Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (LCPA) serves three primary roles: presenter of artistic programming, national leader in arts and education and community relations, and manager of the Lincoln Center campus. A presenter of more than 3,000 free and ticketed events, performances, tours, and educational activities annually, LCPA offers 15 series, festivals, and programs including American Songbook, Avery Fisher Artist Program, Great Performers, Lincoln Center Books, Lincoln Center Festival, Lincoln Center Out of Doors, Lincoln Center Vera List Art Project, Midsummer Night Swing, Martin E. Segal Awards, Meet the Artist, Mostly Mozart Festival, Target Free Thursdays, and the White Light Festival, as well as the Emmy Award-winning Live From Lincoln Center, which airs nationally on PBS. As manager of the Lincoln Center campus, LCPA provides support and services for the Lincoln Center complex and the 11 resident organizations. In addition, LCPA led a $1.2 billion campus renovation, completed in October 2012.

MMDG made its Lincoln Center debut with one of Morris' most beloved masterpieces, Handel's L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato as part of American Visionaries in 1995. The company appeared as part of Lincoln Center Out of Doors in 2001 and made its Mostly Mozart Festival debut in 2002. In annual visits since that time, the company has presented a variety of programs including more than 20 different works including the highly-acclaimed evening-length programs, Mozart Dances  and Romeo & Juliet: On Motifs of Shakespeare, both of which were co-commissioned by Lincoln Center. The company made its White Light Festival debut in 2013 with the 25th Anniversary performances of L'Allegro.