7,108 stories by "The Kennedy Center"
Directed by D.C. choreographer Emily Oleson, this work features Urban Artistry with Good Foot Dance Company and Baakari Wilder. The piece investigates the origins behind the term "buck dance…
This Grammy®-nominated singer/songwriter, emcee, producer, and D.C. native offers a preview concert for the Center's upcoming One Mic: Hip Hop Culture Worldwide festival.
As part of a celebration of George Washington, the Kennedy Center and Mount Vernon presents this concert of 18th century period music by Trio Galilei.
The pianist plays Hungarian music by Bartók, Dohnányi, and Kodály.
Choirs of 15 high school-aged youth and 15 adults perform holiday music on hand bells.
Local teen dancers join this group to celebrate the release of ARTSEDGE's latest Latin dance podcasts with social dancing and dance lessons including salsa, merengue, bachata, and cha-cha.
Stage and screen actor Jason Graae, Drama Desk nominee Shelly Burch, and Tony Award®-winning lyricist, writer, and director Martin Charnin perform selections from 1964-1988. Presented und…
Widely regarded as Jamaica's leading contemporary dance company, L'Acadco brings some of the best Caribbean talent to the stage for a program that fuses rich Caribbean folklore with contempo…
After fifty years of separation, an orchestra of Jewish and Muslim musicians torn apart by history and war has reunited for a U.S. tour to share again the passion and the soul of the Algeria…
The Grammy-nominated D.C. progressive hip-hop artist and multi-instrumentalist presents Rhyme Time, a performance featuring various instruments, including the human beat-box, and the oral tr…
Puppetry and video help tell this story of Flower Girl and her journey where she meets all kinds of plants who need her help and give her special powers to avoid danger. Part of Kids Euro Fe…
These three talented ladies paint with their hands and feet, creating fabulously colorful scenes while serenading their audiences. Part of Kids Euro Festival 2013.
The vocal ensemble presents a program of cheerful holiday music.
This acclaimed 16-member gospel brass and percussion band from Anacostia's United House of Prayer performs a joyful holiday program.
This show uses audience imagination to transform an ordinary cardboard box into something magical that can hold the key to a world of funny places, people, and adventures. Part of Kids Euro …
World-class string musicians of the U.S. Air Force Band perform a variety of music.
As part of a celebration of George Washington, the Kennedy Center and Mount Vernon present this concert of 18th century period music by David and Ginger Hildebrand.
SMI students play various chamber music works.
Directed by D.C. choreographer Emily Oleson, this work features Urban Artistry with Good Foot Dance Company and Baakari Wilder. The piece investigates the origins behind the term "buck dance…
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The Ethiopian ensemble performs hypnotic dance music centered on the traditional krar (stringed harp).
The award-winning pianist born without his right hand performs as part of the 2013 Leadership Exchange in Arts and Disability (LEAD) Conference. Presented in cooperation with VSA.
The musician-composer-storyteller revives the traditions of acoustic blues through the material of the great blues masters, African American stories, and his own original works.
The band, formed by Trinidadian/Canadian songwriter Drew Gonsalves, performs Calypso music.