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July 2013

Jul 29, 2013
Kelsey Colcord Spitalny
Announcing Center Stage 2014: Tour Planning Begins for U.S. Tours of Artists from Morocco, Pakistan, and Vietnam Lahore, Casablanca, and Agadir, Ho Chi Minh City, Peshawar, and Hanoi. Each has served...
Jul 16, 2013
Kelsey Colcord Spitalny
We are pleased to share our most recent Center Stage publication, Artists from Abroad in American Communities: A Report on Center Stage 2012. This piece recaps the successes of Center Stage's first...

March 2013

Mar 28, 2013
Kelsey Colcord Spitalny
The last (but not least!) of the Center Stage 2012 ensembles to arrive in the U.S. was Jogja Hip Hop Foundation (JHF), a group of DJs and rappers who incorporate Indonesian pop and gemalan music...
Mar 26, 2013
Kelsey Colcord Spitalny
In November 2012, Center Stage welcomed two very funny men to the U.S., Danish Ali and Ali Gul Pir, also known as Very Live. While on tour in the U.S., they were eager to see what made Americans laugh...
Mar 15, 2013
Kelsey Colcord Spitalny
BélO, Haiti's socially conscious groove innovator, came to the U.S. with Center Stage in late October 2012. Although he had performed in the states before, this was BélO's first time to small American...