MomentsA free performance-based program specially designed for individuals with dementia and their caregivers

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Join us as we bring Lincoln Center’s unparalleled artistry to an intimate and supported setting.

To register, email access@lincolncenter.org, call 212.875.5375, or visit lincolncenter.org/moments.

All programs take place on the Zoom online platform.

Spring 2021 Season

Tuesday, February 9 | 1:00–2:30 pm ET

Noche Flamenca

Join Noche Flamenca as they present us with transcendent performances showcasing flamenco through song, music, and dance. Founded in 1993, the company strives to bring the diverse and expansive world of passion and emotion that is flamenco.

Wednesday, February 24 | 1:00–2:30 pm ET

LADAMA

Enjoy performances by the ladies of LADAMA, virtuosic musicians, and educators— Lara Klaus, Daniela Serna, Maria “Mafer Bandola” and Sara Lucas. This interactive concert includes “body percussion” and three popular and historically significant rhythms in the Afro-Latin music tradition: Porro (Colombia), Maracatu (Brazil) and Joropo (Venezuela).

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Tuesday, March 16 | 1:00–2:30 pm ET

Ranky Tanky

Ranky Tanky, the Grammy Award-winning Charleston, South Carolina-based quintet, performs timeless music born from the Gullah culture of the southeastern Sea Island region of the United States. Incorporating playful game songs, ecstatic shouts, spirituals and lullabies, these contemporary artists are grateful to have grown from the musical roots of Charleston, SC.

Wednesday, April 21 | 1:00–2:30 pm ET

Music From The Sole

Music From The Sole, an NYC-based tap dance company and live music ensemble, merges Afro-Brazilian rhythms and music with the great American tap tradition. Their performances embrace tap’s unique nature as a blend of sound and movement to blur the boundaries of dance and music, focusing on percussive dance that is accessible to all audience members.

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Monday, April 26 | 11:00 am–12:30 pm ET

Mark Morris Dance Group: L’Allegro

Join the Mark Morris Dance Group (MMDG) in a special celebration of their 40th Anniversary Digital Season. Featuring excerpts from Mark Morris’s dance set to Handel’s oratorio L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, the program will include conversations with an MMDG dancer, who will provide insights into Morris’s choreography and lead a seated movement session based on the work.

Presented in collaboration with Mark Morris Dance Group

Monday, May 10 | 1:00–2:30 pm ET

Storytelling through Music with the New York Philharmonic

Explore the stories and inspiration behind some of classical music’s greatest orchestral melodies. This interactive concert features performances and discussion by New York Philharmonic Violinist Anna Rabinova and New York Philharmonic Teaching Artist Zeynep Alpan. Experience how music brings stories to life through sounds and techniques performed by musicians of the New York Philharmonic.

Presented in collaboration with the New York Philharmonic

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Monday, May 17 | 1:00–2:30 pm ET

Jazz at Lincoln Center Presents: New Orleans, Land of Dreams

New Orleans is one of the most extraordinary places on earth, with its own exuberant customs and culture. New Orleans is also the birthplace of America’s most unique artform, jazz. In this concert, a diverse group of musicians from Jazz at Lincoln Center explore the legacy of New Orleans jazz through two of its greatest exponents, Jelly Roll Morton and Louis Armstrong.

Presented in collaboration with Jazz at Lincoln Center

Thursday, May 27 | 1:00–2:30 pm ET

Metropolitan Opera Guild: The Barber of Seville

Enjoy performances from opera’s most popular comedy, The Barber of Seville, composed by Gioachino Rossini. Explore relationships between classic characters like Figaro, Rosina, and Count Almaviva. Featuring exclusive video clips and an interactive discussion with the Metropolitan Opera Guild.

Presented in collaboration with the Metropolitan Opera Guild

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Wednesday, June 9 | 1:00–2:30 pm ET

Sounds of Dance from Around the World withthe Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

Listen to sultry and expressive works of chamber music inspired by dances from around the world. Learn how chamber music connects us across cultures in this interactive concert featuring performances by CMS artists Kristin Lee and Michael Brown. An accomplished chamber musician, Kristin Lee serves as principal artist of Camerata Pacifica in Santa Barbara, sitting as The Bernard Gondos Chair. Michael Brown is the recipient of a 2015 Avery Fisher Career Grant. Lee and Brown are alums of The Bowers Program of CMS.

Presented in collaboration with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

Monday, June 21 | 1:00–2:30 pm ET

Lincoln Center at the Movies: Great American DanceSan Francisco Ballet’s Romeo & Juliet

Experience the wonder of this iconic story with San Francisco Ballet’s production of Romeo & Juliet, including stunning choreography by Helgi Tomasson and a celebrated score by Sergei Prokofiev. Look behind the scenes at past productions through archival objects with a special introduction by the Dance Education Coordinator from the Jerome Robbins Dance Division of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

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Each program includes a performance and workshop for participants to reflect upon their experience, facilitated by Lincoln Center Teaching Artists and Music Therapists.

This program is free of charge, and registration is required. To register, contact access@lincolncenter.org or 212.875.5375. For more information, visit LincolnCenter.org/Moments.

Training and Outreach Support by CaringKind www.caringkindnyc.org

Major support for Lincoln Center Moments is provided, in part, by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Additional support is provided in memory of Alfred R. Horan.

This program is made possible by public funds facilitated by the following:

The Honorable Corey Johnson, Speaker, New York City Council

The Honorable Diana Ayala, New York City Council, Chair of the Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction

New York City Council’s Geriatric Mental Health Initiative