Charleston Living Magazine May-June 2023
Feeling hungry? We highlight our top picks for the ten best burgers in Charleston. We also showcase the annual Piccolo Spoleto event, with excellent shows during the two weeks. We highlight some of the top retirement communities and facilities as well, along with local artwalks.
Feeling hungry? We highlight our top picks for the ten best burgers in Charleston. We also showcase the annual Piccolo Spoleto event, with excellent shows during the two weeks. We highlight some of the top retirement communities and facilities as well, along with local artwalks.
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WELL STYLED | SPOLETO<br />
The Spoleto Festival<br />
Orchestra is featured<br />
in a number of<br />
performances<br />
throughout the<br />
17-day event.<br />
A Perfect Balance<br />
Spoleto Festival USA’s formula for selecting world-class performances<br />
“Enchantment is everywhere.” The <strong>2023</strong> Spoleto Festival USA tagline is more than<br />
an alliterative description of the 47th iteration of America’s marquee performing arts festival. Lead<br />
producer Liz Keller-Tripp might have us think of it as an invitation. A welcome offer to come as we<br />
are, to experience the exquisitely assembled talent in <strong>Charleston</strong>’s front yard each spring.<br />
By ADIE LEE<br />
Curating this chef ’s kiss of an international festival is lead producer Liz<br />
Keller-Tripp and her producing team.<br />
Held from <strong>May</strong> 26 through <strong>June</strong> 11, the dedicated Spoleto Festival<br />
USA staff safeguard and share more than 100 innovative, multidisciplinary<br />
events at historic churches, outdoor venues and theaters<br />
downtown. Through the years, Spoleto has produced and/or presented<br />
20 opera, dance, and theater world premieres.<br />
Keller-Tripp oversees programmatic elements<br />
while supervising Spoleto’s stage management and<br />
production operations.<br />
The unique Spoleto Festival USA programing<br />
presents a myriad of masters alongside creators<br />
poised to introduce influential works in dance,<br />
theater, opera, music, jazz, physical theater and more.<br />
“Various elements go into the delicate equation<br />
(of selecting creative content) and artists bring<br />
the audience urgent messages about the state of the<br />
world,” Keller-Tripp said.<br />
Thrilled to share artistic endeavors with relevant,<br />
entertaining and important messages, Keller-<br />
Tripp said “the multiplicity of perspective” makes<br />
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for vibrant discussions long after a performance is over.<br />
“While a performer might tell a story, there will always be more<br />
than one way in for the audience,” she said. Resonance is unique to the<br />
individual, and Keller-Tripp sees different interpretations as opportunities<br />
for dialogue, which should be both safe to express and celebrated.<br />
Before taking over her role at Spoleto Festival USA six months<br />
ago, Keller-Trip entertained dinner invitations the<br />
world over during a career as an acclaimed flutist.<br />
She sat down to play at the homes of local artists<br />
and patrons and during performance tours across<br />
Europe, Asia, the US, and the Middle East. It all<br />
became the backdrop for connections to other musicians<br />
and music enthusiasts alike.<br />
“The hospitality I experienced was an opportunity.<br />
It was about more than expression, it was about<br />
listening and learning,” she said.<br />
Keller-Tripp parlayed her experiences and an<br />
unwavering inclination to “become that home” for<br />
other artists into a career where she both supports<br />
creativity and packages it.<br />
Before joining Spoleto Festival USA, storied<br />
SPOLETO FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA PHOTO JULIA LYNN
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