Juxtaposition involves placing two contrasting things right next to each other. Song and dance fit the ticket perfectly. The great composer Andrew Lloyd Webber picked up on that. Webber’s “SONG & DANCE” is a two-act, rarely produced musical that uses the two art forms in contrast to one another, with…
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Do you ever wish you could close your eyes, click your sparkly, red shoes together, repeat “there’s no place like home” and find your way to a place that feels like home? The Kansas City Ballet’s breathtaking production of “The Wizard of Oz,” at the Kauffman Center for the Performing…
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Creating, expressing, making - they all have a spiritual component. So does viewing art.…
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A cherished, Irish literary masterpiece – that’s survived Viking attacks, sea air and storms, thefts and hundreds of years of wear and tear – is coming to life at the historic Folly Theater May 13-14. Overall, the story is an inspiration of how important it is to keep the Gospel…
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As you take in the Parade of Hearts, ponder your own story. What’s written on your heart?…
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When public policy meets art perhaps our eyes can be opened to see what we did not see before. This is a running theory of mine. HE[ART]LAND Arts KC, which mobilizes performance art for social change, has a project underway that is testing that theory in a way. The 2022…
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Westport Center for the Arts’ Dancing Word initiative brings together poetry and dance – word and action – in an experience that immediately brings John 1:14 to mind.…
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