Millennium Stage's Greatest Hits
Tulane University and PearsonWidrig DanceTheater's moving dance piece about Hurricane Katrina incorporated narratives of storm victims into a "live documentary."
(By Amitava Sarkar)
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Youssou N'Dour (April 12, 1997). Jamming with his band until the midnight hour after an "African Odyssey" festival concert at the Eisenhower Theater featuring N'Dour and Afro-pop singer Salif Keita.
"War of the Worlds" (Feb. 8, 2000). SITI Company's theatrical adaptation of Orson Welles's legendary radio broadcast of H.G. Wells's sci-fright did not create panic this time around but was simply loads of fun.
Pete Seeger (Nov. 30, 2001). In conjunction with the annual Kennedy Center Honors, the Millennium Stage hosts a tribute to a former honoree. In 2001, it was Pete Seeger, performing with Anthony Seeger (his nephew and former director of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings), grandson Tao Rodriguez-Seeger and Sarah Lee Guthrie (Arlo Guthrie's daughter, Woody Guthrie's granddaughter).
Eldar (Jan. 20, 2002). Kyrgyzstan-born jazz piano prodigy Eldar Djangirov makes his Millennium Stage debut at age 14; that same year he releases his first album.
Norah Jones (Jan. 25, 2002). Just as she's about to release her debut album, "Come Away With Me." You know, the one that won all those Grammys and sold 20 million copies worldwide.
Patti Smith (Jan. 4, 2003). In town for the Future of Music Conference and a sold-out 9:30 club concert, the newest inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame serves up a bracing "unplugged" program of original songs and spoken word.
Juanes (March 24, 2003). The Colombian superstar sets the attendance record for any event at the Kennedy Center when more than 6,000 fans cram into the marble-and-glass building for his Millennium Stage performance as part of the AmericArtes series.
Bobby McFerrin (Feb. 29, 2004). A frequent Kennedy Center visitor as a performer and conductor, leading a non-"Messiah" singalong for 4,000 during the Millennium Stage's seventh anniversary celebration.
Polyphonic Spree on the South Plaza (Oct. 1, 2004). Who can forget the self-styled "choral symphonic pop band," its two dozen members resplendent in multicolored robes that flapped in a gentle Potomac breeze?
Tulane University and PearsonWidrig DanceTheater (May 18, 2006). Performing "Katrina Katrina: Love Letters to New Orleans," a tremendously moving "live documentary" dance piece incorporating narratives and footage of the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
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