Ballet Nouveau Colorado
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| General information | |
| Name | Wonderbound |
| Year founded | 1992 (as Ballet Nouveau Colorado) 2012 (as Wonderbound) |
| Principal venue | 1075 Park Avenue West Denver, CO |
| Website | wonderbound |
| Artistic staff | |
| Artistic Director | Garrett Ammon |
Wonderbound (formerly Ballet Nouveau Colorado), a contemporary ballet company based in Denver, Colorado, is the second largest ballet company in the state.
Ballet Nouveau Colorado was founded in 1992 as a non-profit student performing company and school, providing outreach performances for elementary schools in Adams County and Denver's North Metro area. In 2002 BNC transitioned to maintaining a full-time contemporary ballet company. Later in 2002 BNC was honored by the Colorado State House of Representatives with CO House Resolution #02-1009 "for its commitment to bringing arts to the metropolitan region and for providing a wonderful educational haven to individuals who are interested in dance". By 2005 BNC had grown into the second largest ballet company in the State of Colorado. At the start of their 2007-2008 season BNC hired husband/wife team Garrett Ammon and Dawn Fay to take over the artistic direction of the company, made a significant adjustment to their marketing campaign and established a widespread presence on the internet including profiles on Facebook and MySpace as well as video postings on YouTube. The school and offices were based in Broomfield.
In December 2009 BNC's Board of Directors made the decision to dismiss Lissy Garrison from her position as executive director, the longest holder of this position till that time. In 1995 Garrison joined BNC as a consultant to the Board of Directors, served as president of the board for two years and became Executive Director in 1999. BNC never disclosed the circumstances surrounding the firing of Garrison. However, since her departure "Ballet Nouveau has changed its administrative structure. Instead of the artistic director being subordinate to the executive director as before, both now report directly to the board and are considered peers."
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