Fisher Center at Bard

Presenting world-class performing arts in an architecturally bold and dynamic environment in New York’s Hudson Valley.

[Fisher Center at Bard @fisherctrbard]

The Fisher Center develops, produces, and presents performing arts across disciplines through new productions and context-rich programs.

Learn more at https://t.co/iYqFQEjqWk.

[The Orchestra Now @TheOrchNow]

The dancers of American Ballet Theatre Studio Company join TŌN at @fisherctrbard on Fri, Feb 28 & Sat, Mar 1. Tickets & info at https://t.co/gkCDoGEs3J

📸: ABT Studio Company rehearsing "U Don’t Know Me" by Houston Thomas; photo by Emma Zordan

[Opera with Opera News @operamagazine]

There’s a Czech focus at Bard SummerScape 2025 ⁦@fisherctrbard⁩, with details just announced of a new production of Smetana’s Dalibor and a semi-staged performance of Martinů’s Julietta as part of the 35th Bard Music Festival, Martinů and His World. https://t.co/csCeOtBMx3

[The Orchestra Now @TheOrchNow]

TŌN welcomes the dancers of @ABTBallet Studio Company to @fisherctrbard for our spring benefit, Feb 28 & Mar 1! Enjoy works by Jerome Robbins, George Balanchine, and others set to music performed live by a full symphony orchestra. Tickets & info at https://t.co/gkCDoGEZTh

[Fisher Center at Bard @fisherctrbard]

The Search for Power, an interactive installation and a lecture performance by Tania El Khoury and Ziad Abu-Rish, opens next Saturday, Feb 1 at CCS Bard / Hessel Museum of Art. ⚡️🔌🎧 https://t.co/9EoSuXG4yU

Installation: Feb 1–23
Live Performances: Feb 1–3 and 7–9

[The Orchestra Now @TheOrchNow]

Conductor Leon Botstein and TŌN perform orchestral transcriptions of music by Chopin, Beethoven, and Smetana, Feb 8 & 9 at @fisherctrbard and Feb 11 at @carnegiehall. Tickets and info at https://t.co/RIWtOr1UXT

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We are excited to announce that the Fisher Center has been awarded a grant by the @NYSCArts for FY25.

We are proud to be among the 509 artists and 1,497 organizations across the state who were awarded in this cycle.

📸: Peter Aaron ’68/Esto

[Fisher Center at Bard @fisherctrbard]

Spring 2025 at the Fisher Center is on sale now! 🎟️ Join us in the New Year for a season of innovative performances. 🔗 https://t.co/V1PTpmfLfy

[The Orchestra Now @TheOrchNow]

Our concert "Charles Ives' America" is now available for streaming on demand on TŌNtube through Jan 19. Recorded live at @fisherctrbard, the program explores the way Ives created unique works from familiar tunes. Stream now at https://t.co/pIPc5ioZYQ

[Fisher Center at Bard @fisherctrbard]

With a sloping grass-covered roof, the spiral-shaped building will appear to emerge from the surrounding meadow, encircling a grassy courtyard for outdoor classes, gatherings, and performances.

Learn more about the Performing Arts Lab at https://t.co/rwEkFoSvYv.

[Fisher Center at Bard @fisherctrbard]

On Friday, December 6, we “topped out” the structure of our new Performing Arts Lab, designed by Maya Lin partnership with architects Bialosky and Partners and theater and acoustic consultants @Charcoalblue. The building is constructed by @Consigli1905. 🌲

[Fisher Center at Bard @fisherctrbard]

The Performing Arts Lab will serve as the home for Fisher Center LAB, as well as rehearsal and teaching facilities for students from @BardCollege’s undergraduate programs in Dance and Theater & Performance.

[The Orchestra Now @TheOrchNow]

Thank you to everyone who joined us on Sunday at the @metmuseum for the season opener of our Sight & Sound series, looking at Wagner's "Parsifal" and the Siena Cathedral. If you were able to be there, please let us know what you thought in the comments!

📸: David DeNee

[The Orchestra Now @TheOrchNow]

TŌN presents a FREE holiday season concert this Sunday on the Upper East Side of Manhattan with NYC’s All-City High School Orchestra. Music by Tchaikovsky, Johann Strauss II, Borodin, and Holst. Advance RSVP requested. https://t.co/SnT16SplVB

[New York Times Arts @nytimesarts]

Our dance critics’ picks of the best performances of 2024 include once-in-a-generation ballerinas and a new “Cats” set in a ballroom, with voguing. https://t.co/lsPRUnKMT6

[Fisher Center at Bard @fisherctrbard]

The “invigorating and thrilling” ‘Or Forevermore’ by Pam Tanowitz, Fisher Center Choreographer in Residence, has been named the Best Dance of 2024 by @nytimesarts. 🩰

[New York Times Arts @nytimesarts]

Our dance critics’ picks of the best performances of 2024 include once-in-a-generation ballerinas and a new “Cats” set in a ballroom, with voguing. https://t.co/lsPRUnKMT6

[New York Times Arts @nytimesarts]

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s uproarious tale of racism; Amy Herzog’s heartbreaker about the death of the self in the love for one’s child; and Cole Escola’s madcap Mary Todd Lincoln fantasia: These plays are among this year’s most provocative works of theater. https://t.co/LVAFadgfJx

[Fisher Center at Bard @fisherctrbard]

🌲@IllinoiseStage, which premiered at 2023 Bard SummerScape, has been named the Best Theater of 2024 by @nytimesarts, for its engagements on Broadway and at Park Avenue Armory.

[New York Times Arts @nytimesarts]

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s uproarious tale of racism; Amy Herzog’s heartbreaker about the death of the self in the love for one’s child; and Cole Escola’s madcap Mary Todd Lincoln fantasia: These plays are among this year’s most provocative works of theater. https://t.co/LVAFadgfJx

[Vulture @vulture]

Theater critics Sara Holdren and Jackson McHenry select their favorite shows from 2024, from waterfront history staged afloat to Mary Todd Lincoln going wild. https://t.co/yI0WQ5Zm5M

[Fisher Center at Bard @fisherctrbard]

🦋 @IllinoiseStage, which premiered at 2023 Bard SummerScape, has been named the Best Theater of 2024 by @vulture, for its engagements on Broadway and at Park Avenue Armory.

[Vulture @vulture]

Theater critics Sara Holdren and Jackson McHenry select their favorite shows from 2024, from waterfront history staged afloat to Mary Todd Lincoln going wild. https://t.co/yI0WQ5Zm5M