Editing Dothan, Alabama (section)

===Local music===
The [[Dothan Opera House]], built in 1915, features theatre performances, concerts, [[symphony|symphonies]], ballet performances, and other cultural events. Tours are available upon request.<ref>[http://www.dothan.org/depts/civiccenteroperahouse/perfartsopera.htm] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081004202201/http://www.dothan.org/depts/civiccenteroperahouse/perfartsopera.htm|date=October 4, 2008}}</ref>

Music South, formerly the Southern Alabama Symphony Association, offers a wide variety of musical performances, from classical symphony performances to jazz, African and other musical styles. "Music by Moonlight" offers four free concerts per year at Dothan's Landmark Park, featuring classical, jazz, Celtic and bluegrass musicians, among others.<ref>[http://www.musicsouth.com/cms/] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090722172005/http://www.musicsouth.com/cms/|date=July 22, 2009}}</ref>

[[Patti Rutland Jazz]] is a professional contemporary jazz and hip-hop dance company in Dothan. The company produces two full-length jazz and hip-hop theatrical dance productions yearly (one in late February and one in early June) at its home in the Cultural Arts Center,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theculturalartscenter.com/ |title=Cultural Arts Center |publisher=Cultural Arts Center |access-date=November 13, 2011}}</ref> as well as at Dothan's historical landmark Opera House. Patti Rutland Jazz operates as a nonprofit [[501(c)]](3) organization whose core mission is to offer its dancers to the Wiregrass Region to assist underserved youths with free dance classes. This mutually beneficial program hopes to make Dothan a destination for, and a source of, future professional dance talent in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pattirutlandjazz.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5&Itemid=57|title=Patti Rutland Jazz|access-date=October 18, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213185157/http://www.pattirutlandjazz.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5&Itemid=57|archive-date=December 13, 2013}}</ref>