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Curated Video
When Music and Cultural Heritage Combine, You Get the Young Students of INTEMPO
In a sun-filled church in Stamford, Connecticut, a small group of young students sit with their musical instruments. Among them are many instruments you'd expect to see in a classroom—like violins and...
TED Talks
TED: The enchanting music of sign language | Christine Sun Kim
Artist and TED Fellow Christine Sun Kim was born deaf, and she was taught to believe that sound wasn't a part of her life, that it was a hearing person's thing. Through her art, she discovered similarities between American Sign Language...
TED Talks
TED: A one-man musical phenomenon | Jacob Collier
Jacob Collier is a one-man band and force of nature. In a dynamic, colorful performance, he recreates the magical room at his home in London where he produces music, performing three songs in which he sings every part and plays every...
TED Talks
Madame Gandhi and Amber Galloway-Gallego: "Top Knot Turn Up" / "Bad Habits"
"Music is so much more than sound simply traveling through the ear," says sign language interpreter Amber Galloway-Gallego. In a spirited performance, musician and activist Madame Gandhi plays two songs -- "Top Knot Turn Up" and "Bad...
Two Minute Music Theory
The ART of Music Theory
Music theory is often confused as being mostly about identification, but really - it's more about interpretation. Music Theory is an art. And it's an artform that is both valuable and practical for all musicians throughout their...
Curated Video
Is 'Old Town Road' by Lil Nas X real country music? (feat. Blanco Brown)
It’s often been said that music is a universal language. So why was “Old Town Road” by Lil Nas X initially removed from the country Billboard charts? Hallease and Evelyn use this hit record to talk about the business of music and how it...
PBS
Is 'Old Town Road' by Lil Nas X real country music? (feat. Blanco Brown)
It’s often been said that music is a universal language. So why was “Old Town Road” by Lil Nas X initially removed from the country Billboard charts? Hallease and Evelyn use this hit record to talk about the business of music and how it...
Curated Video
Exploring Popular Culture: From Music to Fashion and Art
In this video, Nova takes kids on an exploration of popular culture, including pop art, pop music, and fashion trends throughout different decades. They learn about the influence of popular culture on society and how it evolves. The...
Curated Video
Exploring Pop Art and Culture: Connecting Through Interconnectedness
This video explores the world of pop art and culture, highlighting its importance in connecting people and celebrating everyday objects. It introduces key concepts such as interconnectedness and accessibility, emphasizing that pop art is...
Curated Video
Deaf Choreographer Creates Touching Ballet For Deaf And Hearing Communities Alike
BalletNext's search for innovation led the New York City-based company and its Artistic Director Michele Wiles to a first-of-its-kind production, a ballet called "Follin."
"Follin" is a performance that...
"Follin" is a performance that...
TED Talks
Es Devlin: Mind-blowing stage sculptures that fuse music and technology
It starts with a sketch. Then it evolves into a larger-than-life visual masterpiece, a celebration of human connection. Follow along as legendary artist and designer Es Devlin takes us on a visual tour of her work -- including iconic...
NativLang
What Montezuma's Aztec Sounded Like - and how we know
The Aztecs didn't call him Montezuma. Nor Moctezuma. They didn't call chocolate "chocolate". Heck, they didn't even call themselves Aztec! Though they were an oral culture, we have an idea of what their language really sounded like....
NativLang
Code Meets Language - a short series with CompChomp
We're teaming up to explore the intriguing intersection between computer programming and natural language! Jessica ( asks us: Are computer languages really...
National Theatre
'The Oresteia' (1981): Music and Language
This film was created for our online exhibit on Greek theatre productions at the National Theatre='http://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/exhibit/greek-drama-at-the-national-theatre/gQY_KfFn' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Theatre...
Institute of Art and Ideas
Language and Philosophy
The power of words is a wonder, and language perhaps our greatest skill. Yet the gap between the sound of a bell and its description is huge. Are the limits to language so profound that the big questions of science and philosophy are...
Institute of Art and Ideas
The Word and the World (long form version)
The power of words is a wonder, and language perhaps our greatest skill. Yet the gap between the sound of a bell and its description is huge. Are the limits to language so profound that the big questions of science and philosophy are...