THE DANCE ARCHIVE

Denver

News: Nominations are due Feb. 29 for the 2024 Legends of Dance, an award given annually to honor individuals who have made a “significant and sustained impact on dance in Colorado.”

The awards were established in 2004 and since then, 104 “living legends” have been celebrated.

Judges will be looking for a variety of dance styles and forms; geographic representation of the state; and racial, ethnic, cultural and gender diversity. Posthumous nominees are not accepted, and dance organizations must still be in operation.

Nominees do not have to be dancers or performers; previous recipients have been producers, directors, philanthropists and photographers and include choreographer-dancer Cleo Parker Robinson, founder of Cleo Parker Robinson Dance; Dawn Fay and Garrett Ammon, founders of Wonderbound, Colorado’s second largest ballet company; the Denver Ballet Guild; philanthropist Florence Ruston; Colorado Ballet artistic director Gil Boggs; photographer Stan Obert and former University of Colorado dance professor Tish Williams.

A nomination form can be found by visiting thedancearchive.org

About the organization: Founded in 1972, The Dance Archive is a special collections area within the University of Denver’s Special Collections and Archives. It was founded with the vision of becoming the most comprehensive and significant dance resource center in the American West and the mission of advancing education and engagement with resources across all genres of dance and movement.

Website: thedancearchive.org

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