ASPEN SANTA FE BALLET PRESS QUOTES

“A breath of fresh air! The Aspen Santa Fe Ballet has 12 engaging and very good dancers and two ambitious and smart directors who know their choreographers. One looks forward to a return visit.”
– Anna Kisselgoff, The New York Times

“It’s a class act, a classic act, and an extraordinarily engaging act: it’s the Aspen Santa Fe Ballet…the company has much of the pulsating energy of the old Joffrey Ballet in its New York City Center days.”
– Clive Barnes, New York Post

“A twinge of wonderment that might charm the most cynical of New York dance fans…They raise the bar, and then they jump over it.”
– Jennifer Dunning, The New York Times

“The Aspen Santa Fe Ballet is small in size and young in years, but its lustrous Chicago debut proved it thinks big and deserves everlasting life.”
– Sid Smith, Chicago Tribune

“Aspen Santa Fe Ballet is a sophisticated, young company that has the dance world talking.”
– Robert Johnson, The Star-Ledger

“If there’s a classically trained company of the future, it’s Aspen Santa Fe Ballet.”
– The Boston Herald

“A modest but terrific chamber company of 11 chic and charming dancers, with a winningly distinctive repertory…This is a model of what a small classic company should be.”
– Clive Barnes, Dance Magazine

“What I liked most about the troupe was the steadfast commitment to classicism…this makes one hope despite everything.”
- Tobi Tobias, The Village Voice

“This is a company with classical dance as a base, but with the stylistic heart of a chameleon.”
– Laura Bleiberg, The Orange County Register

“A happy tale of two cities. Virtuoso partnering in a repertoire rich in allusions and emotions. A lively program worth watching.”
– Jack Anderson, The New York Times

“The Aspen Santa Fe Ballet is a hardy little company, it cultivates a school, plays short seasons in two cities, tours a lot, sponsors other companies and organizes a dance festival. Artistic director Tom Mossbrucker and Executive Director Jean-Philippe Malaty must be doing something right.”
– Deborah Jowitt, Village Voice

“What a nice performance this was. The dancers moved with confidence, yet without pretensions. The program as a whole was genuinely satisfying. Tom Mossbrucker and Jean-Philippe Malaty, have formed the balletic equivalent of a fine chamber-music ensemble.”
– Jack Anderson, New York Theatre Wire

“Watching the 10 expert dancers present a delightful three-part program, it’s clear that company directors Tom Mossbrucker and Jean-Philippe Malaty know how to please an audience.”
– Marc Shugold, Rocky Mountain News

“ASFB deftly showcased the 10 dancers’ impressive technical facility, sleek uniformity and flair for eclectic works requiring ballet brilliance.”
– Hedy Weiss, Chicago Sun Times

“Aspen Santa Fe Ballet is a jewel of a company. . .a refreshing surprise.”
– Backstage.com

“It was a triumph.”
– Sud Ouest, France

“The conviction, unity, and abilities of the ASFB dancers was almost overwhelming.”
– The Dance Insider

“It’s clear that this 7-year old company has put itself on America’s dance map. This company is making noise!”
– Sylvaine Gold, Newsday

“An engaging and spirited troupe.”
– Robert Johnson, Newark Star-Ledger

" Olympian athleticism, Nobel-Laureate inventiveness, this is a company that lives up to their reputation as one of the most promising and talented up-and-coming dance ensembles in America."
– The Maui News

“A real force in Colorado Dance.”
– The Denver Post

“Great art does not have to be huge. It can be small, like this, and it can be beautiful.”
– The Salt Lake Tribune

“Aspen Santa Fe Ballet is one of the biggest desert events of the year.”
– The Desert Sun

“The company presence is of strong and true metal ...almost unbearably beautiful.”
– The Santa Fe New Mexican

“A deft ensemble…with engaging largesse.”
– Dance Magazine

“Aspen Santa Fe Ballet is a company to be reckoned with.”
– Dance Magazine

“The crowd oohed and ahhed, cheered mid-dance, and gave standing ovations and generally seemed to adore every minute.”
– Denver Rocky Mountain News

“They’re tall, young and lovely.”
– The Houston Chronicle

“A repertoire to die for”
– The Salt Lake Tribune

“The company has scored hits with every presentation”
– The Aspen Times

“WOW is the word for Aspen Santa Fe Ballet.”
– The Maui News

“It is refreshing to see that a small ballet company is taking risks by including such innovative works in its repertory.”
– The Honolulu Advertiser

“Aspen Santa Fe Ballet is stirring up enough commotion for a great demand for a return trip.”
– The Desert Sun

“Best Import by an Import Company: Aspen Santa Fe Ballet’s Moses Pendleton piece ‘Noir Blanc’.”
– The Salt Lake Tribune

“Small group danced to the beat of a big imagination”
– Marc Shulgold, Rocky Mountain News

“Fleet, feisty and fun. The Aspen Santa Fe Ballet exuded all those qualities and more...as it exuberantly returned to Denver after an all too long absence.”
– Kyle MacMillan, The Denver Post

“Featuring the cool, tensile athleticism for which the company is known. . .The dancers of Aspen Santa Fe Ballet seem as comfortable in acrobatic turns and loose limbed falls as they are in soaring grand jetés and crisp fouettés.”
– Karen Campbell, The Boston Globe

“Open and athletic. . .like the big bright skies of the American West.”
– Allison Tracy, The Berkshire Eagle

“These dancers performed with exquisite attention to music, clear lines, precise execution of detailed footwork, and a strong, exciting attack on choreographic material brought this concert beyond the highest expectations. Like the Santa Fe Opera and the New Mexico Symphony, this company is a state treasure.”
– Jennifer Noyer, The Albuquerque Journal

“Aspen Santa Fe Ballet is fearless in its commitment to advancing contemporary works by promising young artists. This commitment is a great gift to our community because it permits us to experience dance as art, not as entertainment.”
– Susanna Carlisle, THE Magazine

“The dancers met each piece with understanding, clarity and commitment as well as panache, athleticism, delicacy and humor where needed.”
– Madeline Nicklin, The Santa Fe New Mexican

“…Aspen Santa Fe Ballet mixed technical prowess and confident verve for a compelling display of contemporary ballet.”
– Dana Gavin Frank, The Dallas Morning News

“Aspen Santa Fe Ballet is championing a growing movement in America toward smaller, leaner, more contemporary ballet.”
– Kathy Adams, The Salt Lake Tribune

“Equally as important, ASFB has a knack for finding or commissioning choreography that challenges the dancers, appeals to audiences and gives the company a lively, forward-looking identity.”
– Kyle MacMillan, The Denver Post

“…local residents are embracing this cross-state, homegrown company, and well they should, given its skyrocketing reputation.”
– Kyle MacMillan, The Denver Post

“Aspen Santa Fe Ballet delivered a mesmerizing masterpiece of movement”
– Dottie Ashley, Charleston Post and Courier

“Jean-Philippe Malaty and Tom Mossbrucker have succeeded in luring some of the finest contemporary choreographers…the entire program had an artistic shape of its own, with variety of tone, design, and content”
– Jennifer Noyer, Albuquerque Journal

“Watch out for this bold, explosive company.”
– Mark Lynch, Palm Beach Daily News

“As in the past, company directors Jean-Philippe Malaty and Tom Mossbrucker tastefully balance trends and experiments with modern works of distinguished pedigree.”
– Robert Johnson, The Star Ledger

“A sleek compact group…easy to look at. One would welcome a chance to see more.”
– Hilary Ostlere, Financial Times

“It’s just that every now and then along comes a small band of marvelous dancers determined to offer up eye-popping choreographic treats that will have tongues wagging for weeks on end. Such was the case when a little-known ensemble, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, raised dance consciousness and thoroughly entertained an enthusiastic crowd at Napa Valley Opera House.”
– L. Pierce Carson, The Napa Valley Register

“If you like well crafted dances, set on virtuoso dancers, and choreography guaranteed to please without requiring that you think, keep your eye on Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, and when you can do it, go see them. You won’t be disappointed.”
– Donald K. Atwood MFA, Ph.D., WorldDanceReviews.com

“…a potent mix of athleticism, striking ideas and cryptic atmosphere – best harnesses this company’s ensemble power.”
– Catherine Thomas, The Oregonian

“Although it has a fraction of the budget of the Colorado Ballet, the Aspen Santa Fe Ballet has managed to become the state’s highest profile company with extensive national and international touring and three sets of performances at New York’s prestigious Joyce Theatre in recent years.”
– Kyle MacMillan, The Denver Post

“At this weekend’s American Dance Festival, audiences may come for the ever-popular Paul Taylor Dance Company, but will leave more impressed with the Aspen Santa Fe Ballet.”
– The News & Observer

“This young company, just into its second decade, brings exciting vibrancy and striking precision to its ADF debut.”
– The News & Observer

“A terrific troupe of 11 dancers who are doing us proud in an excellent program of four dances that show off the company’s versatility.”
– Janine Parker, The Boston Globe

“The dancers of Aspen Santa Fe Ballet can do something fabulous: They can take ballet, the prettiest dance form there is, and make it funny, fast, twitchy, determined, grounded -- in short, everything but pretty.”
– Tresca Weinstein, The Albany Times Union

“The company, which was founded in 1996, holds dual citizenship—not just in Colorado and New Mexico, as its name indicates, but also in the worlds of classical and contemporary dance.”
– Tresca Weinstein, The Albany Times Union

“Paired with the fine dancers of Aspen Santa Fe, works by William Forsythe and Jorma Elo not only throw off audience expectations, but keep the eyes and imagination alert.”
– Wendy Liberatore, The Daily Gazette

“Physical beauty dispatched beautifully, and with polish, (American) style.”
– Allison Tracy, The Berkshire Eagle