Columbia Classical Ballet

The classical ballet company of South Carolina. Guiding the company through these two decades has been artistic director Radenkov Pavlovich. He came to Columbia after studies in his native Yugoslavia and Russia, and a career that took him from Great Britain to South America to the United States. He founded the Classical Ballet in 1991 with the company gaining professional status in 1998. The 20 company dancers hail from Japan, Europe, the Caribbean, South America and throughout the United States.