Colorado Ballet

Our teenage son started at Colorado Ballet Academy (CBA) after experiencing a wonderful summer intensive with the school. CBA's Director, Erica Fischbach and her entire staff & faculty are amazing with the students. I would highly recommend CBA to other families looking for a high caliber ballet studio for their children in the Denver metro area.

Amazing school. My daughter is in Pre Pro. First year. Teachers and staff truly concerned about the well being of the whole student. Very attentive to technique, bring guest teachers, attention to choreography as well as dance competitions. A true school to ore pare for the professional career in dance.

Fantastic training institution with caring and professional educators. They offer classes for all ages, a pre-professional division, workshops and intensives. The relationships a dancer can build here and the skills they can learn will prepare them for a future in dance!

Please note that Colorado Ballet (professional company) and Colorado Ballet Academy (ballet school) are not the same, even though they are under the same roof and they work together. The professional company sometimes gives performance opportunities to Academy students and those students sometimes feed into the company when their training reaches a certain level.

I am seeing a lot of reviews here about the company and issues with the business office or the performance venue, and not the Academy--which is probably confusing and misleading to people looking for information about the educational aspect of this nonprofit organization which contributes to the cultural community in Denver in a number of ways.

We went to Nutcracker ballet today.
It was a matinee performance. We go to Colorado Ballet Nutcracker every year. This was the weakest version of COVID-19 Nutcracker. I think most of dancers were kids from the Colorado Ballet Academy.
The costumes were not as beautiful as they were at pre-Covid years. We paid $400, the most we paid for Colorado Ballet Nutcracker, but we were disappointed the most.
Hopefully, regular evening performances better.

My daughter goes here for ballet classes and I have picked up adult classes too. Such a friendly yet disciplined ballet academy. Instructors are nice and helpful. Love their productions! I see my daughter attending this for many many years!

Worst experience ever.

I paid over $200 for tickets that were completely wasted had to walk out of the venue because of the people surrounding me.

Barely able to follow anything going on in the show because of people with unruly children.

Walked out at first intermission, talked to a door person and they didnt even care people were walking out.

Sorry but if the venue cant sell tickets appropriately for ages so people can enjoy the show. Then I simply wont return.

If you cater to children please schedule accordingly to time slots so that people that want to actually enjoy the show can enjoy the show I have children myself but my children can handle a public event without causing a disruption to the public.

There were children kicking the seat backs babies crying, and children that couldnt sit still.

If you said a word to the parents it was almost like I was a criminal, sorry but I came for a cultural experience not for drama and distraction.

Just so bummed that we weren't able to get in when we arrived 12 minutes late to the Nutcracker. We left home in plenty of time, but due to 4 accidents that showed up on our GPS, sitting in traffic 45 minutes to go 6 miles, then waiting and waiting to get into the parking garage, then waiting in line to pay for parking, then walking the 3 blocks, we arrived late. Our seats were at the top, free-standing seats in the Loge, so there wouldn't have been any problem to let us in except the usher would not let us in. When we were seated at the halfway point intermission, she stated she allowed "about 15 people" who were late comers before us to go in and view the ballet from our seats. Those were OUR SEATS!! While waiting the agonizing 30 plus minutes from the lobby, you could see the TV monitor by the bar, but the quality was terrible and you could only hear the orchestra if you stood against the wall, far from the one TV. I was beside myself with anger and disappointment that we could not just slip in and sit in our seats. There were at least 60 people who were late walking in with us, and those we hung out with in the lobby all stated how early they left and how accidents impeded them getting to the ballet on time. What we did see was great, and I still am so very disappointed that our night ended up the way it did because of an inconsiderate usher and some car crashes.