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Performing artists and arts workers are essential, and more than ever, it's important that the world understand what it's like to work in the performing arts. Hear the bold, untold personal stories on workplace and work culture from behind the scenes.
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Evolution (opens the original)
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What does the future of the performing arts look like? In this final episode of Season 5, four artists and arts workers share stories of evolution — a hip hop musician who found his true calling at the Paralympics, a violinist who left her elite classical bubble to ask who the arts are really for, a conductor who decided to stop waiting for permission and take the helm, and an Ethiopian-American singer whose journey from "We Are The World" to the Grammys shows how music at its best connects us a
Advocacy (opens the original)
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Advocacy takes many forms — a circus performer demanding labor protections, a flamenco dancer who refusing to believe her passion has an expiration date, an arts worker fighting for equal access to the arts, and a playwright with Alzheimer's who keeps taking the stage because he knows theater can change minds in ways policy papers never will. In this episode of ARTS. WORK. LIFE., four artists and arts workers share what it looks like to speak up, push back, and commit to leaving the industry bet
Trust (opens the original)
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Trust is hard to build and easy to break. And in the performing arts, it's everything. In this episode of ARTS. WORK. LIFE., four stories explore what trust really looks like: a second-generation theater owner learning to listen to her community, a singer who had to find her way back to her own artistic voice after being let down, a leader who made a promise to herself about the kind of workplace she'd build, and a choreographer who found an unlikely collaborator on death row. You can watch this
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