Jennifer Arnone

Peter Pan Flies High with Colorado Ballet | Review

The enchanting ballet is action packed, with high flying adventure, fighting, mild romance, and plenty of stage magic. Peter Pan is an excellent ballet to introduce the world of dance to children of all ages, and maybe reintroduce it to the child in all of us.

#GoFundTheMagic – Colorado Ballet to Buy New Nutcracker Costumes, Sets with Community Investment

The Colorado Ballet’s Nutcracker is a holiday institution for the whole community. Those who donate to the campaign can consider themselves part of the magic.

Dance To Be Free: Empowerment through Movement

Wallace is offering women an opportunity to move through trauma and into empowerment. The women who attend Dance To Be Free have often experienced a lifetime of violence and trauma. They may never have experienced their own body as a safe place to be. Dance offers an experience of their body that they can own, forging a new pathway to freedom within themselves.

Preview: Life/Art Dance Ensemble Ten Years Later… | May 18-19

Life/Art Dance Ensemble will be presenting a retrospective show to celebrate their 10th anniversary. Ten Years Later...will be performed May 18-19 at the DL Parsons Theater in Northglenn. In addition to the performances, they are also offering free community dance classes on Saturday, May 18 from 5:30-6:30 pm, and on Sunday, May 19 from 1-2 pm.

Preview | Cindy Brandle Dance Company: A World on Fire at Dairy Arts Center April 19 – 20

One to watch is Cindy Brandle Dance Company’s A World on Fire, premiering April 19 - 20 at The Dairy Arts Center. This work takes on “social privilege, racial discrimination, the #MeToo movement, LGBTQ marginalization, and the constantly evolving antics of the current administration.

Evolving Doors Dance Company Rips the Sky, Mends the Moon: Contemporary Dance Review

A Rip in the Sky & Mending the Moon, a premiere of contemporary dance, theater, poetry and original music, opened on Thursday, March 7 and ran until March 9 at The People’s Building in Aurora. The 75 minute piece weaves together multiple disciplines in an exploration of approaches to “tearing, fraying, unraveling, and...the sometimes unfathomable task of mending.”