Cuesheet: The (Mostly True) Adventures of Homer P. Figg
During the Civil War, a small twelve-year-old boy who never even owned a pair of shoes saves his older brother at the Battle of Gettysburg and then helps lead the Union to victory! Sounds hard to believe, but it’s true. At least mostly true. You see, Homer P. Figg will tell any tale to save his brother.
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Cuesheet: National Ballet of Canada Working Rehearsal: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll's classic children's book is given a glorious ballet treatment. Find out how this story is brought to life on stage.
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Cuesheet: NSO Open Rehearsal: Alisa Weilerstein
Get a behind-the-scenes look at a National Symphony Orchestra rehearsal featuring American cellist Alisa Weilerstein in Edward Elgar’s Cello Concerto. The NSO also performs Symphony No. 5 by Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich, considered one of the 20th century’s greatest symphony composers.
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Cuesheet: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: Performance/Demonstration
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater shares "Ailey Magic" with students, giving insights into the history of the company and its founder Alvin Ailey.
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KC Connection: Another Night by Kyle Abraham
Choreographer Kyle Abraham compares his choreography to gumbo, a Southern soup. Like a stew that includes many separate ingredients, his dances are a mixture of modern, ballet, social dance, and hip-hop.
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Cuesheet: Baobab
Explore the rich storytelling traditions of West Africa, from music to puppetry, in this mythical tale of one courageous child’s quest to change the history of the world.
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KC Connection: Beethoven Rocks!
Part 1 of the Beethoven Rocks series: Get to know Classical music's biggest star
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Cuesheet: Betty Carter's Jazz Ahead
Be among the first to meet the next generation of jazz greats—this year’s graduating class of the international jazz residency Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead, a two-week program for emerging jazz musicians.
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Cuesheet: NSO Kinderkonzert: Break It Down!
Just like a building made of blocks, music is made with different parts. Explore how music and even musical instruments break down and come together to make amazing music.
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Cuesheet: A Brown Bear, a Moon, and a Caterpillar: Treasured Stories by Eric Carle
People have used puppets to tell stories, entertain, or teach lessons for thousands of years. In this performance, puppets act out the stories and drawings from Eric Carle's classic picture books The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, and Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me.
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Cuesheet: Connections: Science + Music
In music, you can find real-life examples of concepts you might have learned in science class.
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Cuesheet: NSO Family Concert: The Cricket in Times Square
In this world premiere retelling of George Seldon’s classic children’s book, The Cricket in Times Square, the story comes to life on stage with actors, music, and the National Symphony Orchestra. Join Chester and his new friends in this exciting, “symphonic play.”
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Cuesheet: The Suzanne Farrell Ballet: Working Rehearsal
The Suzanne Farrell Ballet presents a program of three well-known Balanchine ballets that showcase the legacy of this great choreographer. At this rehearsal, the company presents the sublimely choreographed Divertimento No. 15, the iconic 1929 masterpiece Prodigal Son, and Slaughter on Tenth Avenue, complete with gangsters, tap-dancing, and drama.
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Cuesheet: Danish Dance Theater: Love Songs
At this working rehearsal, the company presents Love Songs, an original work that explores human emotions and relationships, set to reinterpreted jazz classics originally sung by Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, and Sarah Vaughn.
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KC Connection: Discovering American Scrapbook
Bringing poetry to life through performance
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Cuesheet: WNO Opera Dress Rehearsal: Don Giovanni
Mozart weaves the tale of Don Juan into a comically serious musical masterpiece
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Cuesheet: WNO Opera Look-In: Don Giovanni
This 50-minute narrated program includes fully-staged scenes from Mozart’s light-hearted musical masterpiece
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Cuesheet: NSO Family Concert: Halloween Spooktacular!
Is it ever cool to "boo" the orchestra? It is on Halloween! And during their Halloween Spooktacular, NSO musicians dressed up as ghosts, ghouls, and goblins just might peek out from behind their instruments to go "BOO" back at you!
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Cuesheet: Teatret Gruppe 38's Hans Christian, You Must Be an Angel
Stories about the ugly duckling, the little mermaid, and the nightingale all came from the imagination of one writer, Hans Christian Andersen. And you’re invited to a theatrical dinner party for him
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Cuesheet: The Hemsing Sisters: Performance & Demonstration
Meet Norwegian violinists Ragnhild and Eldbjørg Hemsing, sisters who have been playing together since the ages of five and seven. Get to know the Hemsing sisters and their musical style as they perform a diverse program of classical masterpieces, in addition to some lesser-known, traditional Norwegian folk songs
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Cuesheet: The Intergalactic Nemesis: A Live Action Graphic Novel
Earth faces an unusual threat—in a very unusual performance. The Intergalactic Nemesis is a live-action graphic novel, which combines hundreds of art projections, actors, and sound effects for this tale that’s part adventure, science fiction, romance, and comedy.
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Cuesheet: Jason Invisible
Based on the novel Crazy by Han Nolan, this haunting, humorous play humanizes young people dealing with less than perfect families and celebrates the awesome power of friendship.
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Cuesheet: Jason Moran & Bandwagon: Performance/Demo
Jason Moran, the new Artistic Advisor for Jazz at the Kennedy Center, performs with his acclaimed group The Bandwagon. In this high-energy performance and demonstration program, Moran explores improvisation, technique, and technological experimentation and guides students in what to listen for in jazz.
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KC Connection: The Kennedy Center Concert Hall
Conductor Emil de Cou leads an expedition to the Kennedy Center's grand Concert Hall
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KC Connection: Know Before You Go
Everything middle and high schoolers need to know before seeing a performance at the Kennedy Center
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