Category: Dance

• Magnifica Humans 2.0

  

  To Lifschitz’s and all contemporary circus artists’ credit — the obsessive Wagner might have wanted Gesamtkunstwerk for his operas, but even he forgot to include the circus acts! 

  S.E. Barcus

  Contemporary Circus, Dance, Dramatic Performing Arts

  2026, AI, Charleston, Circa, Contemporary Circus, Humans, Humans 2.0, Magnifica Humanitas, robots, Spoleto

• Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring, Piccolo Spoleto Festival Review

  

  Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring” was made for “firsts”, it seems. The concert at the Angel Oak last weekend marked the first time the 1,400-year-old tree has been used as a venue by Piccolo Spoleto, and the first time the Charleston Ballet Theater has performed their magnum opus to live music.” From the S.E. Barcus Charleston…

  S.E. Barcus

  Dance, Dramatic Performing Arts, Music, Musical, Symphony

  Charleston Ballet, Charleston Symphony, Piccolo Spoleto, review, Rite of Spring, Stravinsky

• Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring, Piccolo Spoleto Festival Preview

  

  Piccolo Spoleto presents Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring, preview. From the S.E. Barcus Charleston City Paper archives, 1999.

  S.E. Barcus

  Dance, Dramatic Performing Arts, Music, Musical, Symphony

  Chalreston, Charleston Symphony, Piccolo Spoleto, Rite of Spring, Stravinsky