<br />
January–February 2016<br />
THEATER<br />
A Gentleman’s Guide<br />
to Love & Murder<br />
DANCE<br />
Alvin Ailey<br />
American<br />
Dance<br />
Theater<br />
OPERA<br />
Lost in<br />
the Stars<br />
The Sleeping Beauty<br />
American Ballet Theatre brings the D.C. premiere<br />
of Alexei Ratmansky’s monumental new work.<br />
LETTER fROm THE PREsiDENT<br />
Deborah F. Rutter<br />
Happy New Year! With the fast-paced,<br />
hustle and bustle of the holiday season<br />
behind us, I hope you have time to<br />
both enjoy and immerse yourself in a<br />
new year of arts programming at the<br />
Kennedy Center. Although I enjoy the<br />
holiday season, I also relish the coming<br />
of the New Year, which for me, means<br />
a new year of promise, excitement,<br />
and opportunity.<br />
We are never able to know<br />
exactly what the future holds, and<br />
in this time of dramatic change and<br />
global unease, the arts are a pla<a title="KCNews-JanFeb16 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/030dc26c?page=1"> January–February 2016 THEATER A Gentleman’s G</a>
<a title="KCNews-JanFeb16 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/030dc26c?page=2"> LETTER fROm THE PREsiDENT Deborah F. Rutter Hap</a>
<a title="KCNews-JanFeb16 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/030dc26c?page=3"> The national ballet of Canada The Winter’s Tale J</a>
<a title="KCNews-JanFeb16 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/030dc26c?page=4"> Ballet american ballet Theatre The Sleeping Be</a>
<a title="KCNews-JanFeb16 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/030dc26c?page=5"> Mariinsky Ballet The great Russian ballet company</a>
<a title="KCNews-JanFeb16 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/030dc26c?page=6"> Washington Lost in the Stars National Opera Bass-</a>
<a title="KCNews-JanFeb16 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/030dc26c?page=7"> fEBRUARy 12–20 LoST in The STaRS Following his tu</a>
<a title="KCNews-JanFeb16 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/030dc26c?page=8"> National From Beethoven Symphony Orche</a>
<a title="KCNews-JanFeb16 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/030dc26c?page=9"> JANUARy 14–16 PROKOfiEv’s viOLiN CONCERTO NO. 1, </a>
<a title="KCNews-JanFeb16 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/030dc26c?page=10"> Chamber Sublime Schubert Music T </a>
<a title="KCNews-JanFeb16 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/030dc26c?page=11"> Theater A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder J</a>
<a title="KCNews-JanFeb16 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/030dc26c?page=12"> Dance Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan Feb. </a>
<a title="KCNews-JanFeb16 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/030dc26c?page=13"> Photo by Andrew Eccles Awesome Ailey Alvin Ailey</a>
<a title="KCNews-JanFeb16 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/030dc26c?page=14"> Rene Marie Jazz Bringin</a>
<a title="KCNews-JanFeb16 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/030dc26c?page=15"> JANUARy 27 an eveninG of Jazz STandaRdS WiTh eRiC</a>
<a title="KCNews-JanFeb16 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/030dc26c?page=16"> Young Audiences A new </a>
<a title="KCNews-JanFeb16 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/030dc26c?page=17"> Jam You Majia Jiado Hen</a>
<a title="KCNews-JanFeb16 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/030dc26c?page=18"> The Mellow Tones of the Duke Ellington School of </a>
<a title="KCNews-JanFeb16 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/030dc26c?page=19"> Photo by Sarah Crowder Michael and Noémi Neidorf</a>
<a title="KCNews-JanFeb16 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/030dc26c?page=20"> On Stage perForManCe CalenDar JANUArY–FEBrUArY 20</a>
<a title="KCNews-JanFeb16 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/030dc26c?page=21"> Photo by Natasha razina Bright Star (See January</a>
<a title="KCNews-JanFeb16 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/030dc26c?page=22"> On Stage Photo by Scott Suchman Christoph Esche</a>
<a title="KCNews-JanFeb16 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/030dc26c?page=23"> sUNDAy, JANUARy 24 The National Ballet of Canada </a>
<a title="KCNews-JanFeb16 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/030dc26c?page=24"> </a>
<a title="KCNews-JanFeb16 page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/030dc26c?page=25"> Shear madness (See January 1) 8 p.m. Theater Lab </a>
<a title="KCNews-JanFeb16 page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/030dc26c?page=26"> On Stage fREE sHOWs 365 Days a yea</a>
<a title="KCNews-JanFeb16 page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/030dc26c?page=27"> Washington National Opera Lost in the Stars (See </a>
<a title="KCNews-JanFeb16 page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/030dc26c?page=28"> On Stage Photo by Marco Borggreve 28 Shear mad</a>
<a title="KCNews-JanFeb16 page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/030dc26c?page=29"> By Genre perForManCe CalenDar JANUArY–FEBrUArY 20</a>
<a title="KCNews-JanFeb16 page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/030dc26c?page=30"> Looking Ahead mARCH 1–6 New york City Ballet The </a>
<a title="KCNews-JanFeb16 page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/030dc26c?page=31"> Photo by Lars Gundersen Photo by Paul Kolnik ea</a>
<a title="KCNews-JanFeb16 page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/030dc26c?page=32"> TickeTs on sale February 22! Graphic artist: Mich</a>