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Martha Graham Dance Company Carrie Elhnaro Ttillitsrh ns Circo

Dance That s Worth the Drive Vail International Dance Festival A TANTALIZING DANCE FESTIVAL has grown up not far troin Steamboat Springs over the past two decades You ll bypass cow towns like Phippsburg Bond and McCoy en route to performances that regularly grace iconic theaters from New York to Chicago Moscow and Paris

a 20 ticket will secure a spot to see anything from the iconic

Martha Graham Dance Company Thursday Aug 9

to two

nights with New York City Ballet Moves Sunday and Monday July 29 30 a two year old touring company of select dancers from the legendary New York City Ballet

But this is still ballet in Vail so settle in on the lawn

During the festival s 10 varied performances you can see

maybe even with a picnic and absorb the awe inspiring

the international champions of ballroom dance Friday Aug

beauty of some of the world s most spectacular dancers and cutting edge choreography

10 or television sensations from America s Best Panee Crew So You Think You Can Dance and Dancing with the Stars

The Vail International Dance Festival brings the dance

world to our doorstep The 2012 festival is July 29 Aug 11 and

Saturday Aug 11 Twenty bucks will put you in the audience for an evening of premieres from acclaimed choreographers

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Steamboat Magazine Circulation: 20000 DMA: Denver, CO

City: Steamboat Springs State: CO

Wendv Wlielau and Tyler Angle in Polvphonta New York City Ballet Moves Vail International Dance Festival

Monday Aug 6

or two different International Evenings of

Dance Friday and Saturday Aug 3 4 that showcase principal dancers from the New York City Ballet American Ballet Theatre Boston Ballet Fang Yi Sheu Artists Dance Company

George Balanchine s works to Igor Stravinsky s music at the Vilar Center in Beaver Creek With fair warning based on last

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Pacific Northwest Ballet

year s intimate Up Close performance featuring the men of

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New York City Ballet this promises to be an outstanding piece of ballet history and a sold out show but this is a dancer s

The dance festival go an auspicious start in 1989 when Vail stood in as the last minute replacement for a canceled

dance performance

Texas tour stop for Russia s famous 235 year old Bolshoi

A solid recommendation for the uninitiated is the rousing

Ballet Academy The Rockies appealed to the Russians and

Dance for 20 12 Tuesday Aug 7 which offers a sampler of festival artists that can range from ballet to hip hop in one

the relationship grew into a four week residency for young ballet dancers By 1993 the first International Evenings of Dance emerged with mixed casts of dancers from the world s most prestigious companies including the Bolshoi Ballet the Paris Opera Ballet New York City Ballet and American Ballet Theatre performing together 0 fresco on the Gerald R Ford

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world debut for Morphoses The Wheeldon Company All of this year s performances take place at the Ford Amphitheater except for one special rehearsal style Up Close

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