The Stephen Petronio Dance Company's Final Season

The Stephen Petronio Dance Company, a Masterwork Music and Arts Foundation Community Arts Grant Awardee, announced their final season.

After 40 years, numerous awards and an impressive catalogue of work, the Stephen Petronio Dance Company is presenting their final season at Jacob's Pillow from July 23-27. Here's a glimpse of what the final season will showcase: 

To get tickets to what's sure to be an unforgettable show, visit the Jacob's Pillow web site.

Included here is a timeline of the Company's events and activities:

Spring - Summer 2025 - New York Intensive - legacy research and rehearsal, free classes and open rehearsals.

Spring 2025 - Final season of Petronio Education Program in Greene County, NY Public School System led by Marcus McGregor.

July 23-27, 2025 - Final performances at Jacob's PillowDance Festival

Fall 2025 - Spring 2026 - Creation of the Petronio Digital Archive

Fall 2025 - Spring 2026 - Establish Reserve Fund for Blookdlines (futuer) Award. The fund is restricted for early career dancemakers working in experimental movement

Beloved and admired across the dance community and beyond, Stephen Petronio is a giant of Modern Dance. 

From Wikipedia: 

Petronio has been commissioned to create new works for numerous companies, including National Dance Company Wales, Ballet de Lorraine, William Forsythe's Ballett Frankfurt (1987), the Tulsa Opera (1990), the Deutsche Opera Berlin (1992), the Lyon Opera Ballet (1994), the Maggio Danza Florence (1996), and the Ricochet Dance Company of London (1998)

Stephen Petronio received a 1999 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists Award. Petronio received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1988, fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts in 1985 and 2004, the first of the American Choreographer Awards in 1987, and a New York Dance & Performance Award (Bessie) in 1986. He has been awarded choreography fellowships from the NEA from 1985 to 1988, and company grants from the NEA, like the Advancement Program Grant in 1994. He also received the New York State Council on the Arts consecutively since 1988. In 2007 Petronio was inducted into the Nutley, New Jersey Hall of Fame.

We wish Stephen and his company all the best and encourage all to celebrate his work by purchasing a ticket to their run at Jacob's Pillow or by making a tax-deductible donation. 

The Masterwork Music and Arts Foundation has been supporting excellence in the arts for over 60 years. One hundred percent of your donation funds art and artists through community grants, an emerging artist award, and a premier award for a new work. Find out more at www.masterworkarts.org.

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