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New performance at the Marigny Opera House allows dancers to tell their own stories

Dancers from the Marigny Opera Ballet's latest show, New Voices: Work's by the company's dancers. From left to right: Elle C. Jones, Lauren Ashlee Messina, Joshua Bell, and Calvin Rowe.
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Dancers from the Marigny Opera Ballet's latest show, New Voices: Work's by the company's dancers. From left to right: Elle C. Jones, Lauren Ashlee Messina, Joshua Bell, and Calvin Rowe.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we take a sonic journey through the last two years of living in the COVID-19 pandemic. We also hear about the latest dance show at the Marigny Opera House and learn about an award-winning period piece set in 1830s New Orleans.

Two years ago, the World Health Organization officially declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Since then, nearly a million people have died in the U.S., including more than 16,800 people in Louisiana. Health reporter for the Gulf States Newsroom Shalina Chatlani takes us through the key moments from her coverage over the past year.

The Marigny Opera Ballet is putting dancers in the choreographers’ chair with the show "New Voices," works by the company’s dancers. Dave Hurlbert, founder and artistic director of the Marigny Opera Ballet, and dancers Joshua P. Bell and Elle C. Jones tell us more about expressing personal narratives through performance.

Inspired by Federic García Lorca's play “The House of Bernarda Alba,” Marcus Gadley’s “The House That Will Not Stand” takes viewers into 1830s New Orleans. We hear more about the ongoing performance at Le Petit Theatre from director Abigail Jean-Baptiste.

Scene from The House That Will Not Stand
Le Petit Theatre
Scene from The House That Will Not Stand

Today’s episode of Louisiana Considered was hosted by Diane Mack. Our managing producer is Alana Schreiber and our digital editor is Katelyn Umholtz. Our engineers are Garrett Pittman, Aubrey Procell, and Thomas Walsh. 

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Alana Schreiber is the managing producer for the live daily news program, Louisiana Considered. She comes to WWNO from KUNC in Northern Colorado, where she worked as a radio producer for the daily news magazine, Colorado Edition. She has previously interned for Minnesota Public Radio in St. Paul and The Documentary Group in New York City.