The ballot question seeking to divert money from the Wheeler Opera House for more community arts funding appears to be heading toward voter approval based on early returns in Tuesday’s election.
The new ballet company DanceAspen, founded by an featuring former Aspen Santa Fe Ballet dance artists, will give its premiere performance on Friday night at the Wheeler Opera House.
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.
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