Berkshire Pulse

06/10/2026

Join Pulse at Party In The Park on June 13th from 12-4pm and learn a line dance with Pulse Teaching Artist Dashawn Davis at 2:15pm!

05/22/2026

🚨Reminder: Berkshire Pulse will be closed Monday, May 25th in observance of Memorial Day. Have a fun and safe long weekend!🚨

Photo Credit: Kari Giordano

04/29/2026

✨Happy International Dance Day!✨

Check out the show from our 30th Anniversary performance highlighting clips from the last 30 years of Pulse!

04/28/2026

Congratulations Liana!

We want to thank NPC Executive Director Liana Toscanini for all the ways she has worked with Berkshire Pulse over the years. She has been instrumental in helping us grow into the organization we are today.

From all of us at Berkshire Pulse with love!

04/27/2026

Thank you for supporting Berkshire Pulse!❤

Funded partner visit 20✔️

Berkshire Pulse continues to amaze us – from their offerings, to how they use their space (with an eye on their eventual new space), to their devoted and talented team. They provide dance education year-round, making an impact beyond just the dance steps. We especially love that they offer a dance class in Spanish at the Boys & Girls Club Of The Berkshires (their third year).

We always appreciate hearing from our funded partners how we have been able to support them beyond the funding and like many we have visited already, Berkshire Pulse appreciates the help we provided in developing their survey – an important part of how they measure their impact.

Thank you Bettina Montano, Abigail Rollins, Jaimee Christinat, Sarah Daunt, Mackenzie Hoffman, and Allegra Chin for welcoming volunteers Kate Murphy, Alexandra Visher, and Linda Ruberto and BUW's Chloe and Katherine into your space and into thoughtful conversation.

04/20/2026

✨Reminder: Berkshire Pulse is closed on Monday, April 20th to observe Patriots' Day and Youth classes are paused the rest of the week for April Break!✨

The studio will be open from April 21st - 25th for community classes and make up classes.

04/14/2026

See a show by Pulse staff member Zadie at The Foundry on Friday, April 17th at 7:30pm!

In this evening-length interdisciplinary extravaganza, audiences bear witness as a dysfunctional couple attempts to clean out their living room, sorting through piles of treasured belongings because they know that the portal to the land of the dead is in there somewhere!

Inspired by the founding of the GLBT Historical Society in San Fransisco, which archives the possessions that people who died of AIDS in the 1980s left behind, The Living Room employs Free Pile Productions’ signature blend of the heartfelt and absurd to tenderly explore grief, memory, and love through puppetry, music, and crankies (illustrated panoramic scrolls).

Go to the thefoundryws.com to get your tickets!

04/13/2026

Event Share-out for Latinas413 !

Come stomp your feet and celebrate! The Mexican Dance Company Calpulli 🇲🇽 💃 from New York City will be in our city to offer a Zapateado (traditional footwork) workshop.

Don’t miss it! Invite your friends and family.

Saturday, May 2, 10:45 AM – 1:00 PM, with lunch and music
Where: Barrington Stage Company, 122 North Street, Pittsfield, MA

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Free for students | Adults: Suggested donation $20
FREE FOR STUDENTS WITH ID 🪪

10:45 AM – Registration and welcome with the Latinas413 team
11:30 AM – Dance workshop with Calpulli Danza Mexicana
12:30 PM – Lunch and music

Please scan the QR code or go to latinas413.org register so we know how much food to order.

04/09/2026

Event shareout for Berkshire Brazil: Join Teaching Artist Luana Dias David on Sunday, April 12 at 4 PM for The Quilombo Experience at The Foundry 🌿✨

Explore Afro-Brazilian culture through Samba de Roda, powerful rhythms, and a vibrant community showcase celebrating resilience, history, and unity.

🎟 Free admission — register online at www.thefoundryws.com