Dance & Music

---

Dance

Whether you're enjoying classical ballet in Boston or contemporary dance in the Berkshires, Massachusetts can move you.

Jacob's Pillow, home of America's first and longest-running dance festival, celebrates its 75th anniversary in 2007. It showcases dance from all over the world in all forms, styles and traditions. You can even attend lectures and talks with artists and dance scholars.

The Boston Ballet is one of North America's top ballet companies. It presents classical and new work and the much-acclaimed The Nutcracker during the holidays.

Music

Massachusetts features music for all tastes: classical, jazz, early music, even a rich history of rock and roll.

The cornerstone is one of the world's greatest orchestras, the Boston Symphony Orchestra. It performs in Symphony Hall, celebrated the world over for its magnificent acoustics and historic location—conveniently just steps from the T.

For opera buffs, the Berkshire Opera Company and the Boston Lyric Opera feature lavish productions. Of course, no Fourth of July would be complete without the Boston Pops concert at the Hatch Shell on the Charles River Esplanade. Two popular venues for contemporary music: the dramatic Bank of America Pavilion on Boston Harbor and the Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts, a 19,000-seat amphitheater in Mansfield.

---

Massachusetts Tourism