The Nutcracker

The Capital’s Nutcracker. Columbia’s own, danced by Columbia’s professional ballet company at the Koger Center for the Arts.

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Tickets are $17 to $49, fees included. The show runs about two hours, with one 20-minute intermission.

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This is a new production of The Nutcracker, new from the choreography to the costumes. New choreography throughout by Joseph Phillips, Irene Liu, and Sergei Zolotarev. Artistic Director Joseph Phillips’ Waltz of the Flowers has new costumes that are the yellow of the Carolina jessamine, South Carolina’s state flower. It blooms in the last weeks of winter, and this December, ours bloom too.

Luna Montana is our guest artist. Read about Luna and see which show she dances in.

Full casting soon.

Clara’s Christmas Eve. The battle with the Mouse King. The snow. The Kingdom of Sweets. Tchaikovsky’s score, and Columbia’s professional dancers on the Koger Center stage.

Four performances, December 4 to 6. Pick your show above.