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A Dancer's Journal: Martha Graham
This Web site, "A Dancer's Journal: Learning to Perform the Dances of Martha Graham" is a multimedia exploration designed for students in grades 5-12. |
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An Evening With Stephen Schwartz
In this video presentation, students meet one of American musical theater’s most talented composers, Stephen Schwartz. Topics include his musical education, his break into show business, and the creative process behind his musicals.
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AOI: African Odyssey Interactive
A special collaboration between the Kennedy Center's Office of International Programming and ARTSEDGE, this site was developed in support of a four-year "African Odyssey" festival of the performing, visual, and literary arts of sub-Saharan Africa. Begun in 1996, the site is now in archive form, presenting event profiles for over 20 of the artists and programs that appeared over the run of the festival.
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Dance, Music, Theater, Visual Arts |
Explorations |
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Art of the Explosion
This multimedia exploration, designed for grades 9-12, explores the science and art of pyrotechnics and chronicles the making of Cai’s Tornado: Explosion Project for the Kennedy Center.
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Theater, Visual Arts |
Explorations, Sights and Sounds, Try It! |
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Blues Journey
Journey with us as we trace the blues from its early beginnings in southern American fields to its global impact on music today. Through informative interviews and a wealth of music clips, you'll learn the ins and outs of blues music and find out how the history of the blues has been brought to life on stage at the Kennedy Center.
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Cuesheets, Explorations, Sights and Sounds |
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Bodies in Motion
How have artists, through the centuries, captured the body - particularly the body in motion?
Through richly annotated paintings, sculptures, and photographs, students will discover the technical and creative advances which drove artistic renderings of the moving body – from the mathematical precision that formed the basis of Egyptian figures, to the complex systems and innovations at work in the art of the Hellenistic Greeks, to the dynamic surfaces of the Modern era.
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Bodies Tell Stories
Learn how master storyteller Kala Jojo uses gesture and movement to create vivid pictures for his listeners. See if you can determine what emotion or mood he is conveying with his body!
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Try It! |
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Brave No World
This "Cuesheet   " is designed to help students understand and enjoy the performance of Brave No World, as well as to learn more about the ways music and theater work together. |
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Cuesheets, Sights and Sounds |
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Capturing Nureyev: Jamie Wyeth Paints the Dancer
Watch the fascinating life of ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev unfold through the portraits of Jamie Wyeth. When American artist Wyeth met Nureyev in 1977, the dancer’s charismatic personality and immense talent immediately captivated him. Thus began a remarkable friendship, resulting in over 35 paintings and drawings of Nureyev. Explore a sampling of these incredible works—many of which are presented online for the first time.
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Dance, Visual Arts |
Explorations |
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Capturing Place
This multimedia slideshow brings to life the world of Kevin Bubriski's photography, a world that explores the people, landscapes, and traditions of global and local cultures, from India and Nepal, to rural Vermont.
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Visual Arts |
Sights and Sounds |
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Celebrating Sondheim
Enter the complex and lyrical world of Stephen Sondheim, one of the most celebrated composers of the American musical theater.
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Music, Theater |
Explorations |
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Community PhotoWorks
Armed with cameras, seventh grade students from Mark Twain Middle School in Los Angeles, CA ventured out in their communities and came back to school with creative compositions. This online gallery displays the students’ photographic and literary compositions and offers a thorough method of analyzing photography that you can apply to virtually any classroom.
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Explorations, Sights and Sounds |
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Contemporary Playwrights: August Wilson
August Wilson (1945-2005) was one of America's most important playwrights, whose works, like those of Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams, represent an important cultural facet of the American experience. In this interactive, which features video segments from an interview recorded in 2001, Wilson discusses his Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning playwriting career. |
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Sights and Sounds |
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Corridos
Listen to audio clips of traditional and modern Mexican corridos with this multimedia resource. Sing along to historic recordings about key figures during the Mexican Revolution, and inspire students to compose their own corridos by listening to lyrics written by fellow high school students. Student composers featured on this resource were winners of the University of Arizona Poetry Center's Bilingual Corrido Contest for High School Students, an annual contest supported by the University of Arizona College of Humanities.
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Dancing on Air
This multimedia gallery brings to life the work of Project Bandaloop, a modern dance company that explores the boundaries between dance and sport. Using advance rock-climbing techniques, the company dances on builidngs, off cliffs and over the ocean.
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Sights and Sounds |
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Drop Me Off in Harlem
Drop Me Off in Harlem explores the vibrant, complex, and unique moment in time that was the Harlem Renaissance.
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Dance, Music, Theater, Visual Arts |
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Dance |
Sights and Sounds |
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Faces Tell Stories
In this activity, we explore how Kala Jojo, a master storyteller, makes a story come alive with his facial expressions. See if you can discover what emotion or mood he is conveying with his face !
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Try It! |
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Festival of China Cuesheet
During the entire month of October 2005, the Kennedy Center hosts of the single largest celebration of Chinese performing arts ever presented by a single institution, even in China itself.
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Dance, Music, Theater, Visual Arts |
Cuesheets |
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Gift of the Indus
Immerse your students in the arts and culture of Pakistan. This Web site, designed for high school students, introduces students to the rich traditions and history of this South Asian country and its people through videos, audio clips, virtual galleries, and a teen blog.
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Dance, Music, Theater, Visual Arts |
Explorations, Sights and Sounds |
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Gulf Coast Highway
The Gulf Coast Highway knits together the rich music and cultures of communities across five states- from Houston, Texas, to Jacksonville, Florida. In this series of podcasts, high school students will learn how the diverse styles of blues, choral music, Cajun, zydeco, brass band, border music, and gospel meet and mingle in the Gulf Coast region. Students will hear anecdotes and insights from scholars and renowned musicians like Nanci Griffith, Grupo Fantasma, and Marcia Ball.
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iPass: Japan! culture + hyperculture
Learn more about the arts and culture of Japan with this interactive passport (iPass) to the Kennedy Center festival JAPAN! culture + hyperculture. Students explore interviews, video, slideshows, and more to boost their knowledge and crack "the code" for a free download not to be missed! |
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Dance, Music, Theater, Visual Arts |
Cuesheets, Sights and Sounds |
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Jazz in DC
Take a tour through jazz history in Washington, DC! Pianist Billy Taylor and saxophonist and flutist Frank Wess lead listeners through their hometown's music scene in this six-part audio series.
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Sights and Sounds |
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Jazz in Time
Developed for middle and high school audiences, this interactive timeline follows the development of this great American art form. Divided by decade, the timeline highlights events that helped shape jazz and illustrates the styles of each period through music and images.
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Sights and Sounds |
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Listen to The Nightingale
Using audio clips from the Kennedy Center's production of The Nightingale, students explore how music can communicate a story.
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Dance, Music |
Try It! |
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Nobody's Perfect
Learn more about this new Kennedy Center musical about a positively purple 10th birthday party and how two very different girls learn to understand each other.
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Sights and Sounds |
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Perfect Pitch
Batter up! This multimedia exploration introduces students to the most enduring all-stars of the orchestra: the instruments.
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Explorations |
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Playing with Shadows
Discover the secrets behind the art of shadow puppetry in this multimedia exploration, designed for grades 5-8, which explores this age-old art form through animations, videos, interactive activities, and more.
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Theater, Visual Arts |
Explorations |
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Sing Sakura
Celebrate the arrival of the cherry blossoms with this collection of Japanese-themed performances from the Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage.
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Sights and Sounds |
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Sounds of China PodPage
In this audio series we explore unique aspects of Chinese music through sounds, performance and interviews. Users can listen online, download individual files, or subscribe to the Podcast.
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Spinning Stories, Telling Tales
Discover the who, what, when, where, and why of storytelling through interactive games, media galleries, lesson plans and more!
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Explorations |
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Stormy Weather
This player presents three pieces—Presto from Vivaldi's "Summer," Grofe's "Cloudburst," and Beethoven's "Storm." Get a new view on weather as you listen to these storm-inspired works!
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Storytellers and Their Tales
Kuniko Yamamoto uses many storytelling techniques to portray actions, setting, and character and bring to life traditional Japanese folktales.
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Storytelling Stage
Have you ever heard a trickster tale, a tall tale, or a fable? Watch, listen, and learn as world-class storytellers share ancient stories and modern tales on our Storytelling Stage.
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The Art of Hip Hop
In this multimedia exploration, students in grades 9-12 can examine the multifaceted art of Hip Hop by exploring its main elements: DJing, rapping, beatboxing, dancing, graffiti, and knowledge.
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Dance, Music, Visual Arts |
Explorations, Sights and Sounds |
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Xploring Xtremes
This interactive resource uses selections from a National Symphony Orchestra concert to illustrate musical extremes. Analyze the effect of extreme dynamics, tempo, and more through a variety of listening, reading, and movement activities.
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