LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

 

 

Lincoln Center, también conocido como Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts es un complejo de edificios de 61 000 m² en la ciudad de Nueva York. Su presidente es Reynold Levy desde el 2002. Es uno de los centros de artes escénicas más grandes del mundo. Fue la primera vez que se centralizaron grandes instituciones culturales en una ciudad de los Estados Unidos. Se encuentra entre las avenidas Columbus y Ámsterdam rodeado por las calles West 62nd y 66th, en la parte de Manhattan que se conoce como Upper West Side.

Sirve de sede a las siguientes organizaciones artísticas:

• The Metropolitan Opera
• New York City Ballet
• New York City Opera
• Orquesta Filarmónica de Nueva York
• The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center,
• The Film Society of Lincoln Center
• Jazz at Lincoln Center (Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra)
• The Juilliard School
• Lincoln Center Theatre
• The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
• American Ballet Theater
• Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc.

Fue construido bajo el programa de Robert Moses de renovación urbana en la década de 1960 por un consorcio dirigido bajo la iniciativa de John D. Rockefeller III.

Salas

• Alice Tully Hall - 1,095 asientos, dentro de la Juilliard School; The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.
• Avery Fisher Hall – 2,738 asientos; New York Philharmonic; ex-Philharmonic Hall
• Metropolitan Opera House – 3,900 asientos, Metropolitan Opera.
• David H. Koch Theater – 2,713 asientos, New York State Theater (New York City Ballet, New York City Opera)
• Vivian Beaumont Theater – 1,080 asientos , Broadway musicales, The Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center (1965-1973) y The New York Shakespeare Festival (1973-1977).
• Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater the Forum -299 asientos Off-Broadway.
• Walter Reade Theatre – 268 asientos, cine de la Film Society of Lincoln Center.

LINCOLN  CENTER  
(Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts)

http://lc.lincolncenter.org/

Serves three primary roles: world’s leading presenter of superb artistic programming, national leader in arts and education and community relations, and manager of the Lincoln Center campus. In addition, LCPA led a $1.2 billion campus renovation, completed in October 2012.

Lincoln Center was envisioned as a major performing arts center that would develop and present the finest and brightest in all types of performing arts to a diverse audience drawn from all walks of life.

One of 11 resident organizations, Lincoln Center (Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts) presents some 3,000 programs, events, and initiatives each year. Its performance series include American Songbook; Great Performers; Lincoln Center Festival; the Lincoln Center Out of Doors, Midsummer Night Swing, Mostly Mozart, and White Light Festivals; and Live From Lincoln Center, the country’s only series of live performing arts telecasts.

A commitment to local and global community outreach and education continues to be a central component of our mission. Nearly three quarters of a million lives were enriched by our community programming and educational initiatives.

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