Vibrations Dance Company
History
VDC is one of Columbia’s most unique dance companies and was established to explore and express the African-American aesthetic through performance of spiritual, blues, modern, jazz and other dance genres. Evie Belton, Executive Director, founded the Columbia based company in 1998 and the company's first full performance season was in 2000. In 2003, VDC joined forceswith other local artists to found the South Carolina Multicultural Arts Center, Inc. (SC McAC, Inc.) with the mission of supporting multicultural arts in the community as a vehicle of education, community building, and healing.
VDC has performed three times as finalist for the Leo's Competitive Event held at the Jazz Dance World Congress: in 2005 and 2009 in Chicago and in 2004 in San Jose, Costa Rica. VDC was voted “runner-up” to the Free Times “BEST of Columbia” for local dance companies. VDC participated the South Carolina Arts Commission’s New Audience Road Show for two consecutive years. The company has collaborated over the years with some of the midlands finest artists including the Capital City Chorale featuring Roberta Flack and the Columbia Classical Ballet. The Columbia Museum of Art commissioned the company to present “Echoes and Images” a live theatre dance response to artist Jacob Lawrence's “Migration Series.” The company was also featured in Workshop Theater productions “Ain't Misbehavin” in 2007 and “Ain't Nothing but the Blues” in 2008.” This past summer, VDC collaborated with Trustus Theatre in its widely acclaimed “Smokey Joe’s Café,” and the company recently performed with The Sandlapper Singers in “ Bluegrass to Broadway and All That Jazz.”
Every year, VDC produces and presents a full season of concerts in theatres, schools, festivals, and communities across the state. In addition, VDC provides school residencies, educational activities and performances.
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