In 1918, New York City laid claim to 20 Yiddish theaters, with one seating 2,500. Chicago possessed four, Philadelphia three and Baltimore, Boston, Cleveland, Detroit, Los Angeles, Newark and St.

You could tell Göksu Kunak’s performance was beginning because blue light started flickering against the faces of a shadowy mass of guests pulling out their phones. Soon after, the Turkish performance ...

Performance art originated in the early 20th century as a radical break from more traditional art, focusing on the body and lived experience rather than static objects. Emerging from movements like ...

RoseLee Goldberg of New York’s Performa has long encouraged visual artists to take the leap of translating their ideas into real time and space. RoseLee Goldberg, the founding director and chief ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by This year, Frieze New York will offer three pieces by artists who approach performance “in radically different ways.” By Shivani Vora Listen to the ...

Annabelle Cloutier is Head of Strategy, Communications and Corporate Governance at Canada’s National Arts Centre, a national performing arts organization located in downtown Ottawa. She joined the ...

Art often seems baffling because as human beings we seek firm logic. We want things to ‘make sense’, but art can leave us unmoored simply because it does not make sense in the way we are used to—why ...

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is one of the many groups that will sizzle the stage as part of PAH's 2025-26 season. Credit: Photo by Dario Calmese Performing Arts Houston today announced its 2025 ...