COLUMBIA REPERTORY DANCE COMPANY RETURNS TO THE KOGER CENTER BLACK BOX AUGUST 16TH AND 17TH

August 16th  at 7:30pm and August 17th at 3pm

in the

Koger Center Black Box Theater 

Ticket price: $35

Cola Rep Dance Co returns to the Koger Center Black Box Theater, bringing professional dancers and choreographers together to explore the journey of becoming our better selves through times of transition. Artistic Director and Resident Choreographer Stephanie Wilkins is joined by creatives Christopher Aldeguer, Angela Gallo, Amanda Ling, and Olivia Waldrop as they guide the audience through an evening of dance aimed at finding what we are made of.

The organization continues their partnership with Lauren Sherr of Sherr Productions for lighting design and will once again transform the downstairs space of the Koger Center for the Arts into a venue for dance.

The program features nine works from six choreographers performed by a company of eleven dancers and apprentices. One new work, choreographed by Amanda Ling, exists as a second part to the “Fire in the Belly” dance film produced in 2024 with the Power Company Collaborative, and features a sound score that is an original composition made in collaboration with Chris Johnson. The creation of the sound was funded in part by a grant from the SC Arts Commission who receives funding from the NEA.

Wilkins’s work “The Only Way is Through” will be featured in ArtsUp SC’s inaugural Storyline Series Prologue Performance: New Chapters on August 22nd in Greenville, SC and “The In-Between Place,” which premiered at this year’s Live on Lincoln  event, was performed by the company as part of the Piccolo Spoleto Festival in Charleston in June.

This program is supported in part by H-tax funding from the City of Columbia and by the South Carolina Arts Commission which is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts and collaborates in its work with the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies and South Arts.
 
 

The Columbia Repertory Dance Company’s mission is to broaden the experience of
professional dance artists and patrons in Columbia, SC through multidisciplinary
collaborative performances year-round. We aim to retain the talents of South Carolina
dance artists and provide a spectrum of professional opportunities while inspiring and developing a broader and deeper understanding of dance in Columbia and surrounding
areas.

For more information and tickets, https://www.colarep.com/events  contact Managing Director Bonnie Boiter-Jolley; Phone: (803)622-6879 E-mail: colarepdanceco@gmail.com or follow on Facebook and Instagram
 

Columbia Repertory Dance Company Announces Upcoming Performance in New Koger Center Space

Cola Rep Dance Co will present a full bill of dance Saturday and Sunday in the Koger Center’s new performance space, August 17th and 18th, 2024. “How to Fall Down” explores the idea that though it is inescapable to fall down in our lives, it is how we get up and learn to fail better that develops our character. Cola Rep Dance Co will perform “How to Fall Down” on Saturday August 17th 2024 at 7pm and Sunday August 18th 2024 at 3pm in the Koger Center for the Arts Lower Level (1051 Greene St, Columbia, SC 29201). Admission is $35 for this event, and more info and tickets can be found at www.Colarep.com or https://donorbox.org/events/643006 for Saturday and  https://donorbox.org/events/643158 for Sunday.

“How to Fall Down” brings together eleven Company dancers and five female choreographers along with professionally designed costuming, and sound and lighting by Sherr Productions to be the first dance event in the newly outfitted lower level of the Koger Center for the Arts. Be the first to see three new works by Artistic Director and resident choreographer Stephanie Wilkins and join Cola Rep Dance Co in welcoming Jennifer Deckert, Simone Cuttino and Dale Lam as well as Cola Rep Dance Co Young Choreographer Kayla Uwagbai.

In 2018 co-founders Bonnie Boiter-Jolley and Stephanie Wilkins founded the Columbia Summer Repertory Dance Company with a desire to offer dancers more options in a city focused heavily on ballet. They started with the financial sponsorship of the Jasper Project, a plan focused on summer performances (Columbia’s dance offseason) and a sold out debut performance in 2019 which was followed by a sold out concert in 2021. The company has extended their season length and become a 501c3 non-profit organization. The group’s popularity among Columbia natives comes from their commitment to exploring refreshing narratives and styles of dance in their work. Cola Rep Dance Co will perform “How to Fall Down” on Saturday August 17th 2024 at 7pm and Sunday August 18th 2024 at 3pm in the Koger Center for the Arts Lower Level (1051 Greene St, Columbia, SC 29201). Admission is $35 for this event, and more info and tickets can be found at www.Colarep.com or https://donorbox.org/events/643006 for Saturday and  https://donorbox.org/events/643158 for Sunday. 

This program is supported in part by H-tax funding from the City of Columbia and by the South Carolina Arts Commission which is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts and collaborates in its work with the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies and South Arts.

The Columbia Repertory Dance Company’s mission is to broaden the experience of professional dance artists and patrons in Columbia, SC through multidisciplinary collaborative performances year-round. We aim to retain the talents of South Carolina dance artists and provide a spectrum of professional opportunities while inspiring and developing a broader and deeper understanding of dance in Columbia and surrounding areas.