ON POIN E Friday, June 11, 2021 Mannoni Performing Arts Center 7:30 p.m. WITH GENEROUS SUPPORT FROM ARTS INSTITUTE OF MISSISSIPPI The University of Southern Mississippi
FEATURING SPECIAL MUSIC BY THE LAGNIAPPE TRIO Rachel Taratoot Ciraldo, flute, Stephanie Gustafson Amfahr, harp, and Christopher Lowry, viola
One of the world’s most prestigious dance events, the USA IBC, is a two‑week “Olympic-style” international competition held in Jackson, MS. Designated as the official USA Competition by a Joint Resolution of Congress, the USA IBC is held every four years, in the tradition of sister competitions in Varna, Bulgaria, Moscow, Russia, and Helsinki, Finland. The Jackson competition has been named an American Masterpiece by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Mississippi Arts Commission in the NEA program that honors the nation’s cultural treasures. Ticket holders for the 2018 USA IBC were from 35 states and 25 nations and generated and economic impact of $12.5 million. Jackson will host USA IBC XII, June 10-24, 2023. 8
