Augusta Ballet

Augusta Ballet

  • 1301 Greene St
  • Augusta, Georgia
  • 30901-1031

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From 1994 until 2006, Zanne Colton served as the Artistic Director. Innovative new approaches to choreography, educational outreach, and programming broadened the appeal to a multicultural audience. The Augusta Balleta s choice of subject matter has been wide in scope yet pertinent to todaya s audiences as demonstrated by the acquisition and performance of works by Lar Lubovitch and Merce Cunninghama s. The Augusta Ballet has consistently reached out to other performing organizations with exciting collaborations. Some prime examples include: The Bitter Sweet Saga of Sugar Cane and Sweetie Pie with Wynton Marsalis, Peter and the Wolf with the Augusta Symphony, and The Legend of the Hatfields and McCoys with Grammy nominated bluegrass composer and musician, Sam Bush. Additionally, Augusta Ballet has presented Chuck Davis and the African American Dance Ensemble, Ailey II, Garth Fagan, and Urban Bush Women for the Martin Luther King, Jr. birthday celebration. In the spring of 2006 the Board of Trustees, faced with debt accumulated over an eight year period, determined that the company could no longer support a full complement of dancers, and did not renew any artistic contracts. The Board of Trustees critically reviewed the Companya s mission statement and business model and decided that the business model must be changed. The Augusta Ballet now finds itself in a three-year restructuring period. ...

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