New York Live Arts is a center of diverse artists devoted to body-based investigation that transends barriers between and within communities led by world-renowned artist Bill T. Jones. New York Live Arts are a place that brings people together to explore common values through live gathering and performance reminding people of everyone's humanity and elevating the human spirit.

New York Live Arts is an institution with an unequivocal commitment to supporting the creative identities of people living together in creative community. New York Live Arts provides much-needed resources to artists at every stage of their career, in a world where funding for the arts is increasingly reliant on the generosity of individuals.

New York Live Arts enables the creation of work by Artists at every level: from emerging talent being seen for the first time, to the mid-career artists who will be the next great masters. New York Live Arts foster artists who participate courageously in the world of ideas and ask difficult questions.