7,108 stories by "The Kennedy Center"
National Hand Dance Association dancers take the stage for a program featuring the art of hand dancing, a form of swing dance that first originated in Washington, DC, and high energy Freesty…
An introduction to the personalities and talents of Washington National Opera's Cafritz Young Artists. Some of America's finest young singers and pianists perform some of their favorite aria…
An initiative of the U.S. State Department, OneBeat brings musicians from around the world for a residency and U.S. tour program.
The D.C.-based band performs afro-pop using Togolese rhythms with American-influenced styles.
Students from the musical theater department sing the music of Frank Loesser.
This group interprets village music from central Poland with improvisation, contemporary tones, and rock music.
These Tony®-nominated songwriters host an evening of works by composer Sam Willmott and songwriting team Amanda Yesnowitz and Deborah Abramson. Presented under the auspices of the America…
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Cenicienta: A Bilingual Cinderella Story
Presented by Glass …
Award-winning musicians, kumu hula (hula masters), and academic colleagues celebrate the revitalization of Hawaiian culture and language. Part of the 2013 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.
The klezmer musician blends Hungarian, Romanian, Moldavian, and Yiddish music. Part of the 2013 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.
Prize winners from this annual competition perform classical Chinese and European pieces.
The Mardi Gras Indians perform a music program rooted in African and Native American tradition.
Members of the Young Artist Program present a preview of musical highlights from the world premiere of the holiday family opera The Lion, the Unicorn, and Me.
SMI students play various chamber music works.
Liz Knowles (fiddle) and Pat Broaders (bouzouki) perform an Irish medley -- "The Morning Dew / Mother and Child Reel" -- during the opening concert of IRELAND 100, directed and hosted by Oli…
Members of the KCOHO play Krein's Esquisses Hebraiques and Mozart's Clarinet Quintet.
This year marks the 40th anniversary of this holiday tradition founded by Harvey Phillips in which 300 local tuba, sousaphone, and euphonium players perform traditional Christmas music. Grab…
SMI students play various chamber music works.
The group takes funk, jazz, soul, and rock to create a genre-bending sound called "soul garage."
This evening of classical Indian and Pakistani music features Zohaib Hassan, a 2013 VSA International Young Soloist winner, on sarangi and Abhik Mukherjee, a world-renowned sitarist, vocalis…
The Millennium Stage partners with the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority to present some of the best D.C. area street performers.
This Teatr Pinezka production uses mime, dance, puppetry, and circus arts to tell the story of an old clown who goes fishing, encounters storms and sharks, and reels in a golden fish. Part o…
This performance features selections from 1914-1938, featuring this acclaimed actress, singer, and comedienne along with jazz violinist, mandolinist, and arranger Aaron Weinstein. Presented …
The Cissokos weave together movement, rhythms, stories, and singing with music played on the kora"a 22-stringed West African harp. Part of Kids Euro Festival 2013.
The U.S. Navy Band's newest ensemble is joined by vocalist MU1 Shana Sullivan in a program featuring elegant jazz and Latin stylings of the Great American Song Book, derived from Broadway an…