Behind the Scenes of "Black Lucy and the Bard"
Clip: Season 50 Episode 1 | 5m 5sVideo has Closed Captions
Behind the Scenes of "Black Lucy and the Bard."
Go behind the scenes of Nashville Ballet's production of "Black Lucy and the Bard" and hear from the creative team who made it including author and performer Caroline Randall Williams choreographer and director Paul Vasterling and composer Rhiannon Giddens.
Major series funding for GREAT PERFORMANCES is provided by The Joseph & Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, Sue...
Behind the Scenes of "Black Lucy and the Bard"
Clip: Season 50 Episode 1 | 5m 5sVideo has Closed Captions
Go behind the scenes of Nashville Ballet's production of "Black Lucy and the Bard" and hear from the creative team who made it including author and performer Caroline Randall Williams choreographer and director Paul Vasterling and composer Rhiannon Giddens.
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Explore Shakespeare’s love life in this ballet featuring music by Rhiannon Giddens. (30s)
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Caroline Randall Williams introduces a party that Lucy and Shakespeare may have attended. (2m 32s)
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Shakespeare (Owen Thorne) and Lucy (Claudia Monja) meet for the first time. (3m 5s)
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Major series funding for GREAT PERFORMANCES is provided by The Joseph & Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, Sue...