Posts Tagged ‘Kennedy Center’
Tonight: Tubachristmas!
Tuba bus.courtesy of Jeffrey Beall
Got plans tonight? Cancel them, and head over to the Kennedy Center for the 38th anniversary performance of TUBACHRISTMAS. 6pm. A volunteer group of tuba players (edit: and euphonium players. Whatever.) will gather and make a joyful noise unto the Millenium Stage. From past experience I [...]
Backstage with the Washington National Opera
‘Kennedy Center – JFKC Opera – 03-08-11′
courtesy of ‘mosley.brian’
Touring the backstage of the Opera House at the Kennedy Center for me was rather like being a very small mouse in a very large cheese shop. I’ve been backstage at many theaters, but never one as massive as this one. Photographer Brian Mosley and I joined [...]
A Look From The Inside: Duke Ellington School for the Arts
‘Clouds rise from Duke Ellington School’
courtesy of ‘randomduck’
The Duke Ellington School for the Arts in Washington, D.C. boasts a 98 percent graduation rate in a public school district that only graduates 56 percent of its students on time. It is also the only dual curriculum program on the public high school level that attracts students [...]
Living the Dream … Singing the Dream: Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Song
‘Martin Luther King Memorial – The Eyes – 12-04-10′
courtesy of ‘mosley.brian’
It took 22 years of celebratory performances in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. before the grandest of vocal collaborations took place, but it was well worth the wait. This year’s Living the Dream … Singing the Dream took place on February 20 at the [...]
India Comes to the Kennedy Center in March
As part of the Kennedy Center’s maximum INDIA festival, some special menu items will be available at Roof Terrace Restaurant and KC Café throughout the month of March to coincide with several exhibitions and performances.
It’s billed as “East meets West.” Twelve chefs from India led by Chef Hemant Oberoi, the Executive Grand Chef of the [...]
The Washington Performing Arts Society Presents: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
Photo by Rachel Levitin
Jazz – and Country/Bluegrass – are the dominant proprietors of modern “Made in America” music and that’s something worth holding on to. In its inception, Jazz defined an era of youth during tumultuous times. That was its claim to fame. That’s what got it notice. That’s what shot it to the forefront [...]
We Love Music: A Date with Idina Menzel & The NSO Pops
‘2009 05 17 – 6179 – Washington DC – Kennedy Center’
courtesy of ‘thisisbossi’
Tony award winner Idina Menzel — best known for her portrayal of Elphaba in the original cast of Wicked — is an undisputed face of Broadway today. Since her professional debut as Maureen in Rent over 15 years ago, Ms. Menzel’s voice, stage presence, [...]
We Love Arts: Othello
Ambition. Envy. Lust.
This is the triple-headed monster that drives one of Shakespeare’s most explored villians, the manipulative yet seductive Iago whose knowledge of his rivals’ secrets and fears are the keys to a devious plot. His motivation being so multi-faceted and open to different interpretations, he tends to grasp control of a play that is, [...]
We Love Arts: Bowen McCauley Dance
As a young balletomane, I was fascinated by the story of the explosive performance of Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, performed by the Ballet Russes on a night that basically produced mass hysteria in its audience. Star dancer Vaslav Nijinsky choreographed, and apparently had to stand on a chair in the wings shouting out [...]
More »Millennium Stage Celebrates Robert Burns
‘Washington, DC 2010 20′
courtesy of ‘giantminispacego
Want to get away from today’s semi-unseasonal weather? The Millennium Stage at The Kennedy Center is playing host to Tony Award nominee and stage-show veteran Euan Morton and the one-man show “Burns’ Night in America“.
The show commemorates the birthday (which is today!) of “Auld Land Syne” lyricist and 18th-century poet [...]
Bowen McCauley Dance
This Sunday, Bowen McCauley Dance will be performing three pieces at the Kennedy Center’s Millenium Stage, free at 6pm. Featuring not just the artistry and athleticism of the professional company, but the Kenmore junior company and Dance for Parkinson’s Disease (PD) as well.
Bowen McCauley is the only dance company in the area to provide free weekly classes for [...]
CityDance: Latitude
CityDance Ensemble has just returned to their DC homebase from tours in the Middle East and Chile, and are settling into the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theatre for two performances this Thursday and Friday at 7:30pm. “Latitude” features contemporary works by Artistic Director Paul Gordon Emerson, Choreographer-in-Residence Christopher K. Morgan, and others from Brazil, Chile, and Israel.
This year [...]
We Love Arts: DC Hip Hop Theater Festival
‘Grand Analog @ The Reverb’
courtesy of ‘blurasis’
The DC Hip Hop Theater Festival (HHTF), beginning today and running until July 11, will host a plethora of events and performances that integrate hip hop and theater, and address the socio-political issues relevant to the hip-hop community.
The kick off performance, AM Radio Live Art & Performance, begins tonight at 7pm at [...]
We Love Arts: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Blending both breathtaking physical control and hypnotic emotional projection, Synetic Theater is the bright star of the Washington arts scene. Seriously, if anyone ever yaps on and on to you about DC having nothing to offer in the way of brilliant theater, get them to the current production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and dare [...]
More »Wynton Marsalis jazzes up the Kennedy Center
‘Sketches of Gill Evans’
courtesy of ‘vitelone’
The affection was clearly mutual: hundreds of arts advocates stood on their feet, applauding wildly for a full ten minutes. Jazz virtuoso Wynton Marsalis, flanked by a five-man band, stood staring back at them, tears streaming down his face. He has just spent an hour weaving the tale of music, [...]
