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LCI Presents to New York City Council

April 27, 2012 - Continuing its robust engagement with the local community, Lincoln Center Institute (LCI) participated in a lunchtime briefing to the New York City Council on April 18. The presentation, entitled “Lincoln Center in Your District,” also included representatives from Lincoln Center’s David Rubinstein Atrium, Meet the Artist (MTA) School Series, and Programs and Services for People with Disabilities (PSPD).…

Lincoln Center Announces Its 42nd Out of Doors Season

Nile Rodgers. Courtesy of Lincoln Center Out of Doors April 25, 2012 - Lincoln Center’s Out of Doors performance series, July 25–August 12, celebrates its 42nd birthday with customary panache. The “small festival of street theater,” as it was described at its launch in 1971, has become one of the annual summer events most eagerly anticipated by New Yorkers and savvy visitors from all over the world. They will undoubtedly fill the Lincoln Center plazas again this year to enjoy over 100 performances and events—all of them free.…

LCI Announces 2012–2013 Performing Arts Repertory

Boats. Photo: Terrapin Puppet Theatre April 20, 2012 - This school year, Lincoln Center Institute (LCI) brings an exciting repertory to students, a lineup consisting of four new works of art and one “by-popular-demand” repeat.…

Lincoln Center President Elected to Prestigious Academy

Lincoln Center President Reynold Levy April 18, 2012 - The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, with a long and prestigious history going back to 1780, is both an honorary society and an independent policy research center that conducts studies of emerging problems. Its members are leaders in the fields of public affairs, the humanities, the arts, academia, and business. The Academy’s mission includes analysis of critical social and intellectual issues, development of practical policy alternatives, exchange of ideas, and bringing diverse perspectives to the examination of matters of common concern.…

Lincoln Center Summer Festival Announced

April 11, 2012 - The participants in Lincoln Center Institute’s (LCI’s) International Educator Workshop will have the opportunity to enjoy the recently-announced Lincoln Center Festival, July 5–August 5. A veritable cornucopia of choices that runs the gamut from old favorites to cutting-edge arts, the Festival will offer several theater works, Sydney Theatre Company’s acclaimed production of Uncle Vanya among them. The dance offerings will include the Paris Opera Ballet, rarely seen in the U.S., whose program covers 19th and 20th centuries, with pieces such as Pina Bausch’s staging of Gluck’s Orpheus and Eurydice.…

Imagination Summit Interviews are Online

April 06, 2012 - During Lincoln Center Institute’s (LCI’s) two-day Imagination Summit last July, Newswire, which filmed the event, was busy in LCI’s offices, interviewing the luminaries in attendance. Now all eight of these videos are available for streaming on Newswire’s website; visit http://newswires.tv/guests.htm.…

Lincoln Center Launches Branding Campaign

April 05, 2012 - The revitalization of Lincoln Center, the first result of which, the new Alice Tully Hall, instantly became an iconic image, has taken on an added dimension: a multi-channel branding campaign crafted by Ogilvy & Mather. Announced by the ubiquitous, Brand Union-designed “Seen it?” pin, the campaign launched in late February and assumed a two-pronged task: to present all the campus constituents as a unified organism, and to continue seeking transparency that welcomes not only tourists, but the surrounding community as well.…

Social Media at LCI

March 20, 2012 - Social media at Lincoln Center Institute (LCI) have become a key tool for engaging with our community. Have you liked us on Facebook? Started following us on Twitter? Or read our latest blog posts on Imagination Now? Our goal, across platforms, is to inspire our readership, and to promote art and an imaginative educational approach to the arts. We strive to show that, unlike a faceless organization, we have a personal investment in every one of our followers. …