And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Before we start tonights first conversation with Judith Jamison. I said earlier im doing dancing with the stars a few years back, quincy jones teased me about my dancing ability or lack there of. And some footage of me dancing. He said if he ever puts it out. I will lose my black card. I think thats rolling around on the internet. Quincy, Judith Jamison said every one of us can dance even me. When we sat down, i began asking her, what is it about dance that makes us feel like we can virtually float out of the theater . You are born moving. No, no, no, no, no, no no, no, no, no we can stop, judith. We cannot all do what i saw them brothers and sisters do. Theyre well trained. Theyre educated here and here. You know . See that right there. That camera. I cant do that. Yes, you can. Yes, you can. We had 6,000 children on the square doing parts of revelations because of our revelations Curriculum Program we do with
2020 has been a year of unprecedented changes. For the performing arts world, the cancellation of live performances has meant a significant loss of income for artists and venue owners around the globe.
For many people within the arts and outside of them, financial strain has been augmented by illness or the threat of it, physical isolation from loved ones, bigotry and systemic injustices that continue to ravage our world, and countless other challenges of living.
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Maybe promise waits in adversity. I definitely wouldn t be turning my scripts into webcomics if the Off-Broadway theater that commissioned them wasn t dark. Yes, several shows were cancelled but this gave me time to create virtual workshops, donations, and support groups that may not have otherwise existed.