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Electronic Field Trip to the Kentucky Center for the Arts
Behind the scenes with the performing arts

Grade Levels:: 6-12
Length:: 60 minutes
Taping Rights:: Unlimited
MARC Record:: Downloadable
Teaching Materials:: See Below

Tour Kentucky’s largest performing arts space and meet some of the artists and technicians who create professional theater and musical events in this KET field trip. The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts, located on the riverfront in Louisville, houses several different theaters and is the home base of several professional arts organizations.

During the field trip, students follow one production—a touring Broadway show—from initial planning to the excitement of opening night. KET’s cameras go behind the curtains to

talk with actors, dancers, and musicians as they prepare to go on stage.
learn about the many and varied career possibilities in the performing arts.
watch as the stage is readied for a large-scale theater production.
learn about innovative ways to make performances accessible to the visually and aurally impaired.

This program first aired on March 23, 1999.

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2007/08 Program Schedule

: A backstage tour of Kentucky's largest performing arts space, the Kentucky Center in Louisville, includes interviews with actors and musicians who have performed there and the technicians who stage the performances. This 1998 KET production follows one production—a touring Broadway show—from initial planning to the excitement of opening night and includes segments on careers in the performing arts, stagecraft, and making the arts accessible to those with disabilities. 57 minutes; Monday, August 6 at 11:00 am on KETED; Tuesday, August 21 at 5:00 am on KETED; Monday, September 3 at 11:00 am on KETED; Monday, September 10 at 2:00 pm on KETED; Wednesday, September 26 at 3:00 pm on KETED; Wednesday, November 21 at 2:00 pm on KETED; Monday, January 7 at 11:00 am on KETED; Monday, January 21 at 7:00 pm on KETED; Monday, February 11 at 2:00 pm on KETED; Wednesday, February 27 at 3:00 pm on KETED; Monday, April 7 at 5:00 am on KETED; Wednesday, April 30 at 5:00 am on KETED

Teaching Materials

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Kentucky Academic Expectations

This program relates to the following Kentucky Academic Expectations.

2.23	Art Form
2.24	Aesthetics
2.36	Career Path

Kentucky schools may tape and retain programs according to the rights listed above. For further information, contact the KET Education Division.

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