Millennium Stage upcoming performances:

Thursday, June 14
Tiny Ninja Theater
Part of Shakespeare in Washington
New York City-based Tiny Ninja Theater, founded in 1999 by company director Dov Weinstein, uses tiny plastic ninjas (found in vending machines throughout the city) and other “assorted dime-store figures” to perform classical theater. On June14, they perform Romeo and Juliet.

Friday, June 15
Violinist Ana Milosavljevic performs a multimedia recital featuring exciting works by living composers written for violin, electronics, and video. Presented in cooperation with the Embassy of Serbia.

Saturday, June 16
The National Conducting Institute
In the concert hall
The National Conducting Institute presents a special performance by the NSO conducted by participants selected as debut conductors: Kayoko Dan, Julian Kuerti, Marcelo Lehninger and Ruth Lin. The program includes works by Beethoven, Franck, Wagner and Dvorák.

Sunday, June 17
Deaf Dog and the Indictments, a guitar-based group of seven musically inclined D.C. judges and a civilian drummer — all dressed in dark suits and shades — rile the crowd with rock and roll, blues and Motown.

Monday, June 18
Cuatro Trio — composed of Jorge Glem, Edward Ramirez and Hector Molina — delight audiences with the rhythm and bright harmonies of Venezuelan folk music on the cuatro, a 4-stringed, small-bodied guitar. Presented in cooperation with the Embassy of Venezuela.

Tuesday, June 19
Plunky & Oneness
The Ska-talites
FROM 6 to 9 p.m. outdoors on the South Plaza
Called by the New York Times “essential to the transformation of ska into reggae,” Jamaica’s own The Ska-talites rocks the South Plaza stage. Richmond-based jazz-funk band Plunky & Oneness is the opening act. Plaza opens at 5:30 p.m. Lawn chairs welcome. In conjunction with the “Conference on the Caribbean” and in cooperation with Metro and CARICOM.

Wednesday, June 20
Cheick Hamala Diabate
UNHCR World Refugee Day
A West African historian in the Griot tradition recognized as one of the world’s masters of the ngoni — a stringed lute and ancestor to the banjo — Cheick Hamala Diabate shares the oral history, music and song of his culture as it was passed on to him from birth by parent to child. He performs with the Manding Cultural Ensemble.

Thursday, June 21
Bertell Knox Group
Led by veteran jazz drummer Bertell Knox, the quartet swings standards.

Friday, June 22
Ahwach Troup
The Berber folk ensemble from Morocco performs ancient ritual music on traditional instruments and sings in their native language. Presented in cooperation with Voluntour Morocco.

Saturday, June 23
Gesel Mason Performance Projects, led by choreographer and performer Gesel Mason, brings technical control and dramatic intensity to its thought-provoking dance works.

Sunday, June 24
Erin McKeown
From pop to all-out rock, electronica to swing, 28-year-old songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Erin McKeown has five studio albums and two EPs to her credit, and has garnered the praise of fans and critics alike.

Monday, June 25
Ensemble Carpe Diem
The Millennium Stage presents Coro Fabrettino, a children’s chorus from Nicaragua, and Ensemble Carpe Diem, a 13-member guitar group from Serbia. In conjunction with the International Child Art Foundation (ICAF) and the 2007 World Children’s Festival.

Tuesday, June 26
Ondrej Havelka and his Melody Makers bring their authentic and stylish interpretation of popular music of the swing era from the 1930s to the early 1940s. This includes tunes from Hollywood musicals as well as Czech and American big-band and swing numbers. In cooperation with the Embassy of the Czech Republic.

Wednesday, June 27
Robin Kauffman
Scott Fore
Buddy Pendleton
Part of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Celebrating the roots of Virginia culture, Scott Fore, the 2007 International Flat-Picking Guitar Champion, is joined by bluegrass fiddle pioneer Buddy Pendleton and his daughter Robin Kauffman, also an accomplished fiddler and vocalist.

Thursday, June 28
Sounds of Yunnan
Part of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Enjoy the music and song of China’s ethnically diverse Yunnan Province.

Friday, June 29
Four Men and a Dog
Part of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Four Men and a Dog offer an eclectic blend of traditional Irish music with a wide spectrum of other genres, including rap, Southern rock, jazz, blues, bluegrass, polka, country swing and salsa.

Saturday, June 30
Low Country Boys
 Part of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival
The Low Country Boys blend Ulster-Scots, Scots, and old-time hillbilly music.

For more information, visit: http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/millennium/ or call 800-444-1324 or 202-467-4600.

Location: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, D.C., 20566