President Obama Pays Tribute To Dance Festival

This week, President Obama honored Jacob's Pillow, a dance festival whose 79th season begins this June. The festival is the longest running international dance festival in the U.S. Obama gave the festival and singer-songwriter James Tayor the 2010 National Medal of Arts on Wednesday. This is the highest arts honor in the country.

It is an award given by the President based on recommendations from the National Council of the Arts. The medal was established in 1984 under the Reagan administration by Congress.

In the past 26 years, over 250 people and organizations have been honored by the President with this award.

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