DANCE REVIEW: Elle Sofe Company From Norway Has Its U.S. Debut at the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival - The Berkshire Edge

DANCE REVIEW: Elle Sofe Company from Norway has its U.S. debut at the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival - The Berkshire Edge

On Wednesday of this past week, I saw a Cambodian dance performance at Jacob’s Pillow. The next day, Thursday, I saw Elle Sofe Company from Norway. And that was just the two days this week that I happened to be at the Pillow. Pillow founder Ted Shawn was famous for bringing dance from all over the world to his renowned venue in the rural Berkshire hills. Shawn’s legacy clearly lives on. On Thursday, Sofe’s Norwegian company performed in The Dori…

DANCE REVIEW: At Jacob’s Pillow, Indigenous voices rise in Elle Sofe’s powerful dance ritual

Elle Sofe Company’s "The Answer is Land" blends Sámi song, dance and protest in a powerful site-specific performance at Jacob’s Pillow.