STREB
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Performing Arts
STREB Extreme Action Company
Choreography by Elizabeth Streb Filmed 2016 at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Footage courtesy of The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, David M. Rubenstein, Chairman, Deborah F. Rutter, President David M. Rubenstein, Chairman, Deborah F. Rutter, President
STREB Action Heroes confront a vertical wall like flies on a glue strip - sticking, sliding, hitting and disappearing in a kaleidoscopic physical occupation.
STREB
07:37
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Performing Arts
STREB Extreme Action Company. Choreography by Elizabeth Streb. Filmed at The Park Avenue Armory in 2011 by Alex Rappoport (editor) with Scott Sinkler, Michael Pruit-Brun, Brian Wang. The STREB Action Heroes leap, dive, flip and fall from a three-story scaffold to create the effect of a human Bellagio Fountain.
STREB
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Performing Arts
STREB Extreme Action Company Choreography
by Elizabeth Streb. Filmed at the STREB Lab for Action Mechanics in 2014 by David P. “Squid” Quinn. A rotating wheel-of-death machine designed for STREB by Noe España allows the Action Heroes to spin, float, flip and fly through space.
STREB
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Performing Arts
Choreography by Elizabeth Streb. Filmed 2016 at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Footage courtesy of The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, David M. Rubenstein, Chairman, Deborah F. Rutter, President. STREB Action Heroes perform pure and sustained airborne action on an Olympic trampoline. Commissioned by Wolf Trap to commemorate the 100-year anniversary of flight in 2003.
Movement Research
04:04
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Performing Arts
Excerpts of a work in progress, 900 Bees Are HummingCreated and performed by K.J. Holmes.
Recorded music by cellist, Juan Ignacio FerrerasK.J.
K.J. Holmes is a dance artist who lives in Brooklyn NY. Juan Ignacio Ferreras is a cellist who lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Movement Research
04:00
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Performing Arts
Choreography & Music by: Jin Young Choi
Performed by Seong Eun Park, Jin Young Choi
Funded by Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture | Seoul Dance Center. The project began with research on common elements of Korean dance and hip-hop dance.
2020 MRX/Korea Artist-in-Residence. In partnership with Seoul Dance Center, Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture.
Movement Research
03:25
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Performing Arts
Director: Erik Thurmond
Collaborators: Aminah Ibrahim, C.J. Jaeger, Claire Molla, David Kaplan, Ella Rose Dawn Wasserman-Smith, Emma Fitzsimmons, Emily Ruiz, Honey Jernquist, Iris McCloughan, Liam Mclaughlin, Mariusz Kujawski, Matin Zad, Melissa Word, Tara Hemmer, Tiago Valente, Tim Craig, Vanessa Walters, and Vyczie Dorado
Studio Visit: Phill Niblock
Roulette
03:09
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Performing Arts
A profile of experimental composer Phill Niblock, who details his personal history with music.
Studio Visit: Brandon Lopez
Roulette
01:52
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Performing Arts
Brandon Lopez is a resident artist and composer noted for his skill on the bass.
Movement Research
04:00
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Performing Arts
Sculptures, Direction, Choreography: Ximena Garnica & Shige Moriya
LEIMAY Ensemble Performers: Krystel Copper, Derek DiMartini, Mario Galeano, Andrea Jones
Movement Research
04:02
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Performing Arts
Choreographer and performer: Ogemdi Ude
In collaboration with: Selah Hampton
Music: "Slow Motion" by Juvenile and Soulja Slim
Brooklyn Ballet
01:14
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Performing Arts
Scenes from the Brooklyn Ballet's performance of The Brooklyn Nutcracker, their annual version of the Tchaikovsky ballet.
Road Trip Part I: Violin Brooklyn
Bang on a Can
07:22
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Performing Arts
The Bang on a Can All-Stars perform an innovative piece of contemporary music.
Nico Muhly: Comfortable Cruising Altitude
Bang on a Can
04:58
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Performing Arts
A performance featuring contemporary classical composer Nico Muhly.
BRIC
02:19
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Performing Arts
Brooklyn Raga Massive is a music collective presenting Indian classical and cross-cultural Raga inspired music, blended with other traditions.
Ballet Tech
02:09
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Performing Arts
Excerpts from Eliot Feld's Quickstep, danced by Ballet Tech students on stage at the Joyce Theater.
Louis Armstrong House Museum
03:58
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Performing Arts
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of an iconic recording, the Louis Armstrong House Museum invited a number of visitors from around the world to sing along with his classic performance.
Urban Arts Partnership
07:52
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Performing Arts
UAP students create a short film about a family failing to make a living in Mexico and facing a tough decision of moving to the United States without their kids.
Urban Arts Partnership
10:00
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Performing Arts
Urban Arts Partnership students create a short film about a man who was affected by a car crash and had a dream that would change his life for the better.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
02:17
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Performing Arts
Choreographed by Troy Powell, dancers perform to Kronos Quartet's "String Quartet No. 5:I," Janos Starker's "Dreaming (Traumerei)" and The Philip Glass Ensemble's "Funeral From Akhnaten."
Paul Taylor's Arden Court
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
03:03
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Performing Arts
Dancers perform to I Solisti Di Zagreb's "No. 5. In D Major: I. Allegro Ma Non Troppo; Allegro Assai," "No. 1. In B Flat Major: II. Moderator E Dolce," "No. 8. In D Minor: II. Largo (Andante)" and I Solisti Di Zagreb and Antonio Janigro's "Symphony No. 3 In C Major: II. Vivace."
The Making of Odetta Part 2
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
05:41
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Performing Arts
Ailey Artistic Director Robert Battle and choreographer Matthew Rushing discuss bringing the ballet about the life of Odetta Holmes into fruition by using musical theater, prison songs, work songs, folk, gospel, jazz, country and blues music.
The Legacy of Inheritance
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
01:23
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Performing Arts
Choreographed by Stefanie Batten Bland, dancers perform to Zoe Keating's "We Insist," Stars of the Lid's "Dopamine Clouds Over Craven Cottage" and Nature Sounds' "Sustained Shimmering Wind."
The Making of Odetta Part 1
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
01:33
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Performing Arts
Choreographer Matthew Rushing talks about the creation of a ballet dedicated to writer-musician and activist Odetta Holmes, known as The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
02:47
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Performing Arts
Choreographed by Katarzyna Skarpetowska and inspired by Polish heritage, Cuore Sott'olio is a tale of a woman who revisits her past three relationships featuring Vinicio Capossela's "Corre Il Soldato."
Magnet Theater
01:15
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Performing Arts
A man gives a tour of his basement, which happens to be the place where he comes up with his unique inventions.
Talking About The Pleasure of the Lesson
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
01:48
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Performing Arts
Ailey Artistic Director Robert Battle discusses choreographer Robert Moses and his innovative, expressive style in his first collaboration with the dance troupe.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
01:46
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Performing Arts
Choreographed by Hans van Manen, Artistic Director Robert Battle discusses the performance comprised of dances that signify hellos and goodbyes in this colorful, geometric piece scored by Henyrk Gorecki.
Behind the Scenes of Suspended Women
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
03:53
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Performing Arts
Choreographer Jacqulyn Buglisi and Artistic Director Robert Battle talk about creating drama behind the characters of Suspended Women, who are archetypes of women throughout history and drawing inspiration from William Blake to Frida Kahlo.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
04:14
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Performing Arts
Choreographed by Alvin Ailey, dancers perform to Jay McShann's "Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You," Donny Hathaway's "A Song For You," Laura Nyro's "Been On a Train," The Voices of East Harlem's "Right On Be Free" and Donald Byrd's "Flight-Time."