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Dance
5:00 am
Fri May 3, 2013

Unexpected Combinations In Karole Armitage's 'Energy Made Visible'

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At the dress rehearsal for 'Energy Made Visible,' Anthony Krutzkamp and Rachel Coats create layers of dance.
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Saxophonist Bobby Watson and Angelina Sansone share a moment on stage.
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Karole Armitage's 'Energy Made Visible' premiers May 3, 2013, at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts.
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Choreographer Karole Armitage talks to company dancer Tempe Ostergren during a rehearsal at the Bolender Center.
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"Next radical idea: Try running," directed Armitage during the rehearsal.
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A screenshot of videographer Gilles Papain's 3-D imaging of Jackson Pollock's work.
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Choreographer Karole Armitage, a native of Lawrence, Kan. says artist Jackson Pollock can be viewed as "a metaphor for the creative process"; his lines of dripped and poured paint are like a dance. Kansas City Ballet concludes its season with a world premiere by Armitage, exploring the intersection between art, jazz, and dance.

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Visual Arts
5:27 pm
Wed May 1, 2013

Kemper Founders Step Down From Museum Board

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Crosby and Bebe Kemper in front of the artwork, 'Prince Patutszky Pleasures' (1962) by Jules Olitski.
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Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Mo.
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The founders of the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art are stepping down from museum leadership.

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Books
12:21 pm
Wed May 1, 2013

A New Poet Laureate For Kansas

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Poet Wyatt Townley
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Wyatt Townley, a fourth-generation Kansan, has been named the new Poet Laureate of Kansas for 2013-2015.

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Performance
4:32 pm
Tue April 30, 2013

'A Christmas Story, The Musical' Gets Tony Nod

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Actor John Bolton originated the role of The Old Man in the Rep's 2009 production and also appears on Broadway.
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"A Christmas Story, the Musical" received three Tony nominations, including one for Best Musical. The work had its world premiere at the Kansas City Repertory Theatre in 2009.

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Up to Date
1:58 pm
Fri April 26, 2013

Up To Date's Indie, Foreign & Doc Critics' 'Three To See,' April 26-28, 2013

"The Gatekeepers" remains on critic Cynthia Haines "Three to See" list.
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Looking for a great film to see the weekend of April 26-28, 2013?

Up to Date's indie, documentary and foreign film critics share their three favorites showing on area screens.

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Film
8:05 am
Fri April 26, 2013

Tip A Tumbler Of Fine Scotch To 'The Angels' Share'

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The cast of 'The Angels' Share'
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It takes great skill to make a movie that balances potentially incongruous tones of brutality, comedy and hope. With the marvelous new movie The Angels’ Share, director Ken Loach demonstrates that he is gifted enough to do that.

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Film
5:48 am
Fri April 26, 2013

From A Mucked Up Life, 'Mud' Barrels Through

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Matthew McConaughey and Tye Sheridan make unlikely comrades in 'Mud'
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A 14-year-old Arkansas kid gets mixed up with a murderer while pondering romantic notions about the meaning of love in Jeff Nichols’ assured and beautifully written Southern melodrama Mud.

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