A Transformed Lincoln Center In New York City Brings Back Live Audiences
By Jeff Lunden
May 11, 2021
The performing arts are coming back and arts organizations around the country are having to think about how to reengage with live audiences, in a safe way.
After being dark since March of 2020, New York’s Lincoln Center welcomed audiences back Monday to its radically transformed physical space, one that is also more inviting and inclusive.
“One of my favorite times at Lincoln Center, actually, is just before curtain comes up and just after it comes down on campus,” says Henry Timms, Lincoln Center’s president. “And you just have this moment where the campus is completely full of people. And one of the many, many things, you know, we miss at Lincoln Center, is that feeling of community, that sense of connection.
The performing arts are coming back and arts organizations around the country are having to think about how to reengage with live audiences, in a safe way.
After being dark since March of 2020, New York s Lincoln Center welcomed audiences back Monday to its radically transformed physical space, one that is also more inviting and inclusive. One of my favorite times at Lincoln Center, actually, is just before curtain comes up and just after it comes down on campus, says Henry Timms, Lincoln Center s president. And you just have this moment where the campus is completely full of people. And one of the many, many things, you know, we miss at Lincoln Center, is that feeling of community, that sense of connection.
Jacob’s Pillow announces performers for 2021 summer dance festival
Updated 11:22 AM;
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World-renowned dancers will return to the stage for live performances this summer at Jacob’s Pillow, which recently announced its full list of performers for the 2021 summer festival.
Due to the on-going worldwide pandemic, all of the performances will take place outside with reduced audience capacity. All of the performances will also be available for viewing online.
This is the first summer festival at Jacob’s Pillow to feature both onsite and online programming. Onsite events run June 30-August 29, with online streaming through September 23.
“It is essential that we find safe and inventive ways to return to dance, to bring people back together, and put artists back to work,” Jacob’s Pillow Executive & Artistic Director Pamela Tatge said in statement. “The 2021 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival will share the restorative and uplifting power of dance: in-person at o
The 2021 summer Festival will be the first to feature on-site and online programming.
On-site events will run June 30-Aug. 29, with online streaming through Sept. 23. The newly imagined Festival â with the safety of artists, staff and audiences at the forefront of all planning â will feature commissioned works and world premieres and engage hundreds of artists who have had incredibly limited performance opportunities for the past year because of the global coronavirus pandemic. (Jacob s Pillow was forced to cancel its 2020 summer season in response to COVID-19.)
The 2021 Festival also is the first organized by an expanded curatorial team made up of Artistic and Executive Director Pamela Tatge and Associate Curators Melanie George and Ali Rosa-Salas.