Enjoying The Arts In Charleston

If you love the arts, Charleston, West Virginia is a great place to visit

. Charleston is a cultural hub that draws an audience from all over the country with museums, theater, symphony and ballet. The city is also home to the Mountain Stage. This weekly live-performance music program broadcasts throughout the U.S. and abroad.

The Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences is the states premier cultural and performance showplace. Throughout the year, the center hosts performances from the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra and the Charleston Ballet Company. The Charleston-based West Virginia Symphony Orchestra holds the highest symphony per capita subscription rate of any U.S. city. It is the only symphony group in America to offer full-production opera as part of its standard programming.

If you are coming to town for a ballet or symphony performance, a Charleston hotel near Clay Center for the arts is a best bet. The Residence Inn Charleston is a great place to stay when looking for a hotel near Clay Center in Charleston, WV.

One of the most popular holiday events of the year will be taking place at the Clay Center. This holiday extravaganza promises to be entertainment for the whole family.

The Charleston Ballet Company Performs The Nutcracker.

Saturday, December 19, 2009 - 2:00pm/7:30pm

The Charleston Ballet Company will carry on the holiday tradition of performing The Nutcracker. This holiday show will feature 75 dancers including local adults and students. In addition, several guest dancers will be delighting the audience with special holiday theme performances.

The Nutcracker show is the only statewide performance of the ballet company with live music. A large chorus will be performing along with the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra.

by: Jed Crowl

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