PILOBOLUS

 

Pilobolus is a pioneering American dance company.

 

Since 1971, Pilobolus has tested the limits of human physicality to explore the beauty and power of connected bodies. Today, the company continues to carry on this tradition before audiences around the world through interdisciplinary collaborations with some of the greatest innovators, thinkers, and creators in the world.

 

Pilobolus has created and toured more than 120 works in over 65 countries, performing for millions of people across the United States and internationally. Its creations have been featured on CBS This Morning, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, NBC’s TODAY Show, MTV’s Video Music Awards, The Harry Connick Show, ABC’s The Chew, and Penn & Teller: Fool Us on the CW Network.

The company has received numerous prestigious honors, including a TED Fellowship, a 2012 Grammy® Award nomination, a Primetime Emmy® Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cultural Programming, and several Cannes Lion Awards at the International Festival of Creativity.

In 2015, Pilobolus was named one of Dance Heritage Coalition’s “Irreplaceable Dance Treasures.”

Pilobolus has collaborated with more than 75 brands and organizations across finance, fashion, media, sports, and retail, creating bespoke performances for television, film, and live events. 

 

 

TRIPS

(2026–2027)

 

After more than fifty years of groundbreaking creativity, Pilobolus presents its new program Trips — a journey through time, movement, and imagination.
This collection brings together iconic masterpieces and bold new visions, offering audiences an experience that traverses the cycles of life — from the birth of the universe to the connections that sustain it.

Particle Zoo

The 1991 classic Particle Zoo returns to the stage after more than a decade. The piece represents the fascinating and intricate inner workings of the universe through a frenetic all-male quartet embodying the organized chaos of life.
Themes of individuality, belonging, resilience, and grace emerge as one being searches for its place within the fabric of the cosmos.

Day 2

A psychedelic and primordial awakening on the second day of life on Earth, culminating in a literal splash down a water slide.

Bloodlines

A rare female duet in Pilobolus’s fifty-year repertoire, Bloodlines explores the natural course of life, in which children grow to support those who came before them.

On the Nature of Things

Performed by three dancers balancing on a 60-centimeter-wide column rising above the stage, this piece explores the body’s power to tell a story about the birth of desire and its entanglement with shame and revenge.
The musical score includes adaptations of Vivaldi’s Cum Dederit and Violin Concerto No. 9, with additional compositions by Edward Bilous and Michelle DiBucci.