DanceAspen is presenting a winter pop-up series for the first time.
Starting today and running through Saturday, the home-bred dance company will put on free mini-performances at different venues throughout the valley. The first event will take place today at 7 p.m. at The Launchpad in Carbondale, followed by a 4 p.m. showcase on Friday at the Aspen Art Museum Rooftop Café. Then, on Saturday, in the Hotel Jerome’s Wheeler Room, there will be two showtimes at 3 p.m. and 5 p.m.
All performances are free and open to the public, and seating within each venue will be first-come, first-served. Laurel Jenny Winton, DanceAspen founder and executive director, said the pop-up series is family oriented, especially catered for kids to experience and be exposed to dance in a celebratory fashion.
“It’s to celebrate the winter and the start of ski season and all the joy the holidays bring,” Winton said, “and to do so in our way, which is through dance.” The inaugural pop-up events, in contrast, are meant to be “a little unexpected,” she said, and made to be easily accessible.
“We really wanted to do something that was a little more interactive with the community,” Winton said. “It’s more like, we’re coming to them — and we’re not far away on the stage — we’re actually just popping in where people would normally be during the holidays and offering a little taste of dance throughout their day.”
DanceAspen’s pop-up performance is essentially a 20-minute show comprising festive holiday vignettes that have been created and compiled by the dancers themselves.
