The public can join in brown bag lunch discussions with faculty and students, lecture-demonstrations and a video screening of aerial dances from around the world. The Aerial Dance Festival culminates in faculty concerts July 27-29 at the Dairy Dance Space. July 25-29 at its headquarters in Boulder. Teachers will include Bantaba's own West African faculty, leading guest artists from across the nation and instructors from Guinea, Mali, Senegal and Ghana. Dedicated to the art and culture of hip-hop, the weeklong intensive features top instructors from across the nation including Tymme and Aury Reitz, Mikaya and Gary Kendall.
Organizers hope it becomes an annual event.
A performance on the final day will spotlight the guest artists, the Motion Underground Elite Company and interested students. In Denver, the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble gathers master artists from throughout the African Diaspora to share cultural and artistic traditions July 8-21 in the Seventh Annual International Summer Dance Institute at the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Theatre. July 20-Aug. 11. The witty and daring Parsons Dance Company, seen in Boulder just three months ago, is third on the Aspen schedule with concerts Aug. 2-4. The Joffrey Ballet returns for a second straight year Aug. 8-10 with a program of works by company founder and artistic director Gerald Arpino.