DanceAspen will bring “Limitless” to Ent Center for the Arts on Friday.

Seven dancers will present four pieces that recently premiered in Aspen, including the evening’s featured 22-minute work “Cloudline,” choreographed by Robyn Mineko Williams for Hubbard Street Dance in Chicago.

DanceAspen is launching its first ever educational outreach program with a performance at Aspen Elementary and Aspen Middle School on Wednesday, Feb. 21.

Dancers Madeleine Scott, Meredith Harrill, and Jonah Delgado of Dance Aspen perform the world premiere of the dance piece “The Minimum of Form” on Saturday night during Dance Aspen’s “Limitless” production as violinist MinTze Wu provides the musical score. “Limitless” was staged Friday and Saturday night at the Wheeler Opera House.

DanceAspen presented two nights of “LIMITLESS” on Friday and Saturday, its latest show at the Wheeler Opera House. Dancers included Sammy Altenau, Jonah Delgado, Matthew Gilmore, Meredith Harrill, and Madeleine Scott. Guest artists included Tyler Kerbel, Seia Rassenti and violinist MinTze Wu. Guest choreographers included Robyn Mineko Williams and Jason Hortin.

Dancers Madeleine Scott, Meredith Harrill, and Jonah Delgado of Dance Aspen perform the world premiere of the dance piece “The Minimum of Form” on Saturday night during Dance Aspen’s “Limitless” production as violinist MinTze Wu provides the musical score. “Limitless” was staged Friday and Saturday night at the Wheeler Opera House.

Dancers perform in “A Snowy Soiree” on Saturday afternoon at the Wheeler Opera House. The DanceAspen production featured entertainers in vibrant, festive costumes.

Dancers perform in “A Snowy Soiree” on Saturday afternoon at the Wheeler Opera House. The DanceAspen production featured entertainers in vibrant, festive costumes.

Dancers perform in “A Snowy Soiree” on Saturday afternoon at the Wheeler Opera House. The DanceAspen production featured entertainers in vibrant, festive costumes.

DanceAspen, a nonprofit contemporary dance company, will premiere its first summer showcase at the Wheeler Opera House on Aug. 25 and 26. This performance, titled “Solstice,” will feature work from world-renowned and award-winning choreographers Matthew Neenan of Philadelphia Ballet and Cayetano Soto of Barcelona, Spain. Audiences can also expect to see an all-time favorite piece by Australian ballet dancer Danielle Rowe.

When DanceAspen first reached out to Christel Stiver, wine director at the Hotel Jerome, about pairing wine with dance, she wasn’t sure what to think.

“I raised my eyebrows at first”, said Stiver. “It’s a unique and first-time experience for me, but I was very excited to have the chance to get creative.”

DanceAspen Founder Laurel Jenny Winton was 25 years old when she took an opportunity that would completely transform her life and career track.

An image from Tuesday night’s “Three Dance Episodes,” a collaboration between Dance Aspen and the Aspen Music Festival and School, at the Benedict Music Tent on the Aspen Meadows campus.

Last summer, DanceAspen’s inaugural gala sold out, and this year’s tickets are going fast. Touted as the “party of the year,” Executive Director Laurel Winton expects it to once again sell out soon.

DanceAspen’s much-anticipated winter program has finally arrived.

Premiering Friday and Saturday at The Wheeler Opera House, its program will include the debut of contemporary dance performances by three notable choreographers: Penny Saunders, Yin Yue, and Sebastian Kloborg.

DanceAspen’s winter program will present works by some of its own dancers alongside those of established choreographers like Penny Saunders, Yin Yue and Sebastian Kloborg at the Wheeler Opera House this Friday and Saturday.

DanceAspen will premiere its new winter program at the Wheeler Opera House in Aspen on March 17 and 18 at 7:30pm. This production will feature three original creations from world-renowned choreographers Penny Saunders, Yin Yue and Sebastian Kloborg. The performance will also feature works from local in-house dancers Matthew Gilmore, Madeline Scott and Blake Krapels.

This week's guest blog comes from DanceAspen, an organization with a strong vision for the city of Aspen and the greater Roaring Fork Community to have a thriving resident dance company that cultivates relationships among local artists and other arts organizations through the dedication and collaboration of high caliber performing arts.

It’s rare for a company dancer to present their own choreography alongside outsourced choreographers in a single showcase or program.

But DanceAspen is a rare breed. And the young company of six dancers continues to push past industry barriers and explore possibilities.

DanceAspen is presenting a winter pop-up series for the first time.

The shuttering of Aspen Santa Fe Ballet during the pandemic left Laurel Jenny Winton and fellow dancers Kaya Wolsey, Anthony Tiedeman, Matthew Gilmore, and Katherine Bolanos (now retired) out of work and with a serious dilemma: Do they leave a community they love and had built their lives around, or leave their dance careers behind?