Colorado Ballet opens season with program based on state’s artistic legacy

Colorado Ballet will open its 49th season Sept. 11 with a lively Colorado-themed program that will be presented in four Colorado cities throughout the fall.

All Pointes West begins with Lynne Taylor-Corbett’s Great Galloping Gottschalk, followed by the third act pas de deux from Marius Petipa’s Sleeping Beauty featuring the wedding pas de deux, and Dwight Rhoden’s Ave Maria. The program concludes with Agnes de Mille’s Rodeo.

The four-city tour is a result of Colorado Ballet’s receipt of the 2009 Colorado Masterpieces Award, funded by the Colorado Council on the Arts. Beginning at the Newman Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Denver, the company will then head to Colorado Springs, Fort Collins and Pueblo. Colorado Ballet will use the $55,000 award to introduce Coloradans to the best of their cultural and artistic legacy within the state.

Performance schedule and ticket information:

The Newman Center for the Performing Arts in Denver

Friday, Sept. 11, at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 12, at 2 p.m.

Saturday , Sept. 12, at 7 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 13, at 2 p.m.

Ticket prices range from $19 to $109. To purchase tickets, call 303-837-8888 or visit www.coloradoballet.org.

Pikes Peak Center in Colorado Springs

Saturday, Sept. 19, at 7:30 p.m.

Ticket prices range from $13 to $47. To purchase tickets, call 719-520-7469 or visit www.worldarena.com.

Lincoln Center in Fort Collins

Saturday, Sept. 26, at 7:30 p.m.

Ticket prices range from $16 to $30. To purchase tickets, call 970-221-6735 or visit www.fcgov.com/lctix.

Sangre de Cristo Performing Arts Center in Pueblo

Friday, Nov. 6, at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets are $25. To purchase tickets, call 719-295-7200 or visit www.sdc-arts.org.