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Can't believe it's been a month since being on the Pillow campus! So grateful to have spent this summer capturing dance.

Missing my team 🫶💚📸

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It my be fall, but we're not quite ready to let summer go! We wrapped up another incredible season at the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, filled with so much excitement and inspiration.

We're so grateful to do this work and to collaborate so closely with the incredible artist and staff at Jacob's Pillow. Take a look at our summer recap and relive the magic!

Our 2026 Jacob's Pillow Team
Co-Video Directors: Taylor Hutchison and Sydney Samson
Festival Photographer: Jamie Kraus
Assistant Photographers: Grace Copeland and Becca Oviatt
Video Assistant: Grace Hankins
Video Interns: Nastia Yavorski, Klaudija KlavaBumane, Delaney Gondo
Photography Intern: Hannah Murphy

Head the the link in our bio to read the blog written by the wonderful 2026 Video Interns on Jacob's Pillow website!

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The people and the place❣️

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Happy Anniversary to Sydney and Ethan! Hard to believe that it has been one year since this incredibly beautiful weekend! Sydney, your creativity and artistic talents and attention to every little detail never cease to amaze me and the wedding weekend that you curated with Ethan's unwavering support was nothing short of amazing! From the breathtaking venue, to the flower arches and your bouquet that you created yourself (along with the wedding and reception flowers , with the help of family & friends) to your 3am hike to the top of Cadillac Mountain in wedding attire to recite your personal vows at sunrise , not to mention the 4 gorgeous dresses that you wore that weekend- shoutout to the rehearsal dress & scarf that was designed and sewn by you from a 1980's vintage longer wedding gown, && the welcome night dress that you retrieved from your closet that you had worn to your 8th grade May Crowning event! You both stayed true to your convictions, and the food & beverages were🔥& there were no strangers on the dance floor, only newly found friends! The personal notes that you both created for all of your guests at the reception and donating your flowers to a local oncology center the morning after your wedding, were just a few details that made the weekend extra special. We feel fortunate to have gained new family, the Billisits! .. All this to say, a year later, the love that both shared with your family and friends, is still felt today. We may someday forget some of the details, but I don't think we will ever forget "the feeling" of that amazing weekend. Love you both ❤️❤️ Enjoy the next few weeks in Italy!😍

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one year of the billisits!! 9/13/25

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My whole heart 💚

Photos by the amazing photo team:
@hannah.mphotography 1 & 8
@gcope.nyc 3, 15 & 16
@jamiekrausphoto 5, 10 & 18

Courtesy of @jacobspillow

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Another summer filming in the woods 🌲

SO incredibly grateful for this team! This small but mighty team captured over 40TB of footage, filmed over 40 performances, held 9 livestreams and were present for nearly every event held on and off Jacob's Pillow's campus.

I have so much love and admiration for each of these individuals 🫶

@_sydsam_
@_taylor_hutchison
@delaney.gondo
@nastiayavorski
@klaudi.kla

Thank you @nelshelbyfilms for another season!

Photo: @gcope.nyc

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only a few days left of an experience that has genuinely changed my life. grateful to know and love these people, to work really hard, and to cherish these memories forever. 🫂

pics 1 & 4: @jamiekrausphoto
pics 6 & 9: @hannah.mphotography
pic 11: @cdugganphoto

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We can hardly believe that Jacob’s Pillow Festival 2026 is coming to a close!

This summer we captured so much dance and this team has truly gone above and beyond from livestreams, to gala performances, shows at Henry J. Leir to The Ted Shawn Theatre, The Doris Duke and so much in between. Shout out to our co-video directors @_sydsam_ @_taylor_hutchison for all they do to make all the video at the festival happen and leading our team of interns @delaneyg.mov @klaudi.kla @nastiayavorski along with @graceann_hankins as video assistant.

We hope all who visited the festival or joined the livestreams had the most amazing time and we can’t wait for next year!

#nelshelbyproductions #jacobspillow #dancevideography #filmdance #weknowdance

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Week 5 at @jacobspillow 🌳✨📸🤸🥰

#JacobsPillow #DancePhotography #DancePhotographer #DanceShoot #CreativeProcess

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The Pillow team has been busy at work capturing all there is to see at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival 2026!

From livestreams, to performances at the three stages on campus, to capturing the school in class, to editing and everything in between they making sure it’s all on video for years and years to come!

Can’t be there in person? Check out the Jacob’s Pillow Website to catch the next show we are livestreaming, you don’t want to miss it! 🎥💜

@jacobspillow

#nelshelbyproductions #jacobspillow #dancevideography #filmdance #weknowdance

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Get to know our Jacob’s Pillow Co-Video Directors Sydney and Taylor! 🎬🎥

Team member Meg recently went up to the Berkshires to chat with these two about how festival 2026 has been, about their love of the Pillow and getting to document all the incredible dance that is happening this summer!☀️🌳

We are so grateful for these two and all the work they do and of course the amazing video team they have been leading:

@graceann_hankins ( Assistant Video Director)
@delaney.gondo (Video Intern)
@nastiayavorski (Video Intern)
@klaudi.kla (Video Intern)

#nelshelbyproductions #jacobspillow #filmdance #dancevideo #interview

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procrastinated this post like everything else in school… happy grad!

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