Colorado Ballet

3 things to do for free in Denver this week, January 21-24 -- starting with today's MLK Marade

Just because the weekend's over doesn't mean your free fun is. This week you can watch (or join) the Martin Luther King Marade, knit a pair of legwarmers while you watch Flashdance, and attend a trunk show without even opening your wallet. See a complete listing of this town's events on our online ... More >>

Starting Over

Beauty Awakening

Photos: The Colorado Ballet debuts The Sleeping Beauty tonight

Well before it was a Disney cartoon, the story of a beautiful princess cursed by an evil witch to sleep for a hundred years, then awakened by the kiss of a handsome prince, was told through dance: The Sleeping Beauty was first performed as a ballet in 1890. And dancers have been charming audiences e ... More >>

Now Showing: A Westword guide to the arts in Denver

Visit Denver app "dares" tourists to discover the city, while we up the ante

Visit Denver has a new mobile app designed to lure vacationers to Mile High City hotspots through a series of "dares:" Complete a "Denver Dare" and you'll earn a Facebook badge. So what are these terrifying tasks, these death-defying deeds? Here's a hint: One of them involves the Celestial Seasoning ... More >>

An unashamed neophyte's ten observations on Swan Lake and the ballet

The Colorado Ballet's promotional ad for Swan Lake, over Natalie Portman's face, in this crop of the Black Swan movie poster.​The Colorado Ballet is going for grandeur and maybe a little Hollywood flash this season with Swan Lake, the opening production of the 2011-2012 season. Most apparent i ... More >>

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 >>

Oh, Romeo

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 >>

Shake It Like You're Dead

Flick Pick

Ballerina at Starz

Sweet Dreams

See this Shakespeare classic set to ballet.

Open Your Eyes

A dance production sheds light on the Iraq war.

Radical Repertory

Tighten Up

Ragtime

Boulder’s Dinner Theatre breathes new life into this revival.

Swashbuckling Ballerinas

Le Corsaire is one manly ballet.

Spook Speak

Take a Bow

Folks get a peek at the new Ellie.

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Tin Can Alley

Time to float your goat

Neverland Lands

Colorado Ballet conjures its own Peter Pan

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Modern Movements

The Colorado Ballet tosses its tutus in a triple bill

Book Look

Cohen Festival honors the literary tradition

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Classic Revisited

Colorado Ballet's Don Quixote rides again

Comic Correction

Maher keeps on joking

Kroenke Kulture

Learning to love the Big Dance.

Pop Quiz

A small tell-all

Best Early Training for Debutantes

Sugar Plums
Colorado Ballet

Bear Market

A listing of SCFD dollars doled out in 2000.

Rhythm and Moves

Dancers and musicians unite for an evening of gettin' down.

Night & Day

April 1-7, 1999

Dames in Power

Night & Day

October 15 - 21, 1998

Night & Day

May 7 - 13, 1998

Thrills for the week

Thrills for the week

Thrills for the week

Thrills for the week

Thrills for the week

Thrills for the week

THRILLS

THRILLS

THRILLS

THRILLS