Wonderbound season begins Oct. 19

ity also has administrative o ces. (We are told that there is parking at the new location and on the nearby street.) e organization is proud to have weathered the pandemic without furloughs or layo s or salary cuts ...

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Wonderbound’s Artistic Director Garrett Ammon and Clay Rose created “Wicked Bayou,” which will open the contemporary ballet’s 10th season Oct. 19-29 in its new permanent home in Park Hill, at 3842 Dahlia St., Denver, according to a recent announcement.

e company has appeared at various venues in the metro area since its founding and moved into the new facility in May.

October performances will be with e Widow’s Bane, a band which is described as “a convergence of Creole and Cajun folklore.” (Ammons features live music.)

is will be a nal chance to see this band perform, as it will be saying farewell after this production, according to information we received.

Wonderbound now has a 260seat auditorium and will welcome its audience to performances on a large stage, where the company will rehearse and perform. e new facil- e “Wicked Bayou” ballet was created by Ammons and Rose, frontman for the Boulder-based band Gasoline Lollipops. e new work is a dark adventure, which includes a depraved puppet master, an insatiable alligator and two young lovers who must ght for their lives ...

December will feature a new holiday production, “Icy Haught,” choreographed by Ammons and company dancer Sarah Tallman, on Dec. 7-17. We are assured that this is not standard holiday fare. Ammon and Rose will also pair up for the season nale, a world premiere of “Samson and Delilah,” which will be set in Palestine, Texas in 1977, at the height of the ERA movement. All-new music in the psychedelic country genre will tell of Delilah, a beautician, and Sam, the local sheri , star-crossed lovers, who do not always see eye to eye.” Rose and his band will accompany on May 2-12, 2024.

Also included in the season will be “Awakening Beauty,” with Tom Hagerman and his band on Feb. 22 to e dance company is described: “Lives at the convergence of tradition and innovation, vulnerability and courage and intimacy and openness. Under the leadership of husbandand-wife team Garett Amon and Dawn Fay, Wonderbound is commit- ted to the development and sharing of the collaborative artistic experiences ... creations erase boundaries between mediums and engage artists and audiences in candid explorations of the human experience.” See wonderbound.com for subscription information.

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