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Pilobolus

Pilobolus began in 1971 as an outsider dance company, and quickly became renowned the world over for its imaginative and athletic exploration of creative collaboration. Nearly 40 years later, it has evolved into a pioneering American cultural institution of the 21st century.

The company continues to grow, expanding and refining its unusual collaborative methods to produce a body of over 100 choreographic works, and while it has become a genre unto itself in the world of American dance theater, Pilobolus remains as innovative and influential as ever. The physical vocabularies of Pilobolus' works are not drawn from traditions of codified dance movement, but are invented, emerging from intense periods of improvisation and creative play.

Pilobolus has been featured, with great popularity, on broadcast media: in 2004, CBS' 60 Minutes; in 2007, the Academy Awards hosted by Ellen Degeneres, and shortly thereafter, The Oprah Winfrey Show; and most recently on Late Night with Conan O'Brien.

Pilobolus Dance Theatre last performed at An Appalachian Summer Festival in 2006, when a sold-out crowd received the company's performance with thunderous applause and a standing ovation.

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