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Music and Dance through March 3
Tue, Feb 23, 2010
Fans of the dance have a great week ahead of them with the KC Ballet's “Lambarena” beginning on Thursday. Warm up Wednesday with a free Alvin Ailey performance called “Setting the Stage: The Moving Story of African American Dance” and top the weekend off with a most unusual “The Aluminum Show” at the Lied Center. Orchestra fans can enjoy the Russian National Orchestra at the Folly Theater on Saturday night while the KC Symphony takes time off to appear in the pit for the KC Ballet. Meanwhile, on a smaller scale, the Lawrence Chamber Orchestra presents one of its “Baroque by Candlelight” concerts featuring Handel, Telemann, Bach and others. Opera fans have an unusual opportunity to see the original opera version of Gershwin's “Porgy and Bess” at Yardley Hall on Friday and Saturday nights. Saturday night too, affords a rare chance to hear a solo recital by a homegrown opera star, Vinson Cole, who is now a guest instructor at the UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance.