The Jack H. Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, generally known as NYU Skirball, is an 850-seat

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at 566

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, New York, owned by

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. It was named after philanthropist

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. The theatre was completed in October 2003 and cost approximately $40 million. The architect was Kevin Roche, John Dinkeloo and Associates. The institution typically presents two seasons of curated public performances, talks, and events per year.

Arts Programs

NYU Skirball presents live events in genres ranging from dance, theater and performing arts to comedy, music and film. It is known for presenting international contemporary performing artists including

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Toshiki Okada is a Japanese playwright, theater director, novelist, and founder of the theatrical company chelfitsch. He is known for "his use of hyper-colloquial Japanese and his unique choreography."Program for ''Five Days in March'', On the Boards (Seattle) ...

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, and

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as well as local artists such as

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Big Dance Theater Big Dance Theater is a New York City-based dance theater company.

, and International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE). NYU Skirball connects academics with performing artists in their
Office Hours
video series and
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commissioned essays. It also screens film broadcasts of theater productions from

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and hosts talks by speakers from politics, arts, sciences, academia, and more. Past speakers include

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Justin Trudeau Justin Pierre James Trudeau ( , ; born December 25, 1971) is a Canadian politician who is the 23rd and current prime minister of Canada. He has served as the prime minister of Canada since 2015 and as the leader of the Liberal Party since 2 ...

and

Mohammad Javad Zarif Mohammad Javad Zarif Khansari ( fa, محمدجواد ظریف خوانساری, Mohammad-Javād Zarīf Khānsāri ; ; born 8 January 1960) is an Iranian career diplomat and academic. He was the foreign minister of Iran from 2013 until 2021 in th ...

among others.

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