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2013/05/24 10:42
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While most everyone loves a new pair of shoes, for a dancer, they are crucial. For Rachel Coats, who has been dancing with the Kansas City Ballet for 12 years, her shoes aren't just special, they are...
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2013/05/24 08:01
2013/05/24 08:01
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Devon Carney, the Cincinnati Ballet�s associate artistic director, is leaving the company to become artistic director of the Kansas City Ballet. His appointment is effective July 1. �It�s such an...
2013/05/24 02:38
2013/05/24 02:38
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Carney, whose appointment was announced Thursday, is expected to take the creative reins of one of the city’s most important performing arts organizations in July. He succeeds William Whitener, who...
2013/05/08 14:39
2013/05/08 14:39
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In his last week, after 17 years with the Kansas City Ballet, artistic director William Whitener reflects on the company’s growth as dance community awaits word of his successor. “You would normally...
2013/05/08 04:39
2013/05/08 04:39
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It was a perfect time for the accomplished Whitener to mold a dance company, now the Kansas City Ballet, with a modern vision and hope. He’d already heard the rumblings of a possible new performing...
2013/05/06 14:38
2013/05/06 14:38
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A nuanced and multidimensional portrait of Woody Guthrie, and a celebration of his art and influence, can be found in a new center in Tulsa. To listen to contemporary singer/songwriters, all roads...
2013/05/04 13:37
2013/05/04 13:37
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This was the final program with artistic director William Whitener, who has led the company over the past 17 years. Based on Jackson Pollock’s paintings, Armitage’s piece was a dramatic expression of...
2013/05/03 05:36
2013/05/03 05:36
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The winners of the Maxey Dupree Humanitarian Award all touched lives on a personal level as they helped residents in the Ivanhoe neighborhood, students at Oak Grove High School and families at Burns &...
2013/04/28 03:37
2013/04/28 03:37
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... Going to Kansas City” is also the title of one of the ballets. Choreographer Donald McKayle used recordings by Kansas City jazz greats such as Jay McShann, Charlie Parker and Count Basie to...
2013/04/26 06:22
2013/04/26 06:22
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Velma Tyson and the piano are inseparable – and have been since she was a little girl growing up on her parents’ farm in southwestern Kansas. As the oldest of six children – four girls and two boys –...
2013/04/19 18:42
2013/04/19 18:42
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... are consistently providing variety,” said Emily Behrmann, general manager of JCCC’s Carlsen Center, who announced the series’ next season. “We try to do a little music, dance, theater and comedy...