Millennium Stage Online Performance Archive: October 2012

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October 31, 2012 - Watch this Performance

The Philadelphia-based troupe weaves visual antics with eclectic sounds to put a modern twist on the good old days of vaudeville.

Featured Artist(s): This Way to the Egress

October 30, 2012 - Watch this Performance

Guyi-Guyi the crocodile was born by chance into a family of ducks. He considers himself a duck until one day he meets another crocodile and must follow his instincts before realizing who he really is. Part of Kids Euro Festival 2012.

Featured Artist(s): Periferia Teatro

October 28, 2012 - Watch this Performance

The Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center presents performers from the Inuvialuit settlement region of Northwestern Canada in celebration of the 18th Inuit Studies conference.

Featured Artist(s): Paulatuk Moonlight Drummers and Dancers

October 27, 2012 - Watch this Performance

Members of the KCOHO perform Schubert’s Octet in F major.

Featured Artist(s): The Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra

October 26, 2012 - Watch this Performance

ILL-Abilities' mission is to redefine society's view of disability, promote empowerment, and encourage limitless possibilities through motivational entertainment

Featured Artist(s): ILL-Abilities

October 22, 2012 - Watch this Performance

The mezzo-soprano brings her excitingly dramatic voice and striking presence to the stage in a performance combining works from her most recent album Do You Dream in Color with a reading from her upcoming book of the same title, to be released October 23, 2012. Presented in cooperation with VSA.

Featured Artist(s): Laurie Rubin

October 21, 2012 - Watch this Performance

The socially conscious Haitian singer-songwriter and his band play a high-energy mix of jazz, worldbeat, rock, reggae, and Afro-Haitian traditional rhythm known as Ragganga. Part of Center Stage, a pilot program created by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, in partnership with New England Foundation for the Arts.

Featured Artist(s): BélO

October 20, 2012 - Watch this Performance

The acclaimed Israeli indie folk band offers a mainly acoustic performance full of original arrangements and unique audience interaction. Presented in cooperation with the Embassy of Israel.

Featured Artist(s): The Raw Men Empire

October 19, 2012 - Watch this Performance

This magic and clown show features jokes, tricks, poetry, games, ventriloquism, and a bumbling magician’s assistant, Mr. Crobs, who must try his best to replace his boss once he goes missing. Part of Kids Euro Festival 2012.

Featured Artist(s): Maverick le Magicien

October 18, 2012 - Watch this Performance

This humorous and moving performance follows Maria and Giulia, two friends who examine the meaning of friendship as they recall and retell memories of many of the experiences they have had since childhood. Part of Kids Euro Festival 2012.

Featured Artist(s): Theater Patrasket

October 17, 2012 - Watch this Performance

Listen Local First DC presents the D.C.-based band featuring current and former members of local bands Lightfoot (Ron Storhaug), Mittenfields (Brian Moran), The Strange Loop (Joey Harrison), and Loose Lips (Donny Potter), as they serve up songs reminiscent of early Pink Floyd and The Beatles.

Featured Artist(s): Fire and the Wheel

October 16, 2012 - Watch this Performance

The Haitian dance company’s outstanding, vibrant dancers and drummers embody choreography that captures Haiti now—raw and refined, spiritual, powerful, and precarious. Part of Center Stage, a pilot program created by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, in partnership with New England Foundation for the Arts.

Featured Artist(s): Compagnie de Danse Jean-René Delsoin

October 15, 2012 - Watch this Performance

This high-energy performance features zydeco, the fast and furious accordion-driven dance music of the Creole people of South Louisiana. Dance lessons offered at 5 p.m. by Dancing by the Bayou.

Featured Artist(s): Nathan Williams and the Zydeco Cha Chas

October 14, 2012 - Watch this Performance

Tom Paxton, Noel Paul Stookey, Tim O’Brien, and Mark Schatz are presenting a Woody Guthrie Hootenanny Guitar and Sing-Along Jam Session. Bring your guitar, and be prepared to Rise Up Singing with these masters of folk and traditional music.

Featured Artist(s): Noel Paul Stookey