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By Kevin Hart Photo: UIS Tonight you will be able to enjoy a free musical through the UIS Performing Arts Center, and an appearance by the Springfield Ballet Company. In conjunction with the National Endowment for the Arts and Arts Midwest, ArtsPower presents “Chicken Dance.” The description from UIS’ website: Every barnyard has its bully! But two of the barnyard’s chickens, Marge and Lola, will not stand idly by. ArtsPower’s musical portrays the colorful story of these two barnyard chickens on a mission to win the barnyard talent contest first prize of two tickets to see th...

Springfield Ballet’s Cinderella at The Landers Theatre

Springfield Ballet Executive Director Ashley Walden, and Springfield Ballet School Principal Maria Hall. “We are really excited to be able to provide this production,” said Walton. “We did it back in 2014, and are just honored to be able to bring it back this year.   Opening the performance will be a new piece choreographed by Maria Hall. “I actually grew up dancing at Springfield Ballet,” she said. And then I went to college to get a degree, danced a little bit professionally, and then came back. And now it's full circle being School Principal at the Ballet. It's really special.�...