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The Silent Art of Marcel Marceau: A Tribute to the Legendary Mime

Marcel Marceau was a French emulate craftsman, who is viewed as one of the best throughout the entire existence of this work of art. He made his own style of emulate, which consolidated a scope of methods, including the utilization of covers, props, and music. His exhibitions were portrayed by their close to home profundity, their humor, and their capacity to impart significant bits of insight without utilizing words. Read more...

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On This Day in New York City History February 10, 1927: Lyric Soprano Mary Violet Leontyne Price is born in Laurel, Mississippi. Heavily influenced by Marion Anderson, Price studied at the Juilliard School of Music and made her debut on Broadway in 1952. Price would take her style of singing to opera houses around the world.

After making her first performance at the San Francisco Opera House in 1957, Price would make her debut at the Metropolitan Opera's performance of Giuseppe Verdi's Il Trovatore on January 21, 1961. The performance was punctuated with a 40 minute ovation. Price made history as the first African American in the Metropolitan Opera to be a leading performer.

Her final operatic performance came in 1985, Price gave her final performance at New when she performed the title role of Verdi’s Aida at Lincoln Center at the age of fifty-seven years old. In all Price has won eighteen Grammy Awards and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1964 among the many awards she has earned.

#LeontynePrice #MaryVioletLeontynePrice #MetropolitanOpera #BlackHistory #BlackStudies #BlackHistoryMatters #AfricanAmericanHistory #AfricanAmericanStudies #WomensHistory #WomensStudies #HERStory #NYHistory #NYCHistory #EntertainmentHistory #MusicHistory #GiuseppeVerdi #Aida #IlTrovatore #History #Historia #Histoire #Geschichte #HistorySisco

(at Metropolitan Opera House)

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[thebearmaiden]

You know it’s #familylove when your #friends drag you out EVEN THOUGH you never go out willingly or see anybody and suck at #keepingintouch, AND you #trust them enough that when they say “I’m taking you to this thing” you know it’s gonna be #dopeAF so you just go. And then one of them ALSO brings you #cupcakes. @mrsoulthemovie is really really good. I’m gonna go search up old clips of #Soul! on YouTube, frfr. And you should, too. #jesiwiththegreenhair #mygirls #MnA4Life #Apollo #blackhistory is #entertainmenthistory is #myhistory #dieniggerdie by #AmiriBaraka on #television lol lol lol lol. (at Apollo Theater) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuK42nFF4u-/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1gqkdpuvm8agn

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There’s a hidden message on Jason Collins’ jersey. The basketball player selected number 98 as an homage to Matthew Shepard, who was murdered in 1998 for being gay. Collins would play most of his professional basketball career without publicly acknowledging he was gay. In 2011, he came out to close friends and family. When he publicly announced he was gay in 2013, Collins was one of the first male major league athletes to do so. In 2014, Collins announced his retirement. Now he now serves as an NBA ambassador and is a gay rights activist. #EntertainmentHistory #SportsHistory #BasketballHistory #Basketball #SmithsonianPride #Pride #Pride2019 #Stonewall50 #JasonCollins #AfricanAmericanHistory #BlackHistory #AmericanHistory #LGBTQ #LGBTQHistory #LGBTQIA http://bit.ly/2YeVFfa

[dfroza]

A fresh unveiling (a pulling back of the curtain) that worked behind-the-scenes to conserve a part of History from a film released way back in ‘39

and i hope by seeing my heart you’ve come to find the place of “Home” in your beautiful mysterious heart (inside, Anew) that is only found in eternal Light and in Love

smithsonian: There's no place like home for the Ruby Slippers, which go back on view tomorrow at our @amhistorymuseum.

The pair from “The Wizard of Oz” will have their own special gallery, complete with a mural by D.C.'s No Kings Collective.

Museum conservators spent about 200 hours cleaning and stabilizing the 80-year-old shoes, individually cleaning every single sequin with a tiny vacuum and gentle brush.

The result: more sparkle. 👠✨ With conservation, thanks to our #KeepThemRuby @kickstarter backers, they’ll be on display for generations to come. #EntertainmentHistory

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On This Day in New York City History February 14, 1946: Tap Dancer, actor, choreographer and singer Gregory Oliver Hines is born in New York City and raised in the Sugar Hill neighborhood of Harlem. He was born into a musical family with his father Maurice Robert Hines being a dancer, musician and actor. Hines the elder put his sons on the path to entertainment. Gregory was dancing as early as the age of 4 and performed with his brother at the legendary Harlem Venue the Apollo at the age of 6. His path through entertainment would be a lifelong endeavor.

Hines starred in such films as History of the World (1981) The Cotton Club (1984) and White Nights with Mikhail Baryshnikov (1985) Running Scared (1986) and Renaissance Man (1994). Hines also starred on TV shows and most importantly on the stage as a renowned tap dancer. He would influence such tap dancers as Savion Glover, Dianne Walker, Ted Levy and Jane Goldberg.

His accolades include Daytime and Primetime Emmy Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Tony Award.

Hines would die of liver cancer at the age of 57.

#GregoryHines #GregoryOliverHines #BlackHistory #BlackStudies #BlackHistoryMatters #AfricanAmericanHistory #AfricanAmericanStudies #DanceHistory #EntertainmentHistory #NewYorkHistory #NYHistory #NYCHistory #History #Historia #Histoire #Geschichte #HistorySisco

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On This Day in New York City History March 21, 1867: Theater director and producer of the famed Broadway shows called the Ziegfield Follies, Florenz Ziegfield Jr. (March 21, 1867 -  July 22, 1932) is born in Chicago, Illinois.

It can be argued that the Great White Way aka Broadway is what it is today because of Ziegfield's shows, that where held on Broadway from 1907 until his death in 1932. Based on the the Folies Bergère of Paris, Ziegfield's shows were a blend of vaudeville and variety shows which led to the creation of such terms as the Ziegfield Girls and led to the rise of many of the famous artists of the 1920s through the 1940s.

Ziegfield passed away due to  complications from long term pneumonia at the age of 65.

#FlorezZiegfield #ZiegfieldFollies #BroadwayHistory #EntertainmentHistory #TheaterHistory #VaudevilleHistory #NewYorkHistory #NYHistory #NYCHistory #History #Historia #Histoire #Geschichte #HistorySisco

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On This Day in New York City History February 15, 1968: Henry Lewis (October 16, 1932 - January 26, 1996) becomes the first African American to conduct at a major orchestra. In October of 1972, he would make his debut at the Metropolitan Opera, conducting Puccini's La Boheme.

Lewis broke though ceilings and created paths for many African Americans to follow. Lewis learned to play piano at the age of five and expanded to the clarinet and string instruments. His career started when he joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the age of 16 as a double-bassist. His talents would take him across the globe.

His obituary from the New York Times dated January 29, 1996 describes him as follows:

"Musically brilliant and a commanding figure with the baton, Mr. Lewis since the 1960's had conducted nearly every major American orchestra -- the Chicago Symphony, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Boston Symphony, the New York Philharmonic -- as well as orchestras and opera companies in Milan, London, Paris, Tokyo, Copenhagen and dozens of other music capitals.

In a 47-year career filled with landmark events, Mr. Lewis, whom some critics likened to Jackie Robinson, became the first black instrumentalist with a major American orchestra as a youth in 1948, the first black to conduct a world-class orchestra, in 1960; the first black to become music director of a major orchestra, in 1968, and the first black to conduct at the Metropolitan Opera, in 1972."

Lewis passed away on January 26, 1996 due to a heart attack at the age of 63.

#HenryLewis #BlackHistory #BlackStudies #BlackHistoryMatters #AfricanAmericanHistory #AfricanAmericanStudies #MusicHistory #OperaticHistory #EntertainmentHistory #NewYorkHistory #NYHistory #NYCHistory #History #Historia #Histoire #Geschichte #HistorySisco

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On This Day in New York City History January 5, 1931: Award winning dancer, director, choreographer and activist Alvin Ailey Jr. (January 5, 1931 - December 1, 1989) was born in Rogers, Texas.

After making his debut on Broadway in 1954, Ailey would found the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater. The dance troupe provided an opportunity for black performers to showcase their talents during the era of Jim Crow. According to the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater website:

"In 1958, he founded Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater to carry out his vision of a company dedicated to enriching the American modern dance heritage and preserving the uniqueness of the African American cultural experience."

The dance troupe's first performance came in March of 1958 at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan. As the group's popularity grew,  Ailey integrated his troupe in 1963. Ailey realized that his keeping of his troupe all black was detrimental to the overall growth of dance. The troupe went on to global acclaim in the decades after their initial humble performance.

Even after its Ailey's death in 1989, the troupe continues to give opportunities to not only black dancers and artists but to a multi-cultural spectrum of performers. The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater operates out of the Joan Weill Center for Dance in Ninth Avenue and 55th Street in Manhattan. 

#AlvinAiley #AlvinAileyAmericanDanceTheater #BlackHistory #BlackStudies #BlackHistoryMatters #AfricanAmericanHistory #AfricanAmericanStudies #DanceHistory #EntertainmentHistory #NewYorkHistory #NYHistory #NYCHistory #History #Historia #Histoire #Geschichte #HistorySisco

(at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater)

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On This Day in New York City History January 22, 1904: Ballet choreographer, co- founder of the New York City Ballet and its artistic director for over 35-years George Balanchine (January 22, 1904 - April 30, 1983) is born in St. Petersburg, Russia.

The New York City ballet was born on October 11, 1948 in a collaboration between Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein. Both were also involved in the establishment of the School of American Ballet on Madison Avenue in 1934.

Balanchine would be the artistic director of the New York City Ballet until 1982. He would pass away on April 30, 1983.

#GeorgeBalanchine #NewYorkCityBallet #DanceHistory #EntertainmentHistory #NewYorkHistory #NYHistory #NYCHistory #History #Historia #Histoire #Geschichte #HistorySisco

(at New York City Ballet)

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On This Day in New York City History January 9, 2006: Broadway muaical "The Phantom of the Opera" based on the 1910 Gaston Leroux novel of the same name becomes the longest running show on Broadway. The musical's home on Broadway is the Majestic Theatre.

The musical by Andrew Lloyd Weber with lyrics by Charles Hart and Richard Stilgoe surpassed the then record of 7,485 performances that was held by "Cats" from 1982 to 2000.

It was announced in September of 2022 that Phantom would be ending its run on Broadway in February of 2023. Ticket sales caused the end to be pushed back to April 2023. Currently the musical sits at close to 13,900 performances.

#PhantomoftheOpera #GastonLeroux #AndrewLloydWeber #CharlesHart #RichardStilgoe #BroadwayHistory #EntertainmentHistory #TheatreHistory #NewYorkHistory #NYHistory #NYCHistory #History #Historia #Histoire #Geschichte #HistorySisco

(at Majestic Theatre, The Phantom Of The Opera)

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On This Day in New York City History January 7, 1955: Famed contralto Marian Anderson (February 27, 1897 - April 8, 1993)  was hired by the Metropolitan Opera to sing the role of the sorceress Ulrica in Giuseppe Verdi's "Un Ballo in Maschera" ("Masked Ball.) In doing so, history was made.

Anderson became the first African-American to perform at the Metropolitan Opera. Her performance was punctuated with applause and shouts of "Anderson! Anderson!" from the audience including many curtain calls after the performance. This wasn't the first time Anderson made history.

In 1939 Anderson was rebuffed from singing at Constitution Hall in Washington D.C. With the help of the Secretary of the Interior, Harold L. Ickes Anderson performed on Easter Sunday April 9, 1939 in front of 75,000 spectators in front of the Lincoln Memorial.

#MarianAnderson #MetropolitanOpera #BlackHistory #BlackStudies #BlackHistoryMatters #AfricanAmericanHistory #AfricanAmericanStudies #WomensHistory #WomensStudies #HERStory #NYHistory #NYCHistory #EntertainmentHistory #MusicHistory #GiuseppeVerdi #UnBalloInMaschera #History #Historia #Histoire #Geschichte #HistorySisco

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[historysisco]

On This Day in History June 25, 2009: Two entertainment icons of the 1970s and 1980s pass away on the same day.

The "King of Pop" Michael Jackson (August 29, 1958 - June 25, 2009) and Farrah Fawcett (February 2, 1947 - June 25, 2009 both pass away in California.

#MichaelJackson #FarrahFawcett #EntertainmentHistory #MusicHistory #TelevisionHistory #WorldHistory #History #Historia #Histoire #Geschichte #HistorySisco

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[historysisco]

On This Day in History June 30, 1859: French circus performer Jean François Gravelet (February 28, 1824 - February 22, 1897) who was known to the masses as “The Great Blondin” became the first man to cross Niagara Falls by walking across a tightrope.

The rope made of hemp measured 1,300 feet long and only two inches in diameter. He did not wear a harness nor did he have a net underneath him.

  #JeanFrançoisGravelet #TheGreatBlondin #FirstPersonToCrossNiagaraFallsOnATightrope #EntertainmentHistory #History #Historia #Histoire #Geschichte #HistorySisco

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Fifinella patches like these were worn by women pilot trainees in what became the WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots). According to British Royal Air Force pilot lore, Fifinella was one of many winged gremlins that played havoc with their airplanes. Roald Dahl popularized the story in 1943 with illustrations provided by Walt Disney, who was given rights to the characters. During World War II, Disney artists created images of Disney characters for unit patches, eventually providing insignia to almost 1,300 units in the U.S. armed forces. Requests were so numerous that the studio had to set up an entire five-person unit devoted to insignia to even come close to meeting the demand. Follow the link in our bio to learn more about Disney's work with the U.S. armed forces during World War II. #AmericanHistory #WorldWar2 #WomensHistory #MilitaryHistory #EntertainmentHistory #Design #Animation #Insignia #WomensHistory https://ift.tt/2HPBYDy

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Wouldn’t you love to be a fly on the wall to hear what J.J. Johnson and Miles Davis are collaborating on here? 🎶 Davis was a trumpet player and bandleader. His legendary album “Kind of Blue” is one of the best-selling jazz record of all time. It captured an amazing moment in jazz history, featuring icons such as John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Bill Evans, and Jimmy Cobb. 🎺 J.J. Johnson was an acclaimed jazz trombonist. While trombonists don't often get the spotlight, Johnson was lauded by the jazz icons of the era. 🎼 These photographs were taken by Francis Wolff in 1953. Wolff was an executive with the Blue Note record label. In addition to focusing on the business’ finances, he took photographs like this one during recording session that were used in publicity materials. 📸 #SmithsonianMusic #MusicMonday #AfricanAmericanHistory #BlackHistory #InspirationalBlackMen #MenOfChange #MusicHistory #EntertainmentHistory #JazzHistory #JazzAppreciation #CulturalHistory #Photography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #FilmPhotography 📷: Francis Wolff Jazz Photoprints, Archives Center https://ift.tt/31MueLa