Tag: art series

NYCB Announces "Art Series" Artist With This Awesome Video

For years New York City Ballet has collaborated with visual artists for their “Art Series” during the winter season—and every year it gets more epic. (Remember last year’s crazy-awesome whimsical installation by Marcel Dzama?) If you’re not familiar with the series here’s TLD: NYCB teams up with an artist who then creates a massive, dance-y […]

NYCB's New Art Series Installation Looks Wonderfully Weird

How great is the New York City Ballet Art Series? Each winter, the company asks an artist (or artistic team) to create a dance-inspired installation for the Koch Theater’s grand promenade. Then it celebrates the often-amazing results with special Art Series performances featuring discounted tickets. Sound familiar? That’s because you were probably obsessed with JR’s […]

French Artist JR shows New York City Ballet "the Power of Paper and Glue"

It’s time to get super psyched about multidisciplinary collaborations, guys. Last year, New York City Ballet held its first annual Art Series, an installation that commissions contemporary artists to work with the dancers in hopes of inspiring something spectacular. And when they brought in FAILE, the Brooklyn-based partnership of Patrick McNeil and Patrick Miller, to […]