KC Performs
Kansas City PBS is proud to present a new arts series created by award-winning producer Brad Austin, in collaboration with the Kansas City performing arts community. KC Performs brings together a variety of groups and disciplines to perform in some of the most iconic landmarks in Kansas City. Thirty-minute compilations stitch together short pieces of ballet, jazz, opera and drama presented by some of Kansas City’s most talented performers.
KC Performs | Deploying Poetry to Say Their Names
Glenn North’s new poem, “I Sing Their Names,” celebrates Kansas City Black history.
KC Performs | S#arp Women Celebrate ‘Another Hat’
KC Performs presents “Another Hat,” a song from “Overture: The Musical,” created by S#arp Women.
KC Performs | Rachmaninoff Inspires Moving Dance Performance
The Owen/Cox Dance Group and Kansas City Chorale collaborate on “And The Darkness Has Not Overcome It,” backed by an achingly beautiful composition by Sergei Rachmaninoff.
KC Performs | The Poetry of Allen Ginsberg Set to Music and Dance
The Ballet Street Project interprets Allen Ginsberg’s “Wichita Vortex Sutra.”
KC Performs | A Quixotic New Year’s Day Celebration
Quixotic performs as part of “KC Performs,” a new show on Kansas City PBS that lends a broadcast stage to performers whose venues have been darkened by the pandemic.