Millennium Stage Online Performance Archive: September 2002
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September 30, 2002 -
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Clandestine is a high-energy band that combines highland pipes, acoustic guitar, fiddle, percussion and vocal harmonies, with a diverse repertoire that’s firmly rooted in the Celtic tradition.
Featured Artist(s): Clandestine
September 29, 2002 -
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The Silicon Dance Project is a collaboration between Massachusetts-based Chimaera Physical Theater and The Ankara State Opera’s Modern Dance Turkey. These eight dancers/choreographers present two brashly physical, emotionally potent new works.
Featured Artist(s): Silicon Dance Project
September 27, 2002 -
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Cathy Krier a young pianist from Luxembourg, who has achieved remarkable success at home and abroad, plays a selection of Chopin, Prokofiev and Liszt. Presented in cooperation with the Embassy of Luxembourg.
Featured Artist(s): Cathy Krier
September 26, 2002 -
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Newsome/Sewell/Harris Trio preview their Blues to Africa tour. Part of the Kennedy Center-Department of State Jazz Ambassadors series. KENNEDY CENTER-DEPARTMENT OF STATE JAZZ AMBASSADORS
Featured Artist(s): Newsome, Sewell, Harris Trio
September 25, 2002 -
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Garmarna are inspired by Swedish folk of the medieval period, to produce a mix of ancient and modern music. Layers of strings, guitars, hurdy-gurdy and percussion swirl around traditional vocals.
Featured Artist(s): Garmarna
September 24, 2002 -
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Bob Boguslaw Quartet perform original jazz compositions and standards, with Boguslaw on piano, together with saxophone, bass and drums.
Featured Artist(s): The Robert Boguslaw Quintet
September 23, 2002 -
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The Prism Brass Quintet (trumpets, trombone, French horn and tuba) premiere two specially commissioned pieces with Arabic and West African themes.
Featured Artist(s): The Prism Brass Quintet
September 22, 2002 -
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Lilo Gonzalez & Friends perform original salsa, bolero, kumbia and cha cha compositions. The native El Salvadorean and his six-piece band produce a Latino beat that will have everyone dancing.
Featured Artist(s): Richard Miller
September 21, 2002 -
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Direct from Rio de Janeiro, Rabo de Lagartixa (Tail of the Gecko) is one of the leading bands of the "neo choro" movement, sweeping through Brazil. Part jazz, part Afro-Brazlian, part European, "neo choro" really swings, and this is a rare chance to hear this intriguing new sound.
Featured Artist(s): Rabo de Lagartixa
September 20, 2002 -
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Lenny Robinson’s Organic Trio preview their Caribbean, Central and South American blues tour. Part of the Kennedy Center-Department of State Jazz Ambassadors series. KENNEDY CENTER-DEPARTMENT OF STATE JAZZ AMBASSADORS
Featured Artist(s): Lenny Robinson's Organic Trio
September 19, 2002 -
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Kevin Burke has been described by the Village Voice as “Probably the greatest living Irish fiddler… lyric, fluid and precisely as tricky as he needs to be.” He is the recipient of a 2002 National Heritage Fellowship.
Featured Artist(s): Kevin Burke
September 18, 2002 -
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Feature & Short Filmmakers Showcase - Meet award-winning and first-time filmmakers, and see clips of their films. Presented in partnership with the DC Independent Film Festival. 2002 PRELUDE FESTIVAL: WASHINGTON, DC FILMAKERS AND THEIR FILMS
Featured Artist(s): DC Independent Film Festival
September 17, 2002 -
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Women & Documentary Showcase - Meet award-winning and first-time filmmakers, and see clips of their films. Presented in partnership with the DC Independent Film Festival. 2002 PRELUDE FESTIVAL: WASHINGTON, DC FILMAKERS AND THEIR FILMS
Featured Artist(s): DC Independent Film Festival
September 16, 2002 -
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Black Filmmakers Showcase - Meet award-winning and first-time filmmakers, and see clips of their films. Presented in partnership with the DC Independent Film Festival. 2002 PRELUDE FESTIVAL: WASHINGTON, DC FILMAKERS AND THEIR FILMS
Featured Artist(s): DC Independent Film Festival
September 15, 2002 -
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Tino Bastidas and Susan Reynolds present Piolin, an emotional dance-drama performed to original and classic tango music. 2002 PRELUDE FESTIVAL: LOCAL DANCE COMMISSIONING PROJECT
Featured Artist(s): Susan Reynolds
September 14, 2002 -
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Nejla/NY2 Dance fuses movement with computer-generated imagery in a new solo work, Out on the Inside. 2002 PRELUDE FESTIVAL: LOCAL DANCE COMMISSIONING PROJECT
Featured Artist(s): Nejla Yatkin/NY2 Dance
September 13, 2002 -
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Helanius Wilkins and Edgeworks Dance Theater present Fearless, an urban journey that provokes thoughts and questions about male identity in America. 2002 PRELUDE FESTIVAL: LOCAL DANCE COMMISSIONING PROJECT
Featured Artist(s): Edgeworks Dance Theater
September 12, 2002 -
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Les Yeux Noirs are a Paris-based octet whose music draws on the traditions of Eastern Europe’s gypsies and Jews. Presented in cooperation with the Embassy of France. 2002 PRELUDE FESTIVAL: MUSICAL AMBASSADORS
Featured Artist(s): Les Yeux Noirs
September 11, 2002 -
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Delores Kendrick, Washington, DC’s Poet Laureate, and emerging local poets – Denise ‘Kumani’ Gantt, Colette ‘Phoenix’ Lampkin and Lisa ‘Lady Pcoq’ Pegram – read selections of their work. Accompanied by Kendrick’s musical collaborator, Wall Matthews. 2002 PRELUDE FESTIVAL: POET LAUREATE OF WASHINGTON, DC
Featured Artist(s): Delores Kendrick
September 10, 2002 -
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Stanislavsky Theater Studio presents Chicha the Fox. 2002 PRELUDE FESTIVAL: NEW THEATRICAL WORKS
Featured Artist(s): Stanislavsky Theater Studio's Golden Theater: Pantomime for Youth
September 8, 2002 -
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John Eaton, pianist extraordinaire, performs music from the vast treasure trove of American popular song and jazz – including Porter, Carmichael, Gershwin and Ellington. His work has taken him from DC’s jazz clubs to a July 4th performance for the international diplomatic corps in Havana, Cuba. 2002 PRELUDE FESTIVAL: MUSICAL AMBASSADORS
Featured Artist(s): John Eaton
September 7, 2002 -
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Sandip Burman Trio present a concert of Indian music, featuring Burman’s dazzling tabla playing. Presented in cooperation with the Embassy of India. 2002 PRELUDE FESTIVAL: MUSICAL AMBASSADORS
Featured Artist(s): Sandip Burman Trio
September 6, 2002 -
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Monica Salmaso’s elegant voice is wrapped around a repertoire of traditional and new Brazilian songs. Presented in cooperation with the Embassy of Brazil. 2002 PRELUDE FESTIVAL: MUSICAL AMBASSADORS
Featured Artist(s): Monica Salmaso
September 5, 2002 -
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Bill Heid Trio preview their blues tour to the Far East. Part of the Kennedy Center-Department of State Jazz Ambassadors series. 2002 PRELUDE FESTIVAL: MUSICAL AMBASSADORS:
KENNEDY CENTER DEPARTMENT OF STATE JAZZ AMBASSADORS
Featured Artist(s): Bill Heid-Trio
September 4, 2002 -
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Jorge Saade-Scaff, Ecuador’s most outstanding violinist, plays a repertoire of works by Ibero-American composers. Presented in cooperation with the Embassy of Ecuador. 2002 PRELUDE FESTIVAL: MUSICAL AMBASSADORS
Featured Artist(s): Jorge Saade-Scaff
September 3, 2002 -
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US Air Force Woodwind Quintet play a varied repertoire of musical stylings, including popular, Broadway, patriotic, jazz and folk music. 2002 PRELUDE FESTIVAL: MUSICAL AMBASSADORS
Featured Artist(s): U.S. Air Force Woodwind Quintet
September 2, 2002 -
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Dapper Foxes, Singing Pigs, and Cajun Lullabies
Songs from Sing Down the Moon, Perseus Bayou, and Mississippi
Pinocchio—three award-winning family musicals by Mary Hall Surface
and David Maddox. 2002 PRELUDE FESTIVAL: NEW THEATRICAL WORK
Featured Artist(s): Theater of the First Amendment
September 1, 2002 -
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African Continuum Theatre Company, American University, Metrostage and Signature Theatre present excerpts from new musicals in development. 2002 PRELUDE FESTIVAL: NEW THEATRICAL WORKS
Featured Artist(s): African Continuum Theatre Company


