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NYC-Arts Top Five Picks: November 13 – 19
Interesting. Unusual. Uniquely NYC. Highlights of this week’s top events include 5th Annual SoloDuo Virtual Dance Festival, We, the Whole People, Pop-Ups in the Lantern and more. Get the NYC-ARTS Top Five in your inbox every Friday and follow @NYC_ARTS on Instagram or @NYCARTS on Twitter to stay abreast of events as they happen.

Encores! Inside the Revival
New York City Center
Manhattan / Ongoing
Go behind the scenes with this new digital series—”Encores! Inside the Revival.” This five-part mini documentary series takes you inside the next chapter of the beloved Tony-honored Encores! where the unique creative process of productions in development is led by Encores! Artistic Director Lear deBessonet and newly announced Producing Creative Director Clint Ramos. Enjoy live performances and hear one-on-one conversations with the directors and artists invested in bringing these productions to you as soon as it …

We, the Whole People
Composers Concordance
Manhattan / Sat, Nov 14, 2020, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Composers Concordance presents “We, the Whole People” on Saturday, November 14th at 7pm EST for a limited, in-person audience at Michiko Studios in New York City. “We, the Whole People” is inspired by a speech Susan B. Anthony gave after her arrest for casting an illegal vote in the 1872 presidential election. Specifically for this concert, eight composers have written new music influenced, directly or indirectly, by Anthony’s speech, the women’s movement in general, and/or the …

ACO’s 2020-21 Season
American Classical Orchestra
Manhattan / Tue, Nov 17, 2020 – Sat, May 15, 2021
The ACO is pleased to announce plans for their new season. This year has presented many challenges for all of us, but hopefully better times are ahead. For the ACO, this means the opportunity to share new projects and programs with their fans. This season will be a bit different: with a combination of new digital projects providing unique insight into the music, and livestream performances featuring ACO musicians and guest artists. This fall, they’re excited …

Pop-Ups in the Lantern
Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts
Manhattan / Tue, Nov 17, 2020 – Tue, Feb 16, 2021
Miller Theatre’s celebrated (and free) Pop-Up Concerts resume, with a change of venue. Filmed live in the Lantern—a stunning venue part of Columbia University’s Manhattanville campus—Miller invites you to take a virtual front-row seat to performances by world-class musicians. This series brings Columbia to you, showing the breadth of Miller’s programming, while highlighting the iconic beauty of the campus of Columbia University. Concerts in the Live from Columbia series are filmed live and will premiere throughout the 2020-21 …

5th Annual SoloDuo Virtual Dance Festival
WHITE WAVE Young Soon Kim Dance Company
Brooklyn / Fri, Nov 13, 2020 – Sun, Nov 15, 2020
WHITE WAVE presents their “5th Annual SoloDuo Virtual Dance Festival,” featuring 29 dancemakers from New York Metropolitan area, across the U.S.,and from Cuba, Spain, Italy, Hungary, Japan & China! The program celebrates the unique art of creating Solos and Duets, a format often favored by early-stage choreographers, selected by a panel of distinguished presenters and dance artists in NYC, as their company begins to find its path within the Dance world. The line-up this year includes …
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