Cola Rep Dance Co

The Columbia Repertory Dance Company's mission is to broaden the experience of professional dance artists and patrons in Columbia, SC through multidisciplinary collaborative performances year-round. We aim to retain the talents of South Carolina dance artists and provide a spectrum of professional opportunities while inspiring and developing a broader and deeper understanding of dance in Columbia and surrounding areas.

 Columbia Repertory Dance Company is unique in its aim to foster an atmosphere of creative respect, promoting pay transparency and equity for performers and choreographers, and consistently creating new and challenging work. An organization focused on growth; growing the artist, the art form, the community and the dance season in Columbia, South Carolina, CRDC has since it’s beginnings initiated collaborations with numerous dance and musical artists, produced 6 evening length performances and traveled to New York twice to represent the Soda City, performing in the DUMBO Dance Festival. In recent years, the organization has collaborated with Historic Columbia, the South Carolina Philharmonic and 701 Center for Contemporary Art and has consistently performed in support of the Artist for Africa non-profit. By providing opportunities for artists and patrons, Cola Rep Dance Co creates ways for people to connect to each other. We want to invite you to be part of that important work. If you are interested in helping us create, we'd love to continue the conversation.

Cola Rep Dance Co dancers performing Ache, choreographed by Artistic Director Stephanie Wilkins, in the 2024 production The Same Palm. The company also performed Ache at the 2024 DUMBO Dance Festival in NYC.

Testimonials

"Great dancing and great choreography!" In reference to Cola Rep Dance Co's performance as part of the SC Phil's Home for the Holidays production. "So excited to see Columbia Repertory Dance Company in this wonderful new Koger Center for the Arts space! Thanks Koger and CRDC for listening to what Columbia needs and providing it. New & innovative dance in a new & innovative space!"--A response to Cola Rep Dance Co's September 2024 evening length performance of HOW TO FALL DOWN