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The South Carolina Ballet is a ballet company in Columbia, South Carolina.
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The South Carolina Ballet is a ballet company in Columbia, South Carolina.
South Carolina Ballet, formerly The Columbia City Ballet, was founded in 1961 by Ann Brodie, [1] a former dancer with the Radio City Music Hall Ballet. [2] The South Carolina Ballet presents four to five full-length productions and two unique Educational Outreach productions each season.
The South Carolina Ballet tours each year in Savannah, Georgia, Charleston, SC, as well as eight other cities around the region. The South Carolina Ballet has also given tours in Chicago, Charlotte, and around Florida. Serving the community for 63 years with 30 professional American dancers and more than 2000 season members.[ citation needed ]
Columbia is the capital city of the U.S. state of South Carolina. With a population of 136,632 at the 2020 census, it is the second-most populous city in South Carolina. The city serves as the county seat of Richland County, and a portion of the city extends into neighboring Lexington County. It is the center of the Columbia, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had a population of 829,470 in 2020 and is the 7th-most populous urban center in the Deep South and the 72nd-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the nation. The name Columbia is a poetic term used for the United States, derived from the name of Christopher Columbus, who explored for the Spanish Crown. Columbia is often abbreviated as Cola, leading to its nickname as "Soda City".
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