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Breaking News on “Cabaret” an Evening of Dance and Art

Posted on February 14th, 2010 by Carolyn Miller.
Categories: News and Events.

Classical ballet troupe brings cabaret to town
2/7/2010 12:33 AM
By RACHEL JOHNSON
Staff writer

The USC Aiken Convocation Center will transform into a cabaret-style restaurant for one night.On Thursday, Feb. 25, the Columbia Classical Ballet will deliver an evening called “Cabaret: An Evening of Dance and Art” featuring jazzy performances while attendees dine surrounded by some of the area’s finest artists.

Dances will be performed to jazz, Latin beat, Gershwin, blues, Glenn Miller and more. The Columbia Classical Ballet performs under Artistic Director Radenko Pavlovich, a native of Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, who was coached by Grand Ballet master Rudolph Nureyev.Each year, the Columbia Classical Ballet brings in dancers from around the world, including Japan, Russia, Hungary and Brazil.Aiken resident and artist Carolyn Miller had the opportunity to experience the program in Columbia and shares her thoughts on the event.“The colors, the music, costuming and the dancers were spellbinding and brought the house down with shouts, whistles and stand-up applause over and over and over again. Jazz, interpretive, Cuban, hip-hop, the Cuban beat tango … starts slow and smoky … mauve colors and dusky blues and slow sensual tango dancing … with two couples ending up in a frenzied Latin tango beat with 12 couples. At the end, the whole place was on their feet. Wait until you see what our very own Convocation Center is bringing to Aiken.”

In addition to the dancing, 12 artists from around the CSRA will display their works of varying mediums including watercolor, pastel, ink, oil, acrylic and sculpture. Local artists participating in “Cabaret: An Evening of Dance and Art” event include Miller, Carolyn Bohn, Jennifer Courtennay, Deborah Ferguson, Leslie Hutto, Mike Kleiman, Ron Krenta, Ruth Pearl, Jane Popiel, Carol Sue Roberts, Deborah Tidwell-Holtzschieter and Pamela Wilson.

Ticket prices are $45 for a table seat on the floor that includes heavy hors d’oeuvres and beer and wine starting at 5:30 p.m. and $22 for lower-level seating.

Tickets are $19 in the lower level for groups of 15 or more. Groups can call Katie Wells at (706) 262-4573 to reserve tickets.

Tickets are available at the USC Aiken Convocation Center box office, www.Georgialinatix.com or charge by phone at (866) 722-8877.

For more information, call 643-6901. For more information on the Columbia Classical Ballet, visit www.columbiaclassicalballet.org.

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