An Aspen Santa Fe Ballet rehearsal in pre-pandemic times (Aspen Times file)
A dress rehearsal for the premiere of a Cherice Barton ballet in 2017 (Aspen Times file)
Aspen Santa Fe executive director Jean-Philippe Malaty and executive director Tom Mossbrucker (Michele Cardamone/Courtesy photo)
The School of the Aspen Santa Fe Ballet (Sharen Bradford/courtesy photo)
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet has dissolved its locally based dance company and will not return after the pandemic, ending a 25-year run during which the organization toured the world to wide acclaim and became an unlikely trendsetter for contemporary dance both on-stage and off.
The nonprofit’s directors cited the novel coronavirus pandemic’s shutdown of the performing arts over the past year and pre-existing concerns about the economic sustainability of mid-sized touring companies as reasons for the decision.