BY SANDY STAGGS ARTS CRITIC Prohibition, jazz and decadence defined the Roaring Twenties. And no work of American literature encapsulates this decade more than F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby.” Now, Ballet Spartanburg closes its season with the much-anticipated original...
BY SANDY STAGGS ARTS CRITIC For its 51st opener, Ballet Spartanburg stages the first of two back-to-back Tchaikovsky ballets this season, “The Sleeping Beauty,” a delightfully regal and grand affair that Chapman Cultural Center audiences will surely behold. Based entirely...
Join Before July 1st and Receive 2 Free Tickets to any Ballet This Season Ballet Spartanburg, the only resident Professional Company in the Upstate, is offering 2 additional tickets to members who join before July 1. “Our 2017-2018 season is a season...
BY SANDY STAGGS ARTS CRITIC Ballet Spartanburg layers this celebrated expatriate story with divine dance, a jaunty Gershwin score, torch singers and even a can-can, all amongst the lightsome backdrop of the French capital. Artistic Director and choreographer Carlos Agudelo...
BY SANDY STAGGS ARTS CRITIC Ballet Spartanburg celebrated International Women’s Month this weekend with two tantalizing performances of its 9th annual Dansynergy program of original works that integrate dance with other art disciplines. “Celebrating the Power of Women” featured four...
BY SANDY STAGGS DRAMA CRITIC When an American soldier, enchanted by the City of Lights and a beautiful brunette ballerina, decides to pursue a career as an artist, the stage is set, literally, for the epic love story – and...
