Article: Singing in an Ensemble
Learn how to sing with a group of friends, family, or classmates
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Article: It's Not Just a Stage
How to find your way around a theater, onstage and off
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Series: The Grapes of Wrath: Voice and Vision
This collection of suggested lessons and activities aim at helping students build a framework, from various perspectives of the 1930s, in which to embed a close study of Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath
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Article: Love in Poetry and Words
Need the right words for Valentine's Day? Let the great poets, writers, and thinkers share their thoughts
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Master + Work: Martha Graham and Appalachian Spring
Learn how this dance visionary pioneered her own movement language while exploring the depths of human emotion
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Series: Master + Work
Meet the masters...the talented artists who have created some of the most outstanding achievements of the twentieth century
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Master + Work: Merce Cunningham and BIPED
Discover how Cunningham's abstract choreography was inspired by his innovative use of technology
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Article: Music as Dance’s Muse
Music is a muse for four different American choreographers
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Field Guide: Musical Must-Do's
Everything you need to know before you go to a symphonic, orchestral, or jazz concert performance
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Article: No Singer is an Island
Some thoughts on being a musical teamplayer
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Article: On Stage: Little Dancer
This feature includes background about the musical Little Dancer as well as an interpretive piece for younger audience members about the play’s more sensitive themes
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Article: Perfect Harmony: Singing the Love
Nothing sings romance like a love song. And people have been singing them for thousands of years.
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Gear: Pointe Shoes
What makes dancing en pointe possible? Footwear called pointe shoes. With their flat, stiff fronts and special construction, pointe shoes give ballerinas the footwear that helps them stay on their toes and wow audiences
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Article: Q&A with Kathryn Bostic
Kathryn Bostic, music arranger for Four Little Girls: Birmingham 1963, shares her thoughts on sharing stories through music and music’s central role in the Civil Rights Movement.
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Article: Romeo and Juliet
Find out why William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is such an enduring love story. Learn more about Act II’s balcony scene and the tragedy’s most well-known adaptations
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Article: Shakespeare in Love
Shakespeare made the pursuit of love just as difficult as leading men to war, or solving your father's murder
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Series: So You Want to be a Singer?
What does it really take to become a professional singer?
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Article: Surviving School Chorus
You've been assigned to a chorus. Now what? Some helpful hints for the young singer
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Your Brain On Music: Tearjerkers
Putting the "sad" in sad songs
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Article: The Pas De Deux: It Takes Two
The pas de deux is not just a dance of love
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The Story Behind The Song: The Battle Hymn of the Republic
Discover how Julia Howe’s hymn helped inspire the North in its fight to reunite the country and free African-American slaves
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Gear: The Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight
One of the jobs of a lighting designer is to be an illusionist; to convince the audience they’re somewhere special
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Article: The Ins and Outs of Trying Out
Pointers for your next singing audition
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The Story Behind The Song: The Marines' Hymn
This article gives you the stories behind the words—“From the Halls of Montezuma, To the shores of Tripoli”
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Article: The Real Life of a Singer
A mini-course in starting a singing career
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