After nearly 20 years as the chairwoman of the Kansas City Symphony's board, arts patron Shirley Helzberg is stepping down. Bill Lyons, civic leader and former CEO of American Century Companies, Inc., succeeds Helzberg on July 1.
It was only fitting that one of the pioneers of the Crossroads Arts District would announce on a First Friday, May 3, that after two decades, his gallery would close. John O’Brien moved the Dolphin from the Crossroads to the West Bottoms five years ago. But now he says it’s time for something new.
The signature style of the vocal group Octarium is eight singers, blended into one voice. After a decade of performances, this weekend marks the group's farewell concert. Octarium anticipates continuing to perform at least once a year, over the holidays.
The first floor galleries at the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art are filled with glass display cases. Inside: the glittering black ceramics of Navajo artist Christine Nofchissey McHorse. Her abstract works bridge modern sculpture and traditional Southwestern pottery.
This marks Artistic Director William Whitener's final season with the Kansas City Ballet. After 17 years with the company, he's preparing to return to New York. Whitener answered a few questions before the final performances.
To look at the collected paintings of Pierre-Auguste Renoir is to see all possible colors and textures made more rich and tactile by the light. Gilles Bourdos’ evocative Renoir is less a comprehensive biography than a portrait of the man in his golden years (played with astonishing physical accuracy by Michel Bouquet) when his output is hardly dented at all by his physical impairments.
This Sunday, the lawn of The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art will be transformed into the main stage for the larger-than-life puppets of StoneLion's puppet pageant "Mother’s Day for Mother Earth."
William Whitener became Artistic Director of the Kansas City Ballet in 1996. After having staged, taught, acquired, commissioned or created 85 works for the organization and seeing it move into its new rehearsal and performance spaces, Whitener now prepares to leave the Ballet and embark on yet another chapter in his remarkable career.
Over the last decade, it's estimated nearly 30 toy and doll museums closed across the United States. The Toy and Miniature Museum of Kansas City provided an update yesterday on its capital campaign to sustain the museum and its collection.
Sarah Walborn, Arielle Espie, and Jill Marlow hold a pose.
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Yoshiya Sakurai dances alone in the first movement of the world premiere of Karole Armitage's 'Energy Made Visible.'
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Rachel Coats and Jill Marlow dance beneath an abstract trail of paint.
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Performing his own composition, Bobby Watson plays his saxophone in tune with a previously recorded track for Rachel Coats.
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Choreographer Karole Armitage was inspired by the painting of the 20th-century American artist, Jackson Pollock.
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A fragment of dance is reflected in mirrors above.
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Logan Pachciarz and Jill Marlow move together in a fierce harmony.
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Dancers are reflected in the mirrors hanging over the stage.
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Anthony Krutzkamp and Rachel Coats perform a pas de deux.
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Anthony Krutzkamp and Rachel Coats perform in the Kansas City Ballet's final program of the season.
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Bobby Watson layers his saxophone against a previously recorded track.
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Jill Marlow strikes a graceful pose.
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Anthony Krutzkamp and Rachel Coats create an expressive abstraction.
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To the cheers of a small gathered crowd at the dress rehearsal, Bobby Watson stands with the dancers after a dress rehearsal.
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In Margo Sappington's 'Common People,' music from Shatner’s album, 'Has Been' strikes a new tone as Anthony Krutzkamp and Aisling Hill-Connor dance to 'Familiar Love.'
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Minimalist staging and colorful leotards evoke a subtle 'Star Trek' feel.
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Logan Pachciarz is bathed in a blue hue.
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Geoffrey Kropp and Molly Wagner dance to the witty banter of William Shatner.
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Clad in cranberry and amber, the company performs 'Together.'
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Laura Wolfe makes a sassy entrance in 'Ideal Woman.'
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Ryan Jolicoeur-Nye pirouettes alone on stage.
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In "Hey-Hay, Going to Kansas City," Charles Martin, Logan Pachciarz, and Ian Poulis compete for the charms of Molly Wagner.
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The mood takes a seductive turn as Ryan Jolicoeur-Nye and Aisling Hill-Connor dance to 'Taurus Mood.'
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Logan Pachciarz and Nadia Iozzo artfully stumble and flirt in 'King Alcohol.'
