An evening of dance at special prices, featuring Festival artists and companies and the premiere of Rhapsody by Larry Keigwin, a community work created for a diverse cast of local Vail Valley residents who will share the stage with Festival stars in a moving celebration of humanity and art-making. Generously Underwritten by Town of Vail.
In Myths by Legends, stories come to life with today’s extraordinary dancers performing works themed to myths ancient and contemporary, as choreographed by legends of the dance world George Balanchine, Martha Graham, José Limón, and Jerome Robbins. The program will include Limón Dance Company in their founder’s classic Orfeo, Artist-In-Residence Sara Mearns in the “Cassandra” … Continued
For twenty years artistic director Damian Woetzel has grown the Vail Dance Festival into a dynamic lab for dance and music, drawing together thrilling artists from disparate worlds into new collaborative possibilities. That vision is centerstage on UpClose, as Woetzel assembles a star-studded lineup of artists for a unique behind-the-scenes look at the work that goes … Continued
The company returns to the Festival in a headlining performance with a special program featuring George Balanchine’s thrilling Allegro Brillante, DTH Artistic Director Robert Garland’s recent work Nyman String Quartet #2 which was hailed by the Associated Press as “highly athletic and infectiously joyous,” and William Forsythe’s acclaimed Blake Works IV (The Barre Project).
Vail Village | Willow Bridge Road Thursdays | 6/18 – 9/17 | In its second year, a weekly Meadow Market on the International Bridge in Vail Village. Pick up your peaches, meat, dips and then come back Sunday to be ready for the entire week!
American country pop singer and songwriter Walker Hayes is bringing his Same Drunk Tour to The Amp on Friday, August 16th at 7:00pm. With smash hits including Getting Fancy and You Broke Up With Me, this is sure to be a night to remember.Gates open at 6:00pm, Show starts at 7:00pm.
Betty Ford Alpine Gardens Lynn Albers, Paleobotanist – History and Botanical Knowledge of the Native Utes Join local ethnobotanist, Lynn Albers, as she discusses the Ute peoples and their use of Colorado flora. The Utes, or Nuche as they call themselves, were the historic indigenous peoples who lived in the Colorado High Country. Lynn’s discussion … Continued
Betty Ford Alpine Gardens Dr. Gussie Maccracken, Denver Museum of Nature and Science – What Did the Dinosaurs Eat? Dr. Maccracken studies fossil plants and their ecological interactions in deep time. She focuses on reconstructing ancient landscapes during the Late Cretaceous (Age of the Dinosaurs), across the Cretaceous–Paleogene mass extinction, and into the first million … Continued
Betty Ford Alpine Gardens Rowan Nygaard, Betty Ford Alpine Gardens and Longwood Gardens Exploring the South Island of New Zealand: Botany in Te Waka a Maui This lecture will highlight the journey of an amateur botanist throughout much of the South Island of New Zealand. From subalpine scree to temperate rainforest, explore the fascinating plant … Continued
Betty Ford Alpine Gardens Billy Doran, Executive Director, Museum at Dinosaur Junction – Dinosaurs of Eagle County Executive Director of The Museum at Dinosaur Junction, Billy Doran, will introduce participants to the world of dinosaurs, focusing on those that inhabited Eagle County in the Mesozoic
Betty Ford Alpine Gardens Dorothy DePaulo and Sharon Garett, Rocky Mountain Society of Botanical Artists, Finding Your Inner Botanical Artist: An Introduction to Botanical Art In this one-day workshop we will discuss the definition of botanical art and how it differs from other plant art. We will study plant structures, basic leaf shape, venation, and … Continued
Betty Ford Alpine Gardens Emily Griffoul and Nanette Kuich – Botanical Preamble Emily Griffoul, Conservation Scientist, and Nanette Kuich, Education Director at Betty Ford Alpine Gardens, will introduce the science of botany. The morning will be a classroom introduction to botany basics and the afternoon will be spent observing and keying local plants. Please bring … Continued