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“My advice to others aspiring to make it in the arts is to stick with it. If this is truly your life’s passion, the rewards are endless. Your professional journey … Read more

IF IT AIN’T BROKE: BRIAN YOUNG’S BACK TO BASICS VISION It’s controversial, for sure, to name a dance studio after a factory that violates labor laws. But the name of … Read more

DEVOTED TO DANCE EDUCATION Sandra Minton’s dance education career began in high school in the basement-cum-studio her father built where she taught the neighborhood kids ballet and tap, earning money … Read more

AN EDUCATION: TEA WITH MS. JAYNE PERSCH “Dance is the noblest of arts.  It blends music, color, tone, textures, and nuances.  It is mathematical, historical, structural, conversive; speaks of relationships … Read more

WE ARE ALL IN CONSTANT MOTION Chicago has been living in Boulder for the last four years.  Having worked with the Chicago Moving Company and having served as its Co-Artistic … Read more

DESIGNING WOMAN: RACHAEL KRAS, WONDERBOUND COSTUME DESIGNER Marie Antoinette is known for several things –gravity-defying powdered coiffures, lavish tastes, a falsely ascribed quote – the least of which being seen … Read more

ARTIVIST – A PERSON WHO CHANGES THE WORLD BY PENETRATING THE COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS   Art is why I get up in the morning but my definition ends there and it … Read more

THERE’S BLOOD AND EVERYTHING Hired straight from a video audition, Dana Benton has been a Colorado Ballet staple for 14 seasons. Originally from Canada, Dana decided at the age of 8, ballet … Read more

WHATEVER HAPPENS IN THIS SPACE FEELS LIKE MAGIC When someone loves her job, you can feel it. When the energy is palpable in a space and magic happens, there is … Read more