Kaatsbaan Cultural Park presents Juilliard’s Risk Lab on Friday, January 9, 2026 at 6PM. Tickets are free and can be reserved at https://ci.ovationtix.com/36035/production/1259737?performanceId=11732086

See artistic risk-taking in action as Juilliard presents an informal showing of works created during the Juilliard Risk Lab Residency. Over the course of a week at Kaatsbaan Cultural Park, three student projects—each selected for its innovative and interdisciplinary collaboration—have taken shape in a boundary-pushing creative space.

Guided by a team of mentors, including vocal arts faculty member John Matsumoto Giampietro, Arnhold Creative Associate Caili Quan, and Arnhold Creative Associate at Large and chamber music faculty member Nadia Sirota, student creators Derek Jackson (Group 56, drama), Yuxuan Lin (MM ’27, composition), and bassist Daniel Song (BM ’27, jazz studies) have spent five days developing original performance pieces. This program is an exclusive look at their new work.

About Kaatsbaan Cultural Park

The mission of Kaatsbaan Cultural Park is to provide an extraordinary environment for cultural innovation and excellence by providing artists at any stage of their careers with creative residencies at state-of-the-art facilities, and presenting audiences and communities with annual festivals, educational programs, and seasonal events. As both an incubator for creativity and presenter for world-class artists in dance, theater, music, film, spoken and written word, and culinary and visual arts, Kaatsbaan provides artists with state-of-the-art dance studios, accommodations, an indoor theater, and outdoor stages. Sited on 153 Hudson River-adjacent acres, Kaatsbaan is free of urban facilities’ space and time constraints, allowing for exciting levels of artistic exploration, creative action, and achievement—just two hours north of New York City.

Kaatsbaan Cultural Park is committed to the advancement of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the arts as we aim to present, promote, and embrace programming that accurately reflects our society. We encourage a broadly diverse group of individuals to participate in our programs and join our Board and Staff, and insist on being inclusive of all peoples regardless of their race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, socio-economic background, or physical or mental ability.

#