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The move to Lincoln Center is more of a pole vault than a jump.
Her own eclecticism will challenge some of those traditions.
That was a unicorn job description, but in Shanta we found someone who could do it all.
Thats goal number one.
A month before her first day in the job, she steers clear of specific programming goals.
Next season is limited in scope.
After a summer without a Mostly Mozart Festival comes a fall without Mosss signature White Light Festival.
Recitals and small chamber ensembles take the place of touring orchestras.
Lincoln Center is an aircraft carrier, not a speedboat; it makes slow, wide turns.
In normal times, programming gets mapped out years ahead, leaving little room for spontaneity.
A behemoth learned to improvise.
Ive been impressed over the last 18 months at how nimble Lincoln Center has been, Thake says.
That flexible spirit will continue, Thake says.
But we also want to support the experimentation thats happeningright now.
