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Browse results: Arts
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Arts in the Renaissance: BransleKentucky students perform the Maltese Bransle (pronounced brahwl), a country dance that was popular in the royal courts of France and England during the Renaissance. The segment was recorded by KET in partnership with the Kentucky Arts Council and Kentucky Shakespeare. Kentucky Shakespeare also provided the costumes worn by the dancers. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
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Arts in the Renaissance: PavaneKentucky students dance the Pavane, a processional dance from the Renaissance. The segment was recorded by KET in partnership with the Kentucky Arts Council and Kentucky Shakespeare. Kentucky Shakespeare also provided the costumes. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
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Arts in the Renaissance: Scene from HamletActor Kevin Hardesty performs the famous “To be, or not to be” soliloquy from Act III, Scene I of the Shakespearean tragedy Hamlet. Hardesty opens the segment with an introduction to the scene. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
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Acting in Vocal PerformanceIn this video adapted from Broadway or Bust, a young singer works with a coach on the Dreamgirls song “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going.” Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
Video |
African/African-American Culture: ManjaniThe Imani Dance and Drum Company of Louisville, Ky., perform the Manjani, a West African dance that celebrates an important event such as the harvest (as in this performance), a wedding, or a naming ceremony. Accessibility features: Caption |
5-12 |
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Choctaw Dances This video, adapted from material provided by the ECHO partners, presents aspects of traditional Mississippi Choctaw activities.
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4-6 |
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Choreographing Large GroupsIn this video from Broadway or Bust, a choreographer works with an ensemble to prepare an opening dance number. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Dealing with RejectionIn this video from the Broadway or Bust website, coaches and young performers share how they cope with rejection. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Dealing with Stage FrightIn this video from the Broadway or Bust website, coaches and students comment on how to manage stage fright. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Exploring Excellence: Kimani GriffinIn this From the Top at Carnegie Hall video segment, 17-year-old guitarist Kimani Griffin of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, plays the third movement Preludio e toccatina from "Aquarelle" by Sérgio Assad. Accessibility features: Caption |
5-12 |
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Found Sound: Joshua JonesIn this From the Top at Carnegie Hall video segment, 16-year-old Joshua Jones plays a breath-taking rendition of Paul Smadbeck's "Rhythm Song" on the marimba. Accessibility features: Caption |
5-12 |
Video |
Gypsy Airs: Anna JiEun LeeIn this From the Top at Carnegie Hall video segment, 12-year-old Anna JiEun Lee plays a dazzling violin piece by Pablo de Sarasate called Zigeunerweisen (Gypsy Airs). Accessibility features: Caption |
5-12 |
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Innovation through Experimentation: Kiyoe WellingtonIn this From the Top at Carnegie Hall video segment, hear a young double bassist from Hawaii play a soulful contemporary piece. Accessibility features: Caption |
5-12 |
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Japanese Culture: Japanese AestheticsShozo Sato provides a brief overview of Japanese aesthetics and explains the major differences between Western and Japanese aesthetics. He talks about the Japanese emphasis on stylization and the function of art and the artist in Japanese society. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Japanese Culture: Kabuki Actor's TechniqueShozo Sato describes Kabuki acting technique and the training that Kabuki performers, traditionally all male, go through in order to learn how to play male, female, young, and old characters. He demonstrates vocal inflections and actual movements—walking, how the head is held, poses—of various Kabuki characters. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Japanese Culture: Kabuki MakeupKabuki master Shozo Sato applies makeup to actor Michael Goldberg as he discusses about how makeup is applied and how colors and lines help suggest character. In Kabuki theater, makeup is used to express a character’s personality. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Japanese Culture: Scene from Macbeth Kabuki-StyleIn the segment Macbeth: Kabuki Style, actors Michael Goldberg and Barbara Robertson perform the scene from Macbeth in which Macbeth and Lady Macbeth plot the murder of Duncan. The text used by the actors in this video was adapted to better suit Kabuki-style performance and only resembles the standard text of Macbeth. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Listening with Your Eyes: Matthew LipmanIn this From the Top at Carnegie Hall video segment, 16-year-old violist Matthew Lipman plays "La Campanella" from the Second Violin Concerto by Niccolo Paganini. Accessibility features: Caption |
5-12 |
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Mad Hot Tango: Caeli Smith In this From the Top at Carnegie Hall video segment, 15-year-old violinist Caeli Smith plays a wonderful movement from Astor Piazzolla's L'histoire du tango, called "Bordel 1900." Accessibility features: Caption |
5-12 |
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Marimba Beat: Jingchen SunIn this From the Top at Carnegie Hall video segment, watch Jingchen Sun, a 17-year-old marimba player from China, as she plays a haunting piece by German composer and percussionist Nebojsa Zivkovic. Accessibility features: Caption |
5-12 |
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