This article showcases our top picks for the best North Carolina based Performing Arts companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Performing Arts industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
Top North Carolina Performing Arts Startups
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TRIAD STAGE
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The dream of creating a professional not-for-profit regional theatre
Etix
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Etix is a web-based ticketing service provider for the entertainment, travel, and sports industries.
Brevard Music Center
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Brevard Music Center is a music tutoring center that teaches music to young students to perform at an artistic level.
Carolina Ballet
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Carolina Ballet, based in Raleigh (NC), is a world-class professional ballet company
Piedmont Opera
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Piedmont Opera is a non-profit organization that offers opera performances.
Art & Antiques Worldwide Media
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Art & Antiques Worldwide Media is a magazine publisher offering articles and essays on art, its market, and recent findings in art history.
Masterpiece Studios
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Masterpiece Studios espouses a positive family-values approach to dance, tumbling, and visual art instruction.
Flat Rock Playhouse
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Flat Rock Playhouse is a theater that provides education in the performing arts.
University of North Carolina School of the Arts
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The University of North Carolina School of the Arts is a top-ranked creative and performing arts conservatory in Winston-Salem, N.C.
North Carolina Theatre
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North Carolina Theatre is a performing arts theatre that provides theatre productions, using the national, regional, and local talent.
Neighborhood Theatre
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Neighborhood Theatre is a live music venue.
Cucalorus
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Cucalorus is an arts organization that supports artists, community engagement programs, film festivals, and events.
Greensboro Symphony Orchestra
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Greensboro Symphony Orchestra grew in popularity and began operating as an independent, critically acclaimed musical organization.
Artarie
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Artarie is a curated content platform that presents streaming content in the arts and culture.
Miss Donna’s School of Dancing
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Miss Donna’s School of Dancing offers dance education to students who are interested in learning dance combinations and technique.
Philharmonic Association
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Philharmonic Association provides musicians in orchestras, arts, and community.
Kenan Theatre Company
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Kenan Theatre Company is a community of student and professional theatre artists that provides opportunities for dramatic art students.
Asheville Symphony
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Asheville Symphony Orchestra performs and promotes symphonic music in Western North Carolina.
DIFFERENT WRLD
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DIFFERENT WRLD is an event organizer company that provides working space for artists, musicians, and creatives.
Community Theatre of Greensboro
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Community Theatre of Greensboro is an arts organization that offers after-school theatre education, summer camps, and entertainment classes.
The ArtsCenter
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The ArtsCenter is an arts education non-profit venue that offers classes, performances, and art exhibits all year round.
Opera Wilmington
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Opera Wilmington is an opera company that provides live performances and educational programs for all ages.
Actor’s Theatre
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Actor’s Theatre is a nonprofit organization that offers performing arts and groups of actors presenting bold and innovative new works.
Carolina Performing Arts
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Carolina Performing Arts organize youth events, theatrical production and programs for learners to develop skills and talents.
North Carolina Stage Company
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North Carolina Stage Company is a performing arts theater.
Voices
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Voices is an auditioned chorus that performs classical and modern repertoire with contracted instrumentalists and soloists.
Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts
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Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts is an auditorium that features orchestra and balcony level seating and a proscenium stage.
High Point Ballet
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High Point Ballet is a performing arts company that provide classical and contemporary dance works and arts education programs.
Cary Playwrights Forum
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Cary Playwrights Forum provides playwrights and aspiring playwrights opportunities to develop as dramatic writers.
Carolina Dance Center
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Carolina Dance Center, a non-profit performance and competition company, offers a wide range of dance forms in a spacious facility.
Charlotte Symphony
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Charlotte Symphony is a nonprofit organization committed to delivering musical experiences that connect & strengthen the community.
Winston Salem Theatre Alliance
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The mission of the Winston-Salem Theatre Alliance is to inspire, transform and unite the people of the Triad through a broad range
Myriad Artists
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Myriad Artists is a boutique booking agency that focuses on representing award-winning artists for programs and events.
Advance Dance
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Advance Dance is a dance studio that offers a variety of dance styles taught by experienced professional teachers.
Matthews Playhouse of the Performing Arts
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Matthews Playhouse of the Performing Arts educates young people about performing arts through active participation in cultural events.
Opera Carolina
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Opera Carolina is a performing arts company that produces stage productions, educational programs, and community performances.
Steven Tanger Center
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Steven Tanger Center is a performing arts centre that provides venues for orchestral performances, comedy shows, and family entertainment.
DanceArt
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DanceArt is a dance studio that provides performing art and events services.
American Dance Festival
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American Dance Festival offers educational opportunities and community programs.
Dance Theatre of Jacksonville
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Dance Theatre of Jacksonville is a studio that provides professional dance classes, acting, training, and competitive programs.
NC Systema
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NC Systema is a training system for the mind, body, and spirit that combines the benefits of martial arts, yoga, massage, and meditation.
ArtsGreensboro
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ArtsGreensboro is a nonprofit organization that specializes in art programs, advocacy, and funding for art projects, teachers, and artists.
Cheer Extreme Allstars
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Cheer Extreme Allstars is a gym that provides training for cheerleaders.
Fight to Win Lake Norman
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Fight to Win Lake Norman is a martial arts studio that provides training and instruction to kids and adults of all ages.
Cumberland Dance Academy
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Cumberland Dance Academy is a dance studio that provides dance education for children and adults.
Main Street Dance Studio
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Main Street Dance Studio offers recreational and company classes.
Raleigh Symphony Orchestra
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Raleigh Symphony Orchestra is a music organization that provides performances of orchestral, jazz, and chamber music.
Double Exposure
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Double Exposure collaborates with artists, photographers, corporations, and museums to offer archival, museum-quality giclee prints.
NC Arts Incubator
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NC Arts Incubator is a non-profit organization that offers studio space, events, housing, and funding services for artists.
Artsplosure
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Artsplosure focuses on arts and cultural events management, including programming and production support services.
Company Carolina
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Company Carolina is a community theatre.
Parkway Playhouse
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Parkway Playhouse is a performing arts theater that educates and entertains the community by giving theater opportunities.
Black Box Dance Theatre
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BBDT is a dance company that produces meaningful human interactions through story telling and transformative dance performances.
Bright Star Touring Theatre
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Bright Star Touring Theatre specializes in literary, curriculum, and character-education-based performances.
PlayMakers Repertory Company
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PlayMakers Repertory Company is a professional theatre company that produces art programs and stories from a multiplicity of perspectives.
Osceola Recording Studios
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Osceola Recording Studios is a music recording studio.
Stained Glass Playhouse
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Stained Glass Playhouse is a performing arts theatre that specializes in professional productions in small and intimate settings.
CampRooster
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CampRooster.com is a camp finder tool that makes it simple to search for summer and track-out camps. In North Carolina, expanding in 2019.
Cary Ballet Conservatory
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Cary Ballet Conservatory is a dance studio that provides ballet, jazz, and contemporary dance classes.
Ballet School of Chapel Hill
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Ballet School of Chapel Hill is a dance school that provides programs in rhythm tap, jazz, modern dance, and fencing.