2008

Frederic Franklin
Jan 13 and 14
American Ballet Theatre, Frederic Franklin, and Julie Kent

Ballet In Sneakers
Jan 20 and 21
Ellen Bar and Sean Suozzi

Dead Man’s Cell Phone
Jan 27 and 28
Playwrights Horizons, Sarah Ruhl, and Anne Bogart

Fred Sherry Plays Zorn
Feb 3 and 4
Michael Nicolas, Charles Wuorinen, John Zorn, Fred Sherry, and Erik Friedlander

Flying To The Edge Of Space And Time
Mar 2
Professor David Helfand, Columbia University

King Arthur—New Visions
Mar 3
New York City Opera

Satyagraha
Mar 25
Metropolitan Opera, Peter Gelb, and Philip Glass

The Kirov Ballet
Mar 31
Kirov Ballet

Images From Wind Shadow
Apr 3
Cloud Gate Dance Theater of Taiwan

Exploring Light
Apr 6 and 7
Jennifer Tipton, Jackson Gay, and Dana Reitz

Poetry into Music with Dana Gioia
Apr 27
Hudson Review, Dana Gioia, Milton Babbitt, Kirsten Childs, David Felder, Stephen Flaherty, John Harbison, Jimmy Roberts, and Sarah Rothenberg

Preserving the Classics
May 4 and 5
American Ballet Theatre

Armitage Gone! Dance
May 30 and 31
World Science Festival, Karole Armitage, Brian Greene, and Lukas Ligeti

Louise Bourgeois: Songs Remembered
Jun 21
Francois Parisi

Iannis Xenakis: Oresteia
Sept 8
George Steel, Luca Veggetti, Francoise Xenakis, and Sharon Kanach

A Two Part Affair: Ballet and Modern Meet Uptown
Sept 21 and 22
Brian Reeder, Pam Tanowitz, Alan Feinberg, Robert Greskovic, and Hilian Lewis

Celebrating the Life of Antony Tudor
Oct 5 and 6
ABT and Kevin McKenzie

Fred Sherry and Peter Serkin
Oct 19 and 20
Peter Serkin and Fred Sherry

NY.2022
Oct 24 and 25
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Ari Benjamin Meyers, and the Staten Island Richmond County Orchestra

Is Rebuilding Afghanistan Our Mission Impossible?
Oct 26
Rory Stewart

Wuorinen at 70
Nov 2 and 3
James Levine, the Brentano String Quartet, Leon Williams, James Pugh, Sarah Rothenberg, and Sean Curran

Genes and Jazz
Nov 16 and 17
Harold Varmus, and the Jacob Varmus Quintet

John Zorn: Shir Ha-Shirim
Nov 23 and 24
John Zorn

Peter & The Wolf
Dec 13, 14, 15, 16, 20, and 21
Isaac Mizrahi, the Juliard Ensemble,the Campana Brothers, and Jennifer Tipton

Free Holiday Concert
Dec 21 and 22
Nico Muhly, George Steel, the Vox Vocal Ensemble, and the Graham Ashton rass Ensemble

 

2007

The Other Here
Jan 21 and 22
Big Dance Theater, Annie-B Parson, and Paul Lazar

American Ballet Theatre—A Shakespeare Festival
Jan 28 and 29
American Ballet Theatre

The Ice Project by Isaac Julien
Feb 4 and 5
Isaac Julien, Russell Maliphant, and RoseLee Goldberg

Blind Lemon Blues
Feb 11 and 12
Alan Govenar and Akin Babatunde

Seán Curran—New Choreography
Feb 25 and 26
Seán Curran and Company and Amelia Piano Trio

How We Might Have Gone to Mars in 1965
Mar 4 and 5
Freeman Dyson

La donna del lago—New Visions
Mar 12
New York City Opera

Luca Veggetti & The Cincinnati Ballet
Mar 25 and 26
Luca Veggetti and The Cincinnati Ballet

American Ballet Theater—The Sleeping Beauty
Apr 15 and 16
American Ballet Theater, Kevin McKenzie, and Gelsey Kirkland

Slow Dancing
Apr 22 and 23
Wendy Whelan and David Michalek

Is China's Ascent Unstoppable?
Apr 29
Lord Patten

Tristan und Isolde
May 1
Bill Viola and Gerard Mortier

Romulus
May 20 and 21
American Opera Project and The Washington Square Ensemble

Pilobolus & Inbal Pinto
Jun 18
Pilobolus, Robby Barnett, Inbal Pinto, and Avshalom Pollack

Boston Ballet
Sept 16 and 17
Nigel Redden, Jorma Elo, Mikko Nissinen, and Helen Pickett

Signature Theatre Company—Iphigenia 2.0
Sept 23 and 24
Charles Mee, Tina Landau, and James Houghton

New Ballet
Sept 27, 28, 29, and 30
Miller Theatre, Luca Veggetti, Amanda Miller, and Alison Chase

West Side Story at 50: The Mind and Music of Leonard Bernstein
Sept 30 and Oct 1
Dr. Richard Kogan

ABT—Season Preview
Oct 7 and 8
American Ballet Theatre and Kevin McKenzie

Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company
Oct 14 and 15
Christopher Wheeldon and Lourdes Lopez

Vanessa—New Visions
Oct 29
New York City Opera

Paul Taylor Dance Company—In-Depth
Nov 9, 10, and 11
Paul Taylor

Batsheva Dance—Gaga Revealed
Nov 12
Batsheva Dance Company and Ohad Naharin

Jo Kondo & Robert Wilson
Nov 18 and 19
Group for Contemporary Music, Jo Kondo, Robert Wilson, and Charles Wuorinen

Shen Wei Dance Arts
Dec 2 and 3
Shen Wei and Nigel Redden

Dada, Jazz, and the Avant-Garde
Dec 9 and 10
Sarah Rothenberg and Matt Witkovsky

Peter & The Wolf
Dec 15–17
Juilliard Ensemble, Andrew Scott Ross, Isaac Mizrahi, and George Manahan

Holiday Concert
Dec 16 and 17
Graham Ashton Brass Ensemble, George Steel, and Vox Vocal Ensemble

 

2006

Remembering Lucia
Feb 5 and 6
American Ballet Theatre, Alex Ewing, Cynthia Gregory, and John Meehan

Einstein and the Atom Bomb, Revisited
Feb 26 and 27
Dr. Alan J. Friedman

Lysistrata—New Visions
Mar 13
New York City Opera

Music of the New Generation
Mar 19 and 20
The Group for Contemporary Music

Tour de Force!
Mar 26 and 27
American Ballet Theatre Studio Company, Armitage Gone!, and Ensemble Alternance

Cinderella at American Ballet Theatre
May 14 and 15
James Kudelka and Kevin McKenzie

New York City Ballet & The Diamond Project
May 21 and 22
Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux, Jorma Elo, and Peter Martins

New Ballet Choreographers
Sept 13, 15, and 16
Miller Theater at Columbia University
Edwaard Liang, Tom Gold, Brian Reeder, Albert Evans, Maria Kowroski, Wendy Whalen, Ashley Bouder, Craig Hall, and ABT Studio Company

In re Jackson
Sept 24 and 25
John Zorn, Fred Sherry, and Charles Wuorinen

El Ballet de Monterrey
Oct 22
Ballet de Monterrey, Robert Hill, Tony Bechara, and Yolanda Santos

Paul Taylor—A Closer Look
Oct 29 and 30
Paul Taylor Dance Company and Paul Taylor

James Tate—Words & Music
Nov 5 and 6
James Tate, Sarah Rothenberg, Eve Beglarian, George Flynn, Fred Ho, Arthur Kreiger, and Charles Wuorinen

Dance Theatre of Harlem
Nov 12 and 13
Dance Theatre of Harlem, Arthur Mitchell, Robert Garland, Endalyn Taylor, and Keith Saunders

American Ballet Theatre—From the School to the Stage
Nov 19 and 20
Franco De Vita, Kirk Peterson, ABT Studio Company, and JKO School Students

Beyond Flamenco: Finding Spain in Music
Nov 28 and 29
Antonio Muñoz-Molina, Pedro Carboné, Angel Gil Ordóñez, Joe Horowitz, Perspectives Ensemble, and Collegiate Chorale

Don Juan in Prague—An Insider’s Look
Dec 3 and 4
David Chambers, Matthew Suttor, Iva Bittová, and Agon Orchestra of Prague

Family Holiday Benefit: The Nutcracker
Dec 11
Tom Gold

Holiday Concert
Dec 16 and 17
Vox Vocal Ensemble, Conductor George Steel, and Graham Ashton Brass Ensemble

 

2005

American Ballet Theatre and The Art of Partnering
Jan 16 and 17
American Ballet Theatre and Kevin McKenzie

Balanchine Continued . . . at Miami City Ballet
Jan 23 and 24
Robert Gottlieb, Miami City Ballet, and Edward Villella

Prometheus
Feb 6 and 7
The Cygnus Ensemble, Derek Lee Ragin, and The New York Baroque Dance Company

Candide–New Visions
Feb 21
Nimet Habachy and New York City Opera

American Ballet Theatre and Michel Fokine
Feb 27 and 28
American Ballet Theatre and Frederic Franklin

Orlando–New Visions
Mar 7
Nimet Habachy and New York City Opera

Balanchine Continued . . . at North Carolina Dance Theatre
Mar 13 and 14
Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux, Patricia McBride, and North Carolina Dance Theatre

Daniel Buren: Couleurs Superposées: Acte VII, 60 minutes
Mar 25
Daniel Buren and RoseLee Goldberg

The Pearl Fishers–New Visions
Mar 28
Nimet Habachy and New York City Opera

American Ballet Theatre and Sylvia
Apr 3 and 4
American Ballet Theatre and Christopher Newton

Charles Wuorinen in Song and Dance
Apr 17 and 18
Pam Tanowitz Dance, Leon Williams, and Charles Wuorinen

Is Evolution Predictable?
Apr 24
Richard Dawkins

Songs for the Poets
May 2
Zheng Cao, Lisa Delan, David Garner, Gordon Getty, Matt Haimovitz, Dawn Harms, Jake Heggie, Kristin Pankonin, Frederica von Stade, and Eugenia Zuckerman

Balanchine Continued . . . at Pacific Northwest Ballet
May 8 and 9
Patricia Barker, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Francia Russell, and Kent Stowell

Celebrating Milton Babbitt
May 23
Alan Feinberg, Thomas Meglioranza, Lucy Shelton, and Fred Sherry

New Dances and Choreographers
Sept 11 and 12
Benjamin Millepied and Moving Theater

Danspace Project at the Guggenheim
Sept 18 and 19
Carrie Ahern, Gina Gibney, Yasuko Yokoshi, Douglas Dunn, and Laurie Uprichard

Ariane et Barbe—Bleue–New Visions
Sept 26
New York City Opera

Watching Ligeti Move–Three Ballets by Christopher Wheeldon
Sept 28, 30, and Oct. 1
New York City Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, FLUX Quartet, Cameron Grant, and Michael McGraw

Paul Muldoon: Words and Music
Oct 2 and 3
Darius de Haas and Paul Muldoon

Paul Taylor–Celebrating 50 Years
Oct 9 and 10
Paul Taylor Dance Company

The Mines of Sulphur–New Visions
Oct 17
New York City Opera

On Memory and Music
Oct 23 and 24
Scott Small and Gilles Vonsattel

Gelsomina
Oct 30 and 31
Billy Zane, Elena Anaya, and Aeysha Walsh

Darkling
Nov 13 and 14
American Opera Projects

American Ballet Theatre and Seán Curran
Nov 20 and 21
American Ballet Theatre and John Meehan

The Nutcracker Sweet
Dec 5
New York City Ballet

Faces of Russia
Dec 11 and 12
Dmitri Pokrovsky Ensemble

Holiday Concert
Dec 16 and 17
Vox Vocal Ensemble, Conductor George Steel