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The Atlanta Opera has announced that five creative teams have been selected to participate in the second annual 96-Hour Opera Project, a composition competition and showcase that pairs composers and librettists to write ten-minute operas. Bringing their completed works to Atlanta, the teams will workshop and rehearse their productions over four days from June 9–12, with travel, housing, singers, pianists and rehearsal space provided.

Ford's Theatre Society has announced its lineup and directors of new works to receive premiere readings in February 2023 as a “First Look” of the Lincoln Legacy Commissions.

Anita Gonzalez’s profile on The Conversation

Published May 19, 2021 at 10:12 AM EDT Listen • 50:25 / Professor Thomas DeFrantz, Duke University, Department of African and African American Studies; Program in Dance, SLIPPAGE@Duke Humans dance. The purpose varies: invoking the power of the gods, expressing deep or transcendent emotion, connecting socially, resisting the power structure, developing a future identity, but at its root, whatever the reason, exploring the depth and breadth of human creativity is inseparable from the act of dance. In her book, Exuberance, the Passion for Life, Kay Redfield Jami...