Have you ever wanted to take a Latin Dance class but didn’t have enough time? In this podcast, Latin Dance instructors Ricardo Loaiza and Elba Garcia prep you to dance the night away! Once you’ve practiced all three dances, find a local Latin Dance club or bust these moves at the next school dance! Wepa! For more dance lessons, visit artsedge.kennedy-center.org.
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This series, from the archives of the Kennedy Center's Education Department, brings you a glimpse of the history and diversity of China's performing arts.
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What does theater "do"? Does it matter in a contemporary, screen-driven society? This intermittent series, drawn from the Kennedy Center Education Department archives, examines the way theater impacts modern society and culture.
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Jason and the band perform the standard, “Summertime.”Por ARTSEDGE: The Kennedy Center's Arts Education Network (dbx@artsedge.kennedy-center.org)
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Jason and the band perform the standard, “Summertime.”Por ARTSEDGE: The Kennedy Center's Arts Education Network (dbx@artsedge.kennedy-center.org)
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Jason explains what jazz “standards” are, and how musicians all over the globe know how to play these pieces.Por ARTSEDGE: The Kennedy Center's Arts Education Network (dbx@artsedge.kennedy-center.org)
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Jason explains what jazz “standards” are, and how musicians all over the globe know how to play these pieces.Por ARTSEDGE: The Kennedy Center's Arts Education Network (dbx@artsedge.kennedy-center.org)
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Jason explains how jazz musicians and baseball players are more alike than you would think, and helps you understand how musicians communicate during a performance.Por ARTSEDGE: The Kennedy Center's Arts Education Network (dbx@artsedge.kennedy-center.org)
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Jason explains how jazz musicians and baseball players are more alike than you would think, and helps you understand how musicians communicate during a performance.Por ARTSEDGE: The Kennedy Center's Arts Education Network (dbx@artsedge.kennedy-center.org)
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What are your musical “tastes?” Jason talks about what the responsibility of the audience is, and gives some tips about how to enjoy a jazz performance.Por ARTSEDGE: The Kennedy Center's Arts Education Network (dbx@artsedge.kennedy-center.org)
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What are your musical “tastes?” Jason talks about what the responsibility of the audience is, and gives some tips about how to enjoy a jazz performance.Por ARTSEDGE: The Kennedy Center's Arts Education Network (dbx@artsedge.kennedy-center.org)
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Jason and the band improvise and vamp using the classic “Ain’t Misbehavin’” by Fats Waller. Make sure to pay attention to Jason’s new headwear.Por ARTSEDGE: The Kennedy Center's Arts Education Network (dbx@artsedge.kennedy-center.org)
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Jason and the band improvise and vamp using the classic “Ain’t Misbehavin’” by Fats Waller. Make sure to pay attention to Jason’s new headwear.Por ARTSEDGE: The Kennedy Center's Arts Education Network (dbx@artsedge.kennedy-center.org)
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How is Jazz like a football play? Jason explains “hits” in jazz—and how players know how to navigate the music. The band then plays “Evidence” by Thelonious Monk to illustrate the point.Por ARTSEDGE: The Kennedy Center's Arts Education Network (dbx@artsedge.kennedy-center.org)
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How is Jazz like a football play? Jason explains “hits” in jazz—and how players know how to navigate the music. The band then plays “Evidence” by Thelonious Monk to illustrate the point.Por ARTSEDGE: The Kennedy Center's Arts Education Network (dbx@artsedge.kennedy-center.org)
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Using the metaphor of “Harold and the Purple Crayon,” Jason explains what jazz means and how it works.Por ARTSEDGE: The Kennedy Center's Arts Education Network (dbx@artsedge.kennedy-center.org)
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Using the metaphor of “Harold and the Purple Crayon,” Jason explains what jazz means and how it works.Por ARTSEDGE: The Kennedy Center's Arts Education Network (dbx@artsedge.kennedy-center.org)
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While listening to a recording of a financial report, Jason creates a new composition using the sound of the reporter’s voice as his inspirationPor ARTSEDGE: The Kennedy Center's Arts Education Network (dbx@artsedge.kennedy-center.org)
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While listening to a recording of a financial report, Jason creates a new composition using the sound of the reporter’s voice as his inspiration.Por ARTSEDGE: The Kennedy Center's Arts Education Network (dbx@artsedge.kennedy-center.org)
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Jason talks about the musicality of language, and then plays his original composition, "Ringing My Phone."Por ARTSEDGE: The Kennedy Center's Arts Education Network (dbx@artsedge.kennedy-center.org)
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Jason talks about the musicality of language, and then plays his original composition, "Ringing My Phone."Por ARTSEDGE: The Kennedy Center's Arts Education Network (dbx@artsedge.kennedy-center.org)
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The Kennedy Center’s Artistic Advisor for Jazz Jason Moran introduces himself and shares his thoughts on innovation and creativity—through the lens of skateboarding and Jazz.Por ARTSEDGE: The Kennedy Center's Arts Education Network (dbx@artsedge.kennedy-center.org)
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The Kennedy Center’s Artistic Advisor for Jazz Jason Moran introduces himself and shares his thoughts on innovation and creativity—through the lens of skateboarding and Jazz.Por ARTSEDGE: The Kennedy Center's Arts Education Network (dbx@artsedge.kennedy-center.org)
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This excerpt from Cai's Tornado: Explosion Project for the Kennedy Center includes both the dancing boats and the tornado itself. To get a behind the scenes look at the creation of this event visit The Art of the Explosion at http://www.artsedge.kennedy-center.org/fireworks/index.htmlPor ARTSEDGE: The Kennedy Center's Arts Education Network
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This side by side video shows the story of the turtle and the crane as seen by the audience and behind the screen as the puppeteers bring the story to life. To learn more about the art of shadow puppets, visit Playing with Shadows at http://www.artsedge.kennedy-center.org/shadowpuppets/artsedge.html.…
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Collections Manager Christa Deacy-Quinn of the Spurlock Museum at the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana explains the steps that must be taken when handling valuable artifacts. The Terra Cotta Warriors are a collection of 8,000 statues that were buried over 2,000 years ago in the tomb of China‚Äôs first emperor Qin Shi Huang. Three of the stat…
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Join the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra for a lecture and demonstration explaining each of the four sections of the Chinese orchestra as well as some of the individual instruments.Por ARTSEDGE: The Kennedy Center's Arts Education Network
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Beijing Traditional Music Ensemble's extensive repertoire and virtuoso musicians demonstrate the range of distinctive styles that developed in each region for erhu (fiddle), pipa (lute), and other instruments. To watch the entire sixty minute show visit the Millennium Stage archives http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/millennium/artist_detail.cf…
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Artists of the Yi and Wa ethnic groups from Yunnan Province-the most ethnically diverse in China-demonstrate their unique folk traditions in this excerpt from the Kennedy Center's free Millennium Stage show. For more about the traditional arts of the Yunnan people, check out our Sounds of China PodPage http://www.artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content…
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"When you're in a pipowerTheater/ece of wonderful theater your whole body responds to what's on the stage." In this Power of Theater podcast, part of the Kennedy Center Education Department's American College Theater Festival's summer intensive for playwrights, playwright Marcia Norman discusses the different forms and forums for storytelling, and …
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"A playwright...first and foremost has to compel people." In this Power of Theater podcast, part of the Kennedy Center Education Department's American College Theater Festival's summer intensive for playwrights, playwright Lee Blessing discusses the difference between writing for the theater and writing for television and film. For more information…
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"When you sit in a theater, you're sitting closer to a complete stranger that you ever would in your own living room. You haven't just seen a show, you've been part of something." Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is the story of George and Martha, two of the most famous roles ever written for the stage. Over the course of one wickedly…
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Come to this play with an open and pure sense of imagination, and it will embrace you." Since its first performance in 1953, Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot has generated controversy with its unconventional plot and disturbing themes. Audiences have reacted strongly, with many embracing the play, others rejecting it, but all debating its meaning…
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"Theater at its best is always a mirror. It's a reflection of who we are." Twelve Angry Men deals with issues of prejudice and fear of "the other" but also promotes the ideas of debate and reasonable doubt. The characters in the play argue opposing positions with plausible conviction, and the audience members are left to decide their interpretation…
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When asked to describe the work of August Wilson, actor James Earl Jones said, "...when he writes he leaves some blood on the page. You can't get that stuff out of yourself without hurt. It's not therapy; it's more like revelation." August Wilson was one of America's most significant and successful playwrights. Less than 20 years ago, he began an a…
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