Randy Mason, KCPT

CJ Janovy, KCUR

Harlan Brownlee wishes he could just erase the state line dividing Missouri and Kansas.

In fact, Brownlee knows how he’d do it. He’s the president of ArtsKC, a non-profit that makes grants and provides other resources to artists throughout the five-county metropolitan region. So, in his vivid imagination, he gets his hands on one of the giant Typewriter Erasers by Shuttlecocks sculptors Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen and rolls it down State Line Road.

Laura Vernaci, KCMetropolis.org

Owen/Cox Dance Group premiered “A Body of Work” this past weekend, which featured a seamless synthesis of dance, music, vocal, and video.

Thursday night, Owen/Cox Dance Group filled the Charlotte Street Foundation’s humble “white” box theater La Esquina with its newest collaboration A Body of Work. Venturing outside the box was Jennifer Owen’s inquisitive choreography, especially in the first half of the piece, as well as Brad Cox’s sound mixing of the electric keyboard, ambient noise, and vocals from soprano Victoria Botero.

Laura Vernaci, KCMetropolis.org

The Performing Arts Series at Johnson County Community College introduced three new collaborations Friday night at Yardley Hall in front of a medial, but excitable crowd.

Three collaborative new works premiered Friday night at Performing Arts Series at Johnson County Community College’s second annual "New Dance Partners." Each of the three pieces, commissioned by the series, combined an up-and-coming national choreographer with an established local company. Considering that the series, led by general manager Emily Behrmann, continues to present some of the best high-class performances in the region, the audience turnout for this special program was underwhelming.