What's happening. (Lifestyle: your entree to new and exciting possibilities).Spiced with contemporary jazz and turn-of-the-century Puccini operas, the 2002-2003 season kicks off for three of the nation's largest cultural arts centers this September. * Percussive per·cus·sive adj. Of, relating to, or characterized by percussion. per·cus  sive·ly adv. beats open "The Year of the Drum" at Jazz at Lincoln Center Jazz at Lincoln Center is a constituent company of the Lincoln Center performing arts organization, whose performing arts complex, Frederick P. Rose Hall, is located at 60th Street and Broadway in New York City, slightly south of the main Lincoln Center campus and directly in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , celebrating one of the greatest drummers and band-leaders in jazz history, Art Blakey, who performed with Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Fats Navarro, and others during his multidecade career. Blakey also led the Jazz Messengers for more than 30 years and is credited with keeping the flame of bald hop alive with an ever-evolving lineup. The shrew shrew, common name for the small, insectivorous mammals of the family Soricidae, related to the moles. Shrews include the smallest mammals; the smallest shrews are under 2 in. (5.1 cm) long, excluding the tail, and the largest are about 6 in. (15 cm) long. , titled The Big Beat, will feature the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis playing the jazz icon's legendary tunes along with several new arrangements composed specifically for the show on Sept. 20 and 21. For information.visit www.jazzatlincolncenter.org. * The Washington Ballet will present an eclectic repertoire featuring Trey McIntyre's Blue Until June set to music made famous by blues diva Etta James; Nacho Duato's organic and lush Na Floresta; Allegro Brillante by ballet legend George Balanchine; and a classical pas de deux pas de deux (French; “step for two”) Dance for two performers. A characteristic part of classical ballet, it includes an adagio, or slow dance, by the ballerina and her partner; solo variations by the male dancer and then the ballerina; and a coda, or . The program will run Sept. 5-7 at the Terrace Theater (top photo). For information, visit www.kennedy-center.org. * Tenor Placido Domingo leads in five of the seven showings of Giacomo Puccini's The Girl of the Golden West, a tale about life on the American front. The Italian opus, opening on Sept. 4, is the first presentation for the Los Angeles Opera The Los Angeles Opera is an opera company in Los Angeles, California, United States. The company's home base is the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, part of the Los Angeles Music Center. , which will also unveil its new slate of performances in September, including Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi, which opens on Sept. 8. For more information call 213-9727219 or visit www.losangelesopera.com. |
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