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Tales from the Pit
For Ramona Pansegrau, music director of the Kansas City Ballet, there’s nothing like being in the orchestra pit conducting a Christmastime performance of The Nutcracker and being touched by the audience’s reaction. “One time, a little girl came down and started petting my hair in the middle of Nutcracker, Pansegrau drolly recollects.
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It’s About Time
The best art inspires us to think differently about things we know; it can also introduce us to things we’ve never dreamed of, like Uterusman, a superhero created by Chinese artist Lu Yang. Brace yourself: Uterusman’s powers derive from the artist’s imaginative re-envisioning of the female reproductive system.
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Angelina Sansone: Grace and Fire
“Elegant,” “stunning,” “fluid” and “magnificent” are just some of the words critics have used to describe Kansas City Ballet dancer Angelina Sansone in performance. Last year, KC Metropolis reviewer Lee Hartman lauded her “magnetic stage presence” as Queen Anne in the Ballet’s production of The Three Musketeers.
