Aspen Community Theatre is offering a free dance workshop on August 23rd from 10 am to 3 pm hosted by Marisa Post, the director and choreographer for Aspen Community Theatre’s fall musical, "Chicago."
Aspen Community Theatre is offering a free dance workshop on August 23rd from 10 am to 3 pm hosted by Marisa Post, the director and choreographer for Aspen Community Theatre’s fall musical, "Chicago."
Synonymous with the show "Chicago" is the name of its brilliant director and choreographer Bob Fosse. Highly stylized, this dance class will explore the essential ingredients in the choreography of Fosse, including his dance roots in vaudeville, burlesque and jazz. The workshop will include a film history of vaudeville and burlesque, a session on how to follow choreography, culminating in a dance class designed to pull it all together. This class is perfect for actors, singers and dancers of all experience levels.
Marisa Post received her theatre training at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, NYC and is currently the Director of Education at Theatre Aspen. She has worked as a professional actress, in New York and nationally. As a director and choreographer, Marisa has created new and published works for the stage, including Umbrella Man, Little Shop of Horrors, A Little Night Music, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change and The Sound of Music.
Enrollment is limited. Please call Carol Bayley @ 920.3937 to register.
The Aspen Music Festival and School and Aspen Santa Fe Ballet are collaborating again this year, presenting another very special night of dance and music, Wednesday, August 6 in the Benedict Music Tent, this time accompanied by a full, live orchestra. The program will feature 1st Flash, choreographed by Finland’s Jorma Elo and danced to Finnish composer Jean Sibelius’ achingly beautiful Violin Concerto in D Minor, and Wolfgang by noted choreographer David Parsons, a witty and exuberant dance that highlights the playful music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
In a comprehensive article, Vail Daily’s Stewart Oksenhorn taps the impeccable tastes of Belly Up owner Michael Goldberg, local song writer Tom Ressel, Wine Spectator magazine critic at-large Harvey Steinman, and others to enumerate the must-see events in Aspen this summer. “Everybody and their brother knows what goes on in Aspen during the summertime,” Oksenhorn writes. “But which among them are the truly outstanding events, with potential strong enough to pique the interest of the people whose job it is to pay attention to this stuff?” Here’s a partial list of Oksenhorn’s findings:
After a one year hiatus, the Aspen Santa Fe Ballet presents: 2008 Summer Dance Series, (formerly Aspen Dance Festival) is back and better than ever! From July 17 thru August 9, 2008, four of the most talented and unique dance companies around the globe (including Aspen’s very own Aspen Santa Fe Ballet) will take the stage for three weeks of energetic, graceful, and athletic dance. Don't miss Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, July 17 and 19, Ballet Boyz, July 24-25, Hubbard Street Dance, July 29-31, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet in the Benedict Music Tent, August 6, and DanceBrazil, August 8-9.
Share the passion of dance…After crisscrossing the globe from Italy to Guatemala, St. Louis to Hawaii, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet is back home with a blockbuster program of innovative new work never before seen in Aspen! Our latest acquisition is Slingerland by William Forsythe, the famed choreographer who revolutionized the Frankfurt Ballet. Helen Pickett, our latest discovery, created a new ballet especially for our dancers. Karole Armitage’s mysterious Time is the echo and hot Finnish choreographer Jorma Elo’s 1st Flash completes this spectacular program.
History works in strange ways. The very first performance of the Aspen Santa Fe Ballet under the Benedict Music Tent will be the final performance of prima ballerina Brooke Klinger with the company.
The Aspen Club & Spa graciously hosts a gourmet feast with live music every Tuesday evening from 5-8 p.m. on the sun deck at The Aspen Club! Relax and enjoy the beautiful surroundings, fabulous food, terrific company and popular music by Big Daddy Lee & The Kingbees! The cost is $25 for dinner and a drink. Proceeds benefit a different non-profit every event. Call for free shuttle service 925-8900. SEE YOU THERE!
Premenopausal women who get a lot of vitamin D and calcium may cut their risk of breast cancer by almost a third, Harvard Medical School researchers report.
“Adequate intakes of calcium and vitamin D are necessary for women in keeping up their health, and additionally, these two nutrients may help prevent breast cancer development, especially among premenopausal women,” said lead author Jennifer Lin, an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.
ASPEN, COLORADO (Post Time News)--In a stunning and unexpected development, the Aspen Santa Fe Ballet cancelled its summer 2007 Aspen Dance Festival.
The troupe deep-sixed the annual event "due to the construction of the new middle school and the renovations and upgrades being made at the Aspen District Theatre."
