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From YouTube: NTDF Supported Events - May 23, 2016
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A
Hi
I'm
Consuelo
cruise
with
culture
and
creative
services,
bringing
you
information
about
arts
and
cultural
events
that
are
coming
your
way
with
support
of
the
neighborhood
Tourist
Development
Fund.
Today
we
are
at
UMKC's
Conservatory
of
Music
and
Dance,
which
is
the
home
of
Williams
Henry
contemporary
dance
company
and
today,
I'm
with
the
co-founder
artistic
and
executive
director,
mary
pat
henry,
to
talk
about
their
upcoming
performances,
as
well
as
give
us
a
little
sneak
peek
of
what's
happening
at
the
performance
and
to
provide
a
history
of
the
company,
because
it
is
your
25th
anniversary.
B
Lenny
and
I
were
both
artists
in
residence
in
Canada,
I,
didn't
know,
Lenny
and
one
day
after
teaching.
For
a
long
time,
we
were
sitting
down
talking
about
our
philosophy
of
dance
and
what
we
loved
and
we
talked
about
so
many
choreographers
are
not
showcased
anymore,
because
they
only
want
the
hot
new
thing
and
how
important
it
was
and
we
were
laughing,
and
we
said
you
know
we
should
start
a
dance
company.
Sometime
and
I
went
yeah.
B
We
should,
and
I
was
chair
of
dance
then
and
I
brought
Lenny
as
an
artist
in
residence
and
a
group
from
Canada
called
decidedly
jazz
had
to
cancel,
and
so
the
Dean
said.
Oh,
you
have
a
company
and
we
went
oh
yes,
we
do,
and
then
he
said:
okay,
we
went
out
the
door
and
I
said:
Lenny
call
every
dancer,
you
know.
So
we
had
the
cart
and
no
horse.
So
we
immediately
turned
around
called
everybody
that
we
knew
put
together.
B
B
Yes,
we're
going
to
have
pieces
that
are
kind
of
known
as
our
signature
pieces,
the
early
in
middle
years
and
we're
doing
brand
new
works
from
New
choreographers
also,
so
it's
a
beautiful
blend
of
kind
of
different
styles,
different
genres,
different
dynamics
and
energies,
and
sometimes
we
speak
two
very
important
social
issues
that
are
things
that
are
important
to
talk
about.
Other
things
are
just
beautiful
and
lyric,
and
other
ones
are
just
stunningly
athletic
and
you're.
Just
surprised
and
say:
how
do
those
dancers
do
that?
Yes,.
A
And
you're
very
well
known
for
the
athleticism,
the
grace
of
your
dancers
and
for
the
choreographers
that
you
produce
stances.
You
reform!
You
have
such
a
range
of
choreographers
that
you
draw
from
from
josé
limón
too,
so
we'll
assault,
Joella,
zollars
Kansas
City's
own.
Can
you
talk
about
why
you
think
that
is
important
to
have
to
showcase,
because.
B
I
think
you
only
understand
dance
as
long
as
you
understand
the
shoulders
you
stand
on
so
to
not
go
back
and
honor.
The
people
that
created
this
beautiful
art
form
that
we
all
do
as
a
in
respect
and
also
because
so
many
of
the
works
are
still
relevant
and
aren't
dated
and
really
show
how
America
transitioned
all
the
way
through
it's
very
hard
to
just
focus
on
just
what
you're
doing.
B
If
you
go
back
and
look
at
the
greatest
choreographers
to
not
only
inspire
the
dancers
who
are
dancing
but
audiences
to
know
about
these
people
and
why
they're
important
and
also
try
to
do
emerging
choreographers
and
give
them
a
chance,
because
it's
often
hard
as
emerging
choreographer,
to
get
a
company
at
this
level
to
work
on
so
it
we.
That
was
something
we
were
very
proud
of
that
because
people
did
that
for
us,
and
so
we
wanted
to
turn
back
and
give
it
to
other
people.
B
So
we
don't
always
have
to
leave
Kansas
City
to
create
great
art,
a
place
where
we
can
live
and
work
and
create
art
and
also
be
able
at
the
national
level,
not
have
to
go
away
to
either
coast,
because
this
is
a
fertile
ground
with
lot
of
dancers
and
choreographers.
And
so
that's,
what's
always
important.