What's possible when the arts belong to everybody | Lear deBessonet with Brian Stokes Mitchell
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4.1 • 11.9K Ratings
🗓️ 22 July 2024
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
With huge, city-wide casts from an array of communities, theater director Lear deBessonet's productions illuminate the unique power of the arts to transform our lives through collective expression. She explores the power of spectacle to inspire awe, connect individuals and heal loneliness with tangible, life-changing results. In a dramatic moment, deBessonet's message comes to life when Broadway star Brian Stokes Mitchell takes the stage for a dazzling performance of "The Impossible Dream (The Quest)," accompanied by pianist Todd Almond, the MEI Screaming Eagles Marching Band and some surprise vocalists.
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| 0:00.0 | Ted Audio Collective. |
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| 0:04.0 | You're listening to Ted Talks daily, |
| 0:11.0 | where we bring you new ideas to spark your curiosity every day. |
| 0:15.1 | I'm your host, Elise Hugh. |
| 0:16.9 | I got to see almost all of the incredible talks at TED 2024, but there was one I missed, and the FOMO is real, y'all. |
| 0:24.8 | I was obsessed with Laird-Dibesinay for four. |
| 0:28.4 | I mean, because I missed it, so if... |
| 0:30.4 | Oh my God, okay, well, thankfully, I think that quantum computing guy is going to invent time travel and then you can go because you really miss something. It was very special. |
| 0:38.5 | Since we haven't quite cracked time travel yet, we're lucky enough to live in the era of video and podcasts so you and |
| 0:45.8 | I can still check out theater director Lear de Bessinette's talk. |
| 0:50.0 | Taking the stage, she made a case for the arts as a force for community and got rave reviews. |
| 0:55.6 | That is what happens when you bring people together, when you gather and you show them that |
| 0:59.6 | they can get outside of themselves and be transformed in a collective experience. |
| 1:05.8 | And you realize like this is the magic. |
| 1:07.8 | Also, you'll want to stick around till the end of this talk for a special surprise from |
| 1:11.2 | Lir and some friends, all coming up after a break. |
| 1:16.8 | And now our TED Talk of the Day. |
| 1:20.2 | Let me tell you, as a little girl growing up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, |
| 1:24.8 | everyday life was full of spectacle. In the months leading up to Mardi Gras, |
| 1:30.3 | people from all over our community knit beads into dresses, |
| 1:35.0 | stirred steaming pots of gumbo, |
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