ADG/Jacob’s Pillow Scholarship

Young dancers are encouraged to apply for our annual scholarship to the renowned summer dance school at Jacob’s Pillow in Becket, Mass.

In 2023 One full scholarship to attend the in-depth, two-week program in:

The Dunham Legacy Revisited

Program Director Reginald Yates

July 24 – July 30, 2023 | At the Pillow

Artist Faculty April Berry, Rennie Harris, Gelan Lambert, Halifu Osumare, Briana Reed, Keith Tyrone Williams| Musicians Don Laurin and Greyling Ojinga Love | Living Legends and other guests to be announced.

Find out more: https://www.jacobspillow.org/school/the-dunham-legacy-revisited/

Applying for ADG/Jacob's Pillow Scholarship, American Dance Guild membership is required.

The audition is through Jacob's Pillow; contact school@jacobspillow.org for more information and audition dates.

To become an ADG member, access: https://www.americandanceguild.org/membership 

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This is a great annual opportunity for young dancers provided by the board of the American Dance Guild in collaboration with Jacobs Pillow. It was formerly known as the Erna Lindner-Gilbert Scholarship, and the Fannie Weiss scholarship, in honor of the women members who founded the scholarship.

For more information, visit www.jacobspillow.org. The full list of program fees and scholarship information is available here.

Former recipients of the ADG/JP scholarship:

2022-Kimberly Lara - Dance Theatre: Afro-Latin Immersion.

2021 - Madison Hilligoss - Tap Program

2020- Street & Club Dance Program

2019 - Corinna Roche - Flamenco and Spanish Dance Program

2018 – Trinity Dawn Bobo – GAGA: The Movement Language of Ohad Naharin

2017 –  Megan Davis – Tap Program with Michelle Dorrance

2016 – Katrina Sarah Miller – Improv Traditions: From Ringshout to Blues with UBW

2015 – Demetrius Burns – Social Dances: Jazz to Hip Hop with Camille A. Breown & E. Moncell Durden