May 15-18, 2020
KC Ballet On Demand: Umbra
Enjoy select Kansas City Ballet performances from past seasons for limited video performance runs. Watch Myles Thatcher’s Umbra on this page (scroll down) from Friday, May 15 through May 18. Enjoy a pre-performance Belger Footnotes with Devon Carney and Myles Thatcher.
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About Umbra
Humans are excellent storytellers. We write books and poems to be read; songs and screenplays to be performed. We also create stories about ourselves over the span of our lives. Over time, these stories merge together to make the fabric of our identity, and they inevitably shape how we walk through the world. What happens when the narrative we tell ourselves doesn’t match how we are perceived by others? What we don’t allow ourselves to see maybe just the thing that is holding us back. Gaining an honest perspective on our own story can be a long journey, but if we face ourselves wholeheartedly it’s possible we can flourish in ways that we never knew we could.
– Myles Thatcher
CREDITS
Artistic Director
Devon Carney
Executive Director
Jeffrey J. Bentley
Choreography
Myles Thatcher
Music
Marc Mellits, New Music Detroit and Scanner
Costumes
Susan Roemer; S-Curve Apparel Design
Lighting
Burke Brown
Premiere
World premiere commissioned by Carlsen Center at Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, Kansas, New Dance Partners September 20, 2019
Cast
Kaleena Burks
Emily Mistretta
Courtney Nitting
Marisa DeEtte Whiteman
Gavin Abercrombie
Lamin Pereira
James Kirby Rogers
Cameron Thomas
Stage Manager
Victoria Frank
Calling Stage Manager
Elizabeth Wray
Original Filmography
Mike Strong
Producer and Editor
Elizabeth Stehling
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SUPPORT AGMA RELIEF FUND
Kansas City Ballet is an American Guild of Musical Artists Company.
The American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA) is the labor union that represents artists from numerous disciplines that create America’s operatic, dance, and choral heritage.
This production is presented in cooperation with the American Guild of Musical Artists. Donations are gratefully accepted on behalf of the AGMA Relief Fund.
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Now more than ever, Kansas City Ballet is depending on supporters like you.
If you are able, we ask that you consider making a gift to Keep Kansas City Ballet On Its Toes through our 2020 Relief and Recovery Fund. Our goal of $1,000,000 for this fund will help the Ballet manage current obligations and provide resources for the uncertainties that lie ahead.
Your gift will help keep us strong so we can serve you. You can be our hero!
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