Ballet

Garrett Ammon on Perpetual Beauty, Wonderbound and the power of beauty

Ballet Nouveau Colorado has been putting together some of the most innovative collaborations we've seen -- so it's appropriate that the group is moving forward with a new name and new digs. Before the company completes its transition to Wonderbound, though, it will present one more show under the BN ... More >>

Starting Over

United in Orange Friday: These Broncos ballerina costumes are tutu much!

And we thought the Broncos orange cowboy hat that Mayor Michael Hancock sported yesterday as grand marshal of the Stock Show parade downtown represented the ultimate cultural collision in couture. But just a block away, an icky icon has been gussied up in honor of "United in Orange Friday." Finally, ... More >>

How Sweet It Is

Beauty Awakening

Dancer Peter Davison juggles more than Junk in his new show in Boulder

Peter Davison is a juggler with a difference. He is co-artistic director of the Boulder Ballet Company, where he has danced roles ranging from Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet to Herr Drosselmeyer in the annual Nutcracker, and has won the National Juggling Championship both as an individual and with his ... More >>

Richard Vincent -- and his 16th Street Mall sculpture -- now a memory

Artist Richard Vincent was memorialized at a service Saturday at the Denver Arts Student League. His sculpture that once graced the 16th Street Mall is just a memory, too, as is the legendary landmark it was designed to complement. Both are consigned to the storehouse of history.

The Rites of Spring bring excess in moderation to City Hall

Today doesn't just mark the start of that festive, lush, and green holiday: St. Patrick's Day. It also kicks off that upcoming festive, lush and green season: spring.

The Circus Is in Town

Swan Lake: Onstage, principal ballerina Maria Mosina is both good and evil

Maria Mosina is almost as graceful a speaker as she is a dancer. Almost. A principal ballerina with the Colorado Ballet, Mosina began her career with the Bolshoi Ballet Grigorovich Company in Russia, and it is with a soft Russian accent that she describes her career as "completely natural" but "alwa ... More >>

Ballet Up To the Barre

Edie, the world's sexiest drag queen, on being a bar clown and living the dream

The sexiest man alive.​From a very young age, Edie was chasing a dream common to many young girls: She wanted to be a showgirl. Except Edie is actually a boy. A dancer since age 8, Christopher Kenny spent years as a professional ballet dancer, but he never stopped chasing his real dream, the ... More >>

Toeing the Line

Black Swan is all about penetration, blood and psychosis

How to get my job: ballet dancer

​We're still knee deep in holiday flavor over here, so this week we decided to catch up with a ballet dancer to help us better understand how one would go about dancing around on a stage as a profession. We talked to Kevin Gaël Thomas, who is originally from France but is currently a dancer f ... More >>

Every Single Step

Flick Pick

Ballerina at Starz

The Space Between

Lemon Sponge Cake continues to push the boundaries of ballet.

We Will Rock You

Garret Ammon finds inspiration in unexpected places.

Trock Out

These ballet guys are dolls.

Take Note

The Music Man brings a town, and audience, to life.

Ballets Russes

Muenzinger Auditorium on the CU-Boulder campus

Best Place to Learn to Strip

FlashDance Studios

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Modern Movements

The Colorado Ballet tosses its tutus in a triple bill

Assassination Aftermath

Jacks re-examine's Jackie Kennedy's life

Kroenke Kulture

Learning to love the Big Dance.

Pop Quiz

A small tell-all

Losing Contact

Not everyone is doing the happy dance over this award-winning musical.

Planet Dancer

Ethan Stiefel to appear at the Vail International Summer of Dance.

Written in Stone

Francisco Sotomayor wants to 'Wow' the art world.

Ballet Bound

Expect a bit of schmaltz and a lot of inspiration from the sweet Billy Elliot.

Ballet High

What they really want to do is dance.

Mayo My!

Cinco de Mayo festivities bring cultures together.

Night & Day

May 7 - 13, 1998

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