Arts

The Kyiv City Ballet began a long-planned European tour on February 23rd, 2022, taking what became one of the last flights out of Ukraine as Russian troops invaded the country the next day. The Kyiv City Ballet now remains on tour indefinitely and is performing in Tennessee. Ivan Kozlov is the ballet’s founder and director and he spoke with WUOT’s Chrissy Keuper.

Aram Demirjian discusses the season opener, featuring music of Mozart, Shaw and Ginastera.

The University of Tennessee’s Clarence Brown Theatre begins a new season with a new artistic director. Ken Martin spoke with WUOT’s Chrissy Keuper about what he envisions for the future of the CBT and the live entertainment industry.

Knoxville Opera’s first opera of the season is called Glory Denied. It’s the story of Colonel Floyd James Thompson, America’s longest-held prisoner of war, who spent nearly nine years in captivity in Vietnam and Laos during the Vietnam War. Dean Anthony is Knoxville Opera’s Producing Director and he spoke with WUOT’s Chrissy Keuper about the opera and its connection with the Congressional Medal of Honor Celebration in Knoxville.

In 2018, playwright and songwriter Candace Corrigan was asked to write a musical about Tennessee’s role in the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, officially guaranteeing the right to vote for women. The musical, A Vote of Her Own, made its debut at Knoxville’s historic Bijou Theatre. Corrigan spoke with WUOT’s Chrissy Keuper about the musical.

Stamatoula Kaousias returns to Flipside to make her case that certain groups that Todd adores, may not be, in some cases, all that adorable.

The Urban Word NYC organization started the National Youth Poet Laureate program in 2016. Earlier this year, the City of Knoxville announced its first Youth Poet Laureate in that program: Melody Dalili is a rising senior at Farragut High School and has been writing poetry since the third grade. Dalili and the City’s current Poet Laureate, Rhea Carmon spoke with WUOT's Chrissy Keuper.

"A Kid Like Jake" opens at the Flying Anvil Theatre on Thursday, June 16th and runs through June 26th. WUOT's Melony Dodson talks with director Doug James.

Taber Gable stopped by with his ensemble to talk about his latest projects and what's ahead. Hear Taber break it down with Kyle Miles, Jonathan Pinson, and Andrew Renfroe.

The Carpetbag Theatre’s second cohort of the Homegrown Ambassadors Youth Theatre Program is about to wrap up its season. WUOT’s Chrissy Keuper spoke with the theatre’s Youth Director Kisha Rockett and high-school senior and Homegrown Ambassador Jasmyne Simpkins about the play the group has written called A Child’s Place. The play questions what a child’s place is when adults tell them that they should be seen and not heard.