
Please contact Rona Walstra for more information. Sponsorship levels range from $500 to $10,000. Sponsorship opportunities are available for this gala event with proceeds going toward scholarship funds for the talented students in the Dance Program. Tickets for the gala must be purchased directly from the USC Dance Program by contacting Rona Walstra at 777-1001 or via email at sc.edu. Gala tickets are $150 per person, and include the performance and gala. A silent auction will also be held, raising money to support scholarships for dance majors in the exponentially growing dance program. Gala attendees will eat, drink, dance, and mingle alongside the NYCB principal dancers on the building’s atrium patio. Elaine Shelton, a pianist from the NYC Ballet Orchestra, will be a guest soloist with USC Symphony.Īfter the performance, a gala fundraiser will be hosted across the street from the Koger at the university’s Arnold School of Public Health. Donald Portnoy, the USC Symphony Orchestra will perform live to accompany the neoclassical repertoire. This year, the gala performance will feature NYCB Principal Dancers Sara Mearns (a Columbia native), Megan Fairchild, Tyler Angle, Anthony Huxley, and Gonzalo Garcia.

The Koger Center is located at 1051 Greene Street. To purchase tickets, call the Koger Center box office at 777-5112 or charge by phone at 251-2222. BDazzled is a recreational studio, located in Red Lion, PA. Tickets for the performance are $35 for Orchestra seating, $25- $30 for balcony seating, and $15 for students. We offer dance and fitness classes for ages 3 and up. Under the direction of faculty member Stacey Calvert, a former soloist with the New York City Ballet, these top stars of the professional ballet realm will share the stage with over 30 USC Dance Company members and the USC Symphony to present a worldclass display of dance excellence. For the ninth consecutive year, the University of South Carolina dance program will host principal dancers from the New York City Ballet for its annual Ballet Stars of New York Gala Performance, Friday, April 11, 7 p.m.
