Colorado Ballet is a classical ballet company based in Denver, Colorado. Comprising two academies as well as a company, Colorado Ballet serves more than 110,000 patrons each year. The main performance venue is Ellie Caukins Opera House in downtown Denver.
The Colorado Ballet was the recipient of 2009 Colorado Masterpieces Award. As part of the award, Colorado Ballet will tour Colorado in the 2009–2010 season as a part of American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius initiative, funded by the Colorado Council on the Arts

Colorado Council on the Arts

The Colorado Council on the Arts is an agency of the state government of Colorado, responsible for the promotion of the arts. Its budget combines state funds with federal funds from the National Endowment for the Arts. Its offices are located in Denver. As of September, 2006, the current director...

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