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Pedja Mužijević, the celebrated pianist known for his creative and lively performances, returns to Carolina for a performance at CURRENT—the ideal venue for this artist's programs that seek to strip away barriers of time and style between music, creating entirely new experiences. Here, he performs with the UNC Chamber Singers, led by their director Susan... Read More →
This choreographer’s genome, converted to an algorithm, controls the ordering of the 23 dance sections of Autobiography for each performance, resulting in a “tantalizingly personal” new dance work exploring the chapters of human life.
Singer, songwriter, composer, occasional actor, businessman, and politician, N’Dour is the undisputed king of Senegalese music, mixing the country’s traditional mbalax with everything from Cuban rumba to hip-hop, jazz, and soul.
Pianists Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Tamara Stefanovich, renowned for their spectacular virtuosity and piercing intelligence, join forces in this wide-ranging program of modern piano masterpieces.
Dubbed the Jon Stewart of the Arab world, cardiothoracic surgeon Bassem Youssef created the first political satire show in the Middle East, earning millions of viewers every week. Now residing in California, he shares his wry observations on his own story, the current state of American politics, and how propaganda lays the foundation for dictatorial... Read More →
North Carolina’s own Steep Canyon Rangers return with their straight-ahead bluegrass, which devotes its virtuosity to original songs and adds original twists to traditional music with unforgettable country-pop and singer-songwriter sensibilities.
Chapel Hill native and MacArthur “Genius Grant” fellow Michelle Dorrance is back. Her adventurous tap company bends all the rules and nearly warps time in this new work whose name is the very definition of speeding up impulses.
Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and theater critic for The New Yorker Hilton Als comes to Carolina Performing Arts to stage the work-in-progress of his debut play, Lives of the Performers —a provocative work that explores race, the self (and those forces that threaten to destroy it), and sisterhood. Directed by Peter Born and starring Helga Davis... Read More →
Carolina Ballet’s evergreen family favorite, The Nutcracker, returns to Memorial Hall. A near perfect holiday tradition, filled with beloved characters and illusions. A feast for the eyes and ears; bring the whole family!
The tradition continues. Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and an all-star roster of guest vocalists celebrate holiday standards in new and traditional arrangements of Yuletide favorites. The Big Band Holidays concert is perfect for jazz lovers and families alike.
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