From the mid-twentieth century to the present day, The Met has been a popular venue for the performing arts and has hosted a wide range of world-renowned musicians, composers, and dancers, including Nina Simone, Merce Cunningham, Leonard Bernstein, and Twyla Tharp. Live Arts at The Met celebrates this rich history of performance at the Museum and features recollections by artists Lee Mingwei, Bijayini Satpathy, Andrea Miller, Silas Farley, Louisa Proske, and Vijay Iyer, who all share how their engagements with The Met influenced their music, dance, sound, or theater. An interview by Adam Gopnik with Limor Tomer, Lulu C. and Anthony W. Wang General Manager of Live Arts, provides additional context on the last decade of groundbreaking projects and suggests an exciting new future for performance at The Met.