3 years ago • The Kennedy Center

Last day of voting. Support the Washington National Opera's nominee Blue: The Father
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3 years ago • The Kennedy Center

Last day to vote for Mo! 
 https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2021/virtual-remote/general-virtual-remote/arts-culture 

3 years ago • The Kennedy Center

Today on our Digital Stage in observation of  #Juneteenth : incomparable bass talent Soloman Howard performs "Lift Every Voice and Sing"—often called the Black national anthem—with Darin Atwater on piano.

Part of  #BlackCultureMatters , a content series centering Black voices in the arts and affirming that Black lives matter. 

Soloman Howard - "Lift Every Voice and Sing" | The Kennedy Center

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4 years ago • 7,161 views

3 years ago • The Kennedy Center

Today on our Digital Stage: twenty years after they first performed the roles, Broadway stars Audra McDonald and Brian Stokes Mitchell reunited to sing "Wheels of a Dream" from Ragtime.

Presented as part of  #BlackCultureMatters , a content series centering Black voices in the arts and affirming that Black lives matter. 

Audra McDonald and Brian Stokes Mitchell re-unite to sing "Wheels of a Dream" from Ragtime

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5 years ago • 122,928 views

3 years ago • The Kennedy Center

Today on our Digital Stage: The Washington Performing Arts Gospel Choir performs "Glory," Common & John Legend's Grammy-winning theme for Ava DuVernay's 2014 film Selma.

Presented as part of  #BlackCultureMatters , a content series centering Black voices in the arts and affirming that Black lives matter. 

"Glory" from Selma - Washington Performing Arts Gospel Choir | The Kennedy Center

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6 years ago • 8,900 views

3 years ago • The Kennedy Center

Today on our Digital Stage: acclaimed actress, educator, and director Phylicia Rashad joins the National Symphony Orchestra with Music Director Gianandrea Noseda for Copland's Lincoln Portrait.

Presented as part of  #BlackCultureMatters , a content series centering Black voices in the arts and affirming that Black lives matter. 

Copland: Lincoln Portrait - Phylicia Rashad and the National Symphony Orchestra

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6 years ago • 17,585 views

3 years ago • The Kennedy Center

Today on our Digital Stage: legendary singer, actor, and activist Harry Belafonte performs "Try to Remember" and "Michael Row the Boat Ashore" at 1962's "An American Pageant of the Arts," the first fundraiser for what would become the Kennedy Center.

Presented as part of  #BlackCultureMatters , a content series centering Black voices in the arts and affirming that Black lives matter. 

Harry Belafonte performs "Try to Remember" and "Michael Row the Boat Ashore" | The Kennedy Center

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3 years ago • 27,158 views

3 years ago • The Kennedy Center

Today on our Digital Stage: Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter, and activist Mumu Fresh (Maimouna Youssef) offers a personal performance of "Work In Progress" from her 2018  #KenCenHipHop  show.

Presented as part of  #BlackCultureMatters , a content series centering Black voices in the arts and affirming that Black lives matter. 

Mumu Fresh - "Work in Progress" | The Kennedy Center

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5 years ago • 7,782 views

3 years ago • The Kennedy Center

Today on our Digital Stage: originally performed by the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in 1992, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar's Shelter is a passionate statement about the physical and emotional deprivation of homeless people.

Presented as part of  #BlackCultureMatters , a content series centering Black voices in the arts and affirming that Black lives matter. 

"Shelter" by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar - Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

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6 years ago • 5,808 views