Jacob's Pillow Navigates Recovery a Year After Staff Member's Death

A year after a longtime staff member died in a workplace accident at Jacob's Pillow, the celebrated dance center in the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts is still working through the slow, nonlinear process of institutional grief. The loss struck at the core of a place built on human expression and artistic flourishing, leaving colleagues, community, and leadership to reckon with how an institution dedicated to creativity learns to carry absence. Recovery, in this case, is not a milestone but an ongoing practice — one that asks an organization to remain honest about its failures while stayin