BY SANDY STAGGSARTS CRITIC In the same vein of the company’s longtime “DanSynergy” series, Ballet Spartanburg returns to its collaborative roots in the woman-centric “#collectiveworks,” a program of innovative contemporary dance that literally took a village to mount. Artistic Director...
Chapman Cultural Center, the leading local arts agency in Spartanburg County, awarded 20 arts, science, and humanities organizations and seven local artists a total of $621,200 at a public ceremony on June 12. In the last twenty-three years, through generous...
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...