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Triad Stage (Greensboro, NC)
Deeply rooted in and devoted to its southern community and cultural heritage, Triad Stage, Piedmont Triad region’s largest professional theater, turned to the Appalachian part of the state for a 2006 presentation.   Read More >

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Genesee-Orleans Regional Arts Council
(Batavia, NY)

Western New York, mostly rural outside the large cities of Buffalo and Rochester, is not the place you would expect to find an Egyptian Sufi performing the famous spinning dance. But when the Genesee-Orleans Regional Arts Council, also known as Go Art!, put on its celebration of community and ethnic dance traditions from New York State -- called On Your Feet! -- that was one of the acts audiences saw performed.   Read More >

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Los Reyes de Albuquerque Foundation
(Albuquerque, NM)

Founded in 1961 by 2003 NEA National Heritage Fellow Roberto Martínez, Los Reyes de Albuquerque is a traditional music group specializing in the Nuevomexicano music of northern New Mexico and southern Colorado. The group has performed several times at the Smithsonian Institution’s Folklife Festival, at the National Hispanic Cultural Center, and as part of the National Council for the Traditional Arts Raices Musicales national tours   Read More >

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Pass It On: A Q&A about Berkeley Symphony
Orchestra's Music Education Program
(Berkeley, California)

Each year, Berkeley Symphony Orchestra works with approximately 4,500 public school students through its Music Education Program. Music Education Director Ming Luke spoke with the NEA about this catalytic partnership between the orchestra and the Berkeley community.   Read More >

   
 

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