Discover the tragic beauty of this calssic story of innocent young love......broken hearts.....bitter rivalry and ultimate tragedy in this exquisite one act ballet adapted from William Shakespeare and choreographed for the Carolina Ballet by Eriberto Jimenez. Rounding out the program and building on Carolina Ballet's 2010 season finale celebrating the works of Shakespere will be Hamlet: Lamenations choreographed by Anita Ashley and Orthello: passion revenged choreographed by Roscoe Sales.
The Nutcracker
November 24th through 29th
Koger Center for the Arts
Tickets: $25.00, $20.00,$15.00 (Adults)
$10.00 (Students)
Children six and under are free!
Please note: Koger Center facility charge is added to each ticket.
Reserve Tickets by calling
803-251-2222. Tickets for Wednesday, November 25 call 803-771-6303.
Performing at USC's Koger Center for one season only while THE TOWNSHIP AUDITORIUM, Carolina Ballet's home theater, undergoes a multi-million dollar renovation!
This enchanting seasonal fairytale, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s ballet THE NUTCRACKER, has become a must see holiday tradition with families and audiences year after year. Selected as the BEST in Columbia.
The Nutcracker features dancers, both pre-professional and professional, from all over the region including the Carolina Ballet Senior, Junior and Apprentice Ensembles, as well as, international guest artist Joulia Moisseeva, Serguei Chrytkov, Eriberto Jimenez, and Brian Richardson. Putting together their magic, Mimi Worrell, Artistic Director, and Joulia Moisseeva, Ballet Mistress, as well as Eriberto Jimenez, McCree O’Kelley and other local artistic staff, have staged this ballet with shimmering snowflakes, waltzing flowers and an enchanted nutcracker creating a performance that leaves you believing dreams do come true!
The sounds of the season will come alive, as the Columbia Festival Orchestra under the direction of Eric Qi-yuanChu, along with Greater Columbia Children's Choir and the Greater Concert Choir of Kershaw County, will be accompanying each performance.
Tickets for Friday and Sunday shows: Adults are $25.00, $20.00and $15.00. Students are $10.00. Children six and under are admitted FREE, as guests of The Company, with an adult. Limit two (2) free tickets per adult ticket. Call
803-251-2222
to reserve your tickets. Please note: The Koger Center charges a facility fee to every ticket.Tickets for the Wedesday performance:$10.00 plus $1.00 Koger Center facility fee. Please call 771-6303 for ticket information for Wednesday performance.
Performance Schedule:
November 24th – 10:00am
Morning Matinee- Sold Out
November 25th – 10:00am
Morning Matinee
November 27th – 7:00pm Opening Night
November 29th – 3:00pm
Sunday Matinee
The Nutcracker Performances honor Police, Fire, Sheriff's Department and EMS workers of City of Columbia and Richland County
Le Patineurs
January 30 at 3:00 and 7:30 PM
January 31 at 3:00 PM
CMFA ArtSpace
Tickets
$10 - season members
$15 - general public
Reserve Tickets by calling (803) 771-6304
This enchanting one act ballet, with the whistling, thumping and joyous holiday sounds of Meyerbeers's music, is set at an old-fashioned ice-skating party.
First choreographed in 1937, by Sir Frederick Ashton, this version has been restaged by Artistic Director Mimi Worrell and performed featuring the Junior and Appretice Company members.
A Midsummer Night's Dream
May 29 & 30, 2010
The Township Auditorium
Tickets $20.50 (Adult) $10.50 (Student)
Children six and under free but must have a ticket.
Reserve Tickets by calling (803) 771-6304
Returning to its home stage at the TOWNSHIP AUDITORIUM, Carolina Ballet reprises its award winning production choreographed by Ann Brodie.
This magical romp on the bank "where the wild thyme blows..." sparkles with the adventures of mortal and immortals in their confusion over loviong and being in-love. Dragon flies and fireflies twinkle...lovers reunite...and all ends happliy ever after.....
