.
. WELCOME
. WELCOME BACK TO YOUR FOUR TO FIVE.
YOU KNOW PRE PANDEIMC LIVE
STREAMING WAS SORT OF A THING
BUT NOT LIKE IT'S BEEN FOR THE
LAST YEAR.
IT'S BECOME A PART OF OUR LIVES
WHETHER IT'S A ZOOM MEETING OR
LIVE STREAMING EVENTS AND
PERFORMANCES, THAT TYPE OF
THING.
WELL NOW THE THINGS ARE
CHANGING.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO CHANGE
AS WELL.
BUT WITH LIVE STREAMING WILL IT
GO THE WAY I SPOKE WITH UNCG
DEAN OF VISUAL AND PERFORMING
ARTS BRUCE MCCLUNG ABOUT WHAT'S
GOING TO HAPPEN AS UNCG STARTS
THEIR HYBRID EVENTS WITH A LOT
OF PERFORMANCES AND GUESS WHAT?
IT'S ALL FREE FOR US >> NOW.
BRUCE, THANK YOU FOR TAKING
TIME OUT.
THIS IS EVERYBODY'S BEEN DOING
THIS BUT I THINK IT'S
INTERESTING YOU GUYS ARE DOING
NOT ONLY RECORDED AN ON DEMAND
TYPE THINGS BUT YOU'RE DOING IT
LIVE AS WELL.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS WHOLE
PROGRAM AND WHAT PEOPLE CAN
EXPECT PRIOR TO THE PANDEIMC AT
THE COLLEGE OFFICIAL VISUAL AND
PERFORMING ARTS AT UNCG WOULD
TYPICALLY GIVE AAPOR THREE
HUNDRED LIVE ARTS EVENTS A
YEAR.
BUT SINCE THE PANDEIMC WE
PIVOTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER
STREAMED PERFORMANCES THAT ARE
LIVE STREAMED OR THEATRICAL
PRODUCTIONS ARE STREAMING ON
DEMAND.
SO THOSE ARE RECORDED AHEAD OF
TIME AND WE ARE STILL GOING
FACE TO FACE EVENTS.
IT'S INTERESTING WHEN I DO
THESE INTERVIEWS FOR THE LAST
YEAR OR SO TALKING ABOUT
PANDEIMC AND HOW PEOPLE ARE
SHIFTING A LITTLE BIT.
IT'S FUNNY THAT THE VIRTUAL
ASPECT I THINK WILL STICK
AROUND EVEN AFTER THE PANDEIMC
IS OVER.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU
THINK WILL BE HAPPENING WITH
YOU GUYS AS WELL?
IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S ALREADY
HAPPENING.
I THINK SO.
MANY OF OUR PARENTS OF OUR
STUDENTS CANNOT ALWAYS TRAVEL
TO GREENSBRO SO STREAMING ON
DEMAND AND LIVES STREAMING HAS
ENABLED FAMILY MEMBERS FROM ALL
OVER THE COUNTRY AND EVEN ALL
OVER THE WORLD TO SEE RELATIVES
PERFORM HERE AND GREENSBRO.
SO I THINK LIVE STREAMING AND
STREAMING ON DEMAND WILL
SURVIVE AFTER THE PANDEIMC IS
OVER.
GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHAT WE WILL
SEE WHAT TYPE OF PERFORMANCES
WE HAVE OVER THE NEXT YEAR OR
SO.
THERE IS SPARTAN NEW MUSICALS
THIS WEEKEND FROM OUR NASCENT
MUSICAL THEATER PROGRAM.
WE ALSO HAVE LINED UP THOUSANDS
GREENSBRO PROJECT SPACE WHICH
IS THE SCHOOL OF ARTS DOWNTOWN
GALLERY ONE 11 FEBRUARY ONE
PLACE CURRENTLY OUR MFA
STUDENTS IN ART ARE DOING THEIR
EXHIBITS THIS WEEKEND WE ALSO
HAVE SPRING DANCE WHICH WILL BE
STREAMING ON THE SCHOOL OF
DANCE HIS YOUTUBE CHANNEL.
IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU GUYS RUN THE
GAMUT HERE.
GREAT WORK.
WE LOVE THIS.
CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE ARTS BY
OUR OWN COLLEGE HERE AT UNCG IS
IT?
IT IS INTERESTING.
IT MAKES US ALL THINK ABOUT
LIVE STREAMING AND AND
EVERYBODY THAT I TALKED TO
ABOUT THIS AS THEY DON'T THINK
THE VIRTUAL ELEMENT WILL REALLY
EVER GO AWAY COMPLETELY.
IT'S KIND OF NOW THE WHOLE TERM
HYBRID EVENT IS GOING TO BE A
THING FOR YEARS AND MAYBE
FOREVER.
SO A LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU
WOULD PAY FOR IN PERSON YOU MAY
ALSO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR A
REDUCED AMOUNT TO WATCH IT
ANYWHERE YOU WANT TO.
THAT'S NOT A NEW THING BUT I
THINK THE HYBRID IN PERSON AND
ONLINE IS GOING TO BE THE
STANDARD.
WELL, WE'VE GOTTEN SO GOOD AT
IT AND WE'VE GOTTEN SO USED TO
IT.
I THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO KEEP
IT AROUND A LITTLE BIT LONGER
AND I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE THAT
LOCAL PERFORMANCES ARE GOING TO
BE COMING BACK AND THAT WE'LL
BE ABLE TO WATCH THEM.
I CERTAINLY HAVE MISSED
THEATER.
I'VE MISSED BALLETS, I'VE
MISSED A LIVE BAND
PERFORMANCES.
SO THIS IS THIS IS GOOD.
I'M GLAD THEY'RE DOING THIS
BECAUSE IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT
IN A WAY IF YOU HAVE FAMILY
MEMBERS IN OTHER STATES THEY'LL
BE ABLE TO TUNE IN TO SO WITH
KEEPING THINGS VIRTUAL YOU'LL
DEFINITELY BE ABLE TO REACH THE
MASSES.
AND I THINK THE MOST
INTERESTING PART THAT I LEARNED
FROM THIS PIECE WAS THAT UNCG
OFFERS THIRTY THREE HUNDRED ON
AVERAGE FREE ART PERFORMANCES.
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT BUT I'VE GOT
TO START TAPPING IN.
GOT IT.
I GOT TO GET MORE IN TUNE WITH
THE ARTSY SIDE >> AND WE ALL
KNOW IT IS DIFFERENT TO PERFORM
TO A CAMERA THAN IT IS TO
PERFORM IN FRONT OF