We are very excited to announce this collaborative performance with the University of South Carolina's Dance Conservatory and Dance Company. The cast will include students of the USC Conservatory, the Center for Dance Education, and Ann Brodie's Carolina Ballet.
This whimsical anthology, choreographed by Ann Brodie, is perfect for children all ages. Parading Pacederms and glittering goldfish will delight every child!
Performance Schedule:
October 3 - 9:30am, 11:00am
Special School Performances
October 3 - 7:30pm
October 4 - 3:00pm
The Nutcracker
November 25th through 30th
Township Auditorium
Tickets $15.50 (Adult) $10.50 (Student) FREE (Children Six and Under)
Reserve Tickets by calling (803) 783-2222
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 Abigail Mentzer, Keith Mearns, Eriberto Jimenez, and Jose Rivera. 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 Chu, along with a full chorus, will be accompanying each performance.
Tickets for Adults are $15.50 and Students are $10.50. 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) 783-2222 to reserve your tickets.
Performance Schedule:
November 25th – 10:00am
Morning Matinee
November 26th – 10:00am
Morning Matinee
November 28th – 7:00pm Special Evening Preformance
November 29th – 8:00pm
Gala Opening
November 30th – 3:00pm
Sunday Matinee
Tales of Beatrix Potter
February 21
February 22
Omage to Serg Diaghilev
March 20
March 22
Call Columbia Music Festival Association for Ticket Prices and Reservation Information
Diaghilev was born in 1872 into an aristocratic, wealthy family on a country estate in Perm, a province of Russia. Serious conversations about poetry and literature, chamber music, and informal opera soirees were normal family activities. His studies from an early age included music and music theory. At home and at school his role as 'Young Master' was accepted as appropriate. There were those then, and later, who thought he was arrogant, but it was generally recognized that he possessed superior qualities.
On October 19, 1909, the Ballets Russes presented five ballets, four of them choreographed by Fokine, who had already broken with the classical style and dared to invent dance movement appropriate to the ballet's subject. The ladies were not forever dainty, and the male dancers revealed an unprecedented energy and virtuosity. Nijinsky, Pavlova, Tamara Karsavina, Adolph Bolm, Mikhail Mordkin, and Ida Rubenstein were among the dancers. Fokine later wrote about opening night: " … the audience rushed and actually tore off the orchestra rail in the Chatelet Theatre. The success was absolutely unbelievable." Karsavina, in her book of recollections, Theatre Street, wrote "The atmosphere enveloping the Russian season had a subtle, light, gay intoxication. Something akin to a miracle happened every night - the stage and audience trembled in a unison of emotion."
