Guggenheim

Past Performances

2012

New York City Opera: Prima Donna
Jan 22
Rufus Wainwright

New York Theatre Workshop: An Iliad
Feb 5
Denis O’Hare and Stephen Spinella

It Happens Like This
Feb 19 and 20
Ensemble Signal, Ken Rus Schmoll, and Charles Wuorinen

Am I My Genes? Mixing Species in Science and Art
Mar 4
Dr. Robert Klitzman

The World of John Chamberlain
Apr 22 and 23
Drew Baker, Bill Charlap, Susan Davidson, and Jason Eckardt

American Ballet Theatre: A Cast of Characters
Apr 29 and 30
Reid Anderson, Misty Copeland, and Roman Zhurbin

A Festival of Israeli Jazz & World Music Opening Night: Omri Mor Trio
May 6
Gregory Hutchinson, Omri Mor, and Simon Starr

Pacific Northwest Ballet: After Petipa
May 13 and 14
Doug Fullington

Pacific Northwest Ballet: New York Season Preview
Sept 9 and 10
Peter Boal, Maria Chapman, Carla Körbes, Seth Orza, and Lesley Rausch

New York City Ballet: Choreography by Justin Peck with Music By Sufjan Stevens
Sept 23 and 24
Justin Peck and Sufjan Stevens

American Ballet Theatre: Choreography by Alexei Ratmansky
Sept 20 and Oct 1
Alexei Ratmansky

The Metropolitan Opera: The Tempest
Oct 8
Thomas Ades, Peter Gelb, and Robert Lepage

Desire Caught By The Tail: A Play by Pablo Picasso
Oct 14 and 15
Anne Bogart and Angela Westwater

Columbia University Professor Charles Zuker: “Food, Taste, and the Brain”
Oct 20
Charles Zuker

Royal Danish Ballet: La Bayadère
Oct 21 and 22
Nikolaj Hübbe and Richard Hudson

Minnesota Opera: Doubt
Nov 4 and 5
Douglas Cuomo and Kevin Newbury

The Rodin Project: Choreography By Russell Maliphant
Dec 3
Russell Maliphant

Peter & The Wolf
Dec 8, 9, 14, 15, 16
Isaac Mizrahi, George Manahan, Juilliard Ensemble, and Will Cotton
Juilliard Ensemble

Holiday Concert
Dec 16 and 17
George Steel and the Vox Vocal Ensemble

 

 

2011

Pacific Northwest Ballet—Giselle Revisited
Jan 9 and 10
Pacific Northwest Ballet and Doug Fullington

Physicist Michael Tuts—Answers from the Large Hadron Collider
Feb 6 and 7
Michael Tuts

John Zorn’s Music Interpreted—New Choreography by Donald Byrd and Pam Tanowitz
Feb 27 and 28
John Zorn, Donald Byrd, and Pam Tanowitz

How Judges Judge—Youth American Grand Prix
Mar 6 and 7
Youth American Grand Prix

Watermill Quintet
Mar 13 and 14
Robert Wilson/Watermill

Royal Danish Ballet
Mar 20 and 21
Nikolaj Hubbe

Celebrating David Del Tredici
Mar 27 and 28
Lynne Taylor-Corbett and Young People’s Chorus of New York City

The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World
Apr 17 and 18
New York Theatre Workshop and Playwrights Horizons

American Ballet Theatre—On to Act II
May 1 and 2
American Ballet Theatre, Susan Jaffe, and Martine Van Hamel

James Dillon—Nine Rivers
Sept 14, 16, and 17
International Contemporary Ensemble, Steven Schick, red fish blue fish, and The Crossing

Does Man Drive Animals to Extinction?
Sept 18
Balliol College, Beth Shapiro, and Daniel Rubenstein

The Music of Elliott Carter Interpreted
Oct 2 and 3
Emery LeCrone, Avi Scher, Fred Sherry, Rolf Schulte, and Charles Neidich

American Ballet Theatre—Season Preview
Oct 16 and 17
American Ballet Theatre, Kevin McKenzie, Demis Volpi, and John Meehan

Keigwin + Company
Oct 30 and 31
Larry Keigwin, Jason Hackenwerth, Adam Crystal, and John Meehan

Lizt Alfonso Dance Cuba
Nov 6 and 7
Lizt Alfonso and Eduardo Vilaro

Fred Ho—The Sweet Science Suite: A Scientific Soul Honoring of Muhammad Ali
Nov 13 and 14
Fred Ho, Green Monster Big Band, Whitney George, and Christal Brown

Peter & the Wolf
Dec 10, 11, 16-18
Isaac Mizrahi, George Manahan, Juilliard Ensemble, and Jason Hackenwerth

Holiday Concert
Dec 18 and 19
Vox Vocal Ensemble and Graham Ashton Brass Ensemble

 

 

2010

Frederic Franklin Benefit Performance
Jan 10 and 11
Frederic Franklin and American Ballet Theatre

The Art of Teaching—Participation and Perception
Jan 24
Michael Sandel and Damian Woetzel

Made in Naples
Feb 7 and 8
Karole Armitage, Karen Kilimnik, and Alba Clemente

Emotion and Emotion
Feb 14 and 15
Paris Opera Ballet and Dr. Helen Fisher

Hypermusic—Ascension
Mar 11
Lisa Randall, Hétor Parra, and Matthew Ritchie

Icarus at the Edge of Time
Apr 25 and 26
Alan Alda, Brian Greene, Al and Al, David Henry Hwang, and World Science Festival

Karlheinz Stockhausen
May 9 and 10
Matthew Harding, Bridget Kibbey, and Jun Han

American Ballet Theatre at 70
May 9 and 10
American Ballet Theatre, Susan Jaffe, Susan Jones, Donald Saddler, and Lupe Serrano

Pacific Northwest Ballet—Balanchine’s Petipa
May 14 and 15
Doug Fullington

Nacho Duato
May 17 and 18
Compañía Nacional de Danza de España and Nacho Duato

New York City Ballet—New Dance/New Music
May 23 and 24, 2010
Fayçal Karoui, Thierry Esciach, and Benjamin Millepied

MAA: A Ballet by Kaija Saariaho
Sept 20
Luca Veggetti and Miller Theatre

Gotham Chamber Opera—El Gato con Botas
Sept 23
Gotham Chamber Opera and Blind Summit Theater

New York City Opera—A Quiet Test
Sept 26
George Steel and Christopher Alden

The Music of David Lang Interpreted
Oct 3 and 4
Pontus Lidberg, Jessica Lang, and David Lang

Voices and Dance within the Americas
Oct 24 and 25
Ballet Hispanico, Maray Gutierrez, Jonah Bokaer, and Judith Sanchez Ruiz

ABT’s New Nutcracker
Nov 7 and 8
Alexei Ratmansky

Vertical Opera [An Unrealized Project]
Nov 14 and 15
Ilya and Emilia Kabakov

Poetic Responses to War
Dec 5 and 6
Brian Turner, Bruce Weigl, and George Flynn

Peter & the Wolf
Dec 11, 12, 17-19
Isaac Mizrahi, Rei Sato, George Manahan, and the Juilliard Ensemble

Holiday Concert
Dec 19 and 20
Vox Vocal Ensemble, George Steel, and Graham Ashton Brass Ensemble

 

 

2009

Arvo Pärt, Sophie Calle, and Christopher Wheeldon
Jan 11 and 12
Lauren Flanigan, Wendy Whelan, Albert Evans, and Sébastien Marcovici

New Yory City Ballet Emerging Choreographers
Jan 18 and 19
Douglas Lee

Günter Blobel: Cell Evolution
Jan 25
Günter Blobel

American Ballet Theatre Female Choreographers
Feb 1 and 2
Voices and Visions: The Altria/ABT Women's Choreography Project

Balanchine and the School of American Ballet
Feb 22 and 23
Suki Schorer/New York City Ballet

Morphoses—Choreography and Design
Mar 8 and 9
Isabel and Ruben Toledo

Ethan Stiefel and His Students
Mar 15 and 16
UNCSA, Ethan Stiefel, and Larry Keigwin

Robert Wilson—Kool: Dancing in My Mind
Apr 17 and 18
Carla Blank, Jonah Bokaer, and Illenk Gentile

Donald Hall—Poetry and Music
May 10 and 11
Sarah Rothenberg, Charles Wuorinen, David Del Tredici, Joshua Smith, Drew Baker, and George Lewis

Scent Opera
May 31 and Jun 1
Stewart Matthew, Christophe Laudamiel, Nico Muhly, and Valgier Sigurdsson

Aftermath—The Iraqi Refugee Project
Jun 14 and 15
Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen/New York Theatre Workshop

Orbits
Jun 21
Henry Brant

Levels of Nothingness
Sept 17, 19–21
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer and Isabella Rossellini

Blue Rider in Performance
Sept 23 and 25
Brentano String Quartet, Armitage Gone! Dance, and Sarah Rothenberg/Miller Theatre

Steve Reich Interpreted: New Choreography by Larry Keigwin and Peter Quanz
Sept 11 and 12
Larry Keigwin, Peter Quanz, and Steve Reich

Celebrating Virtuosity
Oct 5
Elliott Carter, Charles Wuorinen, Fred Sherry, and Rolf Schulte

ABT—The Art of Adaptation
Oct 11 and 12
American Ballet Theatre

Shen Wei Dance Arts at 10
Oct 24 and 25
Shen Wei Dance Arts

New York City Opera—Esther
Nov 1 and 2
Lauren Flanigan, Charles Kondek, and George Steel

Ariana Reines
Nov 15 and 16
Ariana Reines and Birgit Huppuch

Stress—Sex—Music
Dec 6 and 7
Dr. Max J. Hilz

Peter & the Wolf
Dec 10-14
Isaac Mizrahi, Jennifer Tipton, George Mananhan, and the Juilliard Ensemble

Holiday Concert
Dec 20 and 21
Vox Vocal Ensemble and Graham Ashton Brass Ensemble

 


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

 



2004

Raymonda
Jan 18 and 19
American Ballet Theatre

Balanchine: The Early Years
Jan 25 and 26
New York City Ballet, Todd Bolender, Peter Martins, and Nancy Reynolds

Small Tragedy
Feb 1 and 2
Playwrights Horizons, Craig Lucas, Wallace Shawn, and Mark Wing-Davey

Bachianas Brasileiras
Feb 8 and 9
Lyric Chamber Music Society of New York, Serena Benedetti, and Roberto Minczuk

Chamber Works of Menachem Zur
Feb 16
The Group for Contemporary Music, Charles Wuorinen, and Menachem Zur

Coppélia
Feb 22 and 23
American Ballet Theatre and Frederic Franklin

Volpone
Feb 29 and Mar 1
Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts, Mark Campbell, and John Musto

Balanchine: The Middle Years
Mar 7 and 8
American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, Melissa Hayden, and Maria Tallchief

Mourning Becomes Electra
Mar 15
New York City Opera and Nimet Habachy

Ermione
Mar 29
New York City Opera

Balanchine: The Late Years
Apr 18 and 19
New York City Ballet, Jean-Pierre Bonnefous, Peter Martins, Kay Mazzo, and Karin von Aroldingen

Frederick Ashton: A Celebration
Apr 25 and 26
American Ballet Theatre and Georgina Parkinson

Three Classical Heroines
May 6
Michelle DeYoung, Jonathan Scheffer, and Francesca Zambello

Trisha Brown: New Works
Jun 6 and 7
Trisha Brown Dance Company

Paul Auster: Poetry and Music
Sept 12 and 13
Paul Auster and the Group for Contemporary Music

Plan B
Sept 18 and 19
Big Dance Theater, Paul Lazar, and Annie-B Parson

Dialogues of the Carmelites–New Visions
Sept 27
New York City Opera

American Ballet Theatre and Christopher Wheeldon
Oct 3 and 4
American Ballet Theatre and Christopher Wheeldon

Young Concert Artists
Oct 24 and 25
Mason Bates, Kenji Bunch, the Claremont Trio, the Extension Ensemble, Hsing-Ay Hsu, Daniel Kellogg, Kevin Puts, and Fred Sherry

Bioethics and the Mind in the New Genetic Age
Nov 7 and 8
Robert Klitzman

Balanchine Continued . . .
Nov 14 and 15
Ib Andersen, Ballet Arizona, and Lourdes López

Two Gentlemen of Verona
Nov 21 and 22
John Guare and Galt McDermot

The Nutcracker Sweet: A Family Holiday Benefit at the Guggenheim Museum
Dec 6
New York City Ballet

Holiday Concert
Dec 18 and 19
George Steel and the Vox Vocal Ensemble

 


2003

Dance as Ever
Jan 26 and 27
Peter Boal and Leigh Witchel

My Life with Albertine
Feb 2 and 3
Playwright's Horizon
Ricky Ian Gordon and Richard Nelson

Dancers & Competitions
Feb 9 and 10
American Ballet Theatre

A Little Night Music
Feb 24
New York City Opera, Scott Ellis, Phillip Gainsley, Stephen Sondheim, and Susan Stroman

Tiffany Mills Company
Mar 2 and 3
The Tiffany Mills Company, Trisha Brown, Tiffany Mills, Ela Troyano, and John Zorn

An Evening with Tan Dun
Mar 6
CAMI Hall
Columbia Artists Management and Tan Dun

The Ensemble Alternance
Mar 9 and 10
The Ensemble Alternance, Philippe Manoury, Jean-Luc Menet, and Philippe Schoeller

Marc-André Dalbavie
Mar 15 and 16
Lionheart, Marc-André Dalbavie, and Jean-Paul Fouchécourt

Little Women
Mar 17
New York City Opera, Mark Adamo, and John Corigliano

Matthew Barney & Jonathan Bepler
Mar 30 and 31
Matthew Barney and Jonathan Bepler

Look Again: American Ballet Theatre's Corps de Ballet
Apr 6 and 7
American Ballet Theatre and Susan Jones

A Rose by Any Other Name . . .
Apr 27 and 28
American Ballet Theatre and Gillaume Graffin

Compañía de la Danza Narciso Medina
May 4 and 5
Cuban Artists Fund and Narciso Medina

Shen Wei Dance Arts
May 11 and 12
Shen Wei Dance Arts

Richard Festinger & Denis Johnson
May 18 and 19
The Group for Contemporary Music, Richard Festinger, Denis Johnson, and Amy Burton

William Christie–An Interpreter's Methods
Jun 12
Les Arts Florissants and William Christie

Two Takes on the Orphan of Zhao
Jun 29 and 30
Lincoln Center Festival, David Greenspan, Stephin Merritt, Nigel Redden, and Chen Shi-Zheng

Lucia di Lammermoor
Sept 8
New York City Opera and Nimet Habachy

Bright Lights Big City
Sept 14 and 15
Paul Scott Goodman and Jay McInerney

La Finta Giardiniera
Sept 22
New York City Opera and Himet Habachy

Antony Tudor Ballets
Sept 28 and 29
American Ballet Theatre

Stanley Kunitz: A Celebration
Oct 19 and 20
Stanley Kunitz, Andy Bey, and The Group for Contemporary Music

Ned Rorem: 80th Birthday Celebration
Oct 24
The New York Festival of Song

Balanchine's Lost Choreography
Nov 16 and 17
Frederic Franklin, Maria Tallchief, Nikolaj Hübbe, and Nancy Reynolds

Alladeen
Nov 23 and 24
The Builders Association, motiroti, and Marianne Weems

Professor Murray Gell-Mann: The Regular and the Random
Dec 7 and 8
Murray Gell-Mann

The Further Adventures of Monkey
Dec 14 and 15
Fred Ho and Rebecca Lazier

Choral Music for the Holidays
Dec 20 and 21
Vox Vocal Ensemble and George Steel

 


2002

American Ballet Theatre–Latin Stars
Feb 3 and 4
José Manuel Carreño, Marcelo Gomes, and Paloma Herrera

Batsheva Dance Company
Feb 11 and 12
Batsheva Dance Company and Ohad Naharin

The Carolina Ballet
Feb 24 and 25
Andrea Marcovicci, Glenn Mehrbach, Robert Weiss, and Lynne Taylor-Corbett

Synch or Swim
Mar 3 and 4
Andrew Asnes and John Selya

Agrippina
Mar 18
New York City Opera
John Conklin, Cori Ellison, Lillian Groag, Brenda Harris, and David Walker

The Glass Blowers
Apr 1
New York City Opera
Christopher Alden, June LeBell, and Jonathan Sheffer

Poetry Speaks
Apr 15
Billy Collins, Galway Kinnell, Elise Paschen, and Sonia Sánchez

American Ballet Theatre–The Theater of Dance
Apr 21 and 22
Victor Barbee, Guillaume Graffin, Julie Kent, and Georgina Parkinson

Ricky Ian Gordon
Apr 28 and 29
Ricky Ian Gordon, Audra McDonald, Richard Nelson, and Ted Sperling

Young America
May 5
The Juilliard Theater
Juilliard Theater Symphony and New York Concert Singers, Judith Clurman Delan, Gordon Getty and Efrain Guigui, Charles Ketcham, and Ralph Wells

The Estate Project for Artists with AIDS
May 5 and 6
The Estate Project for Artists with AIDS, John Corigliano, Joseph Dalton, Anthony de Mare, and Fred Hersch

Celebrating Les Murray
Jun 2 and 3
The Group for Contemporary Music, Jason Eckhardt, Ricky Ian Gordon, Jo Kondo, Les Murray, Wayne Peterson, and Charles Wuorinen

The Diamond Project
Jun 23 and 24
György Ligeti, Jock Soto, Christopher Wheeldon, and Wendy Whelan

Ta'ziyeh
Jun 30 and Jul. 1
Lincoln Center Festival
Mohammad Ghaffari

Dead Man Walking
Sept 9
New York City Opera, David Del Tredici, Leonard Foglia, Jake Heggie, and Terrence McNally

Three Tales
Oct 6 and 7
Beryl Korot and Steve Reich

The Haroun Songbook
Oct 13 and 14
The Group for Contemporary Music, New York City Opera, James Fenton, Salman Rushdie, and Charles Wuorinen

Les Larmes du Couteau
Oct 27 and 28
Henry Street Chamber Opera and Neal Goren

Charles L. Mee & Tony Kushner
Nov 3 and 4
New York Theater Workshop, Tony Kushner, Charles Mee, and James C. Nicola

A Celebration of Derek Walcott
Nov 10 and 11
Milton Babbitt, Jason Robert Brown, Tania León/Bernard Rands, Derek Walcott, and Charles Wuorinen

A Richard Rodgers Tribute
Nov 24 and 25
American Ballet Theatre, Lar Lubovitch, and Brian MacDevitt

Velocity
Dec 8 and 9
Scott Ardizzone, Mark Lonergan, John Socas, and Brian Torrell

Choral Music for the Holidays
Dec 20 and 21
Vox Vocal Ensemble and George Steel

 


2001

American Ballet Theatre & Mark Morris
Jan 21 and 22
American Ballet Theatre, Isaac Mizrahi, and Mark Morris

John Hollander/Milton Babbitt and Alice Fulton/Anthony Cornicello
Feb 3 and 4
The Group for Contemporary Music, Milton Babbitt, Anthony Cornicello, Alice Fulton, John Hollander, and Lucy Shelton

Vertigo Dance Company
Feb 11 and 12
92nd Street Y, Harkness Dance Project, Adi Sha'al, and Noa Wertheim

Rigoletto La Boheme
Feb 26
New York City Opera

Pierre Boulez as Composer
Mar 5
Ensemble Sospeso, Alice Tully Hall, and Pierre Boulez

Acis and Galatea
Mar 12
New York City Opera

Pam Tanowitz/Open 24 Hours Dance Company
Mar 18 and 19
Tom Gold, Dan Siegler, and Pam Tanowitz

The Ballad of Baby Doe
Mar 25 and 26
New York City Opera, Colin Graham, and George Manahan

William Styron
Apr 5
Cooper Union

About Staging a Major Revival
Apr 8
Jude Kelly, Stephen Sondheim, and Matthew Warchus

American Ballet Theatre–The Pied Piper
Apr 22 and 23
American Ballet Theatre, John Corigliano, and David Parsons

The Universe of Philippe Decouflé
Apr 29
Patrick Bensard and Philippe Decouflé

Celebrating John Ashbery
May 13 and 14
The Group for Contemporary Music, John Ashbery, Ricky Ian Gordon, Lee Hyla, Peter Lieberson, Charles Wuorinen, and John Zorn

The Brave New Word
Jun 3 and 4
Loss Pequeño Glazier, Michael Joyce, Andruid Kern, Jennifer Ley, Stuart Moulthrop, Janet Murray, Anna Rabinowitz, Stephanie Strickland, Noah Wardrip-Fruin, and Eric Zimmerman

Prometheus
Jun 28
Robert Wilson

Shunkin
Sept 9
Glenn Branca, Cynthia Hopkins, Paul Lazar, Annie-B Parsons, and Junichiro Tanizaki

The Capulets and the Montagues and The Mikado
Sept 10
New York City Opera and Jonathan Miller

Ensemble Alternance
Sept 23 and 24
Ensemble Alternance, Simon Holt, Philippe Manoury, Bruno Mantovani, and Philippe Schoeller

Blood on the Floor
Sept 28 and 29
The Miller Theatre at Columbia University
Absolute Ensemble, Bruce Arnold, Peter Epstein, Peter Erskine, Kristjan Järvi, and Mark-Anthony Turnage

American Ballet Theatre—Stanton Welch
Oct 7 and 8
Stanton Welch

Richard Wilbur–Poetry and Theater
Part 1 - Guggenheim Museum
Theater and Translations
Part 2 - The Miller Theatre at Columbia University
Oct 14 and 15
Anthony Hecht, John Hollander, Karl Kirchwey, and J. D. McClatchy

The Return of Ulysses and Lilith
Oct 22
The Colony Club
New York City Opera

Homebody/Kabul
Oct 28 and 29
New York Theater Workshop, Declan Donnellan, Tony Kushner, and Nick Ormerod

Brazil! Dance, Music & Spirit
Nov 4 and 5

American Ballet Theatre–Toward the Stars
Nov 11 and 12
American Ballet Theatre

From the Amazon River to Philip Glass
Nov 19 and 20
The Uakti Ensemble, Philip Glass, and Heitor Villa-Lobos

Sir Richard Rodney Bennett
Dec 2 and 3
Aureole Trio
Richard Rodney Bennett, Mary Cleere Haran, and Fred Sherry

The Music of Colonial Brazil
Dec 16 and 17
The Vox Vocal Ensemble, Gotham City Baroque Orchestra, and George Steel

 


2000

Eric Moe & Augusta Read Thomas
Jan 30 and 31
Christine Brandes, J. Karla Lemon, Eric Moe, and Augusta Read Thomas

A Dancer's Home: Why American Ballet Theatre
Feb 6 and 7
American Ballet Theatre, Peter Gallagher, Paloma Herrera, Julie Kent, Kevin McKenzie, and Martine van Hammel

Donald Byrd/The Group
Feb 13 and 14
Donald Byrd

Avila/Weeks Dance Company
Feb 27 and 28
Homer Avila, Celia Ipiotis, and Edisa Weeks

Oliver Knussen and Julian Anderson
Mar 3 and 4
Julian Anderson, Oliver Knussen, and Lucy Shelton

The Mother of Us All & La Clemenza di Tito
Mar 6
New York City Opera and Lauren Flanigan

Ride Down Mt. Morgan
Mar 13
Jude Kelly and Patrick Stewart

A French Playwright in NY
Mar 20
Jean-Marie Besset

New York City Opera/Platée
Mar 26 and 27
New York City Opera, Amy Burton, Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, Isaac Mizrahi, and Mark Morris

Strings and Strings
Apr 4
The Emerson String Quartet and Brian Greene

Twyla Tharp & American Ballet Theatre
Apr 9 and 11
American Ballet Theatre and Twyla Tharp

Mounting a New "Swan Lake"
Apr 16 and 17
Elizabeth Kaye and Kevin McKenzie

1900: Music at the Crossroads
May 22
John Beeson, Jane Bunnell, Amy Burton, George Cordes, Cori Ellison, Vivien Greene, Paul Kellogg, and Robert Rosenblum

Prometheus
Jun 25 and 26
Robert Wilson

Philip Glass
Sept 11
Music at the Anthology, Philip Glass, Kusumita Pederson, and The Very Rev. James Parks Morton

What Price Confidence
Sept 18
Elysium and Gregorij H. von Lëitis

Rinaldo/The Love for Three Oranges
Oct 2
New York City Opera

Cleveland Orchestra Chamber Ensemble
Oct 7 and 8
Cleveland Orchestra and Marc-André Dalbavie

From Petipa to Balanchine
Oct 15 and 16
New York City Ballet
Suki Schorer

American Ballet Theatre & Christian Holder
Oct 22 and 23
American Ballet Theatre, Christian Holder, Susan Jaffe, Kevin McKenzie, and Ethan Stiefel

The Gogmagogs Gobbledygook
Oct 29 and 30
The Gogmagogs and Lucy Bailey

Marrying the Hangman
Nov 5 and 6
Psappha Ensemble, Ronald Caltabiano, and Phyllis Bryn Julson

Xtravaganza
Dec 10 and 11
The Builders Association and Marianne Weems

 



1999

Charles Wuorinen
Feb 12 and 13
The Group for Contemporary Music, Oliver Knussen, and Charles Wuorinen

Lizzie Borden
Feb 21 and 22
New York City Opera, Jack Beeson, Kenward Elmslie, and Rhoda Levine

Picasso Dances
Mar 14 and 15
American Ballet Theatre Studio Company, Julliard Dance Division, Jason Robert Brown, George Faison, Graham Lustig, and Desmond Richardson

Bernard Rands
Apr 18 and 19
Bernard Rands

Strings and Strings
May 2
The Emerson String Quartet and Brian Green

Parsons Dance Company
May 9
Robert Battle, Ben Harkarvy, John Mackey, and David Parsons

What Next?
May 16
Elliott Carter and Paul Griffiths

Merce Cunningham
May 23 and 24
Cunningham Dance Company and Merce Cunningham

The Peony Pavilion
Jun 15 and 16
Lincoln Center Festival, Nigel Redden, and Chen Shi-Zeng

Vers La Flamme
Sept 12
Martha Clarke, Christopher O'Riley, and Harlow Robinson

Jason Robert Brown
Sept 26 and 27
Jason Robert Brown

Fernando Bujones–In Celebration
Oct 3 and 4
School of American Ballet and Fernando Bujones

The Abduction from the Seraglio and Falstaff
Oct 11
New York City Opera

"Theater" in American Ballet Theatre
Oct 15 and 16
American Ballet Theatre, Susan Jaffe, Kevin McKenzie, Georgina Parkinson, Ethan Stiefel, and Wendy Wasserstein

Eos Orchestra
Oct 17 and 18
Eos Orchestra, Jonathan Sheffer, and Angelina Réaux

A Celebration of Italo Calvino at Cooper Union
Oct 22
Cooper Arts, Giovanna Calvino, Umberto Eco, Carlos Fuentes, Salman Rushdie, Wallace Shawn, and Maria Tucci

Central Park
Nov 1
New York City Opera

Once Upon a Time in Chinese America . . .
A Martial Arts Ballet
Dec 12 and 13
The Afro-Asian Music Ensemble and Fred Ho

 


1998

Flamenco Natyam and the Passion of La Conja and Rajika Puri
Jan 13 and 14
La Conja, Pedro Cortes, and Rajika Puri

Evidence of Things Not Seen
Jan 18
Ned Rorem, Michael Barrett, and Steven Blier

Symphony 1997 (Heaven, Earth, Mankind)
Mar 11
Tan Dun and Yo-Yo Ma

Emmeline & Paul Bunyan
Mar 29 and 30
New York City Opera, J. D. McClatchy, Bridget Paolucci, Tobias Picker, and Stewart Robertson

The Poetry of James Fenton
May 17 and 18
James Fenton, Dominic Muldowney, Robert Silvers, and Charles Wuorinen

Do Shakespeare's Tragedies Still Work?
May 28
Bill Buford, Anthony Lane, Simon Schama, and Wendy Smith

Jazz Train
May 31 and Jun 1
Geri Allen, Donald Byrd, Vernon Reid, and Max Roach

Charles Wuorinen: A Birthday Celebration
Jun 7
Susan Narucki, Christopher Oldfather, Ursula Oppens, and Fred Sherry

Salammbô
Jun 15 and 17
Emily Golden, Stephen O'Mara, and Francesca Zambello

Tosca & Partenope
Aug 31
New York City Opera and Bridget Paolucci

The Emperor of Atlantis
Sept 2 and 3
Elysium, Michael Lahr, Gregorij von Lëitis, and George Steel

Terra Prenyada–International Festival of Puppet Theater
Sept 8
Joan Baixas and Paca Rodrigue

The Fable of the Fox–International Festival of Puppet Theater
Sept 12 and 13
Los Titiriteros de Binéfar

Orfeo Ed Euridice and Hansel & Gretel
Sept 28
New York City Opera and Martha Clarke

Hindenburg
Oct 12 and 13
Brooklyn Academy of Music, Beryl Korot, and Steve Reich

New Music Series–Piano Concerto No. 2
Oct 18
Milton Babbitt and Robert Taub

The Bald Soprano
Oct 25
UBU Repertory Theater and Françoise Kourilsky

Of Mice and Men & Madama Butterfly
Oct 26
New York City Opera and Carlisle Floyd

Kafka Fragments
Nov 8 and 9
Phyllis Bryn-Julson, Janos Demeny, and Gyorgy Kurtag/Melanie Melançon

El Mozote
Dec 6 and 7
Pascal Rioult Dance Theater, Core Ensemble, Carlos Sanchez Gutierrez, Francis Mason, Michael Parola, Pascal Rioult, and Susana Tubert

Ensemble Fa
Dec 8
Dominique My

The French Public and Music
Dec 15
Gerard Mortier and Dawn Upshaw

 


1997

Scelsi and Friends
Feb 27
Anthony Burr, Mark Dresser, Heinz-Klaus Metzger, Aki Takahashi, and Frances-Marie Uitti

The Politics of Music: Orff, Weill, and Brecht-New Visions
Mar 16
Donald Byrd, Paul Kellogg, New York City Opera, Anne Bogart, Michael Kater, Kim Kowalke, and John Rockwell

Bach's St. Matthew Passion
Mar 27
Brooklyn Academy of Music, Jonathan Miller, and Charlie Rose

The Visit
Apr 13 and 14
New York City Opera, Joanne Akalaitis, John Conklin, and Paul Kellogg

New Work
Apr 22
New York City Ballet, Peter Martins, and Angelin Preljocaj

Robert Wilson's Theater
Apr 20
Salzburg Festival, Gerard Mortier, and Robert Wilson

Ashoka's Dream
May 12 and 13
Santa Fe Opera, Lorraine Hunt, Peter Lieberson, Douglas Penick, Kurt Ollmann, and Stephen Wadsworth

Macbeth & l'Italiana in Algeri
Sept 7 and 8
John Conklin, Leon Major, and George Manahan

Iphigenie en Tauride & Xerxes
Sept 28 and 29
Cori Ellison, Jane Glover, Christine Goerke, and Andrew Schroeder

Marco Polo
Oct 26 and 27
Martha Clarke and Tan Dun

Rake's Progress
Nov 3
Jonathan Miller and Joseph W. Polisi

Journey Beyond the West: The New Adventures of Monkey
Nov 26
Fred Ho

Opera in Western Civilization: Past, Future, History, and Politics
Dec 14 and 15
Dr. Gerard Mortier and Dawn Upshaw

 


1996

The Beast and The Harlem Nutcracker
Jan 14 and 15
The Donald Byrd Group and Florence Gould Hall

Orlando by Handel
Feb 8
Brooklyn Academy of Music, Les Arts Florissants, and William Christie

Reliquary for Igor Stravinsky
Feb 19
New York City Ballet, Peter Martins, Mark Rosenthal, Alice Tully Hall, and Charles Wuorinen

Translating Abstraction into Music?
Parallels to Abstract Painting in 20th Century Music
Mar 13
American Symphony Orchestra, Bard Festival Chamber Players, and Leon Botstein

The Dreyfus Affair
Mar 17 and 18
New York City Opera, Paul Kellogg, George Whyte, and The New York Society for Ethical Culture

Black Water
Apr 21 and 22
American Music Theater Festival, John Duffy, Joyce Carol Oates, and Florence Gould Hall

Le Parc
May 6 and 7
Le Ballet de L'Opéra Nationale de Paris, Isabelle Guerin/Laurent Hilaire, The Sylvia and Danny Kaye Playhouse, Brigitte Lefevre, and Angelin Preljocaj

International Festival of Puppetry
Sept 8, 9, and 19
Henson Foundation, Amoros & Augustin, Teatro Tinglado, Theater LakuPaka, and Ki-Yi Mbock Theatre

The Beatification of Area Boy
Sept 21 and 22
West Yorkshire Playhouse, Jude Kelly, and Wole Soyinka

Journey Beyond the West: The New Adventures of Monkey
Oct 29 and 30
The Monkey Orchestra and Fred Ho

Dancing in the Streets: Insights Into Onsite
Dec 2
Elise Bernhardt, Martha Bowers, Tai Dang, Stephan Koplowitz, Annie Lanzillotto, Sham Mosher, and Tamar Rogoff

Degenerate Art
Dec 16, 17, and 18
Thingsezisee'm Dance Theater and David Grenke

 


1995

Modern Painters
Mar 4 and 5
Santa Fe Opera, Manuela Hoelterhoff, David Lang, Florence Gould Hall, and Francesca Zambello

Harvey Milk
Mar 19 and 20
New York City Opera, Christopher Alden, Christopher Keene, The Auditorium at The Equitable Center, Michael Korie, and Stewart Wallace

Chorovaya Akademia
Apr 9
Lincoln Center, Alexander Sedov, and Alice Tully Hall

Merchant and Ivory
Apr 13
James Ivory, Ismail Merchant, and David Sterritt

Big Dance Theater
Oct 7 and 8
Dance Theater Workshop, Richard Einhorn, Annie-B Parson, and Clark Studio Theatre

Hommage to the Swedish Ballet 1920–1925
Oct 9 and 10
Murray Louis Dance Company, Murray Louis, and John Jay College Theater

Principia
Nov 9
Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, Kevin O'Day, and The Sylvia and Danny Kaye Playhouse

 



1994

The Double Bass
Mar 7 and 8
Jon Deak, Brian Meister, Patrick Süskind, and Marymount Manhattan Theater

Poet X Poet
Apr 6
The Poetry Society of America, Robert Hass, Czeslaw Milosz, Robert Pinsky, and The National Arts Club

Sonatas and Interludes
May 9 and 16
Guggenheim Museum SoHo
John Cage, Cameron Grant, Jock Soto, Richard Tanner, and Margaret Tracey

Dondoro
Sept 6
International Festival of Puppetry, Henson Foundation, Cheryl Henson, and Hoichi Okamoto

The Avant-gardes
Sept 16 and 18
Guggenheim Museum SoHo
Susan Sontag, Min Tanaka, and Cecil Taylor

Gaudeamus
Oct 29 and 30
Maly Drama Theatre of St. Petersburg, Lev Dodin, Tony Randall, Michail Stronin, and Clark Studio Theatre

 


1993

Osiris and pas de deux
Apr 20 and 21
John Kelly, Robert LaFosse, Melissa Podcasy, Keith Pruitt, The Auditorium at The Equitable Center, Larry Spivack, and Heather Watts

Les Grands Ballets Canadiens
May 15 and 16
James Kudelka, Francis Mason, and John Jay College Theater

The Midnight Angel
Jun 21 and 22
Glimmerglass Opera, Peter Beagle, Elaine Bonazzi, Linda Brovsky, Marymount Manhattan Theater, David Carlson, and Patrick Smith

The Cave
Oct 5, 6, 8, and 9
Brooklyn Academy of Music, Whitney Museum of American Art, Beryl Korot, Steve Reich, and David Ross

Ring Around the Rosie
Nov 15 and 16
Parsons Dance Company, Music-Theater Group, The Sylvia and Danny Kaye Playhouse, Lyn Austin, Powers Boothe, Mark Campbell, David Parsons, Richard Peaslee, and Patrick J. Smith

Plump Jack
Dec 6 and 7
Gordon Getty, Charles Kaufman, Paul Sperry, and The Clark Studio Theatre

 


1992

The Craft of Poetry: W. S. Merwin
Apr 6
The Poetry Society of America, Galway Kinnell, W. S. Merwin, and St. Jean Baptiste Roman Catholic Church

Osiris and pas de deux
Apr 25 and 26
Robert LaFosse, John Kelly, Larry Spivack, Jock Soto, Kevin O'Day, Melissa Podcasy, Keith Pruitt, and Heather Watts

Pinokio
Sept 8 and 14
International Festival of Puppetry, Henson Foundation, Theatre DRAK, and Josef Krofta

Kecho
Sept 14
International Festival of Puppetry, Henson Foundation, and Jusaburo Tsujimura

Doktor Faust
Sept 20 and 21
New York City Opera, Ronald Chase, Frank Corsaro, Marymount Manhattan Theater, and Christopher Keene

McTeague
Dec 14 and 15
Chicago Lyric Opera, William Bolcom, William Hoffman, Marymount Manhattan Theater, and Arnold Weinstein

 


1991

Avalance and Jeux
Jan 24 and 25
Desrosiers Dance Theatre, Robert Desrosiers, Marymount Manhattan Theater, Anthony Micocci, and Myles Warren

Heian
Mar 26 and 27
Saeko Ichinohe and Company, Colorado Quartet, The Auditorium at The Equitable Center, John Gruen, Saeko Ichinohe, and Behzad Ranjbaran

The Ghosts of Versailles
Sept 15 and 16
Metropolitan Opera, Julliard School, John Corigliano, William Hoffman, and Dr. Joseph Polisi

The Mother of Three Sons
Oct 13 and 14
New York City Opera, Ann T. Greene, Leroy Jenkins, The Auditorium at The Equitable Center, Bill T. Jones, and Christopher Keene

Griot New York
Nov 4 and 5
Garth Fagan Dance, The Julliard School Dance Division, The Julliard Theatre, Garth Fagan, and Dr. Joseph Polisi

 


1990

Soundshape
Jan 21 and 22
Tan Dun, Ragnar Naess, and Tim Page

Brace Up!
Mar 24, 25, and 26
The Wooster Group, Elizabeth LeCompte, John Lurie, The Performing Garage, Lawrence "Butch" Morris, and Peter Sellars

New York Notes
Apr 19 and 20
The Group for Contemporary Music, Benoit B. Mandelbrot, Joan Peyser, and Charles Wuorinen

Moses und Aron
Sept 11 and 12
New York City Opera, Achim Freyer, Christopher Keene, The New York Society for Ethical Culture, and Hans Neugebauer

Polygraph
Oct 18 and 19
Le Théâtre Repére, Brooklyn Academy of Music, The New York Society for Ethical Culture, and Robert Lepage

 



1989

An Evening of Contemplation of an Ancient Chinese Poetess
Apr. 7 and 8
Chiang Ching and Anna Kisselgoff

Bum's Rush
Apr. 20 and 21
Twyla Tharp and Shelley Washington

The Investigation of the Murder in El Salvador
Apr. 30 and May 1
Charles L. Mee, Jr.

Voices from Sandover
May 23 and 24
James Merrill and Bruce Saylor

The Group for Contemporary Music
Oct. 12 and 13
Milton Babbitt and Charles Wuorinen

Eh, Qu'est-ce Que Ca Mi Fait A Moi!? (HEY, WHAT'S ALL THIS TO ME?)
Oct. 27 and 28
Compagnie Maguy Marin, Maguy Marin, and Denis Mariotte

New Music from the Pacific Rim
Nov. 17
The Abel-Steinberg-Winant Trio, Paul Dresher, Lou Harrison, Daniel Lentz, and Somei Satoh

Opposites Attract
Nov. 17
Paul Dresher, Ned Rothenberg, and Annalyn Swan 

 


1988

Rasputin
Mar. 13 and 14
Frank Corsaro and Jay Reise

Five
Apr. 24 and 25
Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux, Maria Calegari, Jock Soto, and Charles Wuorinen

American Composers Orchestra
Oct. 7 and 8
The Gregg Smith Singers, The Morgan University Singers, Betty Allen, Dennis Russell Davies, and Stephen Sondheim

Interior with Seven Figures
Dec. 2 and 3
Susan Marshall and Bessie Schonberg

 


1987

Dances by David Parsons
Jan. 10 and 11
David Parsons

The Armitage Ballet
Apr. 15 and 16
Karole Armitage and David Salle

New Work at the New York City Ballet
Apr. 26
John Gruen, Peter Martins with Jock Soto, and Heather Watts

The Man who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
Oct. 5 and 7
Michael Morris and Dr. Oliver Sacks

The Mahabharata
Oct. 8
Peter Brook and Jean-Claude Carriere

The Four Sections and Electric Counterpoint
Nov. 1 and 2
Pat Metheny, Kent Nagano, and Steve Reich

 


1986

Libuse
Feb. 13

Mito
Apr. 27 and 28
Sandro Chia and Carla Fracci

X (The Life and Times of Malcolm X)
May 3 and 4
Anthony Davis and Christopher Keene

Nixon in China
Nov. 2 and 3
John Adams and Peter Sellars

The Elizabethan Phrasing of the Late Albert Ayler
Nov. 9 and 10
Karole Armitage and David Salle

 


1985

String Trio and the Magic Art
Feb. 3 and 4
Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux, Patricia McBride, and Charles Wuorinen

Gazebo Dances and Altered States
Apr. 27 and 28
John Corigliano, Gail Kachaturian, and
Jacquelin T. Robertson

Casanova
Jun. 2 and 3
Dominick Argento and Christopher Keene

Impact and Transformer
Oct. 4 and 5
Anthony Davis, Laura Dean, and Steve Reich

Dracula
Oct. 19 and 20
Margie Gillis and James Kudelka

 


1984

Akhnaten
May 6 and 7
Philip Glass and Christopher Keene

The Desert Music
Sept. 22 and 23
Steve Reich and Michael Tilson Thomas