Tag: dance
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Meow Wolf ready to launch immersive performances with cosmic-costumes and interdimensional dance
Revamped and returning for its second year, Meow Wolf’s wonderfully-weird live performance “Phenomenomaly” will run Wednesdays through Sundays from June 5 through Aug. 9. Meow Wolf’s Convergence Station, its aptly-named Denver location, is 90,000 square feet of more than 70 out-of-this-world art installations. On Friday, it will also begin a five-day-a-week dazzling live performance that…
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Colorado Springs dance school reimagines classic rodeo ballet for Pikes Peak region
A tutu and pointe shoes are expected at a ballet performance, but cowboy boots and chaps? Yippee-ki-yay-no. A rodeo and a ballet seem like mismatched dancing partners, but not to the famous American dancer and choreographer Agnes de Mille, who costumed herself and her dancers in Western gear in composer Aaron Copland’s iconic 1942 ballet,…
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Comedy, theater and dance across Colorado Springs this week
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‘STAR DANCER’: Theatre Across Borders presents a family-friendly production at The Millibo Art Theatre following an alien’s journey to save her planet while learning about the science of stars. Designed for elementary-aged audiences, the show blends storytelling, movement and music, 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Saturday and at 11 a.m. on Sunday, 1626 S.…
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Colorado Springs professional dance company celebrates 35 years
Maintaining a successful arts organization is no small feat, particularly a professional dance company. But Ormao Dance Company proves it can be done and done well. The nonprofit, which is celebrating its 35th anniversary, is the only professional dance company in the Pikes Peak region to pay its dancers for rehearsals and performances. “It took…
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Stories without words: Shen Yun returns to Colorado Springs with all-new shows
Traditional Chinese dancing, orchestra music, acrobatics and ancient storytelling, with a little contemporary political messaging sprinkled throughout. That’s what’s in store for viewers as the Shen Yun performing arts company makes its return to Colorado Springs, with all-new shows, at the Pikes Peak Center this weekend. “There’s something for everyone,” said Shen Yun spokesman Court…
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World Ballet Company’s ‘Cinderella’ delivers a fairy tale night in Colorado Springs
Glass slippers, magical pumpkins and a royal romance are headed to the stage in Colorado Springs. The World Ballet Company will bring its Broadway-style production of “Cinderella” to the Pikes Peak Center, 190 S. Cascade Ave., for a one-night performance at 7 p.m. Saturday. Known for blending classical ballet with dramatic theater, the touring company’s…
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Rising ballet star returns to Colorado for American Ballet Theatre Studio Company performance
As ballerinas jump and spin beneath theater lights, a four-year-old girl leans forward in her auditorium seat. Completely absorbed in the magic of “The Nutcracker,” Delfina Nelson-Todd knew then and there what she wanted to be when she grew up. She had already been dancing everywhere she went, twirling around her family’s San Francisco loft…
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Valentine’s specials, comedy and dance take top billing on Colorado Springs stages this weekend
BEN ROY LIVE!: Known for his sharp wit and irreverent humor, comedian Ben Roy writes and stars in TruTV’s original series “Those Who Can’t,” with his first streaming special, “Hyena,” now available on 800 Pound Gorilla Media, 7:30 and 9:45 p.m. Friday, Loonees Comedy Corner, 1305 N. Academy Blvd., $12; looneescc.com. ‘THE CONVERSATION SERIES: STITCHING…
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Making the Nuggets dance team: Behind the scenes of 2025 tryouts
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Denver Nuggets received more than 100 applications for 18 spots on their 2025 dance team. Last weekend, in a second-floor Ball Arena meeting room, a lengthy tryout process neared completion as judges deliberated over final cuts. Sixteen dancers who made the team a year…