Last Friday, the night before the performance of the Louisville Orchestra's "The Greatest: Muhammad Ali," we hung out at the final dress rehearsal, taking behind-the-scenes photos. "The Greatest" was composed by Teddy Abrams, directed by Jubilant Sykes — who also performs — and featured Rhiannon Giddens (founding member of the Grammy-award winning band Carolina Chocolate Drops) and Jecorey "1200" Arthur, among others.
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Behind the Scenes of The Greatest, peering through the percussion section
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Behind the Scenes of The Greatest: The computer rig for all of the prrojections
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Behind the Scenes of The Greatest: various wireless microphones.
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Behind the Scenes of The Greatest: Tuning of a harp.
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Behind the Scenes of The Greatest: Making last minute notes.
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Behind the Scenes of The Greatest: The Orchestra gathers.
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Music stands with sheet music.
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Last minute tuning.
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Narrator Olivia Dawson.
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Jecorey "1200" Arthur as Muhammad Ali.
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Narrator Olivia Dawson and Teddy Abrams
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Vocalist Rhiannon Giddens
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Vocalist Rhiannon Giddens and the Orchestra.
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Jecorey "1200" Arthur as Muhammad Ali.
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Arthur as Muhammad Ali with dancer Brandon Ragland.
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Dancer Brandon Ragland.
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Jecorey "1200" Arthur as Muhammad Ali.
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Vocalist Jubilant Sykes with Orchestra.
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Vocalist Jubilant Sykes.
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Actress Ramona Lindsey.
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Actor Matt Wallace as President John F. Kennedy.
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Robert Thompson portraying Malcolm X.
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The JFK Address.
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An Amiri Baraka speech.
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A Malcolm X speech.
