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Lively Collaboration Mixes Dance and Music

Elizabeth Suh Lane, Jennifer Owen
photos: Charles Stonewall
Elizabeth Suh Lane, Jennifer Owen

Baroque music has been described as expressing order, but always lively and tuneful. The musical period, roughly from 1600 to 1750, includes notable composers like Bach and Vivaldi.

By Laura Spencer

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Kansas City, MO – Many of the works from the era are dance music, or inspired by the court dances of the time. So, it was a natural collaboration for the Bach Aria Soloists and the Owen/Cox Dance Group.

Baroque in Motion, June 6, 2009 at 7:30 pm
Owen/Cox Dance Group Collaboration Concert
White Recital Hall
University of Missouri-Kansas City
4949 Cherry Street
Kansas City, MO

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Laura Spencer is staff writer/editor at the Kansas City Public Library and a former arts reporter at KCUR.
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