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Programs & Events at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
- Works & ProcessMonday, September 20 @ 7:30 pm
See excerpts from composer Kaija Saariaho’s only ballet, MAA, prior to its US premiere at Miller Theatre. Coproduced by Works & Process, this evocative and dreamlike, but little-known score will be performed by the International Contemporary Ensemble and paired with new choreography by Luca Veggetti. Miller Theatre Director Melissa Smey will moderate a discussion with Saariaho and Veggetti.
The performance takes place in the Peter B. Lewis Theater and is followed by a reception in the museum rotunda.
$30, $25 members, $10 students under 25 with valid ID
See the full production at Miller Theatre
Columbia University, 116th St and Broadway
Wed, Fri, and Sat, Sept 22, 24, and 25, 8 pm
Tickets $40 ($24 for Guggenheim Members)
Miller Theatre Box Office: 212 854 7799 or millertheatre.com - Works & ProcessThursday, September 23 @ 7:30 pm
Prior to the US premiere at the New Victory Theater, excerpts of composer Xavier Montsalvatge’s El Gato con Botas (Puss in Boots) will be performed, featuring Japanese Bunraku puppetry designed and executed by London’s renowned Blind Summit Theatre (Metropolitan Opera’s Madama Butterfly). Gotham Chamber Opera Artistic Director Neal Goren will discuss the production with the creative team.
The performance takes place in the Peter B. Lewis Theater and is followed by a reception in the museum rotunda.
$30, $25 members, $10 students under 25 with valid ID
- Works & ProcessSunday, September 26 @ 7:30 pm
New York City Opera will preview musical selections from their new production of A Quiet Place by Leonard Bernstein, one of America’s most influential composers. Bernstein’s final stage work contains some of his most daring music, yet it has never before been performed in New York. NYCO’s George Steel will moderate a discussion with director Christopher Alden and members of the creative team.
The performance takes place in the Peter B. Lewis Theater and is followed by a reception in the museum rotunda.
$30, $25 members, $10 students under 25 with valid ID
- Works & ProcessSunday, October 3 @ 2 pm
Choreographers Jessica Lang and Pontus Lidberg each create new works, set to the same pieces of music by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang. The world premiere performances by Morphoses are interspersed with a discussion with the artists moderated by Nancy Dalva.
Created in partnership with Vineyard Arts Project and Morphoses.
The performance takes place in the Peter B. Lewis Theater. No reception.
Enter via ramp at 5th Ave and 88th St.
$30, $25 members, $10 students under 25 with valid ID
- Works & ProcessSunday, October 3 @ 7:30 pm
Choreographers Jessica Lang and Pontus Lidberg each create new works, set to the same pieces of music by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang. The world premiere performances by Morphoses are interspersed with a discussion with the artists moderated by Nancy Dalva.
Following the performance in the Peter B. Lewis Theater, meet the artists at a champagne reception and buffet in the museum's rotunda. Help support Works & Process to continue to commission new work and foster exciting artistic collaborations.
Tickets are $300. To order benefit tickets, please call 212 758 0024.
Created in partnership with Vineyard Arts Project and Morphoses. - Works & ProcessMonday, October 4 @ 7:30 pm
Choreographers Jessica Lang and Pontus Lidberg each create new works, set to the same pieces of music by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang. The world premiere performances by Morphoses are interspersed with a discussion with the artists moderated by Nancy Dalva.
Created in partnership with Vineyard Arts Project and Morphoses.
The performance takes place in the Peter B. Lewis Theater and is followed by a reception in the museum rotunda.
$30, $25 members, $10 students under 25 with valid ID
- Works & ProcessSunday, October 24 @ 7:30 pm
See three new Works & Process commissions inspired by the Latino multicultural landscape in the Americas. Ballet Hispanico’s Artistic Director Eduardo Vilaro has paired Cuban choreographer Maray Gutierrez and Peruvian American composer Gabriela Lena Frank to create a work that explores identity and cultural fusion. Cuban American artist Anthony Goicolea joins choreographer Jonah Bokaer for the multimedia collaboration TRiCK, created especially for this program. Cuban choreographer Judith Sanchez Ruiz and Korean visual artist Sun K. Kwak premiere I will Stay with You Even if You Are Not Here, a collaborative work inspired by the life and work of Cuban visual artist Ana Mendieta, with original music by Cuban composer Dafnis Prieto. Wendy Perron, editor-in-chief of Dance Magazine, will moderate the discussion.
The performance takes place in the Peter B. Lewis Theater and is followed by a reception in the museum rotunda.
$30, $25 members, $10 students under 25 with valid ID
- Works & ProcessMonday, October 25 @ 7:30 pm
See three new Works & Process commissions inspired by the Latino multicultural landscape in the Americas. Ballet Hispanico’s Artistic Director Eduardo Vilaro has paired Cuban choreographer Maray Gutierrez and Peruvian American composer Gabriela Lena Frank to create a work that explores identity and cultural fusion. Cuban American artist Anthony Goicolea joins choreographer Jonah Bokaer for the multimedia collaboration TRiCK, created especially for this program. Cuban choreographer Judith Sanchez Ruiz and Korean visual artist Sun K. Kwak premiere I will Stay with You Even if You Are Not Here, a collaborative work inspired by the life and work of Cuban visual artist Ana Mendieta, with original music by Cuban composer Dafnis Prieto. Wendy Perron, editor-in-chief of Dance Magazine, will moderate the discussion.
The performance takes place in the Peter B. Lewis Theater and is followed by a reception in the museum rotunda.
$30, $25 members, $10 students under 25 with valid ID
- Works & ProcessSunday, November 7 @ 7:30 pm
American Ballet Theatre offers a special sneak peek of The Nutcracker by Alexei Ratmansky, prior to its world premiere at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. ABT dancers will perform excerpts and the artistic staff will discuss the process of mounting this new production.
The performance takes place in the Peter B. Lewis Theater and is followed by a reception in the museum rotunda.
$30, $25 members, $10 students under 25 with valid ID
- Works & ProcessMonday, November 8 @ 7:30 pm
American Ballet Theatre offers a special sneak peek of The Nutcracker by Alexei Ratmansky, prior to its world premiere at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. ABT dancers will perform excerpts and the artistic staff will discuss the process of mounting this new production.
The performance takes place in the Peter B. Lewis Theater and is followed by a reception in the museum rotunda.
$30, $25 members, $10 students under 25 with valid ID
- Works & ProcessSunday, November 14 @ 7:30 pm
Ilya Kabakov, one of the most important Russian artists to have emerged in the twentieth century, has produced an impressive collaborative body of work with his wife Emilia. Vertical Opera, one of their unrealized “Utopian Projects,” was specifically imagined for the Guggenheim’s rotunda space. The Kabakovs will discuss and present this project as a visual performance with music in the Peter B. Lewis Theater. A reception with the artists in the museum rotunda follows.
$30, $25 members, $10 students under 25 with valid ID
- Works & ProcessMonday, November 15 @ 7:30 pm
Ilya Kabakov, one of the most important Russian artists to have emerged in the twentieth century, has produced an impressive collaborative body of work with his wife Emilia. Vertical Opera, one of their unrealized “Utopian Projects,” was specifically imagined for the Guggenheim’s rotunda space. The Kabakovs will discuss and present this project as a visual performance with music in the Peter B. Lewis Theater. A reception with the artists in the museum rotunda follows.
$30, $25 members, $10 students under 25 with valid ID
- Works & ProcessSunday, December 5 @ 7:30 pm
Poets Brian Turner and Bruce Weigl, who respectively served in the Iraq and Vietnam Wars, will read selected works and join a discussion moderated by pianist Sarah Rothenberg. Musical selections from composer George Flynn’s Songs of Destruction will be performed by soprano Elizabeth Farnum and pianist Alan Feinberg.
The performance takes place in the Peter B. Lewis Theater and is followed by a reception in the museum rotunda.
$30, $25 members, $10 students under 25 with valid ID
- Works & ProcessMonday, December 6 @ 7:30 pm
Poets Brian Turner and Bruce Weigl, who respectively served in the Iraq and Vietnam Wars, will read selected works and join a discussion moderated by pianist Sarah Rothenberg. Musical selections from composer George Flynn’s Songs of Destruction will be performed by soprano Elizabeth Farnum and pianist Alan Feinberg.
The performance takes place in the Peter B. Lewis Theater and is followed by a reception in the museum rotunda.
$30, $25 members, $10 students under 25 with valid ID
- Works & ProcessSaturday, December 11 @ 2:30 pm & 4 pm
Isaac Mizrahi will narrate Sergei Prokofiev’s children’s classic. New York City Opera’s George Manahan will conduct the Juilliard Ensemble. A newly commissioned visual art installation by artist Rei Sato of Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd., the art production company of Takashi Murakami, will bring the story to life.* The audience is invited to view the artwork following the program.
*Presented in conjunction with Carnegie Hall’s Japan festival, JapanNYC.
The performance takes place in the Peter B. Lewis Theater. No reception.
Enter via ramp at 5th Ave and 88th St.
$35, $30 members
- Works & ProcessSunday, December 12 @ 11 am & 12:30 pm
Isaac Mizrahi will narrate Sergei Prokofiev’s children’s classic. New York City Opera’s George Manahan will conduct the Juilliard Ensemble. A newly commissioned visual art installation by artist Rei Sato of Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd., the art production company of Takashi Murakami, will bring the story to life.* The audience is invited to view the artwork following the program.
*Presented in conjunction with Carnegie Hall’s Japan festival, JapanNYC.
The performance takes place in the Peter B. Lewis Theater. No reception.
Enter via ramp at 5th Ave and 88th St.
$35, $30 members
- Works & ProcessFriday, December 17 @ 2:30 pm & 4 pm
Isaac Mizrahi will narrate Sergei Prokofiev’s children’s classic. New York City Opera’s George Manahan will conduct the Juilliard Ensemble. A newly commissioned visual art installation by artist Rei Sato of Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd., the art production company of Takashi Murakami, will bring the story to life.* The audience is invited to view the artwork following the program.
*Presented in conjunction with Carnegie Hall’s Japan festival, JapanNYC.
The performance takes place in the Peter B. Lewis Theater. No reception.
Enter via ramp at 5th Ave and 88th St.
$35, $30 members
- Works & ProcessSaturday, December 18 @ 2:30 pm & 4 pm
Isaac Mizrahi will narrate Sergei Prokofiev’s children’s classic. New York City Opera’s George Manahan will conduct the Juilliard Ensemble. A newly commissioned visual art installation by artist Rei Sato of Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd., the art production company of Takashi Murakami, will bring the story to life.* The audience is invited to view the artwork following the program.
*Presented in conjunction with Carnegie Hall’s Japan festival, JapanNYC.
The performance takes place in the Peter B. Lewis Theater. No reception.
Enter via ramp at 5th Ave and 88th St.
$35, $30 members
- Works & ProcessSunday, December 19 @ 2:30 pm & 4 pm
Isaac Mizrahi will narrate Sergei Prokofiev’s children’s classic. New York City Opera’s George Manahan will conduct the Juilliard Ensemble. A newly commissioned visual art installation by artist Rei Sato of Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd., the art production company of Takashi Murakami, will bring the story to life.* The audience is invited to view the artwork following the program.
*Presented in conjunction with Carnegie Hall’s Japan festival, JapanNYC.
The performance takes place in the Peter B. Lewis Theater. No reception.
Enter via ramp at 5th Ave and 88th St.
$35, $30 members
- Works & ProcessSunday, December 19 @ 6:30 pm
Celebrate the season with the joyous sound of holiday music in the museum’s Frank Lloyd Wright–designed rotunda. George Steel will conduct the Vox Vocal Ensemble and the Graham Ashton Brass Ensemble in what has become a revered annual tradition for holiday enthusiasts of all ages.
Free to the public. - Works & ProcessMonday, December 20 @ 6:30 pm
Celebrate the season with the joyous sound of holiday music in the museum’s Frank Lloyd Wright–designed rotunda. George Steel will conduct the Vox Vocal Ensemble and the Graham Ashton Brass Ensemble in what has become a revered annual tradition for holiday enthusiasts of all ages.
Free to the public.
Performances are accompanied by discussions among artistic collaborators and are followed by receptions with the artists in the museum’s rotunda. Tickets are $30 ($25 members, $10 students 25 and under), unless otherwise noted. Members at the Supporting Associate ($500) level and above receive two free tickets to one Works & Process performance per year and Friends of Works & Process are guaranteed access to all performances with reservation. Call the Box Office at 212 423 3587, Monday–Friday, 1–5 pm.