Dance

Carolina Ballet

Event date: 
Friday, July 13, 2012 - 8:00pm
Location: 
Farthing Auditorium
Admission: 
$25 / $22.25 / $15 / $10

Launched as a professional dance company in 1997 under the direction of Artistic Director/CEO Robert Weiss, Carolina Ballet has become one of America’s premier arts organizations. The company has garnered critical praise from the national and international media, staged 80 world première ballets, and toured in China and Hungary. Formerly the artistic director of the Pennsylvania Ballet and principal dancer at New York City Ballet under the legendary George Balanchine, Weiss programs traditional ballets by legendary masters and new works by contemporary choreographers.

Sponsor: 
An Appalachian Summer Festival
Contact name: 
Farthing Auditorium Box Office
Contact email: 
boxoffice@appstate.edu
Contact telephone: 
(800) 841-ARTS or (828) 262-4046

Film series: Mad Hot Ballroom

Event date: 
Friday, July 22, 2011 - 8:00pm
Location: 
Farthing Auditorium
Admission: 
$10

Pre-film talk at 8pm; film starts at approximately 8:30pm.

Ballroom dancing goes from lame to cool for a group of New York City students in this insightful documentary, which follows a group of 11-year-olds as they learn to dance old-school styles, including the merengue, rumba, tango, foxtrot and swing. Candid interviews capture the kids' initial reluctance at learning ballroom dance and their transformation into serious competitors determined to win a citywide competition.

Rated PG; Directed by Marilyn Agrelo (2005); 105 minutes

Sponsor: 
An Appalachian Summer Festival
Contact name: 
Farthing Auditorium Box Office
Contact email: 
boxoffice@appstate.edu
Contact telephone: 
(800) 841-ARTS or (828) 262-4046
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Film series: Mao's Last Dancer

Event date: 
Thursday, July 7, 2011 - 8:00pm
Location: 
Farthing Auditorium
Admission: 
$10

Pre-film talk at 8pm; film starts at approximately 8:30pm.

11-year-old peasant villager Li Cunxin is chosen by Madame Mao's Beijing Dance Academy to study ballet in far-off Beijing, where he trains for seven grueling years to become one of China's greatest dancers. His efforts win him the opportunity to dance in America, opening his eyes to a new love and the possibility of a dramatic defection from China in this remarkable true story based on Cunxin's autobiography.

Rated PG; Directed by Bruce Beresford (2010); 117 minutes

Sponsor: 
An Appalachian Summer Festival
Contact name: 
Farthing Auditorium Box Office
Contact email: 
boxoffice@appstate.edu
Contact telephone: 
(800) 841-ARTS or (828) 262-4046
Map link: 
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Aspen Santa Fe Ballet

Event date: 
Thursday, July 14, 2011 - 8:00pm
Location: 
Farthing Auditorium
Admission: 
$28 / $24.92 / $16 / $15 / $10

"A twinge of wonderment that might charm the most cynical of New York dance fans... They raise the bar, and then they jump over it." - Jennifer Dunning, The New York Times

Sponsor: 
An Appalachian Summer Festival
Contact name: 
Farthing Auditorium Box Office
Contact email: 
boxoffice@appstate.edu
Contact telephone: 
(800) 841-ARTS or (828) 262-4046