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Welcome to the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts, home to the performing arts at Clemson University.
For Ticket Information: call the Brooks Center Box Office at 864-656-7787 Monday-Friday, 1-5 pm You can also purchase tickets online at www.clemson.edu/brooks/events or on facebook at www.facebook.com/brookscentercu
Directions: The Brooks Center is located at the intersection of Perimeter and Cherry roads on the Clemson University campus at 141 Jersey Lane, Clemson, SC 29634. Parking: Visitors to the Brooks Center may park in the lot directly east of the building. Orange painted parking spaces are available for all visitors, beginning at 6 pm. White painted parking spaces (Patron’s Row) are reserved for donors who annually give to the Friends of the Brooks Center at the $500-level or above. Please note that towing commences two hours before each event for any unauthorized vehicle parked in a white space. The metered parking spaces in front of the Brooks Center are reserved for disability access parking on the night of performances.
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Brooks Center Box Office at 864-656-7787
Can’t choose just one? You can see all of our music performances. We believe in quality performances at low ticket prices. If you purchase tickets to all 3 of our dance events on the Boni Belle Brooks Series you will pay only $80.00 Adult $40.00 Student
We want everyone to experience dance at the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts. But don’t stop at dance. We have fantastic theatre, music, and family events on the 14-15 Season. And we’re home to the Department of Performing Arts on Clemson University’s campus. Come see the future leaders of the arts world onstage at the Brooks Center.
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Urban Bush Women
Photo by Rick McCullough
Paul Taylor Dance Company
Photo by Paul B. Goode
Thursday, September 18 @ 8 pm $25 adults / $15 students Boni Belle Brooks Series America’s greatest living choreographer, Paul Taylor, a founder and towering icon of modern dance, has received two of our nation’s highest artistic distinctions: the 1992 Kennedy Center Honors and the 1993 National Medal of Arts. The 16-member Paul Taylor Dance Company will perform signature masterworks from a 60-year creative span that produced 140 original pieces.
www.ptdc.org
Photo by Rick McCullough
Urban Bush Women: Walking with ’Trane
Tuesday, January 27 @ 8 pm $20 adults / $10 students Boni Belle Brooks Series Urban Bush Women (UBW) is committed to dancing powerful, under-told stories of the African diaspora through the vision of its award-winning founder Jawole Willa Jo Zollar. Celebrating its 30th anniversary, the company continues to use dance to bring audiences together through innovative choreography, community engagement, and artistic leadership development. Zollar conceived Walking with ’Trane as a suite of works based on the life and artistic imprint of jazz pioneer John Coltrane.
www.urbanbushwomen.org
Swan Lake: Moscow City Ballet Monday, March 9 @ 8 pm $35 adults / $15 students Boni Belle Brooks Series One of the world’s most outstanding classical ballet companies performs Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake, a signature piece with exquisite choreography. Moscow City Ballet’s choreography, interpretation, beauty, and virtuoso performances repeatedly win rave reviews. Join us as the Brooks Center celebrates International Month with one of the world’s most beautiful and evocative ballets.
www.moscowcityballet.com
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DANCE with all your friends
Why not share the experience of these incredible artists with all your friends? Groups of 10 or more receive a 10% discount when purchasing tickets together. Call the box office at 864-656-7787, Monday-Friday 1-5 pm to find out more.
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RUSH the box office
Student “Rush the Box Office” events at the Brooks Center are free to Clemson Students. Present your CU ID at the Brooks Center box office one hour before these shows and receive free admission as long as tickets are available. Call the box office at 864-656-7787, Monday-Friday 1-5 pm with any questions.
student rush events: The Hot Sardines Thursday, September 4 @ 8 PM Senegal St. Joseph Gospel Choir Monday, September 15 @ 7 PM Paul Taylor Dance Company Thursday, September 18 @ 8 PM A Midsummer Night’s Dream Tuesday, October 21 @ 8 PM Urban Bush Women Tuesday, January 27 @ 8 PM Peter and the Starcatcher Thursday, March 5 @ 8 PM Swan Lake: Moscow City Ballet Monday, March 9 @ 8 PM
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BROOKS CENTER 2014-2015 SEASON
SEPTEMBER 2014 4 9 14 15 18 23 28-30
The Hot Sardines Dover Quartet Music In The Air XII Senegal St. Joseph Gospel Choir Paul Taylor Dance Company Joshua Kane: Borders of the Mind Vincent In Brixton
Annie Moses Band
OCTOBER 2014
1-3, 5 Vincent In Brixton 7 Smokey Joe’s Café 9-10 SPANDEX 14 CU Symphony Orchestra 16 Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet 21 A Midsummer Night’s Dream 23 CU Singers
NOVEMBER 2014
11 Russian State Symphony Orchestra 13 CU Percussion Extravaganza 16-21, 23 Big Love 20 CU Jazz Ensemble 24 CU Symphonic Band
DECEMBER 2014
The Hot Sardines
2 CU Symphony Orchestra 4 CU Women’s & Men’s Glees 5 Christmas with the Annie Moses Band
JANUARY 2015 15 27 29
Vijay Iyer Trio Urban Bush Women Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story
FEBRUARY 2015
2 Chanticleer 19-21, 22 Eurydice 26 Danú
MARCH 2015 3 5 9 24
CU Symphonic Band Peter and the Starcatcher Swan Lake: Moscow City Ballet Cameron Carpenter, organist
Vijay Iyer Trio
APRIL 2015
7 CU Symphony Orchestra 9 CU Jazz Ensemble 12 Dept. of Performing Arts “POPS” Concert 13-18, 19 Twelfth Night 14 CU Symphonic Band & CU Concert Band 16 CU Women’s & Men’s Glees 21 CU Singers 24 CU Percussion Ensemble & CU Steel Band
Cameron Carpenter, organist
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Photo by Paul B. Goode
www.clemson.edu/brooks