Jacob's Pillow Rebounds
Announcing Fall Programming
By: Pillow - Sep 19, 2025
Jacob’s Pillow announces the presentation of its first-ever fully-produced fall program on campus featuring a special weekend run of Caleb Teicher & Nic Gareiss, an evening-length duo concert performed by the acclaimed dancers and creative partners.
Presented in the new Doris Duke Theatre on the Jacob’s Pillow campus, these performances embrace the changing of the seasons and underscore the year-round nature of Jacob’s Pillow’s programming—from the full warmth of summer to the refreshing crispness of autumn. This October program invites audiences into the sonic worlds of tap dance, jazz, swing, Lindy Hop, Appalachian clogging, and Irish step dance. Tickets are now on sale to the general public at https://www.jacobspillow.org/events/caleb-and-nic:/.
Caleb Teicher & Nic Gareiss is a work of playful transgression, blurring boundaries to explore improvisation, song, and the world of percussive dance. The pair will move and sound together at the intersection of jazz and folk, social and solo dance, creating a breathtaking evening rooted in time and place, yet uniquely their own.
“Our show is all singing and dancing, a meeting of our backgrounds,” said Teicher. “My background in tap, jazz, and swing comes together with Nic's background in traditional folk music and dance. The show is virtuosic, funny, and heartfelt.”
Pamela Tatge, Executive and Artistic Director at Jacob’s Pillow, said that the opening of the reimagined Doris Duke Theatre this summer not only allowed Jacob’s Pillow to return to its full presenting footprint for the first time since 2019, but also extended its presenting capabilities to support year-round programing.
“Dance companies and artists from all backgrounds have a home and an audience here,” Tatge said. “While our newest theater is designed as a space for experimentation and development of new works, it has also been designed as a year-round venue to unite beloved artists with our region’s sizable dance audience outside of the summer months. To host Pillow alum Caleb Teicher with Nic Gareiss is a great joy, and to have our campus ring with dance in the autumn is something to celebrate!”
Jacob’s Pillow’s year-round offerings in the Berkshires will also include two co-presentations scheduled for this fall and winter: ZAZ by SOLE Defined at Williams College on Friday, September 26 and Saturday, September 27 at 7:30pm; and Deborah Hay’s Short-sighted at MASS MoCA on Thursday, December 11 at 7pm.
Tickets for ZAZ by SOLE Defined are available now at jacobspillow.org/events/sole-defined/.
Tickets for Short-sighted by Deborah Hay are available now at jacobspillow.org/events/deborah-hay/.
ABOUT CALEB TEICHER AND NIC GAREISS
Caleb Teicher is a Bessie Award-winning performer, choreographer, and director who began their career as a founding member of Dorrance Dance, then in 2015 shifted their creative focus towards concert dance work with Caleb Teicher & Company. Nic Gareiss, named one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch,” draws from many percussive dance practices to weave together a technique facilitating his love of improvisation; clog, flatfoot, and step dance vocabulary; and musical collaboration. Teicher and Gareiss are lauded for their status within their respective genres, with The New York Times naming Teicher “a rhythm connoisseur known for interdisciplinary collaborations" and Gareiss “a virtuoso step dancer in Irish and Appalachian traditions… an undersung treasure.”
Teicher previously performed at Jacob’s Pillow with Caleb Teicher & Company in appearances on the outdoor Henry J. Leir Stage in 2014, 2016, and 2017 as part of the Inside/Out series. In 2018, Caleb Teicher & Company with Conrad Tao developed work in a Pillow Lab residency, which led to a summer run in the Doris Duke Theatre in 2019. Teicher also appeared in SW!NG OUT in the Ted Shawn Theatre in 2022 and performed an excerpt of Rhapsody in Blue alongside Conrad Tao at Jacob’s Pillow’s Season Opening Gala in 2024. Teicher’s Pillow connections began in 2010 when they were a participant in both the Tap and Jazz/Musical Theatre Dance programs in The School at Jacob’s Pillow, and also included appearances here with Dorrance Dance. Gareiss served as an artistic advisor during Caleb Teicher & Company’s 2018 Pillow Lab, and as the footwork coach in the company’s 2019 run in the Doris Duke Theatre.
PERFORMANCE & TICKET DETAILS
Tickets are on sale now; online at jacobspillow.org and via phone via the Box Office at 413.243.0745
ZAZ by SOLE Defined
Sept 26-27; Friday and Saturday at 7:30pm
Williams College| Seating is General Admission| Tickets at $30 including fees
Caleb Teicher & Nic Gareiss
Oct 24-26; Friday and Saturday at 7:30pm; Saturday and Sunday at 2pm
Doris Duke Theatre at Jacob’s Pillow | Seating is General Admission |Tickets at $69.50 including fees
Short-sighted by Deborah Hay
Dec 11; Thursday at 7:00pm
MASS MoCA | Seating is General Admission | Tickets at $29 including fees in advance