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The USC Dance Company will perform A Time to Dance Nov. 10–11 at the Koger Center for the Arts. The 7:30 p.m. performance is the company’s first program since USC established a BA in dance.
A Time to Dance will feature four works of classical and contemporary dance. Two of the four works were originally choreographed by George Balanchine, considered the foremost contemporary choreographer in the world of ballet.
The program will open with the premiere of "Pandora's Box," a provocative new ballet choreographed by USC associate artistic director Miriam Barbosa. The contemporary work, performed by Serguei Chtyrkov, a member of USC's dance faculty, and Barbosa, will bring together the Greek myth of Epimetheus and Pandora. A giant box reveals dark forces performed by USC dance students Carolyn Bolton, Emily Becknell, Mandy Harring, Haley Hayes, Ben Hankinson, Boyd Stout, and Quinton Green. The final force, hope, is performed by Joulia Moiseeva.
The two Balanchine works are "Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux," performed by Sarah Coats and guest artist Norbert Nirewicz, and "Walpurgisnacht Ballet" from the opera Faust, by Charles Gounod. The “Pas de Deux,” first choreographed in 1960, has become a modern dance classic performed by the Royal Ballet and other ballet companies. The Faust ballet, to be performed by 23 dancers, tells the story of Faust, who offers to sell his soul to the devil in an exchange for youth. The soloists will be Susan Dabney and Kathryn Jensen.
The final work of the concert will be an excerpt from the prologue from the ballet Sleeping Beauty, performed to music by Tchaikovsky with original 19th-century Russian choreography by Marius Petipa. The Lilac Fairy, one of the Godmothers who bestow virtues on the infant princess Aurora, will be performed by Lindsey Shatzer. Joulia Moisseva, formerly with the Kremlin Ballet, will stage the performance.
Tickets are $12 for the general public; $10 for senior citizens and USC faculty and staff; and $8 for students. Tickets are available at the Carolina Coliseum box office or by calling 251-2222.
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Scenes from A Time to Dance
