$25, $20 members
Museum rotunda, standing room only; no reception
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Praised by the Washington Post as “one of the most acclaimed experimental musicians of the last decade,” composer and former Battles front man Tyondai Braxton will perform the world premiere of HIVE, commissioned by Works & Process and presented in association with Wordless Music in the museum’s Frank Lloyd Wright–designed rotunda. Throughout the live multimedia performance that is part architectural installation and part band, Braxton will create a visual environment for his music while utilizing modular synthesis, sound design, and acoustic instruments.

$35, $30 members
Box Office: 212 423 3587

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This event is sold out. Standby numbers are available on a first-come, first-served basis beginning one hour before the start of this performance. Each person is given one number (good for one ticket), and may hold a number for one other person. After ticket-holders have been seated, numbers will be called in order and stand-by tickets will be sold as space allows.

Hailed by the New York Times as “America’s greatest contemporary ballerina,” Wendy Whelan will perform a Shen Wei solo; a duet with New York City Ballet’s Robbie Fairchild choreographed by Joshua Beamish; and excerpts from Restless Creature, featuring four new duets by Beamish, Kyle Abraham, Brian Brooks, and Alejandro Cerrudo, prior to its premiere at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. Jacob’s Pillow Executive and Artistic Director Ella Baff will moderate a discussion with Whelan and the four choreographers.

$35, $30 members
Box Office: 212 423 3587

Sold Out

This event is sold out. Standby numbers are available on a first-come, first-served basis beginning one hour before the start of this performance. Each person is given one number (good for one ticket), and may hold a number for one other person. After ticket-holders have been seated, numbers will be called in order and stand-by tickets will be sold as space allows.

Hailed by the New York Times as “America’s greatest contemporary ballerina,” Wendy Whelan will perform a Shen Wei solo; a duet with New York City Ballet’s Robbie Fairchild choreographed by Joshua Beamish; and excerpts from Restless Creature, featuring four new duets by Beamish, Kyle Abraham, Brian Brooks, and Alejandro Cerrudo, prior to its premiere at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. Jacob’s Pillow Executive and Artistic Director Ella Baff will moderate a discussion with Whelan and the four choreographers.

$35, $30 members
Box Office: 212 423 3587

Sold Out

This event is sold out. Standby numbers are available on a first-come, first-served basis beginning one hour before the start of this performance. Each person is given one number (good for one ticket), and may hold a number for one other person. After ticket-holders have been seated, numbers will be called in order and stand-by tickets will be sold as space allows.

American Ballet Theatre was founded on the principle that its dancers must be as versatile as the repertory is diverse. Join ABT artistic staff and dancers for an evening moderated by John Meehan, Professor of Dance at Vassar College, answering the question: “What makes an ABT dancer?”

$35, $30 members
Box Office: 212 423 3587

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This event is sold out. Standby numbers are available on a first-come, first-served basis beginning one hour before the start of this performance. Each person is given one number (good for one ticket), and may hold a number for one other person. After ticket-holders have been seated, numbers will be called in order and stand-by tickets will be sold as space allows.

American Ballet Theatre was founded on the principle that its dancers must be as versatile as the repertory is diverse. Join ABT artistic staff and dancers for an evening moderated by John Meehan, Professor of Dance at Vassar College, answering the question: “What makes an ABT dancer?”

$35, $30 members
Box Office: 212 423 3587

Phnom Penh-based Amrita Performing Arts will perform the world premiere of Khmer-French choreographer Emmanuèle Phuon’s new work exploring the archetypal monkey character in the Lakhaon Kaol, a classical Cambodian male masked dance. Yale Professor of Biological Anthropology Eric Sargis will join Phuon in a discussion about animal and cultural behaviors moderated by Stanford Makishi, Director of Programs at the Asian Cultural Council.

Season of Cambodia is an initiative of Cambodian Living Arts.

$35, $30 members
Box Office: 212 423 3587

Phnom Penh-based Amrita Performing Arts will perform the world premiere of Khmer-French choreographer Emmanuèle Phuon’s new work exploring the archetypal monkey character in the Lakhaon Kaol, a classical Cambodian male masked dance. Yale Professor of Biological Anthropology Eric Sargis will join Phuon in a discussion about animal and cultural behaviors moderated by Stanford Makishi, Director of Programs at the Asian Cultural Council.

Season of Cambodia is an initiative of Cambodian Living Arts.

$25, $20 members (no reception)
Box Office: 212 423 3587

For this performance, enter via ramp at 5th Ave and 88th Street.

Phnom Penh-based Amrita Performing Arts will perform the world premiere of Khmer-French choreographer Emmanuèle Phuon’s new work exploring the archetypal monkey character in the Lakhaon Kaol, a classical Cambodian male masked dance. Yale Professor of Biological Anthropology Eric Sargis will join Phuon in a discussion about animal and cultural behaviors moderated by Stanford Makishi, Director of Programs at the Asian Cultural Council.

Season of Cambodia is an initiative of Cambodian Living Arts.

$35, $30 members
Box Office: 212 423 3587

Sold Out

This event is sold out. Standby numbers are available on a first-come, first-served basis beginning one hour before the start of this performance. Each person is given one number (good for one ticket), and may hold a number for one other person. After ticket-holders have been seated, numbers will be called in order and stand-by tickets will be sold as space allows.

Excerpts will be performed by 4-time Tony Award-nominee Kelli O’Hara and members of the creative team will discuss the world premiere musical, based on the movie by Todd Haynes, with New York Magazine columnist Frank Rich. Directed by 3-time Tony Award-nominee Michael Greif, Far From Heaven features a book by Tony Award-winner Richard Greenberg, music by Tony Award-nominee Scott Frankel, and lyrics by Tony Award-nominee Michel Korie. This powerful story of romance, betrayal, and intolerance reveals a woman grappling with her identity in a society on the verge of a great upheaval.

$35, $30 members
Box Office: 212 423 3587

For this performance, enter via ramp at 5th Ave and 88th Street.

In homage to Ireland’s foremost 20th-century painter, Louis le Brocquy, Arcane Collective brings the canvas to the stage in a mesmerizing celebration that transforms the artist’s imagery into music and dance. Irish broadcaster John Kelly moderates a discussion with director and choreographer Morleigh Steinberg, choreographer Oguri, and composers Paul Chavez and The Edge of U2. The spirit of the paintings come to life as the company performs excerpts from their latest production Cold Dream Colour.

$35, $30 members
Box Office: 212 423 3587

In homage to Ireland’s foremost 20th-century painter, Louis le Brocquy, Arcane Collective brings the canvas to the stage in a mesmerizing celebration that transforms the artist’s imagery into music and dance. Irish broadcaster John Kelly moderates a discussion with director and choreographer Morleigh Steinberg, choreographer Oguri, and composers Paul Chavez and The Edge of U2. The spirit of the paintings come to life as the company performs excerpts from their latest production Cold Dream Colour.

Sold Out

This event is sold out. Standby numbers are available on a first-come, first-served basis beginning one hour before the start of this performance. Each person is given one number (good for one ticket), and may hold a number for one other person. After ticket-holders have been seated, numbers will be called in order and stand-by tickets will be sold as space allows.

Preview musical excerpts from The Santa Fe Opera’s new production of Jacques Offenbach’s The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein, featuring mezzo-soprano Susan Graham, prior to its summer 2013 premiere. Spoiled and domineering, the Grand Duchess gets what she wants—until she sets her sights on the young soldier Fritz, sung by tenor Paul Appleby. Graham joins Appleby, soprano Anya Matanovič, and bass Kevin Burdette in a discussion moderated by director Lee Blakeley.

$35, $30 members
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Company dancers, plus special ballet guests, will preview excerpts from choreographer Larry Keigwin’s new work Canvas prior to its August premiere at the Vail International Dance Festival (VIDF). The company will also perform Rock Steady (2010) and Contact Sport (2012) in their entirety, and Keigwin will discuss his work with VIDF Artistic Director Damian Woetzel.

Canvas is commissioned by the Vail International Dance Festival with additional support from Works & Process at the Guggenheim.

$35, $30 members
Box Office: 212 423 3587

Company dancers, plus special ballet guests, will preview excerpts from choreographer Larry Keigwin’s new work Canvas prior to its August premiere at the Vail International Dance Festival (VIDF). The company will also perform Rock Steady (2010) and Contact Sport (2012) in their entirety, and Keigwin will discuss his work with VIDF Artistic Director Damian Woetzel.

Canvas is commissioned by the Vail International Dance Festival with additional support from Works & Process at the Guggenheim.

$35, $30 members
Box Office: 212 423 3587

In this interdisciplinary presentation that combines performing arts and science, New York Botanical Garden curator Dr. Michael Balick will use excerpts from theatrical performances to discuss the healing and harmful properties of plants and the use of plant-based remedies and poisons.

$35, $30 members
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In this interdisciplinary presentation that combines performing arts and science, New York Botanical Garden curator Dr. Michael Balick will use excerpts from theatrical performances to discuss the healing and harmful properties of plants and the use of plant-based remedies and poisons.

$35, $30 members
Box Office: 212 423 3587

On Charles Wuorinen’s 75th birthday, cellist Fred Sherry and fellow musicians will perform Wuorinen’s Fast Fantasy (1977), Iridule (2006), and New York Notes (1981–2). Wuorinen will participate in a discussion with Sherry.

$35, $30 members
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Alarm Will Sound will perform excerpts from Steve Reich’s new work Radio Rewrite (2012), inspired by the music of Radiohead, prior to its U.S. premiere at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Jack Quartet will perform Reich’s WTC 9/11 (2011) and Meehan/Perkins Duo will perform Nagoya Marimbas (1994). Reich will participate in a discussion with Met General Manager of Concert and Lectures Limor Tomer.

$35, $30 members
Box Office: 212 423 3587

Alarm Will Sound will perform excerpts from Steve Reich’s new work Radio Rewrite (2012), inspired by the music of Radiohead, prior to its U.S. premiere at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Jack Quartet will perform Reich’s WTC 9/11 (2011) and Meehan/Perkins Duo will perform Nagoya Marimbas (1994). Reich will participate in a discussion with Met General Manager of Concert and Lectures Limor Tomer.