Live Arts At The Met

By Limor Tomer and Megan Metcalf
with contributions by Adam Gopnik, Lee Mingwei, Bijayini Satpathy, Andrea Miller, Silas Farley, Louisa Proske, and Vijay Iyer

From the mid-twentieth century to the present day, The Met has been a popular venue for the performing arts and has hosted a wide range of world-renowned musicians, composers, and dancers, including Nina Simone, Merce Cunningham, Leonard Bernstein, and Twyla Tharp. LiveArts at The Met celebrates this rich history of performance at the Museum and features recollections by artists Lee Mingwei, Bijayini Satpathy, Andrea Miller, Silas Farley, Louisa Proske, and Vijay Iyer, who all share how their engagements with The Met influenced their music, dance, sound, or theater. An interview by Adam Gopnik with Limor Tomer, Lulu C. and…See More