WEST PLAINS, Mo. – The Missouri Contemporary Ballet will pirouette onto the West Plains Civic Center theater stage at 7 p.m. April 9 for special performance sponsored by the Missouri State University-West Plains’ University/Community Programs (U/CP) Department and the West Plains Council on the Arts.
General admission tickets are $10 each and available at the civic center box office, 110 St. Louis St., or by calling 417-256-8087. Prior to the performance, area residents can meet the dancers during a free reception at 6 p.m. in the civic center’s Magnolia Room. Partial funding for this event is provided by the Missouri Arts Council, a state agency.
The Missouri Contemporary Balley brings creative, athletic, high quality art to any stage it graces, organizers said. Dancers with the non-profit troupe are known for their charitable work with special needs children and others across the state, but for this performance, their goal is simply to “wow” the audience with their unique fusion of hip-hop, modern, traditional ballet and contemporary dance, organizers said.
“Usually, people in our area would have to drive several hours to a metropolitan area to enjoy the ballet, but this professional ballet company is coming to us, and they’ll perform in a beautiful theater setting at our civic center,” said U/CP Theater and Events Coordinator Jennifer Moore. “We’re inviting everyone to come and sit back, relax and drink in the incredible talent, vision and strength of this Columbia-based dance company.”
For more information about this and other U/CP events, call 417-255-7966 or visit the department’s website.