Interdisciplinary Projects

An interdisciplinary concert directed/choreographed by Larry Keigwin and led by conductor David Robertson that features Stravinsky’s L’histoire du soldat alongside Wynton Marsalis’ A Fiddler’s Tale.

In January 2023, a cohort of drama students worked with Creative Associates group the Builders Association as the company developed its next cross-media performance in virtual reality (VR) spaces. The students collaborated with the company to explore the hybrid zone between live and immersive VR performance in a theatrical format. Working alongside the company as actors, technologists, and content creators, the students shared their findings in a private work-in-process showing at the end of their weeklong intensive.

Creative Associates Barbara Hannigan and Caili Quan collaborated on a workshop with 13 vocal arts, dance, percussion, and collaborative piano students who explored several works by Cage to create short, movement-based vignettes inspired by five of his compositions

Creative Associate Claire Chase collaborated with an ensemble of musicians, dancers, and actors to workshop Pan, a 75-minute piece for flute, live electronics, and an ensemble of community performers.

Juilliard's 2021 Convocation closed with the fourth-year dancers performing Closing Spaces, a new dance made for the occasion by Creative Associate Caili Quan. Music for the new work was Gabriella Smith’s Tesselations, which was performed by a student sextet coached by Dean and Director of the Music Division David Ludwig.

Bolero Juilliard—which uses Ravel’s work as the springboard for a virtual collaboration with Juilliard dancers, instrumentalists, singers, actors, and alumni—presents a portrait of artmaking and community amid the COVID-19 crisis.

Of Thee I Sing is a video collaboration of 100+ Juilliard musicians conducted by David Robertson performing Creative Associate Kurt Crowley’s expanded arrangement of Charles Ives’ Variations on ‘America.’

Creative Associate Nadia Sirota partnered with Juilliard musicians to workshop Tessellatum, a multimedia project with music by Donnacha Dennehy and video animation by Steven Mertens that culminated in two public performances and a conversation with the artists.

Creative Associate Colman Domingo led an interdisciplinary workshop with students to explore and enliven tropes, themes, and texts from James Baldwin’s body of work.

Opera Lab brings together students from throughout Juilliard’s Music Division to create and workshop original opera compositions.