Never Stand Still (2012)

The film explores why dance matters to those who create and perform it and to those who watch it This documentary tells the remarkable story of how an abandoned Massachusetts farm has evolved into a National Historic Landmark and a nexus for dance throughout the world Its unlikely purchase by choreographer Ted Shawn during the Great Depression allowed this secluded site in the Berkshires to become the internationally renowned Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival Through candid conversations with worldclass choreographers and dancers thrilling performances backstage access and rare footage from the Pillows Archives Never Stand Still immerses the viewer in this most ephemeral of art forms celebrating not only its value to our culture but to our lives