Charlie Parker, also known as Bird, is a legendary jazz musician who has influenced many of today's genres and helped develop the style known as bebop. Bebop is a sub-genre of jazz that is recognized as being difficult to dance to, but Bird said he didn't care if people danced to his music, because he was an artist. This episode of the PBS Digital Studios series, Sound Field, explores the origins of Bird’s legendary influence.
With Covid-19 forcing the doors of the Kansas City Ballet closed, the broadcast series New Moves allowed dancers and choreographers to share new work in one of a kind spaces in Kansas City. We were invited to direct a choreographed performance by Price Suddarth amongst the poppy field of the iconic World War One museum.
The Block is a limited run series on Kansas City PBS that features 4 restaurants that share a block in a unique neighborhood of Kansas City. This episode focused on the West 39th Street corridor and this excerpt features the vegan coffee and bake goods store, Mud Pie.