Nutcracker Ballet heralds the holidays
Are you nuts for the Nutcracker Ballet? If so, you know it’s almost time for Clara, the Nutcracker Prince and the Sugar Plum Fairy to take the stage. If you’ve never seen the Nutcracker, consider kicking off a new holiday tradition this year.
Here are all of 2012 Nutcracker performances we can find in South Carolina, organized by Upstate, Midlands, Pee Dee and the Lowcountry. Let us know if we missed one!
UPSTATE
Clemson
Foothills Dance Conservatory
Dec. 8-9, Brooks Center for the Performing Arts
Greenville
Carolina Ballet Theatre
Nov. 30 – Dec. 2, The Peace Center
International Ballet
Dec. 7-9, The Peace Center
Greenville Ballet
Dec. 15, Furman University, McAlister Auditorium
Lancaster
Columbia City Ballet with local dancers
Presented by the Lancaster County Council of the Arts
Nov. 19, Lancaster High School Auditorium
Spartanburg
Ballet Spartanburg
Dec. 7-9, Converse College, Twichell Auditorium
Rock Hill
York County Ballet
Dec. 13 – 16, Winthrop University, Johnson Hall Theater
MIDLANDS
Aiken
Aiken Civic Ballet
Dec. 7-9, USC Aiken, Etherredge Center
Camden
Columbia City Ballet with local dancers
Nov. 30, Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County
Columbia
Carolina Ballet
Nov. 21, 23, 25, Township Auditorium
Columbia Classical Ballet
Nov. 30 – Dec. 2, The Koger Center
Columbia City Ballet
Dec. 8-16, The Koger Center
Manning
Columbia City Ballet with local dancers
Dec. 11, Weldon Auditorium
Orangeburg
Orangeburg Civic Ballet
Dec. 8-9, Martin Luther King, Jr Auditorium at South Carolina State University
Sumter
Columbia City Ballet with local dancers
Dec. 1, Patriot Hall
(tickets: Miss Libby’s School of Dance)
PEE DEE
Florence
S.C. Dance Theatre
Dec. 7-9, Francis Marion University Performing Arts Center
Myrtle Beach
Coastal Youth Ballet Theatre
Dec. 7-9, The Beach Church Auditorium
LOWCOUNTRY
Beaufort
Columbia City Ballet with local dancers
Dec. 18, USC Beaufort Center for the Arts
Charleston
Charleston Ballet Theatre
Dec. 15-16, North Charleston Performing Arts Center
Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker
Dec. 23, North Charleston Performing Arts Center
Hilton Head
Hilton Head Dance Theatre
Nov. 9-17, Hilton Head High School Visual & Performing Arts Center
Mount Pleasant
Mount Pleasant Performing Arts Company
Dec. 8-9, Charleston Southern University, Lightsey Chapel Auditorium
Photos: Columbia City Ballet. Nutcracker Prince by James Quantz; Snow Scene by Burnie Flake.