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Lincoln Center

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, located at 10 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York City, is one of the world’s leading performing arts complexes. Opened in 1962, it spans over 16 acres and houses 11 resident organizations, including the New York Philharmonic, the Metropolitan Opera, the New York City Ballet, and the Juilliard School. The center features multiple performance venues such as the David Geffen Hall, the Metropolitan Opera House, the David H. Koch Theater, and Alice Tully Hall. Lincoln Center hosts thousands of performances annually, encompassing a wide range of genres including classical music, opera, dance, theater, and jazz. It is renowned for its commitment to artistic excellence and education, offering extensive outreach and educational programs to engage and inspire audiences of all ages. Lincoln Center is a cultural landmark, playing a pivotal role in New York City’s vibrant arts scene. Read more about Theater, Dance and Music.

A group of dancers in earth-toned costumes leap and tumble across a dimly lit stage, their bodies captured midair above a reflective floor under focused beams of light.

Observer’s Guide to the Best Dance Coming to New York City This Winter

The coming months are jam-packed with fascinating festivals, classical ballets and international performances.
By Caedra Scott-Flaherty
A choreographer stands on stage giving instructions to a group of dancers dressed in white shirts, suspenders, and bowler hats during a rehearsal under deep purple lighting.

Fall at Paul Taylor Dance Company: ADHD, Love and Jazz

For the first time in its 71-year history, the Company has two resident choreographers, both presenting world premieres.
By Caedra Scott-Flaherty
An image of a woman wearing an elaborate red cut-paper headdress that covers her face, paired with a white sculptural garment against a solid blue background.

In ‘The Butterfly Lovers,’ Hong Kong Ballet’s Radical Reimaginings Take Flight

Ballet’s living center is shifting eastward, with more and more of the most exciting arts and artists coming out of Asia.
By Cynthia Dragoni
A group of dancers dressed in flowing traditional robes and black headpieces perform a synchronized fan dance, with one female dancer in the center smiling and holding a circular hand fan during a scene from Lady White Snake.

Dynamic and Genre-Defying, ‘Lady White Snake’ Gives a Classic Myth a Contemporary Bite

By Caedra Scott-Flaherty
Ed Sheeran, Snoop Dogg and Jon M. Chu attend the 2025 TIME100 Gala

Inside the 2025 TIME100 Gala: Icons, Innovators and Impact They Carry

By Leigh Scheps
A scene from the Broadway show 'Floyd Collins': Jeremy Jordan sings on stage, holding a lantern and wearing dirty overalls and a grey undershirt

‘Floyd Collins’ Review: Adam Guettel’s Best Work Still Lies Ahead

By Rex Reed
A powerful stage moment featuring a woman in a wheelchair being held by another woman in a dark costume, who is aggressively raising a knife in her direction while the seated woman pleads.

Topflight Teamwork Makes for a Marvelous Met Mozart

By Christopher Corwin

Ratmansky’s ‘Paquita’ Is a Bright and Tender Thing

By Caedra Scott-Flaherty
A dramatic moment from Aida features Quinn Kelsey as Amonasro, dressed in regal robes, kneeling beside Angel Blue as Aida, who wears a flowing gown and braided hair, both illuminated by stage lighting against a dark background.

Michael Mayer’s Faux-Archaeologists Can’t Rescue His Entombed ‘Aida’ at the Met

By Christopher Corwin
A man and a woman are on a wooden stage; the woman in a red jumpsuit leans forward, pressing her hand against the man's head, as he bows slightly while wearing a light pink shirt and black pants.

Capturing Balanchine’s Ghost: An Interview With Dancer and Choreographer Emily Coates

By Caedra Scott-Flaherty
A photo of a group of dancers on stage, dressed in matching black costumes, with two dancers in the foreground reaching out in expressive poses, while the rest stand behind in a tight formation.

Paul Taylor Dance Company’s Sparkling Gala Performance: Two World Premieres and a Classic

By Caedra Scott-Flaherty
A dramatic scene on an opera stage backed by screens where a woman's face is replicated many times

Despite Tropes, the Met’s ‘Grounded’ Is a Solid Outing

By Gabrielle Ferrari

Theater Fall Preview: Women Are Taking Charge, On Broadway And Off

By David Cote
Two performers sing to each other on a large stage

Teatro Nuovo Revives a Forgotten Bel Canto Opera by a Woman Composer for the First Time in Nearly 200 Years

By Christopher Corwin
Dancers in red costumes

India Week’s Dance Performances Explore Connection, the Self and the Sacred

By Caedra Scott-Flaherty
An orchestra performs on a stage with a conductor in the foreground

A Magnificent ‘Bluebeard’s Castle’ Crowns a Fine Met Season But Not at Lincoln Center

By Christopher Corwin

Review: Steve Carell Is a Lovable Loser in a Fragmentary ‘Uncle Vanya ‘

By David Cote

Jeff Bridges On His Life In Front of the Camera, From The Dude to The Old Man and Beyond

By Harry Haun

Toby Stephens Returns to the New York Stage to Investigate the Media In ‘Corruption’

By Harry Haun
Dancers perform on a dimly lit stage

Alonzo King, Jason Moran and Lisa Fischer On Deep River’s Lincoln Center Debut

By Caedra Scott-Flaherty
Man in blue suit poses in front of wall with line drawing

Art World Comings and Goings: Bonhams’ Bruno Vinciguerra Steps Down and More

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
A prone woman with long red hair clutches her decolletage

Dance on Camera 2024: A Festival of Love, Water and Kinesthetic Empathy Starts Today

By Caedra Scott-Flaherty

The Most Influential People in the Art World Today

By Dan Duray, Farah Abdessamad, Christa Terry and The Editors

Nathan Lane On The Return Of His Sondheim Collaboration ‘The Frogs’

By Harry Haun
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