Works & Process Announces Spring 2026 Season

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Works and Process performances at Guggenheim New York and Peggy
Guggenheim collection 16 fully funded creative residencies with
over a dozen partners in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New
Jersey, New York and Vermont andthree works and process
commissions on tour. Highlights include the
Underground Uptown Dance Festival as part of Jan Arts

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NYC, Dance Out East in Long Island, and the Uptown Rhythm
Dance Festival. The magic is in the process.
We're letting you in on the secret.
Throughout Spring 2026, Works and Process will present a full
slate of dynamic programs at Guggenheim, New York, along with

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a special Martha Graham Dance Company performance at the Peggy
Guggenheim Collection in Venice on May 8th, coinciding with the
opening of the Venice Biennale. The season begins with the 4th
Works and Process Underground Uptown Dance Festival at
Guggenheim, New York, featuring 6 Works and Process commissions
January 9th to 13th as part of Jan Arts NYC.

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Beyond New York City, Works and Process will also present Dance
Out East on Long Island January 9th to 11th in partnership with
the Church in Sag Harbor, Guildhall of East Hampton, and
the Water Mill Center. All featured projects in both
festivals are supported through fully funded Works and Process

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residencies that champion artists and their creative
process in the Guggenheim S Peter B Lewis Theatre programs.
Illuminating the creative process by blending artist
discussion and performance. Will feature Opera Philadelphia
Signature Theatre, American Valley Theatre, Cats, the
Jellicle Ball, Miami City Ballet, Steppenwolf Theatre

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Company, Martha Graham Dance Company, the Metropolitan Opera,
Philadelphia Ballet, Terrence McNally, Recovery commissions
with Craig Lucas and Jake Brash,A new work by Martha Graham,
Dancer XI and Ying, and a preview of Jacob S Pillow S
summer 2026 season works and process.

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Rotunda dance parties will return as well, including a
salsa social with C Cal Macmiller and Friends and queer
country line dancing with Scuff.Presented in partnership with
Guggenheim member Mondays. The Uptown Rhythm Dance Festival
also returns for two evenings. Co presented with 92 New York

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and Dormashias ladies in the Shoe Tap Conference featuring
Naomi Funaki, Kyukai Danza and Zionix Barrera as part of the
dance reflections by Van Cleef and Arpel's Festival, Guggenheim
New York and Works and Process will present Rotunda
performances of early works by Lucinda Childs.

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Championing artists and their creative process from studio to
stage. Works and Process supports more
than 25 fully funded creative residencies each year across
Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and Vermont in
collaboration with a network of over a dozen partners.
Since the program S expansion from its innovative bubble

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residency program launched during the COVID-19 pandemic,
more than 1000 artists have participated in over 100 Works
and Process residencies. Many of the works developed have
gone on to receive awards, grants and tour nationally and
internationally with the US State Department. 4 Works and

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Process commissions will continue to tour this fall.
A detailed schedule of events isoutlined below.
General ticketing starts December 9th 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 and
illuminating discussions with artist receptions, works and
process. Underground Uptown Dance
Festival at Guggenheim, New York, January 9th to 13th.

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January 9th. Choreographic Portrait.
Courtney Valenciaga, Washington Master Z at Work Dance Family
and Parsons Dance Rotunda Dance Party, The Master Z Ball January
10th Cry Isolation by Crybaby Cozy and Harlem Lightfeed, New

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Jersey Ballet. Wings of Desire by Roderick
George January 11th. Akinola by Addisola Osakalumi Le
Ballet Afrik, New York is Burning by Omuri Wiles, January
12th. At the Altar by Bay and ASA

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Alien of Extraordinary by Son Kim.
Dance Theatre Rotunda Dance Party C Cal Macmiller and
Friends Palladium Nights January13th.
Johnny Loves Johann Johnny Gandalsman with John
Hijinbotham, Kaylee Kwan, Jamar Roberts and Melissa Tegud.

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Los Peros del Barrio Colazzo andLike Those Playground Kids at
Midnight by Boca TUYA Omar, Roman de Jesus, January 16th.
Opera, Philadelphia. Complications Ensued by Michael
R Jackson with Anthony Roth Costanzo, Zach Winaker and Raja
Feather Kelly, January 25th. Signature Theatre, Mother Russia

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by Lauren Yee and Animal Wisdom by Heather Christian, January
26th. American Ballet Theatre,
Othello, A Dance in Three Acts by LAR Lubovich, February 2nd
Cats, The Jellicle Ball with Zalin Livingston, Ville Rock,
Omuri Wiles and Arturo Lions. February 7th Miami City Ballet,

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Alexei Ratminsky February 9th Steppenwolf Theatre Company,
Windfall by Terrell Alvin Macranny.
Uptown Rhythm Dance Festival at Guggenheim, New York Works and
Process in partnership with 92 New York and Dorma Shia S Ladies
in the Shoe Tap Conference March8th Kilkai Danza Yorin, Naomi

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Funaki, Aki Gayai March 9th. Kilkai Danza, Nair Tikko Kodic
and Zionix Barrera Cabrata. March 22nd.
Martha Graham Dance Company. Jamar Roberts March 30th.
The Metropolitan Opera. Kaija Soriao as Innocence, April

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19th. Philadelphia Ballet, Romeo and
Juliet by Juliano Nunez April 20th.
Terrence McNally Recovery Commissions Craig Lucas and Jake
Brash with Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center, Provincetown
Theatre Recovery Arts Project, The Ziegfeld Club S 2026

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Needlepoint, Bob Grant and the Terrence McNally Foundation
April 26th In the Folds of Her Purple by XI and Ying in
partnership with Onassis, ONX and PS21.
April 27th. Jacob S Pillow Dance Festival
2026 preview works and process Commission Rotunda dance parties

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in partnership with Guggenheim, New York member.
Mondays, January 12th See Cow, Macmiller and Friends Palladium
nights. March 9th Scuff queer country
dancing Rotunda performance. March 14th and 15th Dance
reflections by Van Cleave and Arpel's Festival.

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Early works by Lucinda Childs. Works and process at Peggy
Guggenheim Collection. Palazzo Veiny or DEI Leone Dorso
Duro 701 I 30123, Venice, Italy.Free with museum admission.
May 8th Martha Graham Dance Company, Dance Out East works

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and process in partnership with the Church in Sag Harbor, Guild
Hall of East Hampton and the Water Mill Center.
January 10th, 2:00 PM, The Church in Sag Harbor, The
Lineage Project by Christine Bendel and Abdel January 10th,
7:00 PM, Guild Hall of East Hampton.

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Naomi Funaki Aki gay Eye January11th 2:00 PM, The Water Mill
Center. See Cal Macmiller and France
Palladium Nights works and process Commission works and
process commissions on tour, January 7th.

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Crysolation by Crybaby Cozy and Harlem Lightfeed Hopkins Center
for the Arts at Dartmouth, February 26th.
Tell Me Where It Comes From by Emily Coates.
Wadsworth Athenaeum Museum of Art April 23rd to 24th.

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Tell Me Where It Comes From by Emily Coates.
Yale Schwarzman Center, April 25th.
The Missing Element with the Beatbox House.
The Clarice at University of Maryland, May 17th.
Ladies of Hip Hop Black Dancing Bodies Project Speak My Mind

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Tennessee Performing Arts CenterWorks and Process Residency
Program Each year Works and Process produces more than 25
fully funded, week long creativeresidencies with partners across
5 states. Artists are curated and selected
through an open call. Launched during the COVID-19

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pandemic, the residency program has continued for six successful
years, providing longitudinal Made to Measure support that
includes industry leading creative residency fees of 1250
per artist per week, transportation, health
insurance, enrollment access, 24/7 studio availability, and on

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site housing to facilitate uninterrupted creative work.
Recognizing that the artistic process is a continuum, each
residency includes public engagements that illuminate the
creative process for local communities.
Culminating performances in New York City compensate artists at
a rate of 450 per artist per performance.

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For more information, including details on community events
associated with each residency, visit worksandprocess.org.
Residency Partners Connecticut Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center,
Massachusetts. The Adams Theatre, Prior
Performing Arts Center at College of the Holy Cross.

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The Yard, New Jersey Art Yard, New York Bethany Arts Community
Bridge Street Theater, Catskill Mountain Foundation, The Church
in Sag Harbor, CUNY Dance Initiative, Guild Hall of East
Hampton, COT Spot on Cultural Park, Modern Accord Depot,

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Onassis ONX. The Pacantico Center, PS21.
The Water Mill Center, Vermont. The Campus at Marlboro Music
Curated Residences Bey and ASA Chase Brock Experience, Crybaby
Cozy Courtney, Balenciaga, Washington with Master Z at

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Work, Dance, Family and Parsons Dance.
Craig Lucas, Heather Christian and Signature Theatre.
Jake Brash, Roderick George withNew Jersey Ballet.
Sea Cal Macmiller. Open Call Residencies, Christine
Bendel, End of Deal Boca TUYA, Omar, Roman de Jesus, Orlando
Hernandez and the Nihart Connection.

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Arturo Lions. Sydney L Mosley Dances, Sun Kim
Dance Theater, New Chamber Ballet, Addisola, Osakalumi,
Raina XI and Yang. CUNY Dance Initiative Joint
Residencies, A Lady in the HouseDance Company.
Nubian. Nene Tino and Raha Kapuri.

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Creative Residency. Naomi Funaki, Spring 2026
Residencies Art Yard, New JerseyBallet Wings of Desire by
Roderick George, January 2nd to 9th.
Bethany Arts Community, A Canolaby Addisola Osakalumi, January

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3rd to 10th. Vogue Orchestra by Arturo Lions,
January 10th to 16th. Reyna, May 4th to 10th.
A Side of the World for a Canvasby Sydney L Mosley Dances, May
11th to 17th. Bridge Street Theater, Too Soon

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to Discover Planets Too Late to Discover Islands by Orlando
Hernandez and The Nihart Connection, February 7th to
13th, The Campus at Marlboro Music.
Cry Isolation by Crybaby Cozy and Harlem Lightfeed January 2nd
to 7th. Master Z at Work Dance Family,

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The 24/7 Diner by Courtney Valenciaga, Washington, January
2nd to 8th. New Chamber Ballet January 2nd
to 9th. Catskill Mountain Foundation at
the Altar by Bay and ASA, January 5th to 11th.

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Come Home by Chase Brock. Experience March 30th to April
5th. The Church in Sag Harbor, The
Lineage Project by Christine Bendel and Abdel, January 4th to
10th. Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center,
Heather Christian and Signature Theatre, March 2nd to 8th.

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Terrence McNally, Recovery Commissions, Craig Lucas and
Jake Brash, April 14th to 18th. Guild Hall of East Hampton.
Naomi Funaki, Aki Gayai Tino andRaha Kapuri.
Creative Residency, January 4th to 11th.

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The Water Mill Center, C Cal Macmiller and Friends, Palladium
Nights, January 5th to 11th. CUNY Dance Initiative Joint
Residency, A Lady in the House Dance Company.
Nubian Nae Nae, August 2025 to June 2026.
CUNY Dance initiative Rehearsal residency at Queens College.

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May 4th to 10th. Works and process residency at
Bethany Arts Community Works andProcess Commission Works and
process at Guggenheim, New York.Choreographic Portrait.
Courtney Balenciaga. Washington with Master Z at Work
dance family and Parsons Dance Rotunda Dance Party, The Master

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Z Ball, January 9th, 7:00 PM. Ticket purchase to this
performance includes admission to the Rotunda Dance Party with
Master Z at Work Dance Family at8:30 PM.
See a portrait of black trans femme choreographer Courtney
Balenciaga. Washington founder of the Kiki

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House of Juicy Couture, a leaderof the House of Balenciaga,
founder of Master Z at Work Dance Family and a legend in the
ballroom community. For nearly 40 years, Parsons
Dance has brought life affirmingperformances and joy to
audiences worldwide. Led by David Parsons, one of the

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great movers of modern dance NewYork Times the company is
praised for its dancers, athleticism and technical skill.
Parsons Dance premieres a new CoCommission with Works and
process by Washington. The evening also features
Washington S new works and process Commission, the 24/7
Diner, which fuses St. Dance, St.

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Jazz, ballroom, vogue and hip hop and is inspired by chance
encounters at New York City diners and stories told over
shared meals. Works and Process Executive
Director Duke Dang moderates a discussion to conclude the
evening. Join Master Z at Work Dance
Family for a Rotunda dance party.

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All audience members are encouraged to take part in the
Master Z Ball featuring 4 categories, Face, Runway
Performance and Dance Off Leadership.
Support for this Works and Process program is provided by
Barbara Roadie and Linda Stocknoff Co, commissioned by
Parsons Dance as a part of its Generation Now Choreographic

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Fellowship and Works and Process.
This work was made possible by acreative residency at the Lake
Placid Center for the Arts, supported by the New York State
Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the
Governor and the New York State Legislature, and a Works and
Process technical residency at Catskill Mountain Foundation

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commissioned by Works and Process Master Z at Work Dance
Family S. The 24/7 Diner was made possible
in part by the New England Foundation for the Arts National
Dance Project with lead funding from the Doris Duke Foundation
and Mellon Foundation. The 24/7 Diner was developed in

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works and process residencies atModern Accord Depot 2024,
Bethany Arts Community 2025, andthe campus at Marlboro Music
2026. Crysolation by Crybaby Cozy and
Harlem Lightfeed New Jersey Ballet.
Wings of Desire by Roderick George January 10th 7:00 PM

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Crybaby Cozy presents the premiere of Crysolation, a works
and process Commission, and New Jersey Ballet previews.
Wings of Desire, a Co Commissionwith works and process and Art
yard choreographed by Roderick George.
Harlem Lightfeed Pioneer CrybabyCozy and members of the renowned
Bomb Squad danced through their lived experience of the origins

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and evolution of this vibrant New York City dance tradition.
Lightfeed, also known as gettinglight, is a dynamic St. dance
style that originated in Harlem and the Bronx in the early
2000's. The term reflects its emphasis
on light, rapid steps that give the impression of
weightlessness. Roderick, George S Wings of

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Desire, inspired by classical ballets such as Giselle, Romeo
and Juliet. And La Valladere is a raw,
emotionally charged valley exploring relationships,
sensuality, morality, and the human gaze.
At its core, the work contemplates time, fate, and the

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intertwining of love and loss. Set to an original score that
bridges past and future musical traditions, Wings of Desire
celebrates freedom, connection and the extraordinary artistry
of the New Jersey Valley Dancers.
Coming directly from a Works andProcess residency at Art Yard,
this performance offers an earlypreview ahead of the ballet's

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premier in April at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center.
Commissioned by Works and Process, Crybaby Cozy has
created Crysolation with Works and Process residencies at the
Campus at Marlborough Music 2025and 2026 and developed
Crysolation with support from 92New York as part of the
inaugural Uptown Rhythm Dance Festival, the New York Public

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Library for the Performing Arts,Jerome Robbins Dance Division
High Arts and administrative support from Creative Network.
A Canola by Addisola Osakalumi Le Ballet Africa, New York is
Burning by Omori Wiles January 11th, 7:00 PM.

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Culminating a Works and Process residency at Bethany Arts
Community, award-winning actor, choreographer, creative
director, singer and dancer, Addisola Osakalumi presents a
first look of a canola. Osaka Lumi excavates the
linkages between Old World traditions and New World
innovations while expanding the conversation around the depth

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and cultural significance of St.and urban arts.
Drawing on a movement vocabularyinspired by the rich cultural
retentions of both American and West African traditions,
rhythms, stories, and practices that live through the body, this
work explores what it means to move with intention, honoring
the past while pushing toward new possibilities for expressing

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identity, legacy, and community through dance.
Also on the program Ballroom Community legend and House of
Orichy founding father Omuri Wiles brings ball culture to the
Guggenheim with New York Is Burning, featuring Wiles S Afrik
Fusion fusing traditional African dances and Afrobeat with
house dance and Vogue. The 1990 documentary Paris is

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Burning received critical acclaim for its depiction of the
New York drag ball scene and evoking as a powerful expression
of personal pride in the face ofracism, homophobia, and the
stigma of the AIDS crisis. Just as Paris is Burning did for
New York in the 1980s, New York is Burning reflects the
aspirations, desires, and yearnings of a diverse group of

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dancers in a city beset by health, racial, and financial
crises. Commissioned by works and
process prior to the pandemic. As in Homage to Paris is Burning
on the documentary S 30th anniversary, Wiles S work
centers on the artists for whom his dance company serves as a
surrogate family. Osaka, Lumi and Wiles discuss

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their creative process. Wiles developed the Works and
Process Commission New York is burning for his company Le
Valley Africa in a summer 2020 Works and Process bubble
residency at COTS by on CulturalPark, a spring 2021 Works and
process bubble residency at Catskill Mountain Foundation,

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and a January 2022 Works and process launch PAD process as
destination residency at the church Sag Harbor in partnership
with Guild Hall. Throughout this time in some of
New York State S 1st permitted performances during the
pandemic, Works and Process Co produced Lay Ballet Africa S

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outdoor filmed and preview performances at COTS by on
Cultural Park, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and the
Guggenheim Museum Rotunda and the world premiere in the Peter
B Lewis Theatre at the Altar by Bay and ASA Alien of
Extraordinary by Sun Kim Dance Theater Rotunda Dance party.

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See Cal Macmiller and friends Palladium Nights in partnership
with Guggenheim member. Monday, January 12th, 7:00 PM.
Ticket purchase to this performance includes admission
to the Rotunda Dance Party with C Cal Macmiller and friends.
Palladium Nights with live musicat 8:00 PM.

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Bay and ASA Preview at the Altar, a new evening length work
by choreographers Amati Bay, Washington and Sam ASA Pratt.
Commissioned as part of the Democracy Cycle at POC NYC and
Co Commissioned by American Dance Festival.
An exploration of cultural, religious and political deities,
this work reckons with the pitfalls of extreme idolatry and

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interrogates our collective struggle for survival and
salvation. The work poses these central
questions. Who?
What do we worship? How do we worship?
Who are the righteous? Who are the blasphemers?
POC NYC. As director of the Democracy
Cycle, Bufrobel moderates the discussion with Washington and
Pratt. Sun Kim Dance Theatre presents

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excerpts from Alien of Extraordinary, a dance theatre
piece born from the labyrinth ofthe US artist visa system, which
flattens human stories into forms and reduces lives to
paperwork. Choreographed by Sun Kim, a
South Korean immigrant who specializes in the street dance
style of popping, the work takesits title from the Alien of

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Extraordinary Ability O1 Visa and draws from Kim S personal
experience with it. Performed by a richly diverse
ensemble of immigrant dancers, Alien of Extraordinary features
theme music by klezmer musician and composer Michael Winograd.
The piece is an invitation to witness the immigrant artist S

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journey in all its fragility andresilience, creating a meeting
ground for empathy, imagination and shared belonging.
Ephrat Ashery moderates the discussion with Kim.
To conclude the evening, join C Cow Macmiller and friends for
the Palladium Mambo dance extravaganza.
With a musical flair and explosive energy, dancer and

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choreographer C Cow Macmiller isat the forefront of Afro Latin
dance performance and education.His unique fusion style, rooted
in Afro Caribbean traditions andlaced with a range of dance
techniques from the African diaspora, brings you a Palladium
Mambo dance extravaganza with live music.

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Bring your dancing shoes and join Macmiller in the Rotunda
for a dance party for all, presented in partnership with
Guggenheim member Mondays at theAltar.
Receive the Works and process residency at Catskill Mountain
Foundation 2026. Alien of Extraordinary is
created with the support of a works and process residency at

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Modern Accord Depot, 2025, as well as a CUNY Dance Initiative
residency at LaGuardia Performing Arts Center.
Johnny Loves Johan Johnny Gandolsman with John
Hijinvotham, Kaylee Kwan, Jamar Roberts and Melissa Tegud.
Los Peros del Barrio Colossal and Like those playground kids

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at Midnight By Boca TUYA Omar Roman de Jesus January 13th,
7:00 PM. See excerpts of Johnny Loves
Johan, a new work uniting violinist Johnny Gandlesman with
choreographers John Hijinvothem,Kaylee Kwan, Jamar Roberts, and
Melissa Tegud. This performance Piers Gandelman

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S unique interpretation of Bach S cello suites performed live on
violin with original choreography performed by its
creators, celebrating the humanity and dance at the center
of this iconic music. Also featured are two works by
Omar Roman de Jesus with his company Boca TUYA in Los Peros

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del Barrio Colazal power dynamics intertwine with the raw
essence of human nature. Seen through the eyes of St.
dogs who are hungry, territorialand relentless.
This work unravels A visceral tale of dominance and
submission, questioning who leads and who follows in the
unending cycle of survival and control.

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Brimming with energy and wit, Los Peros pulls audiences into
its vibrant, chaotic world with humor and unrelenting charm.
In a world that often seeks to stifle individuality.
Like those, Playground Kids at Midnight stands as a beacon of
defiance, encouraging all to embrace their uniqueness and

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challenge the boundaries that can find them.
Traversing the enigmatic landscapes of desire, identity
and aspiration, it advocates forthe liberation of the soul.
Carolina Performing Arts University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill senior director for artistic and production Amy

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Calling moderates the discussion.
Carolina Performing Arts and theThomas S Keenan Institute for
the Arts at the University of North Carolina School of the
Arts serve as lead Co commissioners for Johnny Loves
Johann. This work also received
commissioning support from the Joyce Theatre.
S Steven and Kathy Weinroth Fundfor a new work with additional

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support from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the Maudlin
Center for the Arts at the University of Richmond, Works
and Process, and the Yard. Additional funding support was
provided by Jodi and John Arnhold, Alva Greenberg, Michael
Hostetler and Erica Pascal, JohnMiddleman, Marty Parrots,

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Michael and Amy Teeman, and Ken and Florence Umzaki.
Boca TUYA Omar Roman de Jesus issupported with the works and
process residency at the Adams Theatre, Opera, Philadelphia.
Complications ensued by Michael R Jackson with Anthony Roth
Costanzo, Zach Winaker and RogerFeather Kelly January 16th, 7:00

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PM before its world premiere at Opera Philadelphia in February.
This preview of Complications ensues shows how 1 librettist, 1
actor, 4 singers and 10 composers joined forces to make
opera in a brand new way. In his first opera libretto
Pulitzer Prize and Tony award-winning playwright Michael

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R Jackson, a strange loop tracesthe life of a woman named sue
whose personality is split in 2.Sue S life from the mundane to
the extraordinary unfolds with each decade scored by a
different musical luminary. Opera Philadelphia favorites
Missy mazzoli. Breaking the waves.
The listeners, Renee Worth, 10 Days in a Madhouse, and Nicola

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Lee, Dark Sisters return alongside a panoply of company
debuts from notable composers like Grammy Awards nominee
Natalie Joaquim. The production stars MacArthur
Fellow and cabaret icon Justin Vivian Bond, with Zach Winaker
and Roger Feather Kelly directing and conductor Karen
Levine making her Opera Philadelphia debut.

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Jackson, Costanzo, Winnaker and Kelly join in a moderated
discussion blended with performance highlights.
Signature Theater Mother Russia by Lauren Yee Animal Wisdom by
Heather Christian January 25th 7:00 PM Go behind the scenes

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with Signature Theater resident artists Lauren Yee and Heather
Christian and their upcoming productions.
Mother Russia and Animal Wisdom in mother Russia by signature
theater resident artist Lauren Yi.
Cambodian rock band The Great Leap.
The setting is 1992 Saint Petersburg.
The Soviet Union has collapsed, MacDonald S has risen, and

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Yevgeny, a young man at a loss, stumbles into a job working
surveillance with his old friendDimitri.
Their target, Katya, is a formerpop singer with questionable
allegiances and a mysterious past.
As their lives riotously intertwine, Yevgeny finds
himself falling in love and losing his bearings, all while

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grappling with the taste of freedom and fast food along the
way. This savvy, off kilter tale of
identity, espionage and the costof capitalism makes its New York
premiere in this razor sharp dark comedy directed by Teddy
Bergman in Animal wisdom by Signature Theater resident
artist Heather Christian. Oratorio For a Living Things A

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Wrinkle in Time step into a musical seance like no other,
where the veil is thin, the music is wild, and the spirits
of memory come roaring to life. Called dazzlingly original by
Vogue, this work blends storytelling, requiem and family
mythology in a musical ritual made for sinners and Saints

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alike. A journey into the haunted
spaces of memory and lost, diving deep into the
relationship between the soul, the scene, and the unseen.
This transporting experience comes to Signature in a
thrilling new production helmed by director Keenan Tyler
Oliphant. With her raucous singular music
fusing Blues, gospel and folk, Obie Award winner Christian

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invites you to pay tribute to the forces that shape our lives.
Ye and Christian join a moderated discussion led by
Signature Theatre Artistic Director Emily Schultz, and
performers present excerpts fromboth works.
Heather Christian will be supported with the Works and
Process residency at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center, March

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2nd to 8th, 2026. Leadership support for this
works and process residency is provided by Nina Matisse.
American Ballet Theatre Othello a Dance in Three acts by LAR
Lubovich January 26th 7:00 PM American Ballet Theatre A/B T

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offers a preview of Othello, a dance in three acts,
choreographed by Lar Lubovich with an original score by
Elliott B Goldenthal. The ballet will be presented at
the company S spring season in March at the David H Cook
Theater at Lincoln Center. This remagining of Shakespeare S
tragic tale tells the story of the Moorish general Othello, who

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is manipulated by his soldier Yago to believe that Desdemona,
his beloved wife, has been unfaithful.
Consumed by jealousy, Othello spirals into madness and kills
Desdemona before learning of herinnocence.
ABT artistic director Susan Jaffe will moderate a discussion
with LAR Lubovich and ABT dancers will perform excerpts

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Cats, the Jellicle Ball with Zalin Livingston, Ville Rock,
Omuri Wiles and Arturo Lions. February 2nd, 7:00 PM Broadway
meets Runway performers from thewildly acclaimed, award-winning
production of Cats. The Jellicle Ball present a

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sneak peek before the productionascends to Broadway in a
kaleidoscope of glittering spectacle, iconic music, and
electrifying ballroom choreography that the New York
Times calls a lightning strike that sets joy free.
Based on TS Eliot S Old Possum Sbook of practical cats, Andrew
Lloyd Webber S worldwide phenomenon Katz's reem Agent in

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a record-breaking award-winning production that has left New
York City purring. Directed by Obi Award winners
Zalen Livingston and Bill Rock, with choreography by Obi award
winners and New York City ballroom legends Omuri Weil's
House of Ricci and Arturo Lions House of Miyake Mugler Katz is
the fiercest event of the season.

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Lovingston, Roche, Wiles and Lions join a discussion
moderated by TENZ Co founder Sally Williams and cast members
perform excerpts. Miami City Ballet Alexei
Ratminski February 7th 3:00 PM and 7:00 PM Miami City Ballet

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MCB presents a first look of world renowned choreographer
Alexei Ratminsky S new Commission celebrating MCB
founder Toby Lerner Anson S 85thbirthday before its February
premiere in Florida. This work blends history,
tradition and forward thinking creativity with a score by Johan

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Strauss. Miami City Ballet S new artistic
director Gonzalo Garcia moderates a discussion with
Ratminsky and MCB dancers perform excerpts.
This world premiere was commissioned by MCB and funded
by the Anson Foundation in honorof Toby Lerner, Anson S 85th
birthday Leadership. Support for this works and

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process program is provided by Charles and Deborah Adelman and
Jeff Davis and Michael Miller. Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Windfall by Terrell Alvin Macranny February 9th 7:00 PM Go
behind the scenes of Windfall, anew work written by Academy

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Award-winning Steppenwolf ensemble member Terrell Alvin
Macranny. Premiering in Chicago in April
during Steppenwolf S 50th anniversary season, this evening
offers a first look at excerpts from this dynamic new play,
along with insights into Macranny S creative process.
Windfall is a story about money.Don't let them fool you

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otherwise. When a father loses his child in
a clash with the local police, he is visited by three strangers
who advise him to take the city S cash settlement, relocate and
forget his grief, or else stay and remain impoverished,
surrounded by memories of the world his child fought so hard
to protect. Makrani S new work explores how

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grief, justice, sexuality, gender, history, and even pride
become secondary concerns in thewake of currency.
Kyukai, Danza. Yorin, Naomi.
Funaki, Aki. Gay Eye Tino and Raha Kapuri
Creative Residency March 8th, 7:00 PM The Uptown Rhythm Dance

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Festival returns to Works and Process Co presented with 92 New
York and Dormashia S ladies in the Shoe Tap Conference.
This program features excerpts from tap dance artist Naomi
Funaki S new work commissioned by Works and Process Aki Gayai
and a presentation by Kyukai Danza, a company creating

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contemporary dance rooted in Basque culture.
Founded in 2001 in Uranteria in the Basque Country by dancer and
choreographer John Maya, Kyukai Danza has developed a
distinctive form of contemporarydance rooted in Basque culture.
Kyukai dancer will perform Yoranby John Mayock and Andres Marin,

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meaning root, encounter and dialogue.
In Yoran we find two men who look from their roots, who
explore them as a way to relate to their surroundings.
They arrive with their own origin and essence.
They present an encounter and a dialogue.
The dialogue is not always easy,but it is built on listening and

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respect. At times it brings us together,
sometimes it distances us, sometimes it makes us tense and
also embraces us. Yarin presents us with an
intercultural encounter where the Danzari, traditional Basque
dancer John Maya and flamenco dancer Andres Marin, accompanied

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with live music by Julian Acchieri, meet each other on the
basis of an honest dialogue showing their differences and
their desire to share through them a common path towards
tomorrow. Recognized as one of Dance
Magazine S 25 to Watch in 2024 and a 2025 Jayden Wongfellow See

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a moderated discussion and in process showing of a kike eye.
An evening length work exploringthe 2011 Tohoku earthquake,
tsunami and Fukushima nuclear disaster through tap, live music
and storytelling. Drawing inspiration from her
personal experience and that of her family and friends, Funaki

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reflects on themes of resilience, loss and connection.
The performance is a rhythm driven exploration of the
emotional and cultural impact ofone of Japan's most devastating
tragedies. This presentation brings
together a diverse cast of tap dancers, movement artists, and
vocalists, underscoring tap S power as a medium for

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storytelling and cross cultural dialogue around cultural
resilience in the face of catastrophic events.
Funaki and Maya join a moderateddiscussion and dancers perform
excerpts from both works. Naomi Funaki ES Akigai is
commissioned by Works and Process and has been developed
in a Works and Process residencyat Guildhall 2026 as part of the

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Tino and Raha Kapuri Creative Residency.
Kyukai Danza is presented in collaboration with the Cervantes
Institute and Flamenco Festival and made possible through an
introduction by Guggenheim Bilbago, Kyukai Danza, Nayer
Tiko Kadik Zionics, Barrera Cabrata, Rotunda Dance Party,

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Scuff Queer Country dancing in partnership with Guggenheim
member. Monday, March 9th, 7:00 PM.
Ticket purchase to this performance includes admission
to the Rotunda Dance Party with Scuff Queer Country Dancing.
At 8:00 PM, the Uptown Rhythm Dance Festival returns to Works

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and Process Co presented with 92New York and Dormashia S ladies
in the Shoe Tap Conference. The festival S closing
performance features works by Kyukai Danza and Zionix Barrera.
Founded in 2001 in Uranteria in the Basque Country by dancer and
choreographer John Maya, Kyukai,Danza has developed a

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distinctive form of contemporarydance rooted in Basque culture.
Nyer Tiko Kadik recalls my best beginnings in traditional Basque
dance and shows the work of research and collaborations
carried out with different choreographers and creators.
Zionics Barrera is a Bessie Award nominated flamenco dancer,

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choreographer and artistic director whose work bridges
tradition and innovation. Known for her emotionally
charged performances and multidisciplinary creations, she
explores themes of resilience, identity and transformation
through flamenco, most recently in her ongoing theatrical work
Cabrata. Both companies share excerpts

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from their works, followed by a moderated discussion offering
insight into the choreographers creative processes.
To conclude the evening, join Scuff in the Rotunda for a line
dance takeover. In the Queer country dance
tradition. SCUFF teaches line dancing and
partner dancing as a channel forlove and self-expression.

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Beginner friendly and inclusive of all levels.
Presented in partnership with Guggenheim member Mondays.
Kyukai Danza is presented in collaboration with the Cervantes
Institute and made possible through an introduction by
Guggenheim. Vilbago Rotunda Performance,
Dance reflections by Van Cleef and Arpel's Festival.

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Early works by Lucinda Childs March 14th and 15th, 7:30 PM.
Lucinda Childs is a preeminent figure in American postmodern
dance and one of the most influential artists in the
history of contemporary performing arts.
Her important choreographic bodyof work is distinguished by a

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distinctive movement language, complex, abstract in structure,
and built from a deliberately peered down physical vocabulary.
Early Works is a collection of pieces that traces Child's S
artistic evolution from the soloworks she created during her
time with the Judson Dance Theatre beginning in 1963 to the

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earliest works made for her own company, founded in 1973.
In these works, rhythm and geometry are highlighted using a
vocabulary of pure movement, walking, running, turning,
skipping, and leaping, Childs explores rapid shifts in
direction and the impact of minimal shifts in movement

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patterns. These displacements, both
physically and mentally demanding, illuminate the rigor
and precision at the core of herpractice.
These geometric and mathematically structured dances
laid the groundwork for dance. Her first work choreographed to
music in 1979. Part of the Dance Reflections by

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Van Cleef and Arpels Festival incollaboration with Guggenheim
New York and works and process Dance Reflections by Van Cleef
and Arpels. Founded in 2020, Dance
Reflections by Van Cleef and Arpels is guided by the values
of creation, transmission, and education.

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Its mission is to support artists and institutions in
sharing choreographic heritage while encouraging new
productions. Since its launch, Dance
Reflections has accompanied numerous companies in their
creations as well as multiple institutions in the presentation
of their works on the international stage.
The program is reinforced each year by major events such as the

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Dance Reflections by Van Cleef and Arpel's Festival.
In addition to supporting the creation and promotion of
choreographic works, Dance Reflections places increasing
importance on issues of transmission and education.
With its partners, the initiative organizes residencies
for professional dancers as wellas actions to raise awareness of

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choreographic culture. Open to all, its network, now
consisting of more than 60 partners from 17 different
countries, continues to grow with each project.
Martha Graham Dance Company Jamar Roberts March 22nd 7:00 PM

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Martha Graham Dance Company presents a first look of a new
work by Jamar Roberts in advanceof the Company S 100 season at
New York City Center in April. Created in part at a residency
at the Church in Sag Harbor for leading Graham dancer Lloyd
Knight with a Commission score by Shhtaab Danker, the new work
is joined by excerpts from Roberts S We the People,

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performed by Knight and other top dancers of the Graham
Company. Roberts and Knight also join a
moderated discussion with MarthaGraham Dance company artistic
director Janet eilber. The Metropolitan Opera Kaija
Soriao S Innocence March 30th 7:00 PM Before late finish

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composer Kaija Soriao S final opera arrives at the
Metropolitan Opera this spring, get an advance look at this
powerful modern masterpiece exploring the wide web of trauma
left in the wake of an unspeakable tragedy.
Innocence features a multilingual libretto by Sophie
Oakesenon and Alexi Barrier and conjures an Erie, darkly

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beautiful sound world to tell a heart wrenching story.
Ahead of the opera S April 6th premiere, Met General Manager
Peter Gellb moderates a discussion with the creative
team, with cast members joining to perform highlights from the
score. Philadelphia Ballet Romeo and
Juliet by Juliano Nunez April 19th 7:00 PM Before its premiere

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in April, Philadelphia Ballet presents a preview of a new
interpretation of Shakespeare S ubiquitous tale of star crossed
lovers. Set to the renowned score by
Sergei Prokofiev, Remagent by Philadelphia Ballet S resident
choreographer Juliano Nunez, Romeo and Juliet follows the
story of two young lovers from feuding families whose intense

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passion leads to their untimely,tragic end.
Nunez joins a moderated discussion and dancers perform
excerpts from the production. Terrence McNally Recovery
Commission's Craig Lucas and Jake Brash with Eugene O'Neill
Theatre Center, Provincetown Theatre Recovery Arts Project,

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The Ziegfeld Club S 2026 Needlepoint Bob Grant and the
Terrence McNally Foundation April 20th 7:00 PM The Terrence
McNally Recovery Commission's award two annual 10,000 new play
commissions, one to an emerging playwright and one to an
established playwright, each identifying as being in recovery

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from a substance use condition. Reflecting the spirit of
sponsorship, the commissioned artists serve as resources for
one another throughout a year long process that includes a
writing retreat with Provincetown Theatre and
Recovery Arts Project, a works and process residency at the
Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center inWaterford, CT made possible by

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the Ziegfeld Club S 2026 Needlepoint Bob Grant.
All culminating in a works and process showing where audiences
are invited to experience selected scenes from both new
plays by Jake Brash and Craig Lucas, and a moderated
discussion with the playwrights exploring their artistic
processes, recovery journeys, and the role of storytelling in

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healing. The commissions are named in
honor of Terrence McNally, whoseown journey in recovery began
with a life changing moment at Stephen Sondheim S birthday
party where Angela Lansbury, with love and concern,
encouraged him to face his struggles with alcohol.
McNally later shared the story in the documentary Every Act of

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Life, believing in the power of being part of a supportive
public community. The inaugural recipients of the
Terrence McNally Recovery Commissions are Jake Brash, who
makes their Off Broadway debut this season with the Reservoir
at the Atlantic Theatre Company,and Craig Lucas, OB Award winner
and Pulitzer Prize finalist. This project will receive a

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works and process residency at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre
Center in Waterford, CT 2026 andis supported by the Ziegfeld
Club S Needlepoint Bob Grant. This project is underwritten by
the Terrence McNally Foundation and supported by the Recovery
Arts Project, who taps into the transformative power of art and

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artists to change the national conversation about addiction and
recovery in order to save lives.In the Folds of Her Purple by XI
and Yang in partnership with Onassis, ONX and PS21.
April 26th, 7:00 PM. Martha Graham Dance Company

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Principal Dancer XI and Yang presents excerpts from her new
work In the Folds of Her Purple,in partnership with Onassis ONX
and PS21. An interdisciplinary artist,
Yang explores the intersection of movement, technology, and
digital legacy in her works. In the Folds of Her Purple draws

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inspiration from Martha Graham Siconic solo lamentation.
Created with generative AI and volume trick film, the piece is
not a recreation but a response,a contemporary performance
shaped by the living bodies who have stretched, trembled and
breathed inside her purple tube.Yang joins a moderated

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discussion and excerpts are performed.
This Works and Process Commission has received works
and process residencies at Onassis, ONX, and PS21 Center
for Contemporary Performance 2025.
Jacob S Pillow Dance Festival 2026 Summer Preview April 27th,

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7:00 PM. Located in Beckett,
Massachusetts, Jacob S Pillow isa treasure. 220 acre National
Historic Landmark, a recipient of the prestigious National
Medal of Arts, and home to America South longest running
and largest international dance festival.
See excerpts of works incubated by the Pillow that will

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culminate in Festival 2026 presentations this summer to be
announced between performance excerpts.
Pamela Tage, executive and artistic director of Jacob S
Pillow, moderates a discussion with the artists leadership.
Support for this works and process program is provided by

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Henry and Gary Alpert. Works and Process commissions.
Works and process lead donors lead Funding provided by Stuart
H Coleman and Meryl Rosofsky. Elizabeth Sharp, Eden's and Wes
Eden's, Adam and Abigail Flatow,Agnes Gunde, Christian Human
Foundation, Leon Levy Foundation, NYC Department of

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Cultural Affairs, Tino and Raha Kapuri, Steven Kroll, Reedy
Rockefeller Brothers Fund Deniseand Andrew Saul, Caroline M
Sharp, The Evelyn Sharp Foundation and the SHS
Foundation. Additional support provided by
Jodi and John Arnhold, Jeff and Susan Campbell, Kate Caruso,

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Paul Cronstone, Lucy and PhillipDobrin, The Fanwood Foundation,
Bart Friedman and Wendy Stein, Mertz, Gilmore Foundation, New
York State Council on the Arts, Leon Polski, Barbara Richin,
Randall Sharp, and Eugene and Jean Stark.
Works and Process is supported in part by public funds from the

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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.
The magic is in the process. We're letting you in on the
secret works and process Champions performing artists and

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their process from studio to stage by producing fully funded
creative residencies and presenting behind the scenes
events that blend artist discussions and performance
highlights. Our events transcend the
proscenium so audiences can spectate, participate beyond the
stage, and culminate in receptions to continue the

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conversation. In Connecticut, Massachusetts,
New Jersey, New York, and Vermont, Works and Process
produces over 25 creative residencies annually with over a
dozen partners in over 100 Worksand Process residencies
supporting over 1000 artists. Incubated Works have gone on to

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receive awards and grants and tour nationally and
internationally with the US State Department.
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

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facilitate uninterrupted creative process.
Beyond Guggenheim, New York, we also partner with organizations
across New York City, 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 and

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City Parks Foundation As summer stage.
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and Process will present the Martha Graham Dance Company at
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is a registered 501-C3 organization.
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