Silk Road Dance Ensemble

Date: April 30, 2008 (Wednesday)
Time: 12:00 P.M.
Place: Harman Center for the Arts at the Shakespeare Theatre
Tickets: free to the public

The Silk Road Dance Company returns to complement the Shakespeare Theatre's production of Anthony and Cleopatra with excerpts from their Ancient Egyptian concert work Egypta: Myth, Magic, and Mystery presented in The Forum at Sidney Harman Hall.

Video:
Kennedy Center (September 14-15, 2003)
YouTube

Addendum: Boxed lunches are also available upon request for $10 each

Kennedy Center: Merasi

Date: April 29, 2008 (Tuesday)
Time: 6:00 P.M.
Place: Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center
Tickets: free and open to the public

Dance Trouple Merasi comes to the Millennium Stage on their Hearts With Hope 2 Tour with invigorating mosaic of sacred Hindu, Sufi, and traditional folk music.

Presenters: Arts Rajasthan and Lok Kala Sagar Sansthan

Kennedy Center: Jerome Sabbagh Quartet

Date: April 14, 2008 (Monday)
Time: 6:00 P.M.
Place: Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center
Tickets: free and open to the public

The Jerome Sabbagh Quartet, led by their Parisian-turned-New Yorker saxophonist, plays modern, organic music that appeals to listeners beyond the traditional jazz audience, as heard on its debut Fresh Sound release, North

Audio:
Hamra (song)
MySpace

Thanks: Embassy of France

Kennedy Center: Kite on the Wind

Date: April 12, 2008 (Saturday)
Time: 1:30 P.M., 4:30 P.M., 7:30 P.M. (1 hour each)
Place: Family Theater at the Kennedy Center
Tickets: $18 general, available online
(details)

Kennedy Center: Kite on the Wind

Date: April 11, 2008 (Friday)
Time: 7:30 P.M. (1 hour each)
Place: Family Theater at the Kennedy Center
Tickets: $18 general, available online
(details)

Kuwait's Kuwait's Sulayman Al-Bassam & Co. in Kennedy Center's Arabesque

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts' upcoming 2009 festival, "Arabesque: Arts of the Arab World," will include a production of Richard III: An Arab Tragedy, directed by Kuwait's Sulayman Al-Bassam and performed by his company--orginally commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company...

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Freer Gallery of Art: Continuum plays Music from Mongolia and Central Asia

Date: April 10, 2008 (Thursday)
Time: 7:30 P.M.
Place: Meyer Auditorium at the Freer Gallery of Art
Tickets: free but must have ticket, available online

Acclaimed new-music ensemble Continuum, directed by Joel Sachs and Cheryl Seltzer, presents their chamber music discoveries from the lands of Genghis Khan and Tamerlane - rarely heard works by Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky (Uzbekistan), Sansar Sangidorj (Mongolia), and Zarina Mirshakar, Farangis Nurulla-Khoja, and Benjamin Yusupov (Tajikistan). Continuum’s worldwide tours have included four visits to Uzbekistan and five appearances at the annual Roaring Hooves Festival in Mongolia's Gobi Desert. "Simply put," says the New York Times, "no musical organization in New York produces more intellectually enticing or more viscerally satisfying programs than Continuum."

Thanks: Elizabeth E. Meyer, Melissa and E. Bradley Meyer, the New York Community Trust—The Island Fund, Victor and Takako Hauge, and numerous additional donors.

Kennedy Center: Kite on the Wind

Date: April 6, 2008 (Sunday)
Time: 1:30 P.M. and 4:00 P.M. (1 hour each)
Place: Family Theater at the Kennedy Center
Tickets: $18 general, available online
(details)

DIRT at Black Rock Center

Date: April 5, 2008 (Saturday)
Time: 8:00 P.M.
Place: Black Rock Center For The Arts (Germantown, MD)
Tickets: $22 general, student $7 (one ticket per ID), call (800) 551-7328 or online with TicketMaster

Washington Theatre Group presents DIRT written by Robert Schneider (translated from German into English by Dr. Paul Dvorak).

Directed by Dr. David Levin, this play about prejudice and anti-foreign sentiment stars Shahin Shakibi.

Roksonaki's Nauryz Gala at Carnegie

Date: April 5, 2008 (Saturday)
Time: 4:00 P.M.
Place: Carnegie Institute
Tickets: $30, available online with brownpapertickets.com

Roksonaki helps usher in Nauryz with a gala event at the Carnegie Institution that runs 4:00-11:00 P.M. and includes a feast, games, and other performances.

Tour: Nauryz with Roksonaki

Audio: MySpace

Kennedy Center: Kite on the Wind

Date: April 5, 2008 (Saturday)
Time: 4:00 P.M. and 7:30 P.M. (1 hour each)
Place: Family Theater at the Kennedy Center
Tickets: $18 general, available online
(details)

Kennedy Center: Kite on the Wind: A Tale of Pakistan

Date: April 4, 2008 (Friday)
Time: 7:30 P.M. (1 hour)
Place: Family Theater at the Kennedy Center
Tickets: $18 general, available online

Young Shahab is a constant daydreamer in Lahore, Pakistan's bustling "City of Gardens" and home to the springtime Basant celebration. He's even ignoring the upcoming kite-flying contest--since his grandfather was a great champion in the festival, he is reluctant to follow in those giant footsteps. But when Shahab meets some friendly characters from Pakistani folklore in his daydreams, they help him connect with his heritage as he and his father fly a beautiful kite higher than the tallest mosque. Don't miss this unique collaboration with the Pakistani National Council on the Arts, an inspiring depiction of growing up in a metropolis bursting with rich tradition. For ages 9 and up.

Series: Kennedy Center Performances for Young Audiences Series

Tickets: $18.00