that await guidance and exchange of ideas in my class, as well as from my colleagues who share their teachings and performances to the audience members who share the experience.
Jacob’s Pillow makes Dance Interactive!
