Jacob's Pillow Adds International Advisor
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BECKET, Mass. — Jacob’s Pillow has announced that Cathy Levy joined the organization’s curatorial team as International Advisor on Sept. 1.
In this new role as a consultant to the curatorial team, Levy will evaluate international artists and companies for commissioning support and inclusion in Jacob’s Pillow’s annual summer Dance Festival, as well as in the year-round Pillow Lab residency program, and digital programming initiatives. Levy will inform the work of Jacob’s Pillow’s Executive and Artistic Director Pamela Tatge and Associate Curators Melanie George and Ali Rosa-Salas.
"I am thrilled I will have this opportunity to work alongside Pam and the Pillow staff to contribute to programming and related projects for artists," Levy said. "I hold the Festival in the greatest esteem and look forward to contributing to – and being inspired by – the dedicated team who create the Festival."
Most recently, Levy has worked as Executive Director for NAC Dance within the National Arts Centre (NAC), Canada’s multi-disciplinary home for the performing arts, headquartered in Ottawa. The NAC is a bilingual, multi-disciplinary home and showcase for the performing arts that presents, creates, produces, and co-produces in various streams and nurtures the next generation of audiences and artists from across Canada and abroad.
"When I found out that Cathy will be ending her 22-year tenure at the National Arts Centre in the near future, I knew that I wanted to see if she might consider working with us in this consulting role," said Tatge. "She is an exceptional curator with a wide network who has commanded the deep respect of artists and companies around the world for decades. She has been a treasured colleague of mine for years, and I so look forward to working with her in this new capacity."
Levy has led the National Arts Centre’s dance department for over two decades and has earned an enviable reputation throughout the Canadian and international dance communities. She annually presented a full season of national and international dance companies and artists and has co-produced over 100 new works. She has also developed an array of outreach and enhancement activities to support artists, students and audiences, such as the NAC-CGI Youth Commission for Dance (2003-2007), the Associate Dance Artists Program launched in 2007, and the Visiting Dance Artist Program launched in 2018. Levy serves on a number of dance committees and boards, and in 2019 was named a Member of the Order of Canada in recognition of her dedication to the field.
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