Memorial Hall to host Loading Dock Series performance
Mixtapes began as quasi-albums rappers used to exhibit their skill outside the mainstream music industry.
CAROLINA PERFORMING ARTS
Lincoln-inspired work deserves a tip of the hat
Bill T. Jones presented a modern dance inspired byAbraham Lincoln without top hats, big beards or pennies Friday night at Memorial Hall.
From Africa to UNC, choir brings energy
A single, piercing note split the silence to start Sunday night’s show, setting the stage for a high-energy and emotional performance from the Soweto Gospel Choir.The South African choir, composed of about 25 members who sing and dance, performed a program of traditional African songs, Christian spirituals and contemporary pieces.
History in motion
Dance fans and history buffs alike have been eagerly awaiting the UNC premiere of Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company’s “Fondly Do We Hope... Fervently Do We Pray” at 8 p.m.
Gospel choir to perform in memorial hall Sunday
A lively group with colorful costumes, innovative dances and powerful voices will perform at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Memorial Hall.
‘Noche Flamenca’ heats up Memorial Hall
The heat in the full Memorial Hall already started before the show. It perfectly complemented the passion that the dancers of “Noche Flamenca” conveyed in their two-hour show Friday night.All through the performance, the crowd looked astounded and intrigued at the whirling dancers on stage.
Flamenco dance sells out
Flamenco began as a outlet for cultural expression for repressed ethnic and religious groups during the Spanish Inquisition.
‘Pictures Reframed’ combines music, art
UNC will play host today to an event that combines classical music with modern images to create a richly visual and audible story.
Sing, twang, bang
The sounds of wooden bones, mountain dulcimers, steel hammers, banjos and medieval vocals will echo through Memorial Hall tonight.
Concert review: Fleck delights at Memorial Hall
4.5 of 5 stars
Banjoist Béla Fleck back to perform
Three talented musicians in their own right will combine their disparate styles to create a genre-defying musical experience this Sunday.Banjoist Béla Fleck, Indian tabla player Zakir Hussain and double bassist Edgar Meyer will play as part of the Carolina Performing Arts series.
Concert review: Shankar’s sitar captivates
The music of Ravi Shankar breathes with a shifting, pulsing sense of color.And in Shankar’s remarkable concert Tuesday evening in Memorial Hall, the sitar master’s changing musical fancies made for an ethereal, captivating performance of world music.
Rha Goddess' 'Low' takes audience into a mind with manic depression
Rha Goddess brought her audience into the tumultuous mind of a young woman suffering from manic depression with her performance Friday night.The show pushed people to challenge traditional notions of mental health and the definition of sanity.Rha Goddess: Low3.5 of 5 stars
Rha Goddess’ Show speaks on mental health system
Mental illness is considered a delicate topic many prefer not to discuss.But poet, hip-hop artists and social entrepreneur, Rha Goddess, aims to spark dialogue through a new method of performance.
Concert review: Jazzing up Memorial Hall
Memorial Hall is not a jazz club. It’s big, it’s drafty and it seats more than 1,400 people.
Prominent saxophonist jazzes up UNC
As a teenager he played saxophone amongst famous musicians such as Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk in Harlem. Now, Sonny Rollins is one of the last living musicians of the golden age in American jazz.A famous tenor saxophonist, Rollins will play tonight in Memorial Hall as part of the Carolina Performing Arts season.
Carolina Performing Arts begins unorthodox series
This fall Carolina Performing Arts offers a new experimental series that breaks down the formality between artist and audience.
