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Updated 2/28/2025

Pilobolus

  • Connecticut

    CT

Institution/Business Type: Performing Group

Pilobolus is an internationally acclaimed arts organization renowned for its unique, diverse collaborations that break the barriers between creative disciplines. The company is committed to constantly making things, always creating collaboratively, and continually exploring new ways of using the human body as a graphic and expressive medium. Pilobolus was founded in 1971 by a group of Dartmouth College students with no training in dance and no interest in playing by the rules of classical dance technique. They employed an inventive naïveté that the contemporary Pilobolus organization still energetically applies to the diversity of opportunities in today’s world. The company puts its intense creative energy into action in the communities where it performs, teaching groups of people of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities new ways of thinking independently, forming genuine human connection, working collaboratively, and finding beauty in unexpected places. Pilobolus has created and toured over 120 pieces of repertory to more than 65 countries and currently performs its work each year for over 60,000 people across the U.S. and around the world. In recent years, Pilobolus has been frequently featured on U.S. Television on The 79th Annual Academy Awards Broadcast, 60 Minutes, Sesame Street, Oprah, Ellen, Late Night with Conan O’ Brien, The Today Show, The Chew and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. The company has been recognized with many honors, including a Scripps Award in 2000, a Dance Magazine Award in 2010, a TED Fellowship, a 2012 Grammy® Award Nomination, and several Cannes Lion Awards at the International Festival of Creativity. In 2015, Pilobolus was named one of the Dance Heritage Coalition’s “Irreplaceable Dance Treasures”.

Find Me

Rya Greene (She/They)
Job Title: Community Development Director
Phone: 860-868-0538
TTY Phone: 860-868-0538
Address:
6 Kirby Rd
Washington, CT 06793

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About

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Performing Group

Legal Status:

Nonprofit - Independent

Year Founded:

1971

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Performing Group

Legal Status:

Nonprofit - Independent

Year Founded:

1971

Disciplines

Primary Discipline:

Dance - Modern / Contemporary

Additional Disciplines:

  • Multi-Disciplinary

Activities and Services

Activities and Services:

  • Arts Instruction / Lessons
  • Community Arts
  • Creation of a Work of Art (Including Commissions)
  • Design Services
  • Performance / Concert / Reading
  • Professional Development / Training
  • Residency - Community
  • Residency - In School
  • Workshops / Demonstrations / Master Class
  • Arts and Health
Seasons Active: spring, summer, fall, winter
Events Per Year: 150

Communities

Populations Engaged:

  • Adults
  • Businesses
  • Families
  • General Public
  • People with Disabilities
  • School Groups
  • Teens
  • Youth-At-Risk
  • Elders
  • Nonprofits

Languages Available:

  • English
  • American Sign Language

Geographic Reach:

  • International
  • Town / City
  • County
  • Multi-County Region
  • State
  • Multi-State Region
  • National

Accessibility of Services

Accessibility of Services:

  • Access accommodations for people who use a wheelchair and have limited mobility
  • Access accommodations for people who are Deaf and hard-of-hearing
  • Accessible website and/or multimedia for people with sensory disabilities

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I Have Worked With

Affiliations and Accomplishments

Awards

Awards:

  • Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cultural Programming (1997)
  • Samuel H. Scripps American Dance Festival Award for Lifetime Achievement in Choreography (2000)
  • Dance Magazine Award (as the first collective awardee), which recognizes artists who have made lasting contributions to the field (2010)
  • Wetten Dass “Best of” award for live entertainment of the last thirty years – ranked 8th among 30 of the program’s most notable performances of 2011.
  • Grammy® Award Nomination for its interactive music video collaboration with OK Go and Google Chrome Japan, “All is Not Lost” in 2012.
  • Multiple Cannes Lion Awards at the 59th Annual Festival of Creativity in 2012. Lions awards for “All Is Not Lost” interactive video, including: Gold Film Lion – Interactive Film; Gold Cyber Lion (Craft) – Best Video; Gold Design Lion – Typography; Silver
  • Named one of America’s Irreplaceable Dance Treasures by Dance Heritage Coalition in 2015.

Awards

Awards:

  • Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cultural Programming (1997)
  • Samuel H. Scripps American Dance Festival Award for Lifetime Achievement in Choreography (2000)
  • Dance Magazine Award (as the first collective awardee), which recognizes artists who have made lasting contributions to the field (2010)
  • Wetten Dass “Best of” award for live entertainment of the last thirty years – ranked 8th among 30 of the program’s most notable performances of 2011.
  • Grammy® Award Nomination for its interactive music video collaboration with OK Go and Google Chrome Japan, “All is Not Lost” in 2012.
  • Multiple Cannes Lion Awards at the 59th Annual Festival of Creativity in 2012. Lions awards for “All Is Not Lost” interactive video, including: Gold Film Lion – Interactive Film; Gold Cyber Lion (Craft) – Best Video; Gold Design Lion – Typography; Silver
  • Named one of America’s Irreplaceable Dance Treasures by Dance Heritage Coalition in 2015.

Special Designations

Special Designations:

  • NEFA Grant Recipient

Artist Info

Teaching Artist

Teaching Settings:

  • Afterschool Program
  • Arts and Cultural Center / Venue
  • Community Site / Center
  • Corporate Business
  • Healthcare Facility
  • Private Studio
  • School / University

Ages Served:

  • Pre-Kindergarten-age
  • Elementary School-age
  • Middle School-age
  • High School-age
  • College-age
  • Adults

Subject Areas:

  • Arts Integration - Communications
  • Arts Integration - Health
  • Arts Integration - History and Social Science
  • Arts Integration - Mathematics
  • Arts Integration - Physical Education
  • Arts Integration - Science / Technology / Engineering
  • Dance
  • Design
  • Literature
  • Media
  • Theater

Teaching Artist

Teaching Settings:

  • Afterschool Program
  • Arts and Cultural Center / Venue
  • Community Site / Center
  • Corporate Business
  • Healthcare Facility
  • Private Studio
  • School / University

Ages Served:

  • Pre-Kindergarten-age
  • Elementary School-age
  • Middle School-age
  • High School-age
  • College-age
  • Adults

Subject Areas:

  • Arts Integration - Communications
  • Arts Integration - Health
  • Arts Integration - History and Social Science
  • Arts Integration - Mathematics
  • Arts Integration - Physical Education
  • Arts Integration - Science / Technology / Engineering
  • Dance
  • Design
  • Literature
  • Media
  • Theater

Touring Artist

NEST Eligible Artist

Technical Requirements:

  • Pilobolus tailors its production for each individual venue

Fee Range:

$500 - $100,000

State of Residence:

Connecticut

Minimum Number of Performers:

2

Maximum Number of Performers:

8