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Performance
5:34 pm
Fri May 10, 2013

[VIDEO] Five Questions For Kansas City Ballet’s William Whitener

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Kansas City Ballet Artistic Director William Whitener
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This marks Artistic Director William Whitener's final season with the Kansas City Ballet. After 17 years with the company, he's preparing to return to New York. Whitener answered a few questions before the final performances.

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Up To Date
9:35 pm
Thu May 9, 2013

William Whitener: Taking A Final KC Bow

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Artistic Director William Whitener takes a final turn on the Kauffman stage during rehearsals.
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William Whitener became Artistic Director of the Kansas City Ballet in 1996.  After having staged, taught, acquired, commissioned or created 85 works for the organization and seeing it move into its new rehearsal and performance spaces, Whitener now prepares to leave the Ballet and embark on yet another chapter in his remarkable career.

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Dance
10:02 am
Fri May 3, 2013

Rock, Jazz, And William Shatner Conclude Kansas City Ballet's Season

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Sarah Walborn, Arielle Espie, and Jill Marlow hold a pose.
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Yoshiya Sakurai dances alone in the first movement of the world premiere of Karole Armitage's 'Energy Made Visible.'
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Rachel Coats and Jill Marlow dance beneath an abstract trail of paint.
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Performing his own composition, Bobby Watson plays his saxophone in tune with a previously recorded track for Rachel Coats.
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Choreographer Karole Armitage was inspired by the painting of the 20th-century American artist, Jackson Pollock.
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A fragment of dance is reflected in mirrors above.
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Logan Pachciarz and Jill Marlow move together in a fierce harmony.
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Dancers are reflected in the mirrors hanging over the stage.
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Anthony Krutzkamp and Rachel Coats perform a pas de deux.
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Anthony Krutzkamp and Rachel Coats perform in the Kansas City Ballet's final program of the season.
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Bobby Watson layers his saxophone against a previously recorded track.
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Jill Marlow strikes a graceful pose.
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Anthony Krutzkamp and Rachel Coats create an expressive abstraction.
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To the cheers of a small gathered crowd at the dress rehearsal, Bobby Watson stands with the dancers after a dress rehearsal.
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In Margo Sappington's 'Common People,' music from Shatner’s album, 'Has Been' strikes a new tone as Anthony Krutzkamp and Aisling Hill-Connor dance to 'Familiar Love.'
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Minimalist staging and colorful leotards evoke a subtle 'Star Trek' feel.
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Logan Pachciarz is bathed in a blue hue.
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Geoffrey Kropp and Molly Wagner dance to the witty banter of William Shatner.
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Clad in cranberry and amber, the company performs 'Together.'
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Laura Wolfe makes a sassy entrance in 'Ideal Woman.'
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Ryan Jolicoeur-Nye pirouettes alone on stage.
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In "Hey-Hay, Going to Kansas City," Charles Martin, Logan Pachciarz, and Ian Poulis compete for the charms of Molly Wagner.
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The mood takes a seductive turn as Ryan Jolicoeur-Nye and Aisling Hill-Connor dance to 'Taurus Mood.'
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Logan Pachciarz and Nadia Iozzo artfully stumble and flirt in 'King Alcohol.'
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Jitterbuggers swing in 'Jumping at the Woodside.'
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The Kansas City Ballet tops off its 55th season with a playful mix of dance.

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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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Music Stories
5:00 am
Fri March 22, 2013

Heartland Men's Chorus Explores Love, Before And After the Holocaust

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Kip Niven, plays Holocaust survivor Gad Beck in Jake Heggie’s 'For a Look or a Touch.' The Heartland Men's Chorus stands in the background.
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Remembering the cabarets of Berlin (Kip Niven, as Gad, at left, and baritone Morgan Smith, as Manfred, at right) during a tech rehearsal.
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In Jake Heggie’s 'For a Look or a Touch,' baritone Morgan Smith plays Manfred Lewin, and actor Kip Niven plays Gad Beck. Manfred and Gad were lovers as teenagers in Berlin until Manfred and his family were arrested.
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Actor Kip Niven, as Gad Beck. 'For a Look or a Touch' is based on Beck's diaries.
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Baritone Morgan Smith and stage director Brian Clay Luedloff review the score.
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Stage director Brian Clay Luedloff and Artistic Director Joe Nadeau discuss riser placement for the chorus at a rehearsal.
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Stage director Brian Clay Luedloff and baritone Morgan Smith relax during a break.
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In the 1920's and into the early 1930's, there was a thriving gay culture in Europe, especially in Berlin. But, with the rise of Hitler and the Nazi party, that all changed.

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Up to Date
11:45 am
Thu March 14, 2013

The Weekend To-Do List: March 14-17, 2013

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Basketball
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Robotics
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Dancers Tempe Ostergren and Anthony Krutzkamp play the King and Queen of the Fairies in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.'
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Kansas City Irish Parade
The Elders
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Looking for some fun (and the luck of the Irish) the weekend of March 14-17, 2013? Brian McTavish returns with the Weekend To-Do List.

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Performance
5:00 am
Thu March 14, 2013

[VIDEO] Developing Character Through Dance

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Dancers Tempe Ostergren and Anthony Krutzkamp play the King and Queen of the Fairies in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.'
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The Kansas City Ballet’s "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is a Shakespeare comedy performed in dance. The process of developing a character through movement and pantomime is one that often takes a close collaboration between dancer and choreographer.

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