KC Performs

Glenn North recites "I Sing Their Names" as part of KC Performs.

KC Performs | Deploying Poetry to Say Their Names

Glenn North’s new poem, “I Sing Their Names,” celebrates Kansas City Black history.

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A scene from "Overture: The Musical."

KC Performs | S#arp Women Celebrate ‘Another Hat’

KC Performs presents “Another Hat,” a song from “Overture: The Musical,” created by S#arp Women.

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Owen/Cox Dance Group appears on "KC Performs."

KC Performs | Rachmaninoff Inspires Moving Dance Performance

The Owen/Cox Dance Group and Kansas City Chorale collaborate on “And The Darkness Has Not Overcome It,” backed by an achingly beautiful composition by Sergei Rachmaninoff.

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A dancer with Ballet Street Project on "KC Performs."

KC Performs | The Poetry of Allen Ginsberg Set to Music and Dance

The Ballet Street Project interprets Allen Ginsberg’s “Wichita Vortex Sutra.”

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Quixotic performs as part of "KC Performs," a new show on Kansas City PBS.

KC Performs | A Quixotic New Year’s Day Celebration

Quixotic performs as part of “KC Performs,” a new show on Kansas City PBS that lends a broadcast stage to performers whose venues have been darkened by the pandemic.

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Musical Theater Heritage performs "Santa Fe"

KC Performs | Musical Theater Heritage Belts Out ‘Santa Fe’

Musical Theater Heritage performs “Santa Fe” on “KC Performs,” a new show on Kansas City PBS.

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Dancers with the Kansas City Ballet perform "Look Here, Love" as part of "KC Performs."

KC Performs | Kansas City Ballet’s ‘Look Here, Love’

The Kansas City Ballet performs “Look Here, Love,” created in collaboration with choreographer Helen Pickett as part of “KC Performs,” a new show on Kansas City PBS.

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Abigail Stahlschmidt teams up with Ballet Street Project to perform “Christmas Countdown” as part of "KC Performs" on Kansas City PBS.

KC Performs | Abigail Stahlschmidt and Ballet Street Project

Abigail Stahlschmidt teams up with Ballet Street Project to perform “Christmas Countdown” as part of “KC Performs” on Kansas City PBS.

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Watch pianist Anastasia Vorotnaya's moving performance for Park International Center of Music.

KC Performs | A Moving Piece by Pianist Anastasia Vorotnaya

Watch Anastasia Vorotnaya’s moving performance of “Sonata No. 2.” Vorotnaya is one of 30 students at Park International Center of Music.

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Singer Melinda MacDonald performs Stephen Sondheim's "Send In The Clowns."

KC Performs | Creating Performance Spaces Outside

Enjoy Musical Theater Heritage’s production of “Send in the Clowns” from Stephen Sondheim’s “A Little Night Music” performed by Melinda MacDonald.

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