Category: Performing
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Celebrating the Art of Movement
Terpsichore, the Muse of Dance, has a strong ally in the Harriman-Jewell Series. From its very first program in 1965, which featured New York City Ballet’s Patricia McBride and Edward Villella, the Harriman-Jewell Series has been committed to bringing the best of dance to Kansas City. That strong tradition continues with the Series’ 2017-2018 season, which features three outstanding dance programs.
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Julius A. Karash on Business and Arts – Now on Stage: Nimbleness and Innovation
Heidi Van recalls a bit of advice she soaked up during her student days at the Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre in Blue Lake, Calif.: If you’re not working, make work for yourself. “At the time, in 2000, that seemed like a revolutionary thought,” Van told me. “Traditionally, actors wait for their phone to ring.” But the phone doesn’t always ring.
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Made in KC – That’s the Ticket for The Living Room
The Living Room Theatre, the imaginative company that works out of a funky warehouse-like building near 18th and McGee, is cruising into the final show of its seventh season. And, true to form, the show is a sight-unseen world premiere: “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” Kyle Hatley’s reworking of Shakespeare’s classic about ambition, murder and guilt into a chamber piece for two actors and a guitarist.