How Dance Aspen quickly gained a deep reputation, bringing top choreo to Vail Dance Festival
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet’s touring company carried the mantle for contemporary Colorado dance for more than two decades, and carried it far, headquartering itself in its two namesake cities but touring across the country where its skilled troupe and innovative movement won wide acclaim.
Reconstituting joy: DanceAspen
When the pandemic shut down and ultimately ended Aspen Santa Fe Ballet’s 25-year run, the dancers in the company were not only stranded without jobs in Aspen, Colorado (where the company was headquartered), they were left without dance.
DanceAspen and Juilliard collaborators improvise unconventional performance at Aspen Art Museum
DanceAspen’s performance at the Aspen Art Museum last week was unconventional. Instead of performing prepared choreography to a set piece of music, the performers improvised — with the help of the audience. Tap the audio to go behind the scenes of a collaboration between DanceAspen and Juilliard.
DanceAspen Celebrates One Year of Graceful Moves
When it comes to lifting your mood and filling your soul, there’s nothing like watching a stunning dance performance. The movement of a dancer’s body in a rhythmic way for the purpose of expressing an idea or emotion, releasing energy, or simply taking delight in the movement itself— is absolutely breathtaking.
Mountain Mayhem: Let’s Dance
Recently founded by Laurel Winton, DanceAspen is a thriving resident dance company that continues to grow and their vision of building a year-round, high-caliber, local dance company in the Roaring Fork Valley is fast becoming a reality. In less than a year, they have set the bar high to deliver quality programming and continue to push the envelope with more to come.
DanceAspen elevates: Emerging ballet company stages two nights of performance and premieres
When the new ballet company DanceAspen staged its first performances at the Wheeler Opera House in September, they were greeted by enthusiastic sold-out audiences. When they staged an open rehearsal on the rooftop of the Aspen Art Museum in January, it drew a standing-room-only crowd.
The Brand-New Dance Aspen Gets Ready to Spread Its Wings
Pointe spoke with Winton and Dance Aspen artist and marketing/company manager Kaya Wolsey to discuss the company’s sudden rise, its upcoming performance and what they’ve learned from starting from scratch.
New Aspen ballet company to debut in September
A group of performers from the shuttered Aspen Santa Fe Ballet company have founded the new contemporary company DanceAspen and will debut new work at the Wheeler Opera House next month.
Dance Aspen seeks to fill void for ASFB performers, larger community
When the Aspen Santa Fe Ballet announced in March that the organization would be dissolving its dance company after a quarter-century run, it wasn’t just the community at large that suffered. The dancers themselves — already having been without opportunity to perform in a year — were left without many options.
Some moved. Others took whatever jobs were available. Most missed dance.