The Capitol Ballet: 1980s Venues
1980
October
- The Capitol Ballet Company, consisting of 12 dancers, performed at the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater. The repertoire included:
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- Dances of a Personal Nature, Hymn, and Signals for Take-off, all choreographed by Keith Lee.
1981
8th – 9th May
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- The company presented a program at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Springs. The repertoire included:
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- When all Else Fails, choreography by William Scott and set to music by Aretha Franklin.
1987
9th April
- A Gala Salute was held at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall.
More about the Kennedy Center: Concert Hall, Terrace Theater
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (formally known as the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, and commonly referred to as the Kennedy Center) is the United States National Cultural Center, located on the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. It was named in 1964 as a memorial to assassinated President John F. Kennedy. Opened on September 8, 1971, the center hosts many different genres of performance art, such as theater, dance, orchestras, jazz, pop, and folk music.
Authorized by the 1958 National Cultural Center Act of Congress, which requires that its programming be sustained through private funds, the center represents a public-private partnership. Its activities include educational and outreach initiatives, almost entirely funded through ticket sales and gifts from individuals, corporations, and private foundations.
The original building, designed by architect Edward Durell Stone, was constructed by Philadelphia contractor John McShain and is administered as a bureau of the Smithsonian Institution. An earlier design proposal called for a more curvy, spaceship-inspired building, similar to how the Watergate complex appears today. An extension to the Durell Stone Building was designed by Steven Holl and opened in 2019. The center receives annual federal funding to pay for building maintenance and operation.
Concert Hall
The Concert Hall, located at the south end of the Center, seats 2,442 including chorister seats and stage boxes and has a seating arrangement similar to that used in many European halls such as Musikverein in Vienna. The Concert Hall is the largest performance space in the Kennedy Center and is the home of the National Symphony Orchestra. A 1997 renovation brought a high-tech acoustical canopy, accessible locations on every level, and new seating sections (onstage boxes, chorister seats, and parterre seats). The Hadeland crystal chandeliers, given by the Norwegian Crown, were repositioned to provide a clearer view. Canadian organ-builder Casavant Frères constructed and installed a new pipe organ in 2012.
The Terrace Theater, with 513 seats, was constructed on the roof terrace level in the late 1970s as a Bicentennial gift from the people of Japan to the United States. It is used for chamber music, ballet and contemporary dance, and theater.
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John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Wikipedia
More about Montgomery Blair High School
Montgomery Blair High School (MBHS) is a public high school located in Four Corners, Maryland, United States, operated by Montgomery County Public Schools. The school’s total enrollment of 3,200 makes it the largest public high school in Montgomery County, as well as Maryland as a whole.
The school was named after Montgomery Blair, a lawyer who represented Dred Scott in his Supreme Court case, and later served as Postmaster General under President Abraham Lincoln. After opening in 1925 as Takoma Park-Silver Spring High School, the Blair name was adopted in 1935 when the school moved to a location overlooking Sligo Creek at 313 Wayne Avenue. In 1998, the campus moved again two miles (3 km) north to the Kay Tract, a long-vacant site adjacent to the Capital Beltway, and the old building was repurposed to house Silver Spring International Middle School and Sligo Creek Elementary School.
About 20% of the student body is part of one of two magnet programs: the Science, Math, and Computer Science Magnet, and the Communication Arts Program (CAP), which draw students from both the Silver Spring area and across Montgomery County. It is a member of the National Consortium for Specialized Secondary Schools of Mathematics, Science and Technology (NCSSSMST).
Prior to the 2010 U.S. Census the school was within the Silver Spring census-designated place, but as of 2015 it now resides in the newly-designated Four Corners CDP.
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