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With events at Guggenheim New York, Manhattan West and the New
York Public Library for the Performing Arts, 21 fully funded
residencies with over a dozen partners in CT, MA, New Jersey,
New York and Vt, and five Works and process commissions on tour
championing artists and their creative process at each step
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from studio to stage. Works and Process announces its
dynamic Fall 2025 season. Taking place at Guggenheim New
York, Manhattan West and the NewYork Public Library for the
Performing Arts. The season includes premieres,
Rotunda dance parties, creative residences and performances that
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bring audiences closer to the artistic process.
Three works and process commissions will premiere in the
Guggenheim S Peter B Lewis Theatre Food Opera Kirm the
Taster, a first of its kind collaboration by Sensible
Alchemist Restaurant and studio.Simkin Tell me Where it Comes
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From by Emily Coates tracing early Balanchine archives
through performance and the Nut WAA Seeker Princess Lockeroo S
remagenning of the holiday classic through the lens of New
York City S underground dance culture.
Works and Process Rotunda dance parties return to Guggenheim,
New York, featuring Dance Theater of Harlem and Ailee
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Extension. Each evening includes a
performance and conversation in the theater followed by
participatory dance lessons in the Rotunda.
This season Works and Process will present 2 Rotunda projects
on October 15th. A tribute to Robert Rauschenberg
S dance collaborations with Tricia Brown and Paul Taylor in
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conjunction with Robert Rauschenberg.
Life Can't Be Stopped on December 17th, A presentation of
the Hikers directed by Rashid Johnson with choreography by
Claudia Schreyer in conjunction with Rashid Johnson.
A poem for deep thinkers. The season kicks off on
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September 3rd with Gather Round Let S Dance, a free outdoor
series presented in partnership with Brookfield Properties Arts
and events at Manhattan W. Every Wednesday in September at
5:00 PM, New York City bass dancers and choreographers will
celebrate social dance traditions through performance,
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instruction and open dance parties.
Beyond New York City Works and Process continues its commitment
to artist development through more than 25 fully funded
creative residencies annually spanning Connecticut,
Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Vermont.
The program builds on the acclaimed bubble residencies
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launched during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Since its inception, Works and Process has supported over 1000
artists through more than 100 residencies, many of which have
received prestigious awards and toured nationally and
internationally, including with the US State Department.
This fall, 5 Works and Process commissions will continue to
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tour, further amplifying the voices and visions nurtured
through these residencies. A detailed schedule of events is
outlined below. General ticketing starts August
4th at worksandprocess.org. Season at a Glance works and
process at Guggenheim New York, 1071 5th Ave.
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New York, NY 10128. Tickets starting at 25.
Peter B Lewis Theater performance highlights
Illuminating discussions with artist receptions.
LAR Lubovich, Art of the Solo, September 7th The Metropolitan
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Opera, The Amazing Adventures ofCavalier and Clay by Mason
Bates, Libretto by Jean Sheer, September 8th New York City
Ballet, Jamar Roberts September 14th.
Beth Morrison Projects PrototypeFestival, LA Opera and Aspen
Music Festival and School. HILDAGARDBY, Sarah.
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Kirkland Snyder. September 15th.
Ayadili Kasel, in partnership with Cots by On Cultural Park,
September 21st. Dance Theatre of Harlem, Art of
the Duet, September 22nd, Shenway Dance Arts in
partnership with American Dance Festival, Cat in a Museum of Art
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and the Pocantico Center, September 28th.
American Ballet Theatre, September 29th.
Up Until Now, Collective Fellow Travelers by Gregory Spears,
Libretto by Greg Pierce, based on the novel by Thomas Mallon
with Seattle Opera, Portland Opera, San Diego Opera, Glimmer
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Glass Festival and more. October 19th Eugene O'Neill
Theatre Center Night Fawn by Adam Rapp October 26th The Santa
Fe Opera Lily Elbow be Tobias Picker Libretto by Ariel F
Stollman October 27th San Francisco Ballet and the Joffrey
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Ballet. Yuri Posikov S Eugene Onagin
November 1st Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater with
Alicia Graff Mack. November 10th WNP Commission
Food Opera Kirm The Taster Co Produced by Sensible Alchemist
Restaurant and Studio Simkin featuring Stuart Matthew, Rasmus
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Monk, Daniel Simkin and Jason Graves.
November 13th to 17th WNP Commission Tell Me Where It
Comes From The Emily Coates November 23rd Peter and the Wolf
by Sergei Prokofiev with Isaac Mizrahi.
Dance hedge in Botham and Carnegie Hall S Ensemble Connect
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December 5th 671314 WNP Commission Princess Lockeroo S
The Nut Waa Seeker December 12thWorks and process at Guggenheim,
New York. Rotunda Projects Robert
Rauschenberg Dance Collaborations, Tricia Brown
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Dance Company and Paul Taylor Dance Company October 15th WNP
Gala Rotunda Holiday Concert TheMetropolitan Opera Chorus
Artists with Jasmine Rice LabijaDecember 14th Rashi Johnson S
The Hikers with choreography by Claudia Schreyer featuring Lloyd
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Knight, Leslie Andrea Williams and Aku Orika Ted.
December 17th Works and process Rotunda dance parties in
partnership with Guggenheim member Mondays Dance Theater of
Harlem September 22nd Ailey Extension November 10th.
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Works and Process at Manhattan West Brookfield Properties Arts
and Events Manhattan West Plaza 385 9th Ave.
New York, NY 10001 free gather round let S dance Wednesdays in
September at 5:00 PM. Latin Hustle Dances Life SDJ
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Natasha Diggs End of Deal featuring Christine Bendel
September 3rd Swing Gabby Cook and E all Vilner Big Band
September 10th. Salsa.
See Cal Macmiller and friends with the Palladium Mambo Band
September 17th Queer line dancing and two stepping stud
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country September 24th Works andprocess at the New York Public
Library for the Performing Arts,Jerome Robbins Dance Division,
40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023.
Free RSVP required. The Trail of Early Balanchine
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Archives with Emily Coates Thursday, October 23rd, 6:00 PM
Dancer, writer, performance maker, and Yale professor Emily
Coates spent two years mapping far-flung artifacts related to
George Balanchine found in archives throughout the
northeast United States. This research became part of her
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Works and Process Commission. Tell Me Where It Comes from,
scheduled to premiere in New York this November.
A former dancer with New York City Ballet Code searched in
holdings at the Wadsworth Athenaeum Museum of Art, Harvard
S Houghton Library, Yale S Bein Eckrayer Book and Manuscript
Library, the archives at Jacob SPillow, the New York Public
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Library for the Performing Arts,Jerome Robbins Dance Division,
and New York City Ballet Archives, among others.
In this artist talk, Coates shares the idiosyncratic trail
of ephemera and people she encountered along her journey to
move closer to the source of hiswork from a great remove through
archival shards. Special guests joining her
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include Adam Lentz, public engagement and programs manager
at the Wadsworth Athenaeum Museum of Art.
Join us for this unique opportunity to see what goes
into creating a new work about the afterlife of a legendary
choreographer. Emily Coates received the School
of American Ballet S May El WineAward for Outstanding Promise
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and went on to perform internationally with New York
City Ballet. Mikhail Baryshnikov S White Oak
Dance Project, Twyla Tharp and Yvonne Rayner Widely
commissioned and critically praised her choreographic
projects transformed the marginalia of archival findings,
collective memory, literature, and science into new forms.
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A dance research Fellow of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division,
2019, and fellow of the Center for Ballet and the Arts at NYU
2016, she is a professor in the practice at Yale University,
where she founded the Program inDance Studies.
Works and Process Commissions ontour.
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Music from the Soul S House is open Going dark August 22nd
Guildhall, New York, October 17th to 19th.
Celebrity series of Boston MOP Le Ballet Africa, New York is
Burning by Omori Wiles September5th.
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Jamestown Dance Festival presented by Sukanya Berman
Dance New York, Master Z at workDance Family September 6th.
Greenwich Plus Docklands International Festival.
Fire Island Dance Festival at Dancing City, London, UK.
The Missing Element with the Beatbox House September 12th.
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University of Virginia S Collegeat Wise, Virginia, September
18th. Len Fest Center for the Arts at
Washington and Lee University, Virginia.
F Rat Ashery Dance S UnderscoredOctober 23rd.
Len Fest Center for the Arts at Washington and Lee University,
Virginia November 1st Universityof North Carolina at Greensboro,
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NC November 5th Omaha PerformingArts Annie Johnny Loves Johann
December 1st to 13th Carolina Performing Arts and See Works
and Process Residency Program Each year, Works and Process
produces more than 25 fully funded, week long creative
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residencies with partners in five states.
Projects are both curated and selected through an open call
launched during the pandemic. After four successful years,
Works and Process residencies continue to provide longitudinal
and made to measure support for artists, including industry
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leading creative residency fees of 1050 per artist per week,
transportation, health insurance, enrollment access,
24/7 studio availability, and onsite housing to facilitate
uninterrupted creative process. Recognizing that the artistic
process is a continuum, public engagements during the residency
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illuminate the creative process with local communities.
Culminating performances in New York City pays artists 400 per
artist per performance. For more information, such as
community events featured in residencies, visit
worksandprocess.org. Residency Partners, CT Eugene
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O'Neill Theatre Center, MA PriorPerforming Arts Center at
College of the Holy Cross, The Yard, New Jersey Art Yard, New
York, Bethany Arts Community Bridge St.
Theatre, Catskill Mountain Foundation, Chautauqua
Institution, The Church Guildhall.
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William P Rainer, Artist in residence, caught spot on
Cultural Park, Modern Accord Depot, Onx, the Pocantico
Center, PS21 Center for Contemporary Performance, the
Water Mill Center, Vt, the campus at Marlboro Music,
curated Residences Bay and ASA Iadili Kasel Crybaby, Cozy
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Geppo, Roderick George with New Jersey Ballet, Johnny Loves
Johan. Princess Lakarua Speak Courtney
Valenciaga. Washington with Master Z at Work
Dance Family and Parsons dance. Open call residencies Christine
Bendel and Abdel Boca. TUYA Omar, Roman de Jesus,
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Orlando Hernandez and the NihartConnection, Son Kim.
Dance Theater, Arturo Lions. Sydney L Mosley Dances New
Chamber Ballet. Addisola Osakalumi, Reyna XI and
Yang. CUNY Dance Initiative Joint
Residencies. A Lady in the House Dance
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company. Nubian Nae Nae.
Fall 2025. Hyadeli, Kaisal.
September 8th to 21st Cots by onCultural Park.
Johnny Loves Johann. Johnny Gandel's Men with John
Hijinbotham, Kaylee Kwan, Jamar Roberts and Melissa Tegud.
September 29th to October 6th. The Yard Sun Kim Dance Theater,
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October 27th to November 2nd. Modern Accord Depot, Courtney,
Valenciaga, Washington and Parsons Dance, November 1st to
9th. Catskill Mountain Foundation,
Chipotle by Marie Bass Wiles andOmuri Wiles, November 16th to
22nd. Prior Performing Arts Center at
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College of the Holy Cross. Speak with Rach Nanivas,
Michelle Dorrance, Dormashia andRahmani Mehta.
November 21st to 25th Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center works and
process at Guggenheim, New York.LAR Lubovich, Art of the Solo,
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Sunday, September 7th, 3:00 and 7:00 PM.
With a career spanning over six decades, choreographer Lara
Lubovich presents his unique solo creations.
Works and Process invites Lubovich to assemble a cast of
dancers to perform his dancing portraits and discuss his
creative process. The program features dancers
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Craig D Black, Junior Hubbard St.
Dance Chicago, Adrienne Danjig Wearing New York City Ballet and
Ashley Greene, Jacqueline Harrisand Jesse Abramski.
Alvin Ailey American Dance theater.
Learn the stories behind each dance and celebrate this
choreographer S profound influence and contributions to
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the art form. Continue the conversation at a
post performance reception in the Rotunda following the 7:00
PM performance. The Metropolitan Opera The
amazing adventures of cavalier and Clay by Mason Bates libretto
by Jean sheer Monday, September 8th 7:00 PM enjoy an advance
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look at the exhilarating new adaptation of Michael chavin S
Pulitzer Prize winning novel, the amazing adventures of
cavalier and clay, which opens the Metropolitan Opera S 2025 to
26 season on September 21st. Set shortly before the outbreak
of World War 2, the opera follows 2 Jewish cousins who
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invent an anti fascist superheroand launch their own comic book
series hoping to recruit the United states into the fight
against Nazism. Featuring an eclectic score by
composer Mason Bates that incorporates scintillating
electronic elements and a variety of musical styles, the
opera move seamlessly through the three distinct worlds of
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Jean Shear S libretto, Nazi occupied Prague, the bustling
streets of New York, and the Technicolor realm of comic book
fantasy. Ahead of the opera S thrilling
premiere, Met General Manager Peter Gellb moderates a
conversation with members of thecreative team, joined by cast
members who will perform highlights from the opera.
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Continue the conversation at a post performance reception in
the Rotunda. New York City Ballet Jamar
Roberts Sunday, September 14th 7:00 PM Experience A special
preview of choreographer Jamar Roberts asked their Commission
for New York City Ballet Premiering on the eve of the
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Fall Fashion Gala. This new work will marry the art
forms of ballet and fashion withcostumes by Dutch designer Iris
van Urban. Associate Artistic Director
Wendy Welland will moderate a discussion with Roberts and
company members will perform. Excerpts from the work continue
the conversation at a post performance reception in the
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Rotunda. Beth Morrison Projects Prototype
Festival, LA Opera and Aspen Music Festival and School
Hildegard By Sarah Kirkland Snyder Monday, September 15th
7:00 PM Join creative producer Beth Morrison, Christopher
Kolch, president and CEO, LA Opera director Elkanah Pulitzer,
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and composer Sarah Kirkland Snyder for a discussion on the
commissioning and creation of Hildegarde, the composer S 1st
opera. Set in 1147, Hildegarde follows
the brilliant, pioneering composer Hildegarde von Bingen
as she receives visions from God.
Always at risk of being condemned by the church as a
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heretic, she decides to documenther visions, enlisting her
fellow nun Riccardi's Von State to illustrate the manuscript.
As their passion project bleeds into passion, the two women must
confront the powers that would see them struck from history
rather than making it. Singers Nola Richardson and
Michaela Bennett, accompanied bycontemporaneous ensemble, will
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perform highlights from this intimate tale of two genius
women finding their voices. Ahead of the Opera S rolling
world premiere this November in Los Angeles with LA Opera and in
January at Prototype Festival inNew York.
Marking the 16th collaboration between Beth Morrison Projects
and LA Opera. Commissioned by Beth Morrison
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Projects. Commissioned in part by the
Aspen Music Festival and School and Opera America Grants for
Female Composers. Award funded by the Virginia B
Tallman Foundation. Additional commissioning support
from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Franciscola
Charitable Lead Trusts. The production of Hildegard
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Received funding from Opera America S Opera Fund, New York
State Council on the Arts, New Music USA, the Arthur F and
Alice E Adams Charitable Foundation, William Kennedy,
Betsy Greenberg, and Pamela Drexel.
Developed and produced by Beth Morrison Projects, Iyadili Kasel
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in partnership with Cot Spot on Cultural Park, Sunday, September
21st, 7:00 PM. Award-winning and critically
acclaimed tap dancer and choreographer Iyadili Kasel,
Chasing Magic and Funny Girl continues her exploration of the
music of jazz legends Max Roach and Cecil Taylor.
Join Kaisel and her collaborators Toraya Beard and
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Naomi Funaki as they reflect on their two week works and process
residency at COTS by on CulturalPark, an artist's sanctuary
located along the Hudson River. The evening features a
discussion about their work accompanied by select
performance highlights. Continue the conversation at a
post performance reception in the Rotunda Dance Theatre of
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Harlem. Art of the Duet Rotunda Dance
Party in partnership with Guggenheim member Mondays,
Monday, September 22nd, 7:00 PM.Ticket purchase includes
admission to the Rotunda Dance Party with Dance Theatre of
Harlem at 8:00 PM. Presented in partnership with
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the Guggenheim S member Mondays.Arthur Mitchell, founder of the
Dance Theatre of Harlem, was renowned for his artistry in
Adagio or partnering work, a skill that made him a frequent
muse of choreographer George Balanchine.
Dance Theatre of Harlem S beloved Firebird returns in
2026, revived from its 1982 premiere featuring John Tara's S
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choreography, Stravinsky S iconic score and Jeffrey Holder
S dazzling sets and costumes. Be among the first to experience
the ballet S signature do at an unforgettable moment, performed
alongside other striking pairings from the company S
repertory. With commentary from Jonathan
Stafford, Artistic Director, NewYork City Ballet, and Donald
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Williams, former Dance Theatre of Harlem principal dancer and
original Firebird cast member. Get ready to groove with Dance
Theatre of Harlem in the Guggenheim Rotunda after the On
Stage program. Dancing in the Streets brings
ballet inspired warm UPS, classic soul beats and a joyful
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cipher to the floor. Presented by Works and Process
for Member Mondays, this high energy event ends in a Soul
Train style celebration that will have everyone dancing.
The evening also includes a viewing of the exhibition Rashid
Johnson, a poem for deep Thinkers, Shen Wei Dance Arts,
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in partnership with American Dance Festival, Katna Museum of
Art and the Pacantico Center. Sunday, September 28th, 7:00 PM.
Hailed as one of the most expansive creative minds in the
arts, Pia Katyn, The New York Sun Works and Process, welcomes
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back choreographer, director andpainter Shenway.
Join him and American Dance Festival ADF Executive Director
Jodi Numerichter as they discussWay S newest Commission
developed during residencies at ADF and the Pacantico Center.
Michelle Yun, executive director, Cadna Museum of Art,
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joins the panel to discuss WAY Supcoming retrospective at the
museum, opening October 2025. Shen Wei Dance Arts Company
members will perform excerpts. Continue the conversation at a
post performance reception in the Rotunda.
American Ballet Theatre, Monday,September 29th, 7:00 PM.
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Experience the extraordinary range of American Ballet Theatre
S Fall 2025 season from timelessclassics to bold new works, as
the company returns to the DavidH Cook Theatre at Lincoln
Center. Members of the artistic team
will share insights into the lineup and dancers will perform
highlights from featured works. Continue the conversation at a
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post performance reception in the Rotunda Works and Process
Gala. Robert Rauschenberg Dance
Collaborations, Tricia Brown Dance Company and Paul Taylor
Dance Company Wednesday, October15th 6:30 PM Cocktails, private
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exhibition viewing and dinner 8:00 PM Special exhibition
viewing of Robert Rauschenberg Life Can't be Stopped. 9:00 PM
Rotunda Performance opening October 10th, 2025 Robert
Rauschenberg Life Can't Be Stopped marks the Centennial of
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the artist S birth and is presented as part of Guggenheim
New York S collection In Focus series.
In celebration of opening week, Works and Process presents A1
Night only Rotunda project exploring Rauschenberg S
boundary pushing collaborations with choreographers Tricia Brown
and Paul Taylor. The Tricia Brown Dance Company
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will perform an excerpt from Astral Converted 1991.
Originally commissioned by the National Gallery, the work
incorporates Rauschenberg S gleaming towers outfitted with
motion sensors, lighting and sound designed to detect the
presence of dancers and respond to their movement.
John Cage S score, an 8 track recording of live musicians,
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emanates from tapes embedded in mobile towers.
When the work premiered, the audience was seated on the
National Gallery S gradually rising steps.
For this iteration, the audiencewill stand on the spiraling
ramps of the Guggenheim Rotunda,offering a unique 360°
perspective. The Paul Taylor Dance Company
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will perform 3 Epitaphs 1956, a humorous yet brilliant
exploration of posture and gesture set to early New Orleans
jazz and featuring a parade of faceless dancers in Gray
leotards. In Tracer 1962, Taylor S refined
elegance and simplicity is joined by Rauschenberg S
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spinning bicycle wheel, adding an amusing touch of anti
utilitarian art. The pieces in austere
experimental workwear movement unfolds independently of the
will S presence, showcasing a playful yet thoughtful blend of
gesture and decor. Up until now Collective Fellow
Travelers by Gregory Spears, libretto by Greg Pierce based on
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the novel by Thomas Malin with Seattle Opera, Portland Opera,
San Diego Opera, Glimmer Glass Festival and more.
Sunday, October 19th 7:00 PM. Based on Thomas Malin S best
selling 2007 novel, the opera Fellow Travelers tells a deeply
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human love story. Chicago Tribune set against the
backdrop of a forgotten chapter of LGBTQ plus history known as
the Lavender scare. Created by composer Gregory
Spears, librettist Greg Pierce and director Kevin Newberry,
Fellow Travelers premiered at Cincinnati Opera in 2016.
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Since then, it has secured its place in the Canon and become
one of the most critically acclaimed and widely produced
operas of its generation with over 25,000 tickets sold across
15 productions up until now. Collective.
Under the leadership of Newberryand Jucca, Berry is producing a
10th anniversary tour in 2026 to27 that will bring the work to
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more than 10 venues across the US, including Seattle Opera,
Portland Opera, San Diego Opera,Glimmer Glass Festival and
others to be announced, sheddinglight on this history while
building community within the opera industry and across the
country At works and Process, Newberry, Berry and opera
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company leaders will participatein a moderated discussion
exploring collaboration and new production models.
Cast members will perform highlights from the opera.
Continue the conversation at a post performance reception in
the Rotunda. Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center
Night Fawn by Adam Rapp Sunday, October 26th 7:00 PM For more
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than 60 years, the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center has
served as the launchpad for American theatre, discovering,
developing and empowering new work, new voices, and creative
risk taking. For one night only, go behind
the scenes with the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center S 2025
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Artist in Residence, Pulitzer Prize finalist and Tony Award
winner Adam Rapp, The Outsiders for an in process reading of his
new play Night Fog. Rapp will also participate in a
discussion moderated by Emilia Benson, artistic director of the
O'Neill S flagship program, the National Playwrights Conference,
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exploring rap S career, the process of writing Night Fawn to
date, and what he hopes to accomplish during an upcoming
developmental workshop at the O'Neill S Seaside campus in
Connecticut. Continue the conversation at a
post performance reception in the Rotunda, the Santa Fe Opera.
Lily Elbow by Tobias Picker Libretto by Aria left Stollman
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Monday, October 27th, 7:00 PM Composer Tobias Picker and
librettist Ariel F Stollman present selections from Lily
Elba, the first full scale operaabout a transgender person
composed for a trans opera singer in the title role, which
will have its American premiere at the Santa Fe Opera in 2026.
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The opera tells the true story of Lily Elba, a celebrated
Danish painter who, with the steadfast support of her wife
Gerda, became one of the first to undergo gender affirmation
surgery nearly a century ago. Members of the production S
creative team will discuss theirprocess and excerpts will be
performed. Continue the conversation at a
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post performance reception in the Rotunda.
San Francisco Ballet and the Joffrey Ballet.
Yuri Pasakov S Eugene Onagin Saturday, November 1st 7:00 PM
San Francisco Ballet Artistic Director Tamara Rocho, CBE The
Joffrey Ballet Artistic DirectorAshley Wieder MBE and San
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Francisco Ballet resident choreographer Yuri Posikhov come
together to discuss their Co production and 1st Co Commission
between the two companies. Eugene Onegin featuring an
original score. Explore how Posikhov in this
world premiere plans to bring new depth to Alexander Pushkin S
classic, where a single choice alters the course of a life.
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Set in the final days of imperial Russia, this cautionary
tale follows A jaded aristocrat forced to face the weight of his
choices after a fateful encounter with the earnest
Tatiana. The program includes selected
excerpts performed by company dancers.
Continue the conversation at a post performance reception in
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the Rotunda Alvin Ailey AmericanDance Theater with Alicia
Graffmack. Rotunda Dance Party with Ailey
Extension in partnership with Guggenheim member Mondays,
Monday, November 10th, 7:00 PM. Ticket purchase includes
admission to the Rotunda Dance Party with Ailey Extension at
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8:00 PM in partnership with the Guggenheim S member.
Mondays. See a preview of Alvin Ailey
American Dance Theater S new season before they raise the
curtain at New York City Center on their next era under the
leadership of new Artistic Director Alicia Graff Mack in
December. Following the performance, Ailey
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Extension director Lisa Johnson Willingham and West African
dance instructor may get Camaro lead a dynamic dance class in
the Rotunda. Open to all.
Accompanied by an ensemble of drummers, the class builds
toward a collective group dance and provides the opportunity to
learn steps from revelations presented by Works and Process.
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In conjunction with the Guggenheim S Member Mondays, the
event also includes access to the exhibition Rashid Johnson A
Poem for Deep Thinkers Works andProcess Commission Food Opera
Kirm The Taster Co Produced by Sensible Alchemist Restaurant
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and Studio Simkin, Stuart Matthew, Rasmus Monk, Daniel
Simkin and Jason Graves Thursday, November 13th 8:30 and
9:45 PM Friday Monday, November 14th to 17th 6/7/15 8:30 and
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9:45 PMA Works and process premiere marks an operatic first
where the audience S eating is choreographed and synchronized
with the drama. This new genre of storytelling
is a collaboration between Stuart Matthew Green, Aria a
Scent Opera chef, Rasmus Monk offamed Alchemist restaurant
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Copenhagen, Daniel Simkin, internationally renowned ballet
dancer, pioneering innovation indance, and double BAFTA winning
composer Jason Graves. Kirm dramatizes the awakening of
the tastes of a young Antonin Kirm, the 18th century chef
played by Simkin, who would cometo elevate cuisine to a new art
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form. The evening begins as a live
stage performance in the Peter BLewis Theatre that magically
dissolves and immerses the audience first in a Grand
Theatre set in late 18th centuryParis, where they not only watch
but taste the unfolding drama. Continuing on stage, the action
culminates with the audience caught up in the storming of the
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Bastille. Matthew S libretto and direction
forge an unprecedented genre of storytelling, dissolving
barriers between performer and audience.
Monk S intimate small dishes eaten at timed intervals serve
up tastes that add a new layer to the musical score in its own
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key, with textures serving up new chords and releases of
flavor that amplify Simkin S choreographed movement.
Matthew S vision, Monk S flavorsand textures, Simkin S kinetic
eloquence, and Graves bold musiccombined to create an exciting
new perceptual frontier works and process Commission.
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Tell Me Where It Comes From by Emily Coates Sunday, November
23rd, 7:00 PM Dancer, writer, and choreographer Emily Coates
presents the world premiere of Tell Me Where It Comes From, a
performance project commissionedby Works and Process.
Spurred by George Balanchine S brief but pivotal 1933 touchdown
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in Hartford, CT, Coates gatheredartifacts of his lingering
presence in archives throughout the Northeast United States.
Drawing on her background as a former member of New York City
Ballet, Coats creates an unexpected portrait of his
choreographic legacy. Working in collaboration with
director and Gordon performer and Co creator Derek Lucci,
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violinist and composer Charles Burnham, pianist Melvin Chan,
lighting designer Krista Smith, and costume designers Read and
Harriet, she assembles a collageof far-flung remnants,
unanswered letters, lost ballets, old photographs, music
exercises, early muses and more.Filled with hidden movements and
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quieted voices, Tell Me Where ItComes From meditates on the
sparks that propel art into existence.
Coates received the School of American Ballet S May L Wine
Award for Outstanding Promise and went on to perform
internationally with New York City Ballet.
Mikhail Baryshnikov S White Oak Dance Project, Twyla Tharp and
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Yvonne Rayner. Widely commissioned and
critically praised, her choreographic projects
transformed the marginalia of archival findings, collective
memory, literature, and science into new forms.
A dance Research Fellow of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division,
2019 and Fellow of the Center for Ballet and the Arts at NYU
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2016. She is a professor in the
practice at Yale University where she founded the Program in
Dance Studies. For this project she assembled a
cross disciplinary team of artists and Gordon, a three time
OB Award and Guggenheim award-winning writer, actor and
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director. Derek Lucci, actor, writer,
director and founder of Open SkyIncorporated, an award-winning,
innovative skills based acting program aimed at successful
reintegration without recidivismin the New Hampshire State
prison system. Charles Burnham, a leading
figure in the American musical scene for more than 5 decades.
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Dr. Melvin Chen, professor in the practice of piano at the
Yale School of Music and director of the Norfolk Chamber
Music Festival. Krista Smith, lighting designer
and interdisciplinary artist, graduate of the Yale School of
Drama and company member of Crime of Lab NYC, and Reed and
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Harriet, who designed costumes and sets for dance productions
around the world. Continue the conversation at a
post performance reception in the Rotunda.
Tell Me Where It Comes From is commissioned by Works and
Process. It's development included a
Works and Process launch PAD residency at the Church in Sag
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Harbor, home to George Balanchine S Grave, followed by
a works and process launch PAD residency at the Catskill
Mountain Foundation in Hunter, NY.
Additional support was provided by the Quick Center for the Arts
at Fairfield University, the Wadsworth Athenaeum Museum of
Art, and New England Foundation for the Arts Dance Fund.
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The work was created in part during a residency at the Pillow
Lab at Jacob S Pillow. Additional support was provided
by the O'Donnell Green Music andDance Foundation, Peter and the
Wolf by Sergei Prokofiev with Isaac Mizrahi, Dance Hedge in
Botham and Carnegie Hall S Ensemble Connect conducted by
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Michael P Atkinson, Friday, December 5th, 6:30 PM.
Saturday, December 6th, 11M1 and2:30 PM.
Sunday, December 7th 11M 1:00 and 2:30 PM.
Saturday, December 13th 2:34 and5:30 PM.
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Sunday, December 14th 11M1 and 2:30 PM.
Isaac Mizrahi narrates and directs Sergei Prokofiev S
charming children S classic Peter and the Wolf, accompanied
by Carnegie Hall S Ensemble Connect and conducted by Michael
P Atkinson. The cast, wearing costumes by
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Mizrahi, performs choreography by John Higginbotham bringing
the 30 minute story to life for the young and the young at
heart. No matter how tall or small,
everyone needs a ticket. Works and process Commission.
Princess Lockeroo S The Nut Waa Seeker.
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Friday, December 12th, 7:00 PM. Visionary dancer, director, and
cultural force Princess Locker, with a background in musical
theater and a champion of whacking A queer dance form
nearly lost during the AIDS crisis, remagens a holiday
classic with a fierce new vision.
The Nut Waa Seeker brings the elegance of Tchaikovsky S
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classical score into a glittering fusion with the raw
energy of New York City S underground dance culture.
The result is a tribute to queerbrilliance, St. culture and the
city S electrifying legacies of movement.
Bringing together whacking, vogue, hip hop, house and more.
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This high impact performance is a kinetic journey through
identity, defiance and holiday magic told through the eyes of a
non binary youth navigating tradition, resistance and chosen
family. In the heart of Central Park
Rotunda holiday concert the Metropolitan Opera Chorus
artists with Jasmine Rice lobijaSunday December 14th 7:00 PM
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celebrate the season with members of the Metropolitan
Opera Chorus artists and Asian drag artist Jasmine Rice lobija,
A Juilliard train tenor and 2025Britain S Got Talent finalist.
As part of a beloved annual works and process tradition, the
singers bring the museum S iconic Frank Lloyd Wright
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designed Rotunda to life with the joyous sound of holiday
music. Works and process Rotunda
project Rashid Johnson S the hikers choreography by Claudia
schreyer, Lloyd knight, Leslie Andrea Williams and aku orika
Ted Wednesday, December 17th 6:30 and 8:00 PM.
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On the occasion of the exhibition, Rashid Johnson, a
poem for deep thinkers at the Guggenheim museum works and
process Co presents the hikers staged live under the direction
of Rashid Johnson and choreographed by Claudia
schreyer. Originally conceived as a film,
The Hikers tells the story of two anxious travellers who cross
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paths and share an unexpected, profound connection for a
fleeting moment. For this special presentation,
the work has been remagen to be performed in the Guggenheim S
Rotunda, amplifying the dialoguebetween movement, architecture
and Johnson S expansive practice.
The performance features Lloyd Knight and Leslie Andrea
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Williams, both acclaimed membersof the Martha Graham Dance
Company, with live piano accompaniment by composer and
multi instrumentalist. Aku or a Cattet.
Aku or a Cattet is the pianist, harmonizer for Florence Plus
Machine, and frequent collaborator of Saul Williams,
Santi Gold, TV on the Radio, andBill T Jones.
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The evening includes a viewing of the exhibition Rashid
Johnson, a poem for deep thinkers, Works and process.
Lead donors lead Funding provided by Adam and Abigail
Flatow Christian Human Foundation.
Leon Levy Foundation, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs,
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Steven Kroll, Reedy Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Caroline M Sharp,
The Evelyn Sharp Foundation, TheSHS Foundation, and Eugene and
Jean Stark. Additional support provided by
Jodie and John Arnhold, Jeff andSusan Campbell, Kate Caruso,
Stuart H Coleman and Meryl Rosofsky.
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Paul Cronsone, Duke Dang and Charles E Rosen, Lucy and
Phillip Dobrin, Elizabeth Sharp Edens and Wes Edens.
The Fanwood Foundation, Bart Friedman and Wendy Stein, Agnes
Gunde Mertz Gilmore Foundation, New York State Council on the
Arts, Barbara Richin, Denise andAndrew Saul and Randall Sharp.
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Works and Process is supported in part by public funds from the
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership
with the City Council and the New York State Council on the
Arts, with the support of the Office of the Governor and the
New York State Legislature aboutWorks and Process Championing
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performing artists and their creative process at each step
from studio to stage, Works and Process produces fully funded
residencies and presents events that go behind the scenes,
blending artist discussion and performance highlights.
Works and Process events transcend the proscenium,
encouraging audiences to spectate and participate beyond
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the stage, and culminate in receptions in the Guggenheim
Rotunda to continue the conversation.
Works and Process produces over 25 creative residencies
annually. Expanding from our bubble
residency program created duringthe COVID-19 pandemic, Works and
Process now has a network of over a dozen partners in
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Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Vermont in
over 100 Works and Process residencies supporting over 1000
artists. Incubated works have been
recognized with awards and grants and have toured
nationally and internationally with the US State Department.
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These out of town residencies provide 24/7 studio access, on
site housing, access to health insurance, enrollment, industry
leading artist fees, and a transportation stipend to
facilitate uninterrupted creative process.
Beyond the Guggenheim, we also partner with organizations
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across New York, including 92 New York and the New York Public
Library for the Performing Arts Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
During the summer, we cure it and present free outdoor dance
programs with Manhattan West andCity Parks Foundation as summer
stage. Works and Process Incorporated
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is a registered 501-C3 organization.
Tax ID 13-3592291. Stay connected at Works and
Process at guggenheimguggenheim.org.
Social.
With events at Guggenheim New York, Manhattan West and the New
York Public Library for the Performing Arts, 21 fully funded
residencies with over a dozen partners in CT, MA, New Jersey,
New York and Vt, and five Works and process commissions on tour
championing artists and their creative process at each step
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from studio to stage. Works and Process announces its
dynamic Fall 2025 season. Taking place at Guggenheim New
York, Manhattan West and the NewYork Public Library for the
Performing Arts. The season includes premieres,
Rotunda dance parties, creative residences and performances that
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bring audiences closer to the artistic process.
Three works and process commissions will premiere in the
Guggenheim S Peter B Lewis Theatre Food Opera Kirm the
Taster, a first of its kind collaboration by Sensible
Alchemist Restaurant and studio.Simkin Tell me Where it Comes
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From by Emily Coates tracing early Balanchine archives
through performance and the Nut WAA Seeker Princess Lockeroo S
remagenning of the holiday classic through the lens of New
York City S underground dance culture.
Works and Process Rotunda dance parties return to Guggenheim,
New York, featuring Dance Theater of Harlem and Ailee
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Extension. Each evening includes a
performance and conversation in the theater followed by
participatory dance lessons in the Rotunda.
This season Works and Process will present 2 Rotunda projects
on October 15th. A tribute to Robert Rauschenberg
S dance collaborations with Tricia Brown and Paul Taylor in
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conjunction with Robert Rauschenberg.
Life Can't Be Stopped on December 17th, A presentation of
the Hikers directed by Rashid Johnson with choreography by
Claudia Schreyer in conjunction with Rashid Johnson.
A poem for deep thinkers. The season kicks off on
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September 3rd with Gather Round Let S Dance, a free outdoor
series presented in partnership with Brookfield Properties Arts
and events at Manhattan W. Every Wednesday in September at
5:00 PM, New York City bass dancers and choreographers will
celebrate social dance traditions through performance,
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instruction and open dance parties.
Beyond New York City Works and Process continues its commitment
to artist development through more than 25 fully funded
creative residencies annually spanning Connecticut,
Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Vermont.
The program builds on the acclaimed bubble residencies
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launched during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Since its inception, Works and Process has supported over 1000
artists through more than 100 residencies, many of which have
received prestigious awards and toured nationally and
internationally, including with the US State Department.
This fall, 5 Works and Process commissions will continue to
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tour, further amplifying the voices and visions nurtured
through these residencies. A detailed schedule of events is
outlined below. General ticketing starts August
4th at worksandprocess.org. Season at a Glance works and
process at Guggenheim New York, 1071 5th Ave.
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New York, NY 10128. Tickets starting at 25.
Peter B Lewis Theater performance highlights
Illuminating discussions with artist receptions.
LAR Lubovich, Art of the Solo, September 7th The Metropolitan
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Opera, The Amazing Adventures ofCavalier and Clay by Mason
Bates, Libretto by Jean Sheer, September 8th New York City
Ballet, Jamar Roberts September 14th.
Beth Morrison Projects PrototypeFestival, LA Opera and Aspen
Music Festival and School. HILDAGARDBY, Sarah.
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Kirkland Snyder. September 15th.
Ayadili Kasel, in partnership with Cots by On Cultural Park,
September 21st. Dance Theatre of Harlem, Art of
the Duet, September 22nd, Shenway Dance Arts in
partnership with American Dance Festival, Cat in a Museum of Art
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and the Pocantico Center, September 28th.
American Ballet Theatre, September 29th.
Up Until Now, Collective Fellow Travelers by Gregory Spears,
Libretto by Greg Pierce, based on the novel by Thomas Mallon
with Seattle Opera, Portland Opera, San Diego Opera, Glimmer
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Glass Festival and more. October 19th Eugene O'Neill
Theatre Center Night Fawn by Adam Rapp October 26th The Santa
Fe Opera Lily Elbow be Tobias Picker Libretto by Ariel F
Stollman October 27th San Francisco Ballet and the Joffrey
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Ballet. Yuri Posikov S Eugene Onagin
November 1st Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater with
Alicia Graff Mack. November 10th WNP Commission
Food Opera Kirm The Taster Co Produced by Sensible Alchemist
Restaurant and Studio Simkin featuring Stuart Matthew, Rasmus
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Monk, Daniel Simkin and Jason Graves.
November 13th to 17th WNP Commission Tell Me Where It
Comes From The Emily Coates November 23rd Peter and the Wolf
by Sergei Prokofiev with Isaac Mizrahi.
Dance hedge in Botham and Carnegie Hall S Ensemble Connect
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December 5th 671314 WNP Commission Princess Lockeroo S
The Nut Waa Seeker December 12thWorks and process at Guggenheim,
New York. Rotunda Projects Robert
Rauschenberg Dance Collaborations, Tricia Brown
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Dance Company and Paul Taylor Dance Company October 15th WNP
Gala Rotunda Holiday Concert TheMetropolitan Opera Chorus
Artists with Jasmine Rice LabijaDecember 14th Rashi Johnson S
The Hikers with choreography by Claudia Schreyer featuring Lloyd
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Knight, Leslie Andrea Williams and Aku Orika Ted.
December 17th Works and process Rotunda dance parties in
partnership with Guggenheim member Mondays Dance Theater of
Harlem September 22nd Ailey Extension November 10th.
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Works and Process at Manhattan West Brookfield Properties Arts
and Events Manhattan West Plaza 385 9th Ave.
New York, NY 10001 free gather round let S dance Wednesdays in
September at 5:00 PM. Latin Hustle Dances Life SDJ
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Natasha Diggs End of Deal featuring Christine Bendel
September 3rd Swing Gabby Cook and E all Vilner Big Band
September 10th. Salsa.
See Cal Macmiller and friends with the Palladium Mambo Band
September 17th Queer line dancing and two stepping stud
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country September 24th Works andprocess at the New York Public
Library for the Performing Arts,Jerome Robbins Dance Division,
40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023.
Free RSVP required. The Trail of Early Balanchine
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Archives with Emily Coates Thursday, October 23rd, 6:00 PM
Dancer, writer, performance maker, and Yale professor Emily
Coates spent two years mapping far-flung artifacts related to
George Balanchine found in archives throughout the
northeast United States. This research became part of her
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Works and Process Commission. Tell Me Where It Comes from,
scheduled to premiere in New York this November.
A former dancer with New York City Ballet Code searched in
holdings at the Wadsworth Athenaeum Museum of Art, Harvard
S Houghton Library, Yale S Bein Eckrayer Book and Manuscript
Library, the archives at Jacob SPillow, the New York Public
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Library for the Performing Arts,Jerome Robbins Dance Division,
and New York City Ballet Archives, among others.
In this artist talk, Coates shares the idiosyncratic trail
of ephemera and people she encountered along her journey to
move closer to the source of hiswork from a great remove through
archival shards. Special guests joining her
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include Adam Lentz, public engagement and programs manager
at the Wadsworth Athenaeum Museum of Art.
Join us for this unique opportunity to see what goes
into creating a new work about the afterlife of a legendary
choreographer. Emily Coates received the School
of American Ballet S May El WineAward for Outstanding Promise
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and went on to perform internationally with New York
City Ballet. Mikhail Baryshnikov S White Oak
Dance Project, Twyla Tharp and Yvonne Rayner Widely
commissioned and critically praised her choreographic
projects transformed the marginalia of archival findings,
collective memory, literature, and science into new forms.
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A dance research Fellow of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division,
2019, and fellow of the Center for Ballet and the Arts at NYU
2016, she is a professor in the practice at Yale University,
where she founded the Program inDance Studies.
Works and Process Commissions ontour.
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Music from the Soul S House is open Going dark August 22nd
Guildhall, New York, October 17th to 19th.
Celebrity series of Boston MOP Le Ballet Africa, New York is
Burning by Omori Wiles September5th.
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Jamestown Dance Festival presented by Sukanya Berman
Dance New York, Master Z at workDance Family September 6th.
Greenwich Plus Docklands International Festival.
Fire Island Dance Festival at Dancing City, London, UK.
The Missing Element with the Beatbox House September 12th.
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University of Virginia S Collegeat Wise, Virginia, September
18th. Len Fest Center for the Arts at
Washington and Lee University, Virginia.
F Rat Ashery Dance S UnderscoredOctober 23rd.
Len Fest Center for the Arts at Washington and Lee University,
Virginia November 1st Universityof North Carolina at Greensboro,
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NC November 5th Omaha PerformingArts Annie Johnny Loves Johann
December 1st to 13th Carolina Performing Arts and See Works
and Process Residency Program Each year, Works and Process
produces more than 25 fully funded, week long creative
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residencies with partners in five states.
Projects are both curated and selected through an open call
launched during the pandemic. After four successful years,
Works and Process residencies continue to provide longitudinal
and made to measure support for artists, including industry
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leading creative residency fees of 1050 per artist per week,
transportation, health insurance, enrollment access,
24/7 studio availability, and onsite housing to facilitate
uninterrupted creative process. Recognizing that the artistic
process is a continuum, public engagements during the residency
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illuminate the creative process with local communities.
Culminating performances in New York City pays artists 400 per
artist per performance. For more information, such as
community events featured in residencies, visit
worksandprocess.org. Residency Partners, CT Eugene
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O'Neill Theatre Center, MA PriorPerforming Arts Center at
College of the Holy Cross, The Yard, New Jersey Art Yard, New
York, Bethany Arts Community Bridge St.
Theatre, Catskill Mountain Foundation, Chautauqua
Institution, The Church Guildhall.
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William P Rainer, Artist in residence, caught spot on
Cultural Park, Modern Accord Depot, Onx, the Pocantico
Center, PS21 Center for Contemporary Performance, the
Water Mill Center, Vt, the campus at Marlboro Music,
curated Residences Bay and ASA Iadili Kasel Crybaby, Cozy
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Geppo, Roderick George with New Jersey Ballet, Johnny Loves
Johan. Princess Lakarua Speak Courtney
Valenciaga. Washington with Master Z at Work
Dance Family and Parsons dance. Open call residencies Christine
Bendel and Abdel Boca. TUYA Omar, Roman de Jesus,
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Orlando Hernandez and the NihartConnection, Son Kim.
Dance Theater, Arturo Lions. Sydney L Mosley Dances New
Chamber Ballet. Addisola Osakalumi, Reyna XI and
Yang. CUNY Dance Initiative Joint
Residencies. A Lady in the House Dance
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company. Nubian Nae Nae.
Fall 2025. Hyadeli, Kaisal.
September 8th to 21st Cots by onCultural Park.
Johnny Loves Johann. Johnny Gandel's Men with John
Hijinbotham, Kaylee Kwan, Jamar Roberts and Melissa Tegud.
September 29th to October 6th. The Yard Sun Kim Dance Theater,
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October 27th to November 2nd. Modern Accord Depot, Courtney,
Valenciaga, Washington and Parsons Dance, November 1st to
9th. Catskill Mountain Foundation,
Chipotle by Marie Bass Wiles andOmuri Wiles, November 16th to
22nd. Prior Performing Arts Center at
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College of the Holy Cross. Speak with Rach Nanivas,
Michelle Dorrance, Dormashia andRahmani Mehta.
November 21st to 25th Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center works and
process at Guggenheim, New York.LAR Lubovich, Art of the Solo,
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Sunday, September 7th, 3:00 and 7:00 PM.
With a career spanning over six decades, choreographer Lara
Lubovich presents his unique solo creations.
Works and Process invites Lubovich to assemble a cast of
dancers to perform his dancing portraits and discuss his
creative process. The program features dancers
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Craig D Black, Junior Hubbard St.
Dance Chicago, Adrienne Danjig Wearing New York City Ballet and
Ashley Greene, Jacqueline Harrisand Jesse Abramski.
Alvin Ailey American Dance theater.
Learn the stories behind each dance and celebrate this
choreographer S profound influence and contributions to
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the art form. Continue the conversation at a
post performance reception in the Rotunda following the 7:00
PM performance. The Metropolitan Opera The
amazing adventures of cavalier and Clay by Mason Bates libretto
by Jean sheer Monday, September 8th 7:00 PM enjoy an advance
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look at the exhilarating new adaptation of Michael chavin S
Pulitzer Prize winning novel, the amazing adventures of
cavalier and clay, which opens the Metropolitan Opera S 2025 to
26 season on September 21st. Set shortly before the outbreak
of World War 2, the opera follows 2 Jewish cousins who
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invent an anti fascist superheroand launch their own comic book
series hoping to recruit the United states into the fight
against Nazism. Featuring an eclectic score by
composer Mason Bates that incorporates scintillating
electronic elements and a variety of musical styles, the
opera move seamlessly through the three distinct worlds of
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Jean Shear S libretto, Nazi occupied Prague, the bustling
streets of New York, and the Technicolor realm of comic book
fantasy. Ahead of the opera S thrilling
premiere, Met General Manager Peter Gellb moderates a
conversation with members of thecreative team, joined by cast
members who will perform highlights from the opera.
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Continue the conversation at a post performance reception in
the Rotunda. New York City Ballet Jamar
Roberts Sunday, September 14th 7:00 PM Experience A special
preview of choreographer Jamar Roberts asked their Commission
for New York City Ballet Premiering on the eve of the
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Fall Fashion Gala. This new work will marry the art
forms of ballet and fashion withcostumes by Dutch designer Iris
van Urban. Associate Artistic Director
Wendy Welland will moderate a discussion with Roberts and
company members will perform. Excerpts from the work continue
the conversation at a post performance reception in the
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Rotunda. Beth Morrison Projects Prototype
Festival, LA Opera and Aspen Music Festival and School
Hildegard By Sarah Kirkland Snyder Monday, September 15th
7:00 PM Join creative producer Beth Morrison, Christopher
Kolch, president and CEO, LA Opera director Elkanah Pulitzer,
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and composer Sarah Kirkland Snyder for a discussion on the
commissioning and creation of Hildegarde, the composer S 1st
opera. Set in 1147, Hildegarde follows
the brilliant, pioneering composer Hildegarde von Bingen
as she receives visions from God.
Always at risk of being condemned by the church as a
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heretic, she decides to documenther visions, enlisting her
fellow nun Riccardi's Von State to illustrate the manuscript.
As their passion project bleeds into passion, the two women must
confront the powers that would see them struck from history
rather than making it. Singers Nola Richardson and
Michaela Bennett, accompanied bycontemporaneous ensemble, will
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perform highlights from this intimate tale of two genius
women finding their voices. Ahead of the Opera S rolling
world premiere this November in Los Angeles with LA Opera and in
January at Prototype Festival inNew York.
Marking the 16th collaboration between Beth Morrison Projects
and LA Opera. Commissioned by Beth Morrison
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Projects. Commissioned in part by the
Aspen Music Festival and School and Opera America Grants for
Female Composers. Award funded by the Virginia B
Tallman Foundation. Additional commissioning support
from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Franciscola
Charitable Lead Trusts. The production of Hildegard
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Received funding from Opera America S Opera Fund, New York
State Council on the Arts, New Music USA, the Arthur F and
Alice E Adams Charitable Foundation, William Kennedy,
Betsy Greenberg, and Pamela Drexel.
Developed and produced by Beth Morrison Projects, Iyadili Kasel
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in partnership with Cot Spot on Cultural Park, Sunday, September
21st, 7:00 PM. Award-winning and critically
acclaimed tap dancer and choreographer Iyadili Kasel,
Chasing Magic and Funny Girl continues her exploration of the
music of jazz legends Max Roach and Cecil Taylor.
Join Kaisel and her collaborators Toraya Beard and
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Naomi Funaki as they reflect on their two week works and process
residency at COTS by on CulturalPark, an artist's sanctuary
located along the Hudson River. The evening features a
discussion about their work accompanied by select
performance highlights. Continue the conversation at a
post performance reception in the Rotunda Dance Theatre of
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Harlem. Art of the Duet Rotunda Dance
Party in partnership with Guggenheim member Mondays,
Monday, September 22nd, 7:00 PM.Ticket purchase includes
admission to the Rotunda Dance Party with Dance Theatre of
Harlem at 8:00 PM. Presented in partnership with
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the Guggenheim S member Mondays.Arthur Mitchell, founder of the
Dance Theatre of Harlem, was renowned for his artistry in
Adagio or partnering work, a skill that made him a frequent
muse of choreographer George Balanchine.
Dance Theatre of Harlem S beloved Firebird returns in
2026, revived from its 1982 premiere featuring John Tara's S
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choreography, Stravinsky S iconic score and Jeffrey Holder
S dazzling sets and costumes. Be among the first to experience
the ballet S signature do at an unforgettable moment, performed
alongside other striking pairings from the company S
repertory. With commentary from Jonathan
Stafford, Artistic Director, NewYork City Ballet, and Donald
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Williams, former Dance Theatre of Harlem principal dancer and
original Firebird cast member. Get ready to groove with Dance
Theatre of Harlem in the Guggenheim Rotunda after the On
Stage program. Dancing in the Streets brings
ballet inspired warm UPS, classic soul beats and a joyful
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cipher to the floor. Presented by Works and Process
for Member Mondays, this high energy event ends in a Soul
Train style celebration that will have everyone dancing.
The evening also includes a viewing of the exhibition Rashid
Johnson, a poem for deep Thinkers, Shen Wei Dance Arts,
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in partnership with American Dance Festival, Katna Museum of
Art and the Pacantico Center. Sunday, September 28th, 7:00 PM.
Hailed as one of the most expansive creative minds in the
arts, Pia Katyn, The New York Sun Works and Process, welcomes
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back choreographer, director andpainter Shenway.
Join him and American Dance Festival ADF Executive Director
Jodi Numerichter as they discussWay S newest Commission
developed during residencies at ADF and the Pacantico Center.
Michelle Yun, executive director, Cadna Museum of Art,
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joins the panel to discuss WAY Supcoming retrospective at the
museum, opening October 2025. Shen Wei Dance Arts Company
members will perform excerpts. Continue the conversation at a
post performance reception in the Rotunda.
American Ballet Theatre, Monday,September 29th, 7:00 PM.
(25:00):
Experience the extraordinary range of American Ballet Theatre
S Fall 2025 season from timelessclassics to bold new works, as
the company returns to the DavidH Cook Theatre at Lincoln
Center. Members of the artistic team
will share insights into the lineup and dancers will perform
highlights from featured works. Continue the conversation at a
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post performance reception in the Rotunda Works and Process
Gala. Robert Rauschenberg Dance
Collaborations, Tricia Brown Dance Company and Paul Taylor
Dance Company Wednesday, October15th 6:30 PM Cocktails, private
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exhibition viewing and dinner 8:00 PM Special exhibition
viewing of Robert Rauschenberg Life Can't be Stopped. 9:00 PM
Rotunda Performance opening October 10th, 2025 Robert
Rauschenberg Life Can't Be Stopped marks the Centennial of
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the artist S birth and is presented as part of Guggenheim
New York S collection In Focus series.
In celebration of opening week, Works and Process presents A1
Night only Rotunda project exploring Rauschenberg S
boundary pushing collaborations with choreographers Tricia Brown
and Paul Taylor. The Tricia Brown Dance Company
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will perform an excerpt from Astral Converted 1991.
Originally commissioned by the National Gallery, the work
incorporates Rauschenberg S gleaming towers outfitted with
motion sensors, lighting and sound designed to detect the
presence of dancers and respond to their movement.
John Cage S score, an 8 track recording of live musicians,
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emanates from tapes embedded in mobile towers.
When the work premiered, the audience was seated on the
National Gallery S gradually rising steps.
For this iteration, the audiencewill stand on the spiraling
ramps of the Guggenheim Rotunda,offering a unique 360°
perspective. The Paul Taylor Dance Company
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will perform 3 Epitaphs 1956, a humorous yet brilliant
exploration of posture and gesture set to early New Orleans
jazz and featuring a parade of faceless dancers in Gray
leotards. In Tracer 1962, Taylor S refined
elegance and simplicity is joined by Rauschenberg S
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spinning bicycle wheel, adding an amusing touch of anti
utilitarian art. The pieces in austere
experimental workwear movement unfolds independently of the
will S presence, showcasing a playful yet thoughtful blend of
gesture and decor. Up until now Collective Fellow
Travelers by Gregory Spears, libretto by Greg Pierce based on
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the novel by Thomas Malin with Seattle Opera, Portland Opera,
San Diego Opera, Glimmer Glass Festival and more.
Sunday, October 19th 7:00 PM. Based on Thomas Malin S best
selling 2007 novel, the opera Fellow Travelers tells a deeply
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human love story. Chicago Tribune set against the
backdrop of a forgotten chapter of LGBTQ plus history known as
the Lavender scare. Created by composer Gregory
Spears, librettist Greg Pierce and director Kevin Newberry,
Fellow Travelers premiered at Cincinnati Opera in 2016.
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Since then, it has secured its place in the Canon and become
one of the most critically acclaimed and widely produced
operas of its generation with over 25,000 tickets sold across
15 productions up until now. Collective.
Under the leadership of Newberryand Jucca, Berry is producing a
10th anniversary tour in 2026 to27 that will bring the work to
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more than 10 venues across the US, including Seattle Opera,
Portland Opera, San Diego Opera,Glimmer Glass Festival and
others to be announced, sheddinglight on this history while
building community within the opera industry and across the
country At works and Process, Newberry, Berry and opera
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company leaders will participatein a moderated discussion
exploring collaboration and new production models.
Cast members will perform highlights from the opera.
Continue the conversation at a post performance reception in
the Rotunda. Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center
Night Fawn by Adam Rapp Sunday, October 26th 7:00 PM For more
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than 60 years, the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center has
served as the launchpad for American theatre, discovering,
developing and empowering new work, new voices, and creative
risk taking. For one night only, go behind
the scenes with the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center S 2025
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Artist in Residence, Pulitzer Prize finalist and Tony Award
winner Adam Rapp, The Outsiders for an in process reading of his
new play Night Fog. Rapp will also participate in a
discussion moderated by Emilia Benson, artistic director of the
O'Neill S flagship program, the National Playwrights Conference,
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exploring rap S career, the process of writing Night Fawn to
date, and what he hopes to accomplish during an upcoming
developmental workshop at the O'Neill S Seaside campus in
Connecticut. Continue the conversation at a
post performance reception in the Rotunda, the Santa Fe Opera.
Lily Elbow by Tobias Picker Libretto by Aria left Stollman
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Monday, October 27th, 7:00 PM Composer Tobias Picker and
librettist Ariel F Stollman present selections from Lily
Elba, the first full scale operaabout a transgender person
composed for a trans opera singer in the title role, which
will have its American premiere at the Santa Fe Opera in 2026.
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The opera tells the true story of Lily Elba, a celebrated
Danish painter who, with the steadfast support of her wife
Gerda, became one of the first to undergo gender affirmation
surgery nearly a century ago. Members of the production S
creative team will discuss theirprocess and excerpts will be
performed. Continue the conversation at a
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post performance reception in the Rotunda.
San Francisco Ballet and the Joffrey Ballet.
Yuri Pasakov S Eugene Onagin Saturday, November 1st 7:00 PM
San Francisco Ballet Artistic Director Tamara Rocho, CBE The
Joffrey Ballet Artistic DirectorAshley Wieder MBE and San
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Francisco Ballet resident choreographer Yuri Posikhov come
together to discuss their Co production and 1st Co Commission
between the two companies. Eugene Onegin featuring an
original score. Explore how Posikhov in this
world premiere plans to bring new depth to Alexander Pushkin S
classic, where a single choice alters the course of a life.
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Set in the final days of imperial Russia, this cautionary
tale follows A jaded aristocrat forced to face the weight of his
choices after a fateful encounter with the earnest
Tatiana. The program includes selected
excerpts performed by company dancers.
Continue the conversation at a post performance reception in
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the Rotunda Alvin Ailey AmericanDance Theater with Alicia
Graffmack. Rotunda Dance Party with Ailey
Extension in partnership with Guggenheim member Mondays,
Monday, November 10th, 7:00 PM. Ticket purchase includes
admission to the Rotunda Dance Party with Ailey Extension at
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8:00 PM in partnership with the Guggenheim S member.
Mondays. See a preview of Alvin Ailey
American Dance Theater S new season before they raise the
curtain at New York City Center on their next era under the
leadership of new Artistic Director Alicia Graff Mack in
December. Following the performance, Ailey
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Extension director Lisa Johnson Willingham and West African
dance instructor may get Camaro lead a dynamic dance class in
the Rotunda. Open to all.
Accompanied by an ensemble of drummers, the class builds
toward a collective group dance and provides the opportunity to
learn steps from revelations presented by Works and Process.
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In conjunction with the Guggenheim S Member Mondays, the
event also includes access to the exhibition Rashid Johnson A
Poem for Deep Thinkers Works andProcess Commission Food Opera
Kirm The Taster Co Produced by Sensible Alchemist Restaurant
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and Studio Simkin, Stuart Matthew, Rasmus Monk, Daniel
Simkin and Jason Graves Thursday, November 13th 8:30 and
9:45 PM Friday Monday, November 14th to 17th 6/7/15 8:30 and
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9:45 PMA Works and process premiere marks an operatic first
where the audience S eating is choreographed and synchronized
with the drama. This new genre of storytelling
is a collaboration between Stuart Matthew Green, Aria a
Scent Opera chef, Rasmus Monk offamed Alchemist restaurant
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Copenhagen, Daniel Simkin, internationally renowned ballet
dancer, pioneering innovation indance, and double BAFTA winning
composer Jason Graves. Kirm dramatizes the awakening of
the tastes of a young Antonin Kirm, the 18th century chef
played by Simkin, who would cometo elevate cuisine to a new art
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form. The evening begins as a live
stage performance in the Peter BLewis Theatre that magically
dissolves and immerses the audience first in a Grand
Theatre set in late 18th centuryParis, where they not only watch
but taste the unfolding drama. Continuing on stage, the action
culminates with the audience caught up in the storming of the
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Bastille. Matthew S libretto and direction
forge an unprecedented genre of storytelling, dissolving
barriers between performer and audience.
Monk S intimate small dishes eaten at timed intervals serve
up tastes that add a new layer to the musical score in its own
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key, with textures serving up new chords and releases of
flavor that amplify Simkin S choreographed movement.
Matthew S vision, Monk S flavorsand textures, Simkin S kinetic
eloquence, and Graves bold musiccombined to create an exciting
new perceptual frontier works and process Commission.
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Tell Me Where It Comes From by Emily Coates Sunday, November
23rd, 7:00 PM Dancer, writer, and choreographer Emily Coates
presents the world premiere of Tell Me Where It Comes From, a
performance project commissionedby Works and Process.
Spurred by George Balanchine S brief but pivotal 1933 touchdown
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in Hartford, CT, Coates gatheredartifacts of his lingering
presence in archives throughout the Northeast United States.
Drawing on her background as a former member of New York City
Ballet, Coats creates an unexpected portrait of his
choreographic legacy. Working in collaboration with
director and Gordon performer and Co creator Derek Lucci,
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violinist and composer Charles Burnham, pianist Melvin Chan,
lighting designer Krista Smith, and costume designers Read and
Harriet, she assembles a collageof far-flung remnants,
unanswered letters, lost ballets, old photographs, music
exercises, early muses and more.Filled with hidden movements and
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quieted voices, Tell Me Where ItComes From meditates on the
sparks that propel art into existence.
Coates received the School of American Ballet S May L Wine
Award for Outstanding Promise and went on to perform
internationally with New York City Ballet.
Mikhail Baryshnikov S White Oak Dance Project, Twyla Tharp and
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Yvonne Rayner. Widely commissioned and
critically praised, her choreographic projects
transformed the marginalia of archival findings, collective
memory, literature, and science into new forms.
A dance Research Fellow of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division,
2019 and Fellow of the Center for Ballet and the Arts at NYU
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2016. She is a professor in the
practice at Yale University where she founded the Program in
Dance Studies. For this project she assembled a
cross disciplinary team of artists and Gordon, a three time
OB Award and Guggenheim award-winning writer, actor and
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director. Derek Lucci, actor, writer,
director and founder of Open SkyIncorporated, an award-winning,
innovative skills based acting program aimed at successful
reintegration without recidivismin the New Hampshire State
prison system. Charles Burnham, a leading
figure in the American musical scene for more than 5 decades.
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Dr. Melvin Chen, professor in the practice of piano at the
Yale School of Music and director of the Norfolk Chamber
Music Festival. Krista Smith, lighting designer
and interdisciplinary artist, graduate of the Yale School of
Drama and company member of Crime of Lab NYC, and Reed and
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Harriet, who designed costumes and sets for dance productions
around the world. Continue the conversation at a
post performance reception in the Rotunda.
Tell Me Where It Comes From is commissioned by Works and
Process. It's development included a
Works and Process launch PAD residency at the Church in Sag
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Harbor, home to George Balanchine S Grave, followed by
a works and process launch PAD residency at the Catskill
Mountain Foundation in Hunter, NY.
Additional support was provided by the Quick Center for the Arts
at Fairfield University, the Wadsworth Athenaeum Museum of
Art, and New England Foundation for the Arts Dance Fund.
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The work was created in part during a residency at the Pillow
Lab at Jacob S Pillow. Additional support was provided
by the O'Donnell Green Music andDance Foundation, Peter and the
Wolf by Sergei Prokofiev with Isaac Mizrahi, Dance Hedge in
Botham and Carnegie Hall S Ensemble Connect conducted by
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Michael P Atkinson, Friday, December 5th, 6:30 PM.
Saturday, December 6th, 11M1 and2:30 PM.
Sunday, December 7th 11M 1:00 and 2:30 PM.
Saturday, December 13th 2:34 and5:30 PM.
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Sunday, December 14th 11M1 and 2:30 PM.
Isaac Mizrahi narrates and directs Sergei Prokofiev S
charming children S classic Peter and the Wolf, accompanied
by Carnegie Hall S Ensemble Connect and conducted by Michael
P Atkinson. The cast, wearing costumes by
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Mizrahi, performs choreography by John Higginbotham bringing
the 30 minute story to life for the young and the young at
heart. No matter how tall or small,
everyone needs a ticket. Works and process Commission.
Princess Lockeroo S The Nut Waa Seeker.
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Friday, December 12th, 7:00 PM. Visionary dancer, director, and
cultural force Princess Locker, with a background in musical
theater and a champion of whacking A queer dance form
nearly lost during the AIDS crisis, remagens a holiday
classic with a fierce new vision.
The Nut Waa Seeker brings the elegance of Tchaikovsky S
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classical score into a glittering fusion with the raw
energy of New York City S underground dance culture.
The result is a tribute to queerbrilliance, St. culture and the
city S electrifying legacies of movement.
Bringing together whacking, vogue, hip hop, house and more.
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This high impact performance is a kinetic journey through
identity, defiance and holiday magic told through the eyes of a
non binary youth navigating tradition, resistance and chosen
family. In the heart of Central Park
Rotunda holiday concert the Metropolitan Opera Chorus
artists with Jasmine Rice lobijaSunday December 14th 7:00 PM
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celebrate the season with members of the Metropolitan
Opera Chorus artists and Asian drag artist Jasmine Rice lobija,
A Juilliard train tenor and 2025Britain S Got Talent finalist.
As part of a beloved annual works and process tradition, the
singers bring the museum S iconic Frank Lloyd Wright
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designed Rotunda to life with the joyous sound of holiday
music. Works and process Rotunda
project Rashid Johnson S the hikers choreography by Claudia
schreyer, Lloyd knight, Leslie Andrea Williams and aku orika
Ted Wednesday, December 17th 6:30 and 8:00 PM.
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On the occasion of the exhibition, Rashid Johnson, a
poem for deep thinkers at the Guggenheim museum works and
process Co presents the hikers staged live under the direction
of Rashid Johnson and choreographed by Claudia
schreyer. Originally conceived as a film,
The Hikers tells the story of two anxious travellers who cross
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paths and share an unexpected, profound connection for a
fleeting moment. For this special presentation,
the work has been remagen to be performed in the Guggenheim S
Rotunda, amplifying the dialoguebetween movement, architecture
and Johnson S expansive practice.
The performance features Lloyd Knight and Leslie Andrea
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Williams, both acclaimed membersof the Martha Graham Dance
Company, with live piano accompaniment by composer and
multi instrumentalist. Aku or a Cattet.
Aku or a Cattet is the pianist, harmonizer for Florence Plus
Machine, and frequent collaborator of Saul Williams,
Santi Gold, TV on the Radio, andBill T Jones.
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The evening includes a viewing of the exhibition Rashid
Johnson, a poem for deep thinkers, Works and process.
Lead donors lead Funding provided by Adam and Abigail
Flatow Christian Human Foundation.
Leon Levy Foundation, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs,
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Steven Kroll, Reedy Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Caroline M Sharp,
The Evelyn Sharp Foundation, TheSHS Foundation, and Eugene and
Jean Stark. Additional support provided by
Jodie and John Arnhold, Jeff andSusan Campbell, Kate Caruso,
Stuart H Coleman and Meryl Rosofsky.
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Paul Cronsone, Duke Dang and Charles E Rosen, Lucy and
Phillip Dobrin, Elizabeth Sharp Edens and Wes Edens.
The Fanwood Foundation, Bart Friedman and Wendy Stein, Agnes
Gunde Mertz Gilmore Foundation, New York State Council on the
Arts, Barbara Richin, Denise andAndrew Saul and Randall Sharp.
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Works and Process is supported in part by public funds from the
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership
with the City Council and the New York State Council on the
Arts, with the support of the Office of the Governor and the
New York State Legislature aboutWorks and Process Championing
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performing artists and their creative process at each step
from studio to stage, Works and Process produces fully funded
residencies and presents events that go behind the scenes,
blending artist discussion and performance highlights.
Works and Process events transcend the proscenium,
encouraging audiences to spectate and participate beyond
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the stage, and culminate in receptions in the Guggenheim
Rotunda to continue the conversation.
Works and Process produces over 25 creative residencies
annually. Expanding from our bubble
residency program created duringthe COVID-19 pandemic, Works and
Process now has a network of over a dozen partners in
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Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Vermont in
over 100 Works and Process residencies supporting over 1000
artists. Incubated works have been
recognized with awards and grants and have toured
nationally and internationally with the US State Department.
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These out of town residencies provide 24/7 studio access, on
site housing, access to health insurance, enrollment, industry
leading artist fees, and a transportation stipend to
facilitate uninterrupted creative process.
Beyond the Guggenheim, we also partner with organizations
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across New York, including 92 New York and the New York Public
Library for the Performing Arts Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
During the summer, we cure it and present free outdoor dance
programs with Manhattan West andCity Parks Foundation as summer
stage. Works and Process Incorporated
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is a registered 501-C3 organization.
Tax ID 13-3592291. Stay connected at Works and
Process at guggenheimguggenheim.org.
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