DanceAspen created by and for dancers

DanceAspen has created big buzz in a short time.

The shuttering of Aspen Santa Fe Ballet during the pandemic left Laurel Jenny Winton and fellow dancers Kaya Wolsey, Anthony Tiedeman, Matthew Gilmore, and Katherine Bolanos (now retired) out of work and with a serious dilemma: Do they leave a community they love and had built their lives around, or leave their dance careers behind? 

“I decided to create a third option, which was building a brand-new organization alongside my fellow coworkers, and that became DanceAspen.” Wilton said. “And, it’s been an incredible journey. We’ve been able to build something great out of a tragedy.”