Lee Mingwei and Bill T. Jones: OUR LABYRINTH
"It is not your duty to finish the work, but neither are you at liberty to neglect it." –Rabbi Tarfon (Pirkei Avot 2:16)
Performance 3
Wednesday, September 30, 12–4:30 pm
Gallery 700, The Charles Engelhard Court, The American Wing
MetLiveArts and New York Live Arts are partnering to present a site-specific interaction of Taiwanese-American artist Lee Mingwei's durational work, OUR LABYRINTH. With new contributions by legendary American dancer and choreographer Bill T. Jones, the performance will be livestreamed over three weeks from The Met’s Galleries featuring a range of dance styles, from ballet to hip hop, modern, vogue, and more.
Live from The Charles Engelhard Court, this week’s performance features the talents of Sara Mearns, Linda LaBeija, DeAngelo Blanchard with Alicia Hall Moran.
Learn more on our website at https://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/met-live-arts/our-labyrinth
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is on the island known as Mannahatta, now called Manhattan in Lenapehoking, the homeland of the Lenape people.
This program is made possible by the Ministry of Culture, R.O.C. (Taiwan) and Taipei Cultural Center in New York, and Jody and John Arnhold. Additional support is provided by the Adrienne Arsht Fund for Resilience through Art.
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Lee Mingwei and Bill T. Jones: Our Labyrinth, Live Performance 3
MetLiveArts and New York Live Arts are partnering to present a site-specific interaction of Taiwanese-American artist Lee Mingwei’s durational work, OUR LABYRINTH.
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