Spoleto Festival: June 7, 2019
I took my son Tanner to Charleston to experience (among other things) the Spoleto Festival.
In front of the Charleston Gaillard Center.
In our seats and ready to go!
The festival runs each year for ~ 2 weeks starting around the time of Memorial Day and running through the first week or so of June. This year it ran from May 23 - June 9th. There were all kinds of arts performances which were performed at 10 different venues throughout the city.
Taner and I saw One Thousand and One Nights. We saw the first (of three) performances of this beautiful dance.
It was performed by the Caracalla Dance Theatre. They have performed all over the world, but this was their first time performing in the United States.
Beautiful costumes and beautiful dancing!
Verdict: No, this is not a "must do before you die" experience. And clearly Patricia Schultz and/or editors agree and revised their opinion on this because they took it out of the 2nd edition. I love the idea of an arts festival and Charleston is such a quintessentially charming city to host this great event. I love that the board makes it their mission to make this an international, multi-ethnic event. It's an impressive undertaking and if the show we went to is any indication, the shows are appreciated and very well attended. But there are many performances such as these throughout the country/world, so I didn't necessarily find this a unique experience. Although, we very much enjoyed our night out ;)
Cost: Prices vary depending on what show you attend and where your seats within the theatre is located. We were in the "Gallery" (upper balcony) and ticket prices were $35/ticket plus a $10 processing fee, so it was $80 for the two of us, which I thought was reasonable. It appeared that most tickets to most shows were ~$30-$100.
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