Celebrating the Contrast of ‘SONG & DANCE’

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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No Place Like Home – A Lesson From Oz

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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The Book of Kells

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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Creative Business Mindset

Aidan is a high school senior, he is grounded in faith, he uses his giftings to help others and he's been able to make a job out of what he loves to do.…

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Eyes To See: When Public Policy Meets Art

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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