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  • Works & Process, Performances
    Tyondai Braxton: HIVE
    Thursday, March 21 @ 7:30 pm
    Photo: Grace Villamil

    Photo: Grace Villamil

    $25, $20 members
    Museum rotunda, standing room only; no reception
    Box Office: 212 423 3587

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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.

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    Wendy Whelan: Restless Creature
    Sunday, April 14 @ 7:30 pm
    Photo: Nisian Hughes

    Photo: Nisian Hughes

    $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.

  • Performances, Works & Process
    Wendy Whelan: Restless Creature
    Monday, April 15 @ 7:30 pm
    Photo: Nisian Hughes

    Photo: Nisian Hughes

    $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.

  • Performances, Works & Process
    American Ballet Theatre: The Versatile Dancer
    Sunday, April 21 @ 7:30 pm
    Isabella Boylston and Joseph Gorak in Dumbarton by Alexei Ratmansky. Photo: Rosalie O’Connor

    Isabella Boylston and Joseph Gorak in Dumbarton by Alexei Ratmansky. Photo: Rosalie O’Connor

    $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?”
  • Performances, Works & Process
    American Ballet Theatre: The Versatile Dancer
    Monday, April 22 @ 7:30 pm
    Isabella Boylston and Joseph Gorak in Dumbarton by Alexei Ratmansky. Photo: Rosalie O’Connor

    Isabella Boylston and Joseph Gorak in Dumbarton by Alexei Ratmansky. Photo: Rosalie O’Connor

    $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?”

  • Performances, Works & Process
    Season Of Cambodia: Khmeropédies III: Source/Primate by Emmanuèle Phuon
    Sunday, April 28 @ 7:30 pm
    Photo: Lauren Crothers

    Photo: Lauren Crothers

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

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    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.

  • Performances, Works & Process
    Season Of Cambodia: Khmeropédies III: Source/Primate by Emmanuèle Phuon
    Monday, April 29 @ 7:30 pm
    Photo: Lauren Crothers

    Photo: Lauren Crothers

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

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    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.

  • Performances, Works & Process
    Season Of Cambodia: Khmeropédies III: Source/Primate by Emmanuèle Phuon
    Tuesday, April 30 @ 3:00 pm
    Photo: Lauren Crothers

    Photo: Lauren Crothers

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

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    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.

  • Performances, Works & Process
    Playwrights Horizons: Far From Heaven with Kelli O’Hara
    Friday, May 3 @ 7:30 pm
    From the Williamstown Theatre Festival preview production of Far From Heaven with Kelli O’Hara. Photo: T. Charles Erickson

    From the Williamstown Theatre Festival preview production of Far from Heaven with Kelli O’Hara. Photo: T. Charles Erickson

    $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.

  • Performances, Works & Process
    Arcane Collective: Cold Dream Colour
    Saturday, May 11 @ 7:30 pm
    Photo: Eoin McLoughlin

    Photo: Eoin McLoughlin

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

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    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.

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    Arcane Collective: Cold Dream Colour
    Sunday, May 12 @ 7:30 pm
    Photo: Eoin McLoughlin

    Photo: Eoin McLoughlin

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

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    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.

  • Performances, Works & Process
    The Santa Fe Opera: The Grand Duchess Of Gerolstein with Susan Graham
    Monday, May 13 @ 7:30 pm
    Photo: Dario Acosta

    Photo: Dario Acosta

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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.

    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.

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    Keigwin + Company
    Sunday, May 19 @ 7:30 pm
    Photo: Matt Murphy

    Photo: Matt Murphy

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

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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.

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    Keigwin + Company
    Monday, May 20 @ 7:30 pm
    Photo: Matt Murphy

    Photo: Matt Murphy

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

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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.

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    The New York Botanical Garden—Garden of Good and Evil: Harmful and Healing Properties Of Plants
    Sunday, June 2 @ 7:30 pm
    Jacques-Louis David, The Death of Socrates, 1787

    Jacques-Louis David, The Death of Socrates, 1787. Oil on canvas, 129.5 x 196.2 cm. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Wolfe Fund, 1931. © The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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

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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.

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    The New York Botanical Garden—Garden of Good and Evil: Harmful and Healing Properties Of Plants
    Monday, June 3 @ 7:30 pm
    Jacques-Louis David, The Death of Socrates, 1787

    Jacques-Louis David, The Death of Socrates, 1787. Oil on canvas, 129.5 x 196.2 cm. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Wolfe Fund, 1931. © The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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

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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.

  • Performances, Works & Process
    Charles Wuorinen at 75
    Sunday, June 9 @ 7:30 pm
    Photo: Nina Roberts

    Photo: Nina Roberts

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

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    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.

  • Performances, Works & Process
    Steve Reich
    Sunday, June 16 @ 7:30 pm
    Photo: Wonge Bergmann

    Photo: Wonge Bergmann

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

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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.

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    Steve Reich
    Monday, June 17 @ 7:30 pm
    Photo: Wonge Bergmann

    Photo: Wonge Bergmann

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

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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.

For more programs and events see the calendar