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Physics in motion
Tue, Nov 09, 2010
"Poetry in motion" is a common phrase. But what about "physics in motion?" Armitage Gone! Dance explored the Big Bang, Theory of Relativity, quantum mechanics, and string theory through their expressive dance.
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Bellini's bel canto classic
Sun, Nov 07, 2010
With Brenda Harris as the titular Norma, the Lyric Opera of Kansas City keeps its perfect record for the season of strong female leads with amazing voices and acting chops.
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Seasoned pros, young quartet
Tue, Nov 09, 2010
Veterans of the “golden age” of the Russian string school, the eight-year-old Kopelman Quartet brought years of pedigree to their Friends of Chamber Music performance.
Testament to a musical legacy
Tue, Nov 09, 2010
When impresario Richard Harriman passed away earlier this year, it was pianist Emanuel Ax who volunteered to play a memorial concert of Schubert and Chopin.
Youthful vigor
Tue, Nov 09, 2010
Young musicians Gautier Capuçon and Gabriela Montero played the works of Prokofiev, Mendelssohn, and Rachmaninoff with exuberant energy befitting their ages in their joint recital for the Harriman-Jewell Series.
Somewhere off of Rainbow
Tue, Nov 09, 2010
Somewhere off of Rainbow Blvd there sits a little church. In it is a little pipe organ. That pipe organ and Rosi Penner Kaufman, the woman who sought to move it to Kansas City, were the focus of the inaugural concert Rainbow Performing Arts Series.
Viva la vie "Rent"
Tue, Nov 09, 2010
The Barn Players tackle Jonathan Larson's Pulitzer Prize-winning, era-defining musical, "Rent" with tongue-in-cheek staging and tight ensemble numbers.
Articles : KCM News
NEA Arts Journalism Institute experience
Tue, Nov 09, 2010
Libby Hanssen writes about her experience attending the NEA Arts Journalism Institute in Classical Music and Opera in October.
Articles : Local Arts News
World Premiere "Tom Sawyer" will kick off KC Ballet's inaugural season
Wed, Nov 10, 2010
Kansas City Ballet Artistic Director William Whitener today announced the inaugural season at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. Whitener stated, “We are honored to become the Resident Ballet Company of the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts."
Lyric Opera awarded a Mabee Foundation Challenge Grant
Tue, Nov 09, 2010
Joyce Holland, member of the Board of Directors of the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, recently announced a capital campaign for the renovation of property in downtown Kansas City for its new Opera Center.
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KC Events this week and beyond
Sat, Sep 22, 2012
Looking for something to do this weekend? Click here for the KC Events calendar of theatre, classical music, dance and jazz events through 2011. Highlights of this week's classical music and dance offerings are in Don Dagenais' "City Classics." For current Theatre listings visit Victor Wishna's "City Stage." Enjoy!
FILM REVIEW: "Nowhere Boy" found
Tue, Nov 09, 2010
"Nowhere Boy" is a timely piece about the formative years of a late Beatles legend.
INTERVIEW: James Tocco, piano
Mon, Nov 01, 2010
David Perionnet interviews upcoming Kansas City Symphony soloist, James Tocco about balancing his teaching and performing career and his thoughts on Barber's Piano Concerto
Of human bondage
Mon, Nov 01, 2010
Is it ever possible to encapsulate the brutality of an institution like American slavery with mere words? Is the task any more realizable on a bare stage?
Columns : City Classics
Music and Dance through late November
Wed, Nov 10, 2010
Around the Thanksgiving holiday things slow down a bit for many arts organizations, as they take a breather and gear up for holiday fare. Still, the last two weeks of November have some impressive offerings. For fans of chamber music the superb violinist Pinchas Zukerman comes to town, joined by the equally marvelous pianist Yefim Bronfman, for a Friends of Chamber Music outing. The Kansas City Symphony performs the music of Barber, Wolf, and Berlioz in a concert conducted by Michael Stern. Opera fans will enjoy a rare opportunity to see a twentieth-century classic, "Dialogues of the Carmelites" by Poulenc, at the UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance. The Kansas City Symphony and Independence Messiah Choir join their impressive forces for a cast-of-thousands (well, almost) "Messiah" to get your holiday season off to a rousing start. Enjoy!
Columns : City Stage
Theatre through November
Tue, Nov 09, 2010
“Harriet Jacobs” at the Rep; “Awake and Sing at Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre;” One Night Only: “The Real Dr. Strangelove: Edward Teller and the Battle for the H-Bomb” and “Fiddler on the Roof” at the Lied Center. “Sentimental Journey” at Chestnut Fine Arts Center; "RENT" at the Barn Players; “Plaid Tidings” at American Heartland Theatre. And later in the month – “A Christmas Carol“ at Kansas City Repertory Theatre; “Christmas in Song” at Quality Hill Playhouse
Columns : Auditions
Upcoming Auditions
Wed, Sep 29, 2010
“Six By Ten” with the Barn Players. Simon Carrington Chamber Singers (Due Dec. 31)