Visionary Leaders

Jacob’s Pillow

Jacob's Pillow Visionary Leaders

Invest and Inspire

Success and innovation happen only through the dedication of generous individuals who inspire achievement, invest in excellence, and want to give back.

Express your passion and commitment by joining Visionary Leaders, a group of exceptional supporters whose annual contributions of $10,000 and above sustain Jacob's Pillow as the world's preeminent dance center and advance the art of dance.

Your involvement has a direct impact that benefits choreographers, dancers, students, scholars, teachers, arts administrators, and audiences in the local community, across the nation, and around the world.

Give and Receive

As a Visionary Leader, you receive public recognition during the Festival and throughout the year (or you may choose to remain anonymous).

You enjoy the highest level of priority access to tickets, prime seating, the annual Visionary Leaders event, and VIP experiences throughout the Festival and year-round with artists, the Pillow’s Executive and Artistic Director, scholars, master teachers, artistic collaborators, and movers and shakers.

You may choose to provide essential support for all of the Pillow’s annual programs, or to sponsor one or more program areas:

Artistic Excellence

Education

Free Public Programs

The Archives

The National Historic Landmark

Join Us and Make the Future Remarkable Now

Jacob’s Pillow is the only dance presenting institution in America named a

National Historic Landmark and awarded the National Medal of Arts.

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Each Festival presents over 50 dance companies from all over the world on three stages, and features more than 350 free and ticketed events totaling 90,000 visitor experiences.

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Artistic Excellence Ted Shawn Theatre Performances

Doris Duke Theatre Performances

Premieres

Commissions

Live Music for Dance

Creative Development Residencies

Underwrite performances by remarkable artists from all over the world.

Sponsor commissions, premieres, exclusive presentations, and live music.

Enable innovative artists to create new work during year-round Creative Development Residencies.

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Education The School at Jacob's Pillow

Scholarships for Students

Scholarships for Interns

Curriculum in Motion®

Contribute to the future of dance.

Invest in the transformation of exceptional dancers who train at The School at Jacob’s Pillow while immersed in the international Festival.

Support the Intern Program, providing on-the-job professional training for the arts field.

Champion Curriculum in Motion®—the Pillow’s innovative arts education program in local public schools.

70% of the aspiring pre-professional dancers in The School at Jacob's Pillow depend on scholarship support.

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Free Public Programs Inside/Out Performances on the Henry J. Leir Stage

Gallery Exhibits

PillowTalks

Pre and Post Show Talks

Online Engagement through Virtual Pillow

Next Generation Ticket Subsidies

Bring dance—free of charge—to thousands of people from local communities and around the world, inviting them to engage with art through performances, exhibits, talks, films, and social events.

Provide affordable access to dance for people of all walks of life, ages, abilities, and economic means.

Build an online global and mobile e-audience for dance through Virtual Pillow.

More than 200 free performances and events deliver excitement and inspiration each Festival season. People around the world can participate at

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The Archives Festival Documentation

Dance Preservation

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Scholars-in-Residence

Research Fellowships

Ensure the preservation and documentation of dance.

Provide free access year-round to videos of Festival performances, Pillow history, costumes, films, photographs, and interviews with remarkable artists.

Make the Archives accessible to audience members of all ages, artists, students, scholars, researchers, and the entire cultural field.

The Archives maintains more than 9,000 films and videos from 1894 to recent Festival performances, plus photographs, posters, programs, costumes, correspondence, and books.

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The National Historic Landmark Theatres

Historic Buildings

Gardens

Land Stewardship

Sustain America’s only dance presenting institution to be named a National Historic Landmark and awarded the National Medal of Arts.

Celebrate Jacob’s Pillow’s pioneering roots as a c.1790 family farm, a station on the Underground Railroad, and its founding as a dance center by Ted Shawn.

Ensure that the Pillow’s historical structures and idyllic surroundings continue to be enjoyed by all.

The Pillow’s historic grounds encompass 220 acres, 3 performance stages, 6 dance

studios, and 15 buildings that house artists, faculty, interns, scholars, and students.

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Visionary Leaders Recognition and Benefits

Visionary Leaders $10,000 and aboveReceive all Ted Shawn Circle benefits and:

• Priority ticket ordering, prime seating, and parking

• Invitations to the annual Visionary Leaders event and other exclusive gatherings

• Recognition in theatre lobbies or Blake's Barn and in the Festival Program Book, weekly program, and other materials

• Public acknowledgment at events related to your program area of giving such as a cast party, Inside/Out performance, Creative Development Residency showing, Curriculum in Motion® showing, and other public events

• Meet the artist, faculty member, student, or intern you sponsor and have a photo taken with them

• Enjoy backstage and special tours

• Education Sponsors are invited to observe auditions, open rehearsals, classes, and attend Scholarship Luncheons

• Virtual Pillow Sponsors receive special web acknowledgement on Virtual Pillow sites

Visionary Leader Season Sponsors $25,000 and aboveReceive all sponsor benefits above and:

• Lead recognition on Pillow signage, in the Festival Program book and other publications, on the website, and at events

• Invitations to special occasions and individual meetings related to your program area of giving with artists, master faculty, students, the Executive and Artistic Director, the Director of Preservation, Scholars, and/or Research Fellows

• Other customized benefits

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JACOB’SPILLOW D A N C E

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“the dance center of the nation” – The New York Times

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The Pillow's Mission To support the creation, presentation, education, and preservation of dance;

and to engage and deepen public appreciation and support for dance.