Libby Hanssen
Originally from Indiana, Libby Hanssen covers the performing arts in Kansas City. She's written for KCUR, KC Studio, The Kansas City Star, The Pitch, and KCMetropolis. Libby maintains the culture blog Proust Eats A Sandwich and writes poetry and children's books. Along with degrees in trombone performance, she was a Fellow for the NEA Arts Journalism Institute at Columbia University.
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In your average art museum collection, which often displays the female form in various states of undress, less than 10 percent of the work was created...
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American composer Harry Partch lived an unconventional life. A dreamer and a traveler, he devised an original system for making music and built dozens...
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What started as a high school reading group in the 1960s has become a way for Kansas City audiences to enjoy some of America’s greatest plays, read...
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Fifty years ago on Christmas Eve, the astronauts of Apollo 8 — the first humans to leave Earth’s gravity — orbited the moon, photographing its dark side...
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A new concert at the Lyric Opera recalls the Golden Age of radio, when anything was possible. Evolving from the technology of World War I, broadcasts...
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A new combination of ancient song and contemporary dance draws beauty from the hidden history of women. “Morena” is a Spanish word meaning “beautiful...
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A new ballet with an original score isn’t quite as rare an event as a house falling on a witch, but it is an exciting chance to shape a fresh telling of...
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Performing music by women is trickier than it would seem. For centuries, women were discouraged or forbade from composing, their works relegated to...
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Partnering, in dance as in life, requires trust, collaboration and strength. Jokes are important, too. “I’ve learned over the years that you have to...
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No one who lives in the United States today is removed from the coal industry. Composer Julia Wolfe makes that point in the final movement of her 2015...