Performance

Metropolitan Opera

The Metropolitan Opera is a vibrant home for the most creative and talented artists, including singers, conductors, composers, orchestra musicians, stage directors, designers, visual artists, choreographers, and dancers from around the world. Known as the venue for the world’s greatest voices, the Met has been under the musical direction of James Levine since 1976.  Levine is credited with having created one of opera’s finest orchestras and choruses.

Recommended by Noémie Lafrance

Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson, known as the "King of Pop", was an American musician and one of the most commercially successful and influential entertainers of all time. His unique contributions to music and dance, along with a highly publicized personal life, made him a prominent figure in popular culture for four decades.

Recommended by Susan Blond

Noémie Lafrance

The site-specific performances and installations directed by choreographer Noémie Lafrance explore human movements in man-made landscapes, creating a performance language that interacts with the environment and the audience. Each creation uses an existing indoors/outdoors public site or piece of urban architecture as the setting and inspiration for the performance. The choreography constructs narratives through the movement of people in their real surroundings.

Site-Specific Choreographer

Nonsense NYC

Nonsense NYC is a discriminating resource for independent art, weird events, strange happenings, unique parties, and senseless culture in New York City. The subscription-based service provides information about unique events sent to the subscriber by email every Friday.

The types of events covered in Nonsense NYC include street events, loft parties, puppet shows, bike rallys, costume balls, interactive art shows, movies in unusual places, parades, outlaw dancing, guerilla theater, burlesque and variety shows, loser open mikes, cirkuses, and absurdist pranks.

Recommended by Ad Hoc Art

PS 122

    
Performance Space 122 is dedicated to supporting and presenting artists whose work challenges the traditional boundaries of dance, theatre, music, and performance. Committed to exploring innovative form as well as material, PS 122 is steadfast in its search for pioneering artists from a diversity of cultures and points of view.

Recommended by Noémie Lafrance

Radiohole

Later, around the year 1000 AD, Ethiopians concocted a type of wine from Radiohole berries, fermenting the dried beans in water. Radiohole also grew naturally on the Arabian Peninsula, and it was there, during the 11th century that Radiohole was first developed into theater. The so-called stimulating properties of Radiohole were thought by many during these ancient times to give a sort of religious ecstasy, and the shows earned a very mystical sort of reputation, shrouded in secrecy and associated with priests and doctors.

Recommended by Noémie Lafrance

Robert Wilson

Since the late 1960s, Robert Wilson's productions have decisively shaped the look of theater and opera. Through his signature use of light, his investigations into the structure of a simple movement, the classical rigor of his scenic and furniture design, Wilson has continuously articulated the force and originality of his vision. Wilson's close ties and collaborations with leading artists, writers and musicians continue to fascinate audiences worldwide.

Recommended by Brazilian Girls

Santos Party House

Santos Party House is a two-level, 8000 sq. foot music venue, centrally located in downtown New York City, straddling Chinatown and Tribeca. Blurring the lines between music and art culture, the venue is designed to function as a concert hall, dance club, and lounge.

Sideshows By The Sea Shore

Side Shows By The Sea Shore is the last place in the USA where you can experience the thrill of a traditional ten-in-one circus sideshow. Established by Coney Island, USA in 1985, The Sideshow is the first professional non-profit theatre dedicated to keeping the American sideshow alive.

Recommended by Molly Crabapple

St. Ann's Warehouse

St. Ann's Warehouse is a performing arts institution in Brooklyn, New York.

Formerly the Church of St. Ann and the Holy Trinity on Montague Street, in 1980 the site was converted into a venue for classical music. Initially known as Arts at St. Ann's, proceeds from the stage's performances were used to aid in renovating the building.

Recommended by Noémie Lafrance

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