Michelle Obama tells international audience on “Why the Arts Matter”
Michelle Obama hosted a concert this morning at the Pittsburgh Creative & Performing Arts School for its students and the spouses of international leaders deliberating at the G-20 economic summit. She gave an 11-minute address about the arts as a prelude to performances by guests Sara Bareilles, Yo-Yo Ma and Trisha Yearwood. Here are excerpts from […]
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Impacters of Today
Savion Glover Savion Glover (born 19 November 1973) is an American actor, tap dancer and choreographer. Glover is a graduate of the Newark Arts High School. Born in Newark, New Jersey, while a student at Broadway Dance Center in Manhattan, Glover’s teacher arranged an audition for him with Broadway choreographer Henry LeTang.
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Impacters of Yesterday
August Wilson P. II A Fruitful Partnership Mr. Wilson’s career was closely linked with that of Lloyd Richards, who became the first black director to work on Broadway when he staged the first play written by a black woman to be produced on Broadway, Lorraine Hansberry’s “Raisin in the Sun,” in 1959.
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FELA! The Man Behind the Music
FELA! director and choreographer Bill T. Jones and biographer Dr. Carlos Moore discuss Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, the legendary pioneer of the Afrobeat genre. A provocative hybrid of concert, dance and musical theatre, FELA! features arrangements by Aaron Johnson and Antibalas with direction and choreography by Tony Award winner Bill T. Jones.
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Impacters of Yesterday
August Wilson Pt. I A Fruitful Partnership August Wilson chronicled the African-American experience in the 20th century in a series of plays. He stands as a landmark in the history of black culture, of American literature and of Broadway theater.
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