Ballet thrives on forward momentum, and this program exemplifies how the company has continued to support choreographers moving dance toward new horizons. Alexei Ratmansky’s Concerto DSCH remains one of the most zestful and intoxicating ballets he has created for NYCB. In the esteemed choreographer Lar Lubovitch’s Each In Their Own Time, two male dancers evoke a mood of […]
The late-Baroque-period composer Johann Sebastian Bach has always been revered for the wealth and variety of his works. Two seminal ballets by the company’s founding choreographers illuminate very different Bach scores with delicacy and intricacy. Balanchine’s Concerto Barocco, from 1941, employs his Concerto in D Minor for two violins with inspired energy and ingenuity, as two […]
Join the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO) in celebrating the centennial of Miles Davis (1926-1991), one of jazz's most transformative figures. These shows delve into Davis' groundbreaking big band collaborations with arranger Gil Evans, demonstrating why the trumpeter’s big band work was every bit as important as his small group output. Davis and Evans […]
The first major museum exhibition spotlighting the artist’s singular vision, Dana Barnes: Untamed Gestures features monumental hand-formed fiber works alongside a fully immersive recreation of Barnes’s Lower East Side studio in New York City. Barnes’s sculptural landscapes composed of fibers such as merino, yak, alpaca, and silk create a compelling tactile environment in which motion […]
Expanding the voices represented in MAD’s permanent collection, OUT of the Jewelry Box considers the importance of queer perspectives in the world of studio and contemporary art jewelry. The exhibition showcases an extraordinary gift from Ron Porter and Joe Price, who have collected and worn art jewelry throughout their forty-one-year relationship, nine of those legally married. On […]
10:30am: Peace-play on the rooftop playground (weather permitting) 11:00am: This week’s activity 12:30pm: Community Lunch 1:30-2:30pm: Peace-play on the rooftop playground (weather permitting) How to Join To join, please RSVP to Youth Programs Director Audrey Kindred at ethicalfamilies@nysec.org. For more information about our youth and family programming, please visit ethical.nyc/families. About Young Ethical Explorers Young […]
Mounted during the celebration of the United States semi quincentennial, Folk Nation: Crafting Patriotism in the United States draws from the American Folk Art Museum’s rich collections to explore links between vernacular art and the construction of an American sense of self. Introducing visitors to the concept of “folk” as a category developed in conjunction […]
Self-Made: A Century of Inventing Artists takes a critical look at the historical definition of the “self-taught artist” in the United States from the early twentieth century to today. The exhibition examines how artists without academic training have depicted, conceptualized, and identified themselves on their own terms. In doing so, it aims at challenging reductive, […]
Jerome Robbins’ Opus 19/The Dreamer has held a prominent place in the repertory since its debut more than four decades ago. Set to a drama-inflected Prokofiev violin concerto, this enticingly enigmatic ballet features a male soloist—the “dreamer” of the title—moving through a nightscape rich in mystery. Standard Deviation, the first dance created for the company by the Canadian […]
Mounted during the celebration of the United States semi quincentennial, Folk Nation: Crafting Patriotism in the United States draws from the American Folk Art Museum’s rich collections to explore links between vernacular art and the construction of an American sense of self. Introducing visitors to the concept of “folk” as a category developed in conjunction […]