♪á♪ COMING UP ON "NYC ARTS" A PROFILE OF BALLET HISPANICS.

ONE OF AMERICA'S CULTURAL CENTERS.

>> TO BRING TOGETHER INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITY TO CELEBRATE, SHARE, EXPLORE THE JOYS, THE HERITAGE OF LATINO CULTURE.

>>> AND TO THE MORGAN LIBRARY AND MUSEUM CAPTURING CHARACTER.

IT OFFERS INSIGHT INTO THE UNIQUE PERSONALITIES OF HIS SUBJECTS.

KWE LEARNED A GREAT DEAL ABOUT THE STATUS, ASPIRATIONS, AND THE ACTIVITIES.

IT'S VERY ATTENTIVE TO CRESTS, RINGS, SYMBOLS, DEVICES, AND INTRODUCES WHENEVER HE CAN.

>> FUNDING FOR NYC ARTS IS MADE POSSIBLE BYá-- THEA PETSCHEK IERVOLINO FOUNDATION.

THE LEWIS "SONNY" TURNER FUND FOR DANCE.

JODY AND JOHN ARNHOLD.

THE AMBROSE MONELL FOUNDATION.

ELISE JAFFE AND JEFFREY BROWN.

CHARLES AND VALERIE DIKER.

THE NANCY SIDEWATER FOUNDATION.

THE MILTON AND SALLY AVERY ARTS FOUNDATION.

AND ELLEN AND JAMES S. MARCUS.

THIS PROGRAM IS SUPPORTED IN PART BY PUBLIC FUNDS FROM THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY COUNCIL.

ADDITIONAL FUNDING PROVIDED BY "NYC ARTS" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BYá-- >> FIRST REPUBLIC BANK PRESENTS "FIRST THINGS FIRST."

AT FIRST REPUBLIC BANK, FIRST REFERS TO OUR FIRST PRIORITY.

THE CLIENTS WHO WALK THROUGH OUR DOORS.

THE FIRST STEP?

RECOGNIZE THAT EVERY CLIENT IS AN INDIVIDUAL WITH UNIQUE NEEDS.

FIRST DECREE.

BE A BANK WHOSE CURRENCY IS SERVICE IN THE FORM OF PERSONAL BANKING.

THIS WAS FIRST REPUBLIC'S MISSION FROM OUR VERY FIRST DAY.

IT'S STILL THE FIRST THING ON OUR MINDS.

>> AND BYá-- >> SWANN AUCTION GALLERIES.

WE HAVE A DIFFERENT WAY OF LOOKING AT AUCTIONS.

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♪á♪ >>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "NYC ARTS."

I'M PAULA ZAHN ON LOCATION AT THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY ON CENTRAL PARK WEST.

THE COLLECTION SPABS FROM THE 17th CENTURY TO THE PRESENT.

THERE ARE 10 MILLION MANUSCRIPTS, PHOTOGRAPHS, BOOKS, DIE RES AND A MYRIAD OF OTHER MATERIALS AMONG THEM.

THE PRINTING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, THE 1803 DOCUMENT AUTHORIZING THE SALE OF THE LOUISIANA TERRITORY, IT'S THOUGHT TO BE USED TO TOAST THE AN 1851 THE SITTER IDENTIFIED AS CAESAR BORN A SLAVE IN 1737 AT BETHLEHEM, NEW YORK.

HE DIED IN 1852.

THE LAST SLAVE TO DIE IN THE NORTH.

EVERY YEAR, THE LIBRARY PROVIDES THOUSANDS OF RESEARCHERS INSIGHT INTO THE HISTORY OF THE ORG AND THE NATION.

CURRENTLY ON VIEW AT NEW YORK HISTORICAL IS A LANDMARK EXHIBITION IT FEATURES AN EXTRAORDINARY DROVE OF OVER 100 HAND-MADE BLACK DOLLS FROM THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF DEBORAH NESS.

THIS COLLECTION HAS NEVER BEEN ON DISPLAY IN NEW YORK.

THEIR OWN CHILDREN OR FOR WHITE CHILDREN UNDER THEIR CARE.

THE NESS COLLECTION INCLUDES SEVEN TOPSY-TURVY DOLLS, BLACK AND WHITE JOINED AT THE WAIST.

A DOLL IN A GENTLEMAN'S TOPCOAT, AND A DOLL IN A FEED SACK DRESS.

FROM ANOTHER PRIVATE COLLECTION, OUR THREE DOLLS MADE BY HARRIET JENKINS FOR THE WHITE CHILDREN WITH WHOM SHE WORKED AFTER HER ESCAPE FROM SLAVERY.

THE AMERICAN GIRL DOLL ADDY WALKER IS ON DISPLAY AS WELL AS OVER 200 OBJECTS INCLUDING PERIOD PHOTOS AND ART.

THE EXHIBITION IS A UNIQUE INROAD INTO A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE LEGACY OF SLAVERY AND RACISM IN OUR COUNTRY.

BLACK DOLL IS ON VIEW THROUGH JUNE 5th.

ON OUR PROGRAM TONIGHT, WE'LL GO BEHIND THE SCENES WITH BALLET HISPANICO.

ONE OF AMERICA'S CULTURAL TREASURES.

FOUNDED IN 1970 BY TINA RAMIREZ, IT BRINGS COMMUNITIES TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE HISPANIC CULTURES.

THE REPERTORY DRAWS FROM MANY TRADITIONS AND MANY COUNTRIES.

FROM CLASSIC CALL BALLET TO SPANISH FLA MEN GO, LATIN DANCES, TO CUBAN RHYTHMS.

THROUGH INNOVATIVE NEW APPROACHES THAT BRING IT TO COMMUNITY, IT CONTINUES TO INSPIRE PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND BACKGROUNDS.

IT IS CERTAINLY BEEN A CHALLENGING TIME FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS HERE AND ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

BUT NEXT MONTH, THE COMPANY WILL PERFORM AS PART OF THE FIRST CITY CENTER DANCE FESTIVAL.

THE EVENT WILL FEATURE NEW YORK COMPANIES MAKING THEIR RETURN TO CITY CENTER AFTER MORE THAN TWO YEARS AWAY.

THEY WILL PERFORM THE WORLD PREMIERá-- CHOREOGRAPHED BY ANNA BELL LOPEZ.

IT IS ONE OF THE MOST RECOGNIZABLE AND CONTROVERSIAL WOMEN IN HISTORY.

THE FULL EVENING LENGTH WORK BRINGS TO LIGHT THE EXTREMES OF POWER.

AND EXPLORES HER LEGACY AS EITHER A VOICE FOR THE PEOPLE OR A WOMAN WITH A SHAMEFUL PAST.

♪á♪ ♪á♪ >> THE MISSION IS TO BRING TOGETHER INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES TO CELEBRATE, SHARE, EXPLORE THE JOYS, THE HERITAGE OF LATINO CULTURES.

SO IN THAT MISSION, THE VISION IS ABOUT OPENING UP THE DIALOGUE FOR EVERYONE TO EXPLORE WHAT IT IS TO BE LATINO TODAY.

I'VE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE ORGANIZATION SINCE 1985.

FIRST AS A DANCER.

THEN AS THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR.

IT HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE 1970.

OUR FOUNDER WANTED TO GIVE VOICE TO THE LATINO ARTISTS AND SHE BEGAN WITH A HANDFUL OF YOUNG LADIES WHO WANTED TO LEARN HOW TO DANCE PROFESSIONALLY.

>> THE BALL LET SCHOOL OF DANCE HAS BEEN AROUND FOR 50 YEARS.

IT'S ABOUT GIVING ACCESS TO ANYONE.

STUDENTS CAN COME AND STUDY ALL GENRES.

WHETHER IT'S BALLET OR HIP-HOP.

WE CELEBRATE FUSION.

WE'RE HONORING HISTORY AND TAKING IT 0 THE FUTURE.

>> I CONSIDER IT A CONTEMPORARY LATINO DANCE COMPANY.

CULTURE IN A CONTEMPORARY WAY.

AND THE DANCERS ARE HIGHLY TRAINED IN CLASSICAL DANCE BECAUSE THAT'S OUR HERITAGE.

♪ >> AND TRAINED IN CLASSICAL IN THE CUBAN TRADITION FROM ABOUT 5 TO 15.

I WENT TO AN ARTS HIGH SCHOOL IN MIAMI.

IT OFFERED NOT ONLY A STRONG BASE IN CLASSICAL BALLET AND THE MODERN FORMS.

SOMETHING THAT HELPED ME PREPARE IS THE IDEA I COULDN'T JUST BOX MYSELF IN INTO ONE CATEGORY.

I WASN'T JUST A BALLET DANCER.

>> THEY WORK WITH SO MANYá-- DIFFERENT STYLES OF DANCE.

IT'S LIKE BEING A CHAMELEON.

THEY HAVE TO TRANSFORM THEMSELVES.

>> OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE GOING TO STAY TRUE TO OUR LATIN ROOTS.

SO THERE WILL BE MANY, MANY PIECES YOU SEE THERE.

THERE'S INFLUENCE OF MAMBO AND CHA CHA.

AND CONTEMPORARY MODERN.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT IT REPRESENTS.

A FUSION OF CULTURES AND STYLES.

♪ >> IT'S A CONTEMPORARY BALLET THAT WAS CREATED IN COLLABORATION.

>> I FOUND IT SO RIVETING.

THE FUSION OF JAZZ WITH STRINGS.

OF COURSE, WE ADDED A LOT OF MORE LATIN RHYTHMS, WHEN WE PUT IT TOGETHER.

AFRICAN, SPANISH, AND ALSO MANY DIFFERENT FORMS OF MUSIC IN CUBA.

A LOT OF CHALLENGES OF BRINGING IN A NEW DANCER TO WORK LIKE THIS IS STYLE.

SO EACH CHOREOGRAPHER HAS THEIR OWN STYLE AND GENRE.

FOR ME, YOU KNOW, TO GET A DANCER TO BE VERY TECHNICAL AND AT THE SAME TIME GROUNDED IN THE CUBAN MOVEMENT IS A CHALLENGE.

♪ >> SOMETIMES IT'S EASY TO PUSH THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS.

THE ARTISTRY, THE INTENTION.

THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE.

IT IS A WONDERFUL PROCESS BECAUSE IT'S THERE THAT THE ARTIST LEARNS A LOT OF THEMSELVES AND THEN REFLECTS IT BACK.

THAT REFLECTION IS IN THE PERFORMANCE AND IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

>> A SPIRAL IN YOUR BACK.

YES.

THAT'S IT!

GOOD.

>> NONE OF THE DANCERS ARE ACTUALLY ALIKE WHEN IT COMES TO PERSONALITY LIKE CHARISMA, QUALITY OF MOVEMENT.

SO I NEED TO WORK AROUND THE 360 VIEW OF, LIKE, HOW THE DANCER CAN USE THE MATERIAL AND NOW MAKE IT HIS OWN AS A DANCER MYSELF.

IT'S LIKE I SAID SOMETHING I WAS DOING THE SOLO.

NOW I WANT THE PERSON TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE SPACE TO FIND THEIR OWN MESSAGE TO SHARE.

>> THINK ABOUT THE PROGRESSION OF, LIKE, GOING DOWN AS DESCENDING FROM THE MATERIAL.

>> I WASN'T TOO FAMILIAR WITH THE LATIN STYLES OF DANCE COMING INTO IT.

IT WAS SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE ELSE WAS FAMILIAR WITH.

THEY TAUGHT ME VERY QUICKLY.

THE CULTURE IS A BIG ASPECT IN GENERAL.

I'M NOT LATINO MYSELF.

I'M IRISH AND POLISH.

SO IT'S NOT ONLY ABOUT EMBRACING THE LATIN CULTURE BUT ABOUT BRINGING YOUR OWN CULTURE IN AND EMBRACING THAT, AS WELL.

>> AN EXCITING PART OF BEING A DANCER IS GETTING THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE THESE DIFFERENT VOICES.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DANCERS, THEY'RE SO DIVERSE.

THAT DIVERSITY COUPLED WITH THE VOICE AND THE MISSION ALL TOGETHER, THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT SO RICH.

>> EVERY CHOREOGRAPHER THAT COMES HERE TO MAKE A PIECE GETS THAT CONVERSATION WITH ME ABOUT CULTURE.

THEY DIVERT DIFFERENTLY.

WE'VE RUN THE RANGE FROM MY WORK THAT IS FULL OF LATINO/CARIBBEAN MOVEMENT TO RON K. BROWN THAT IS MORE AFRO CENTRIC TO VERY ABSTRACT AND TO WHO GREW UP IN BULL GUM WITH A PARENT FROM COLOMBIA.

IT REALLY SHOWS US THE DEPTH OF HOW CULTURE AFFECTS EACH ARTIST.

LIKE MICHELLE'S PIECE IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE.

♪á♪ >> IT IS REALLY JUST WAS A DREAM COME TRUE FOR ME.

THE WORK IS ABOUT TELLING THE STORY BEHALF IT IS LIKE TO LIVE BETWEEN TWO CULTURES.

FOR ME, AS A MEXICAN-AMERICAN PERSON GROWING UP IN TEXAS, IT ALLOWED FOR ME TO SORT OF REFLECT ON THAT AND THEN BRING THIS PIECE TO LIFE FROM THOSE EXPERIENCES.

THE MUSIC RANGES.

IT'S VERY E LEK TECH WHICH IS HOW I FEEL.

I'M NOT ONE THING.

I'M NOT JUST MARARCHI MUSIC AND POP MUSIC OF THE '80s.

I'M SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN.

♪á♪ THIS IS A FUN THING TO EXPLORE.

BUT THEN ALSO DECONSTRUCTING IT.

MANIPULATING IT AND USING THE HAT AS A SYMBOL.

>> SHE USES HER EARLY STAGES OF VULNERABILITY AS A YOUNG DANCER AND CHOREOGRAPHER AND SLOWLY EVOLVES TO SHOW HER INSECURITIES BLOOM INTO ACCEPTANCE AND ADMIRATION FOR HER CULTURE.

♪á♪ ( WE'RE NOT ONLY DANCERS.

WE'RE ARTISTS BUT WE'RE ALSO TEACHING ARTISTS.

ONE OF THE GREAT MISSIONS OF BALLET HISPANICA IS GO IN THE COMMUNITY AND TEACH WORKSHOPS THAT ENGAGE CHILDREN AND ADULTS ALL AGES.

ALL SOCIOECONOMIC LEVELS.

>> WHEN WE DO WORK IN THE COMMUNITY, IT'S ABOUT SAYING THIS ART FORM IS YOURS.

ANOTHER LANGUAGE THAT BREAKS BARRIERS OF COLOR AND SOCIAL STATUS.

WHEN YOU GRAB SOMEONE'S HAND AND LEAD THEM ON TO THE DANCE FLOOR, EVEN THE PERSON THAT IS MOST INHIBITED, LET'S GO JUST A LITTLE BIT.

IF WE CAN FIND THOSE POCKETS OF LETTING GO AND OPEN THEM EVEN MORE, THAT'S WHAT BALLET HISPANICA IS ABOUT NOW.

♪á♪ >>> FOR MORE INFORMATION ON CULTURE EVENTS IN OUR AREA, PLEASE SIGN UP FOR OUR FREE WEEKLY E-MAIL AT NYC-ARTS.ORG/E-MAIL.

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BE SURE TO CONNECT WITH NYC ARTS ON FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, AND ♪á♪ CURRENTLY ON VIEW IS THE EXHIBITION.

AMANAGE THE MOST SKILLED VERSATILE, AND INVENTIVE ARTIST.

HE CREATED CAPTIVATED PORTRAITS.

LATER IN ENGLAND, WHERE HE SERVED AS A COURT PAINTER TO KING HENRY VIII.

IT OFFERS INSIGHTS INTO THE SUBJECT'S UNIQUE PERSONALITIES WITH PROPS SUCH AS ANIMALS, LETTERS, AND BOOKS.

THE EXHIBITION ALSO HIGHLIGHTS THE ARTIST'S WORK AS A DESIGNER OF PRINCE AND EVEN JEWELS.

>> I'M DIRECTOR OF THE LIBRARY MUSEUM IN NEW YORK.

WELCOME TO CAPTURING CHARACTER.

WONDERFUL EXHIBITION.

IT SURVEYS HIS CAREER IN EVERY AREA OF HIS PRODUCTION.

HE'S BELOVED AND WELL KNOWN IN PART BECAUSE OF THE GENERAL INTERESTS HE GAVE AND THOMAS COM WELL AND THOMAS MOORE.

BUT HIS ART IS HARD TO SEE.

FOUR YEARS AGO, THEY WANTED TO ORGANIZE A SHOW AROUND HIM TO GIVE THEM AN IDEA OF HIS MARVELOUS PORTRAITS IN OIL AND ON PAPER, BUT ALSO A SENSE OF HIS ENGAGEMENT IN THE REFORMATION, HIS RELATIONSHIPS WITH IRASMUS, MOORE, AND ALSO HIS WORK AS A MAKER OF IMAGES FOR THE PRINT TRADE AND FOR THE BOOK TRADE.

MORGAN, OF COURSE, IS THE MORGAN LIBRARY AND MUSEUM, WAS IN A WAY PLACE.

HE HAD A TRUE GIFT FOR DESIGN OF DECORATIVE OBJECTS.

IT'S A PART OF HIS WORK THAT IS OTHERWISE REALLY NOT VERY WELL KNOWN.

ONE OF THE GREAT PLEASURES OF THIS EXHIBITION IS BEING ABLE TO, IN A WAY, GO SMALL SCALE.

BECAUSE SO MANY OF HIS EARLY ENGRAVINGS, DESIGNS FOR BOOK PLACE, JEWELRY, HAT BADGES, WERE TINNY IN SIZE.

AND HE WAS BORN IN GERMANY.

HE MOVES TO BASIL AS A 20-YEAR-OLD.

THERE HE'LL MEET THE CELEBRITY, INTELLECTUAL HUMANIST PHILOSOPHER.

AND THROUGH HIS PATRON AGE, HIGH SCHOOL BE INTRODUCED TO CLIENTS IN LONDON.

IT WAS A STORM AGAINST PAINTING AND ART.

MAYBE HE SEEMS IT BECAUSE HE GOES BACK TO ENGLAND IN 1532 AND REMAINS THERE FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.

IN THAT DECADE, HE BECOMES THE GREATEST ARTISTS IN THE COURT.

HIS REPUTATION IS ENORMOUS.

AND BASICALLY ELEVATES THE ARTS IN ENGLAND IN EVERY AREA.

THE MOST CURSORY VISIT TO THE EXHIBITION YOU ENCOUNTER PEOPLE WHO FEEL LIKEá-- THEY HAVE THE CHARACTER WHO FEEL THEY ARE LIVING.

THIS IS EXTRAORDINARY NATURALISM.

A HIGHEST LEVEL OF CREATIVITY.

IT'S BASED ON THE RENAISSANCE IDEAS OF RETURN TO THE CLASSICAL WORLD.

AN ENGAGEMENT OF HUMANISM AND UNDERSTANDING OF WORKS OF ART PORTRAYING, IN A WAY, MESSAGES WE ALSO LEARN A GREAT DEAL ABOUT THE STATUS, THE ASPIRATIONS, THE ACTIVITIES OF THE SYSTEM WHEN WE LOOK AT SIMON GEORGE, WHICH IS CLEAN FOR THE EXHIBITION.

NO ONE HAS SEEN IT BEFORE LOOKING SO BEAUTIFUL.

HE'S GIVEN SOME CLUES.

IT'S BEEN RAVAGED BY JUPITER IN THE FORM OF A SWAN.

IS IT A LOVE IMAGE?

IT REPRESENTS A THINKING ABOUT CRUCIFIXION AND THE BLOOD OF CHRIST.

IS THAT POSSIBLE?

WE DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW.

THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS WE CAN ASK.

THIS IS HOW HE CONTINUES OUT A STORY TO US AND MAKES THE PICTURES INTERESTING AND PROFOUND.

ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS OF THE EXHIBITION OF THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF LONDON IS LONG EYE TIME KNOWN AS "WOMEN WITH A SQUIRREL."

RESEARCH INTO THE FAMILY INDICATED THAT THE COAT OF ARMS OF A FAMILY WAS SQUIRREL AND THE STATE WAS IN A PLACE CALLED EAST HARLING AND THE BIRD AS A STARLING.

THESE WITH TWO CLUES.

THOSE SORT OF DISCOVERIES, THEY DON'T ADD IN A WAY TO THE BEAUTY OF THE GORGEOUSNESS OF THE PAINTING BUT THEY SUDDENLY BRING AN IDENTITY AND WORLD INTO THE PICTURE.

HE INTO DEUCES THEM TO WHEREVER THEY CAN.

IDENTITY IS THEREFORE CREATED AT DIFFERENT LEVELS IN SOCIETY.

SOME OF HIS MOST BEAUTIFUL PORTRAITS ARE PEOPLE WE KNOW NOTHING ABOUT.

HIS EXPERTISE IS SUCH HE CAN WEAVE IDEAS AND MOTIVES, CLASSICAL MOTIVES AROUND ANY SUBJECT THAT IS OFFERED TO HIM WITH THE SAME SKILL.

THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE GREAT ARTISTS ANEW.

IT'S THE FIRST SHOW IN ABOUT 450 YEARS.

IN A WAY, I MIGHT SAY MORE AMBITIOUS.

WE SEE HIM SO MANY ASPECTS AND ALSO JUST TO BE ABLE TO BE SO CLOSE TO SO MANY OF THESE EXTRAORDINARY MASTER WORKS FROM THE MUSEUMS IN EUROPE AND AMERICA.

IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY THAT I THINK EVERYONE WILL ENJOY AND WILL COME AWAY EXCITED ABOUT.

♪á♪ >>> NEXT WEEK ON "NYC ARTS."

A VISIT TO THE ELDRIDGE STREET SYNAGOGUE.

A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK ON THE LOWER EAST SIDE.

AND HOME TO THE MUSEUM OF ELDRIDGE STREET.

>> IT'S THE SYMBOL OF JEWS COMING TO AMERICA AND BECOMING AMERICAN JEWS.

IT STANDS FOR THAT.

IT SYMBOLIZES THAT FOR ALL JEWS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.

♪á♪ AND ANOTHER CURATOR'S CHOICE.

WE ARE IN THE EXHIBITION AROUND THE CIRCLE AT THE GUGEN HEIM HUE SEEM.

A RUSSIAN-BORN ARTIST WHO DECIDED TO PURSUE AN ARTISTIC CAREER AROUND THE AGE OF 30 AFTER ABANDONING A PROMISING LAW CAREER.

IT IS A CANVAS FROM 1909.

HE'S WORKING IN THIS MORE EXPRESSIONISTIC MANNER.

WE SEE THE BLUE MOUNTAIN ANCHORING IN THE BACKGROUND TO THE CANVAS.

THE FOREGROUND, WE HAVE THE WONDERFUL SERIES OF HORSE AND RIDERS.

YOU CAN ALMOST FEEL THE WIND RUSSELLING THROUGH THOSE RIDER'S HAIR.

♪á♪ I MEANá-- HOPE YOU ENJOYED OUR PROGRAM THIS EVENING.

I'M PAULA ZAHN.

VISIT OUR WEBSITE NYC-ARTS.ORG TO SEE MORE.

>> A PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO SIT DOWN AND TALK WITH YOU.

>> I LOVE IT.

>> WE'RE IN A MOMENT IT TAKE NOTHING.

BY THE ICONIC NAMES.

♪á♪ ♪á♪ >> FUNDING FOR NYC ARTS IS MADE POSSIBLE BYá-- THEA PETSCHEK IERVOLINO FOUNDATION.

THE LEWIS "SONNY" TURNER FUND FOR DANCE.

JODY AND JOHN ARNHOLD.

THE AMBROSE MONELL FOUNDATION.

ELISE JAFFE AND JEFFREY BROWN.

CHARLES AND VALERIE DIKER.

THE NANCY SIDEWATER FOUNDATION.

THE MILTON AND SALLY AVERY ARTS FOUNDATION.

AND ELLEN AND JAMES S. MARCUS.

THIS PROGRAM IS SUPPORTED IN PART BY PUBLIC FUNDS FROM THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY COUNCIL.

ADDITIONAL FUNDING PROVIDED BY MEMBERS OF THIRTEEN.

"NYC ARTS" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BYá-- >> FIRST REPUBLIC BANK PRESENTS "FIRST THINGS FIRST."

AT FIRST REPUBLIC BANK, FIRST REFERS TO OUR FIRST PRIORITY.

THE CLIENTS WHO WALK THROUGH OUR DOORS.

THE FIRST STEP?

RECOGNIZE THAT EVERY CLIENT IS AN INDIVIDUAL WITH UNIQUE NEEDS.

FIRST DECREE.

BE A BANK WHOSE CURRENCY IS SERVICE IN THE FORM OF PERSONAL BANKING.

THIS WAS FIRST REPUBLIC'S MISSION FROM OUR VERY FIRST DAY.

IT'S STILL THE FIRST THING ON OUR MINDS.

>> AND BYá-- >> SWANN AUCTION GALLERIES.

WE HAVE A DIFFERENT WAY OF LOOKING AT AUCTIONS.

OFFERING VINTAGE BOOKS AND FINE ARTS SINCE 1941.

WORKING TO COMBINE KNOWLEDGE AND ACCESSIBILITY, WHETHER YOU'RE A LIFELONG COLLECTOR, FIRST-TIME BUYER OR LOOKING TO SELL.

INFORMATION AT