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Colorado Ballet company history timeline

1961

In 1961, Lillian Covillo and Freidann Parker established Colorado Concert Ballet to showcase talented students they had been teaching at their ballet school.

1968

By 1968, the Company hit the road for its first tour of the state.

1976

By 1976, Colorado Concert Ballet produced 33 performances of The Nutcracker and three other productions that season.

1987

In 1987, Parker and Covillo conducted a nationwide search, at their own expense, for a new artistic director.

1990

The partnership remained successful for three years, and in 1990, the Board of Trustees decided to the dissolve the alliance and move the Company permanently to Denver.

1993

In 1993, Colorado Ballet made its New York debut to favorable reviews.

1995

In 1995, the Company formed Colorado Ballet II, which is now known as Colorado Ballet’s Studio Company.

2006

In March 2006, Gil Boggs, former principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre, was hired as the new artistic director.

2013

After more than two decades of leasing a space near the Colorado State Capitol, Colorado Ballet purchased a building at the north end of Denver’s Art District on Santa Fe in 2013.

2016

In December 2016, Colorado Ballet's The Nutcracker was named the best-loved Nutcracker in the 10th Annual Goldstar National Nutcracker Award contest, winning this coveted honor in a field that included more than 80 other productions throughout the United States

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1961
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Freidann Parker,Lillian Covillo
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