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Ballet Memphis performance continues 2015-16 ר Lyceum Series

Ballet Memphis performance continues 2015-16 ר Lyceum Series

Contact: Sammy McDavid

Ballet Memphis is bringing its original dance creations to Mississippi State on March 22 as part of the university’s Lyceum Series. (Photo submitted)

STARKVILLE, Miss.—With the Ford Foundation’s designation as a “national treasure” and an organizational philosophy that “everyone matters,” Ballet Memphis is bringing its original dance creations to Mississippi State.

Latest in the university’s 2015-16 Lyceum Series events, the March 22 performance by the 32-member Tennessee-based ensemble will get underway at 7 p.m. in the Bettersworth Auditorium of historic Lee Hall. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

General admission tickets are $25 each. Advance orders may be completed at .

Led by founder and director Dorothy Gunther Pugh, Ballet Memphis began a quarter-century ago with a mission to “provide culturally significant art to all who are willing to nourish it.”

From studios in the Cordova community at Memphis’ eastern edge, the group annually shares its art and energy with audiences throughout the United States. The Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in Massachusetts, Joyce Theater in New York City, and John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., are among some major performance venues to date. For more, visit .

Complete information on the ר Lyceum Series is found at or by telephoning the Center for Student Activities at 662-325-2930.

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