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Givens Performing Arts Center Offers A Variety of Shows
by ERINN CRIDER
The Givens Performing Arts Center is a theatre located at the University
of North Carolina at Pembroke. It brings incredible shows from around the
world both to the students at Pembroke and
the surrounding communities. Every year the
season is not only star studded, but incredibly
varied. There is something here for everyone.
This October the Givens Performing Arts
Center will host two very different, but equally
entertaining shows.
The first show of the month is The National
Acrobats of The Peoples Republic of China. This
show promises to be breathtaking. Hailing from
Berlin, the traveling troupe is composed of the
best 500 acrobatic students and 150 acrobatic
resident performers from the Institution for
Acrobatic Schooling, Training and Repertoire,
which the company owns. The group was
founded in 1951, and since then has developed a
reputation for its dazzling costumes and daring
acrobatics. They are the premier acrobatic
troupe from China, and since their inception has
continued to evolve in their performance. Some
of their most notable acts include "Aerial Bungee Tumbling" and "Diving
Through Moving Hoops." The group has received awards both as a troupe
and for individual members. Since it's inception 200 of the company's
members have won either gold or silver awards from various acrobatic and
circus festivals both nationally and internationally. The show will be held
on Oct. 13, at 7:30 p.m. at the Givens Performing Arts Center. Tickets range
from $16 to $36.
The second show of the month is the musical based on the classic
Robert Louis novel, and is called Jekyll and Hyde. It begins in Victorian
London. A doctor, Dr. Henry Jekyll, desperately struggles to find a way
to cure the medical problems that plague mankind. He is passionate and
romantic, but after testing his chemical concoctions on himself he releases
something terrible. Mr. Hyde, the alter ego
and embodiment of Jekyll's inner demons,
is released by these medical experiments.
He is a vicious madman that wreaks havoc
across London creating an epic battle between
good and evil, all within one man. To further
complicate things, two beautiful women both
fall in love with this man and are unaware
of the dark secret that he harbors, his alter
ego. This epic struggle between the forces of
good and evil is set to pop rock music from
Grammy and Tony nominated composer Frank
Wildhorn and two time Oscar and Grammy-
winning artist Leslie Bricusse, including the
ever popular hit "This Is The Moment." The
lively music serves to capture the passionate
and enthralling nature of the classic story.
Audiences all over the world have delighted in
this evocative and ever relevant story exploring
the duality of man. Tickets range from$16 to
$41. The show will be held In the Givens Performing Arts Center on Oct. 20,
at 7:30 p.m.
The Givens Performing Arts Center is located at 1 University Dr. in
Pembroke. For more information visit http://www.uncp.edu/student-life/
involvement-opportunities/givens-performing-arts-center/broadway-
and-more-series or call 910-521-6287. For tickets, the box
office is open from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. and for one hour prior to
performance. The box office can be
contacted at 910-521-6361.
The National Acrobats of The Peoples Republic of
China is set to perform at Givens on Oct. 13.
ERINN CRIDER, Contributing Writer.
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