Boulder Ballet: [In]Human
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Door time: 6:30
Show time: 7:30
Boulder Ballet launches its 2026–2027 season at Chautauqua Auditorium with [In]Human, a bold and versatile program that explores the intersection of instinct and identity through three striking contemporary works.
The evening opens with Over Glow, a refined yet playful exploration of movement and light. Set within a shifting palette of color, the work moves with exhilarating speed and physicality. Sleek ensemble passages and intimate duets reveal a world that is both kinetic and luminous.
In Sun & Steel, choreographer Ben Needham-Wood reimagines and expands his earlier work into something primal and visceral. Set to the hypnotic score of Philip Glass, the piece dives into the tension between body and spirit – where flesh meets intention, and strength meets surrender. Athletic and unrelenting, it asks: where do we locate ourselves within our own physical humanity?
The program concludes with Natasha Adorlee’s How to Build a Dream Apparatus, a richly theatrical and character-driven world inspired by the music of Andrew Bird. Five distinct voices – The Builder, The Dreamer, The Mechanic, The Performer, and The Traveler – come together to construct something both mysterious and alive. What begins as fragments evolves into a poetic, shared creation: part invention, part sculpture, part dream.
Dynamic and imaginative, InHuman reveals the many ways we build meaning – through motion, connection, and through the stories we carry in our bodies.
Show time: 7:30
Boulder Ballet launches its 2026–2027 season at Chautauqua Auditorium with [In]Human, a bold and versatile program that explores the intersection of instinct and identity through three striking contemporary works.
The evening opens with Over Glow, a refined yet playful exploration of movement and light. Set within a shifting palette of color, the work moves with exhilarating speed and physicality. Sleek ensemble passages and intimate duets reveal a world that is both kinetic and luminous.
In Sun & Steel, choreographer Ben Needham-Wood reimagines and expands his earlier work into something primal and visceral. Set to the hypnotic score of Philip Glass, the piece dives into the tension between body and spirit – where flesh meets intention, and strength meets surrender. Athletic and unrelenting, it asks: where do we locate ourselves within our own physical humanity?
The program concludes with Natasha Adorlee’s How to Build a Dream Apparatus, a richly theatrical and character-driven world inspired by the music of Andrew Bird. Five distinct voices – The Builder, The Dreamer, The Mechanic, The Performer, and The Traveler – come together to construct something both mysterious and alive. What begins as fragments evolves into a poetic, shared creation: part invention, part sculpture, part dream.
Dynamic and imaginative, InHuman reveals the many ways we build meaning – through motion, connection, and through the stories we carry in our bodies.
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900 Baseline Rd., Boulder, CO, United States, Colorado 80302
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Host or PublisherThe Colorado Chautauqua
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