TWO PERFORMANCES:
1 PM TICKETS
4:30 PM TICKETS
SOLE Defined’s The Pulse is an immersive, high-energy performance that invites audiences of all ages to move, clap, and join in the fun. Rooted in African Diasporic dance traditions, the experience takes families on a lively, polyrhythmic journey featuring Tap Dance, Body Percussion, Sand Dance, and interactive moments that bring everyone into the rhythm together.
Performers use their bodies as instruments—transforming steps, claps, and movement into music in real time—creating a vibrant, living score that unfolds right before your eyes. Children and adults alike are encouraged to participate, turning the audience into an essential part of the performance.
By blending tradition with innovation and breaking down the line between performer and audience, The Pulse creates a joyful, shared experience that celebrates connection, creativity, and the unifying power of rhythm.
Join us out-front at the Phanstiel Plaza for a free cookie-decorating workshop with our friends at Citarella before the show!
New York Philharmonic musicians Alina Ming Kobialka (violin), I-Jung Huang (violin), Leah Ferguson (viola), and Matthew Christakos (cello) present an evening of chamber music spanning three centuries of the string quartet repertoire.
The program features Haydn’s String Quartet in D Major, Op. 76, No. 5 (ca. 1797), a masterwork of the Classical era; Mendelssohn’s lyrical and virtuosic String Quartet in E Minor, Op. 44, No. 2 (1837); and Philip Glass’s String Quartet No. 2, “Company” (1983), one of the composer’s most celebrated chamber works.
Co-Presented by Guild Hall & GIBNEY Company
GIBNEY Company and Choreographer, Lucinda Childs, a defining force in American Dance and GIBNEY’s Resident Choreographer, offer an in-process presentation of excerpts from a newly commissioned work, ahead of its world premiere in January 2027.
This presentation is part of a multi-week 2026 residency between Guild Hall and GIBNEY, supporting an ongoing creative exchange and the development of new work.
The in-process presentation will be followed by a conversation with Lucinda Childs and members of GIBNEY Company, offering insight into the residency, their collaborative process, and the development of the work leading up to its premiere.
$25 RUSH TICKETS can be purchased for tonight’s performance, in-person only, starting 45 minutes before the start of the program and subject to availability.
Presented by The Perlman Music Program & Guild Hall
Experience the future of classical music. Join legendary violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman as he conducts the world’s most gifted young string players in a rare “off-campus” performance. This seven-week residency culmination features soaring orchestral masterworks and a breathtaking choral performance led by The Perlman Music Program’s Assistant Conductor and alum, Nico Olarte-Hayes. Don’t miss this one-night-only showcase of the next generation of virtuosos.
Founded by Toby Perlman as a refuge to nurture early promise, The Perlman Music Program is home to the very best young artists from around the world. Each summer, The Program draws the most gifted young violinists, violists, and cellists (ages 12-18) from around the to its historic Shelter Island. Under a faculty led by violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman, students engage in an intensive curriculum of solo, chamber, orchestral, and choral performance.
THIS PROGRAM IS SOLD OUT. JOINING THE IN-PERSON STANDBY LIST IS ENCOURAGED.
For standby, please arrive no earlier than 40 minutes before the program to add your name to the list.
“When Jacob Jonas The Company performs, energy doesn’t just seem to bounce off the walls—it reverberates off bodies.” – Los Angeles Times
Jacob Jonas The Company (JJTC) is a Los Angeles–based contemporary dance company founded by choreographer and director Jacob Jonas. Known for its interdisciplinary approach to performance, the company creates original works for stage and film while collaborating across visual art, music, and media. Since its founding, JJTC has presented work at venues including the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, and the Hollywood Bowl.
Tonight’s program highlights Jonas’s ongoing exploration of the body, nature, and resilience. The evening includes excerpts from Jonas’s film.dance series alongside stage works created for the company, including Nature Sounds While the IV Drips, RIVER, and RAIN. Moving between the quiet interior landscape of illness and healing and the expansive rhythms of the natural world, these works reflect on cycles of endurance, renewal, and transformation.
The program also features ZEBRA, a collaboration with New York City Ballet Principal Dancer Sara Mearns that explores the tension between strength and vulnerability in an intimate solo.
Rush Tickets: A limited number of $25 rush tickets will be on sale for this performance, starting 20 minutes before the program begins, in person only, subject to availability. Customers will be instructed to line up outside no earlier than 45 minutes before the start of the show in order to access rush tickets, which are max 2 per customer.
Presented by The Center at West Park
The Center at West Park presents a staged reading of the screenplay of The Big Chill, by Lawrence Kasdan and Barbara Benedek, directed by David Saint. The ensemble will feature Oscar-winner Marisa Tomei (My Cousin Vinny, The Wrestler), Tony Award-winner Matthew Broderick (The Producers), Emmy Award-winner Ayo Edebiri (The Bear), Tony Award-nominee Brian d’Arcy James (Into the Woods), Emmy Award-nominee Amy Brenneman (Judging Amy), Emmy Award-nominee J. Smith- Cameron (Succession), Spencer Garrett (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood), Ilana Levine (Tanner ’88) and New York City Public Advocate Jumaane D. Williams, with additional all-star cast members to be announced in the coming weeks. The reading will be followed by a talkback with the cast and creative team, hosted by CNN’s Dana Bash.
The Big Chill is a consequential film released in 1983, featuring a group of idealistic University of Michigan college friends from the 60’s, gathering 20 years later for the funeral of one of their closest friends, Alex, who took his own life. The friends spend the weekend confronting the personal truths, sacrifices and betrayals that have left them disenchanted. Each must contend with unresolved issues they have with Alex, and with one another.
This benefit performance supports CWP’s ongoing affordable, accessible and intergenerational programs serving all five boroughs and audiences and artists alike.
