EditorialMembers of the Gibney Company in Johan Inger’s “Bliss,” set to music by Keith Jarrett, at the Joyce Theater in New York, on May 17, 2023. (Andrea Mohin/The New York Times)
EditorialMembers of the Gibney Company in Johan Inger’s “Bliss,” set to music by Keith Jarrett, at the Joyce Theater in New York, on May 17, 2023. (Andrea Mohin/The New York Times)
EditorialMembers of the Gibney Company in Johan Inger’s “Bliss,” set to music by Keith Jarrett, at the Joyce Theater in New York, on May 17, 2023. (Andrea Mohin/The New York Times)
EditorialMembers of the Gibney Company in Johan Inger’s “Bliss,” set to music by Keith Jarrett, at the Joyce Theater in New York, on May 17, 2023. (Andrea Mohin/The New York Times)
EditorialMembers of the Gibney Company in Johan Inger’s “Bliss,” set to music by Keith Jarrett, at the Joyce Theater in New York, on May 17, 2023. (Andrea Mohin/The New York Times)
EditorialFinding pleasure in another person?s good fortune, and the opposite of schadenfreude is what social scientists call ?freudenfreude,? a term (inspired by the German word for ?joy?) that describes the bliss we feel when someone else succeeds, even if it doesn?t directly involve us. (Cristina Span?/The New York Times)
EditorialBen Bliss, right, as Tom Rakewell in a matinee performance of “The Rake’s Progress,” on the final day of performances at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, June 11, 2022. (Justin J Wee/The New York Times)
EditorialMayor Rosalynn Bliss reacts to footage of a recent fatal police shooting, shown by city officials in Grand Rapids, Mich., on Wednesday, April 13, 2022. (Nic Antaya/The New York Times)
EditorialAbul Hussam speaks at Our Water Forum on "Water-related illness: Problems and Solutions" in Washington, District of Columbia, United States - 23 Sep 2009
EditorialKevin and Silke Lyons during their wedding ceremony at Bliss Wedding Chapel, with friends and family watching online, in Las Vegas on Nov. 28, 2020. (David Degner/The New York Times)
EditorialBill Cosby, attorneys Thomas Mesereau and Kathleen Bliss and private investigator Scott Ross are seen arriving for third day of Bill Cosby's sexual assault retrial in Norristown, PA
EditorialBill Cosby and attorneys Thomas Mesereau and Kathleen Bliss are seen leaving the second day of Bill Cosby's sexual assault retrial in Norristown, PA