Georgia Dance

Theatre wants you to get "In the Spirit of Dance."

The nonprofit

performing arts company, based out of the Georgia Academy of Dance, will

perform a spring concert Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 17 and 18, at Starr's

Mill High School.

The concert,

titled "In the Spirit of Dance," will feature a variety of styles

including modern, ballet, jazz and liturgical dance. The music will range

from Tina Turner to Peter Gabriel to hard rockin' sounds of the 1970s

and '80s and a selection from George Balanchine's "Jewels."

The first act

of "Les Sylphides," a famous Russian ballet, will be restaged

for this production by ballet master Ramazan Bapov. Bapov was a 15-year

principal dancer with the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow and silver medalist

to Mikhail Baryshnikov in the International Ballet Competition of Bulgaria.

Georgia Dance

Theatre provides more than 30 scholarship members the opportunity to train

with the most reputable and professional educators in fine arts, like

Bapov.

Georgia Dance

Theatre employs professional and amateur dancers who are all gifted in

many different styles of dance. The professional company, which is the

only one in surrounding local counties, has been in existence since 1997

and is currently seven members strong.

Among its other

credits, the company has received grants from the Fayette County Endowment

Committee for the Cultural Arts and support from Partners in the Arts.

The troupe has had a number of sold out performances and in return provides

support to the Newnan Auditorium Restoration project, Starr's Mill Auditorium,

Christian City and other local schools and charities.

"In The

Spirit of Dance" will be performed at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 17 and

at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 18. Ticket prices are $12 for adults and $10 for

children and seniors. To learn more about the show or the Georgia Academy

of Dance, call 770-631-3128.

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