PILOBOLUS PRESENTS BLOOM: A JOURNEY

PILOBOLUS PRESENTS BLOOM: A JOURNEY

JULY 21-25, 2021

Washington Depot, CT – Internationally celebrated Washington Depot-based dance company Pilobolus will return to Litchfield County, Connecticut this Summer (July 21-25, 2021) with its second annual roving car safari.  This one-of-a-kind driving adventure brings attendees on a journey through the woods to be fully immersed with multiple stages of performance across several disciplines.

“After a year in which we have been separated from the people and the activities that we love and our expressions of art have been but a whisper,  we are proud to once again bring an opportunity for our community to come together for a  joyful and engaging experience,” said Renée Jaworski, Co-Artistic Director, Pilobolus. “We are hard at work gathering our team of talent to create this summer’s one-of-a-kind creative celebration, which will of course follow all guidance from the State of Connecticut, CDC and WHO to offer a safe, healthy and inspiring environment for our guests.”

“We are excited to share two big changes to our event this year: the name and venue,” added Matt Kent, Co-Artistic Director, Pilobolus.  “While the Five Senses Festival has enjoyed three wonderful and creative summers at Spring Hill Vineyards, our vision for our second annual roving performance brought the team to a different type of landscape – think expansive open fields, straight and narrow paths and apple orchards.  To fulfill this creative vision, the team hit the road to location scout and found our performance space for the 2021 event at Sunny Meadow Farm in Bridgewater, Connecticut.  We continue to collaborate with the team at Spring Hill Vineyards, and honor this ongoing energetic and artistic relationship.”

“In 2018, we created our first Five Senses Festival, offering three weekends of magical performances, thought-provoking installations and wellness experiences to activate and delight the senses,” said Emily Kent, Education Director.  “As we began planning this year's event, we dreamed of an inclusive odyssey of personal emergence experienced safely from individual vehicles. I am delighted to announce the event will be called BLOOM: A Journey, a come-as-you-are event for all ages and members of our community as we, together, emerge from a long dark winter.”

Each morning over the five days of the event will feature wellness programs with meditation and movement classes led by local practitioners.  The ticketed sessions will be held in socially-distanced, outdoor spaces.

The car safari will offer timed-tickets for a limited number of cars to travel together through the experience in a pod, enjoying the performances at six stations from the safety and comfort of their personal vehicle, or standing alongside their vehicle. 

A VIP fundraising event, entitled “Full Moon at the Meadow,” will be held the evening of Friday, July 23.  The event will allow guests to experience the safari, enjoy live music, libations and farm-to-table fare in an open air barn on the farm under the full moon.

“I’m so glad the drive-through idea that we created together in 2020 as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic has inspired Pilobolus to develop the idea further across different landscapes. It’s exciting, timely, deeply creative, and the Spring Hill family joins me in looking forward to what they have in store.” said Stephanie Ingrassia, Spring Hill Vineyard.  “The Vineyard also looks forward to providing a home for Pilobolus’s staged performances in the future.”

The full programming line-up and tickets will be available on the Company’s website in the coming weeks (www.pilobolus.org).  Rain dates are being held July 26 – 27, 2021 on the chance of inclement weather.

TITAS Salon

TITAS Salon

Dancing Outside the Box: A Virtual Santos Salon Conversation with Executive Director, Charles Santos, Jacques Heim, Artistic Director and Founder of DIAVOLO | Architecture in Motion, and Renee Jaworski, Co-Artistic Director of @Pilobolus, to discuss dancing outside of the box.

Chautauqua Virtual Porch Talk

Chautauqua Virtual Porch Talk

After their Big 5-Oh preview performance at Chautauqua was cancelled, Artistic Directors held a live virtual presentation of Pilobolus history, highlights, and a sneak peek into this summer's blockbuster COVID safe performance, the Roving Car Safari - a live music, dance and community show presented outdoors in their home of Washington, CT.

Giving Tuesday

 

Happy Giving Tuesday!

December 3rd, 2019

Today is Giving Tuesday – a global generosity movement unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and the world. 

Here at Pilobolus, we're constantly inspired by the creativity and connections in the community around us. This year we're highlighting a few organizations that we love to support – within our local community and across the world.

  • ASAP! – a social profit organization recognized as the place for quality and innovative arts education year round offering literary, performing, visual, and culinary programs for pre-k through adult. Click here to support ASAP!

  • Steep Rock's Judea Garden – where the community comes together to provide fresh produce for members of our community with limited financial resources. Click here to support Judea Garden.

  • Institute for American Indian Studies – preserves and educates through discovery and creativity the diverse traditions, vitality and knowledge of Native American cultures. Click here to support IAIS.

  • Susan B Anthony Project – promotes safety, healing, and growth for all survivors of domestic and sexual abuse and advocates for the autonomy of women and the end of interpersonal violence. Click here to support the Susan B. Anthony Project.

  • Immigrant Families Together – a foundation dedicated to reuniting and supporting families separated at the US/Mexico border and supporting partners at the border with critical needs. Click here to support Immigrant Families Together.

Nonprofits like these rely on depend on the support of our community.
We hope you will join us in connecting with them in any way you can.

 

Thank You 2019

 

Thank you for an incredible year!

November 27th, 2019

Thank you so much for being part of the Pilobolus family. You are part of a group of individuals who believe in using movement to create community and nourish live connections.

2019 was an amazing year for us. With your support, we:

  • Toured around the globe with 105 shows in 40 theaters for over 90,000 people;

  • Returned to The Joyce Theater with sold out audiences;

  • Stepped off the stage with Pilobolus@Play, with workshops for more than 4,000 individuals of all ages and abilities;

  • Hosted our second annual Five Senses Festival with our local CT community – offering 30% more free programming and twice as many family activities.

None of this would have been possible without our family, friends, and supporters. 

2020 will be even more exciting because…             

WE ARE TURNING 50!!!

This year we are creating our BIG FIVE-OH! tour, to premiere in the Fall of 2020.

It will include reimaginings of Pilobolus classic Ocellus; the explosive, show-stopper Megawatt; a new thematic work, Tales from the Underworld; and Fifty in Five, a high-speed challenge distilling 50 years of Pilobolean antics into a 5-minute whirlwind.

We are asking you to help us continue to inspire people in 2020 and beyond. Your generous support ensures that Pilobolus connects with people across the globe, shares artistic treasures with our home community, and provides world-class culture and diversity right in our beautiful Connecticut home. 

Please visit our Support page to make a tax-deductible donation today. It would make a tremendous impact on our exciting 2020 plans. 

 

Lookback: Five Senses Festival 2019

Lookback: Five Senses Festival 2019

August 5, 2019

Our second annual Five Senses Festival! has come to a close and we’re still buzzing from all the up-close experiences we shared with friends and neighbors from near and far.

To all the incredible artists, musicians, writers, thinkers, builders, partners, dancers, restaurateurs, movers, makers, advocates, donors, volunteers, audiences, staff, board, and members of our incredible community — THANK YOU for helping us bring this dream to life! You came in the rain and you braved the heat, and you connected in surprising, wonderful ways. You made our festival so much more than we ever imagined:

4,300 tickets, 1,000 new visitors, 155 artists,
and 75 events in 7 days on one incredible field...
and over 1 million dollars of impact in our community.

Stay tuned for info on Five Senses Festival 2020!

To see our touring performance schedule, visit our Tour page.
To learn more about workshops, intensives, and community events, visit our Workshops page.

And of course, visit fivesensesfestival.com to learn more about our summer festival in Washington CT.

 

Pride

WorldPride NYC – Stonewall50

July 1, 2019

We closed out our Joyce season by joining The Joyce Theater in marching for NYC Pride 2019 | WorldPride NYC | Stonewall50. Our dancers and staff alike took to the streets, joining millions of New Yorkers and international visitors in recognizing the history of LGBTQIA+ fights for equality, and celebrating a bright future!

Stonewall 50 – WorldPride NYC 2019 was a series of LGBTQ events and celebrations in June 2019, marking not only the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall riots, but also the first time WorldPride was held in the United States.

What a joy to close out our season by connecting with and supporting so many people from all walks of life!

To see more upcoming community events in New York and on the road, visit our Workshops page.