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This site is apparently optimised for Internet Explorer and doesn't display properly with other browsers. In particular, I am having problems with Firefox (I have version 1.0.7). Among other things, the link for logging out is non-existent. And the link for contacting the moderators/administrators that is described in the help section (which is the 'lp' section for me) is also non-existent, which is why I needed to open a thread and bore everyone else with my problem.

I assume that this was a response to some part of my post but it isn't clear what you were referring to (apologies to the other users but I haven't made the requisite number of posts to allow me to contact Golden Gate privately).

IMHO it's just another case of people bashing something that they don't want to take the time to understand. Anything that pushes the limit of creativity is obviously going to be challenging for the audience as well as to the artists (rock musician Robert Fripp says that his definition of good music is music that takes almost as much skill to listen to as to perform). If having to use your own intelligence to appreciate someone else's performance is "elitist", so be it.

Neither the "Stars of Tomorrow" nor "The Turning Pointe" are mentioned on the CB's website. Nor did the Development Director mention them when I asked about what perks I'm entitled to. You are sure about these? Which is unfortunate since my car is really dirty after being parked at the airport for 5 days. OK, I'm selfish. But I did double my donation specifically to get more dress rehersal tickets, which I ended up not getting. (Even being selfish I'm one of the top 100 donors.)

Five weekends?! Golly -- who else uses that theater? Up here in Seattle, the ballet used to share with the opera and the symphony, and everyone clawed for more time (in a well-bred manner, of course). Now that the symphony has its own hall, the ballet and the opera still have to contend with other users. I can't imagine a situation where they would have five (I'm assuming consecutive) weekends for anything other than Nutcracker. I imagine that the Choreographer Showcase (above) shares time with some other event, considering the math, but still... Golly. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The Colorado Ballet shares a venue with Opera Colorado. It looks like Opera Colorado got the better dates this year. The Choreographer Showcase does share time with some other event: Cinderella. It will be interesting to see how they split up the principal dancers between the 2 programs. It also means that there is no April-May ballet, which is really unfortunate. On warm Spring evenings, the audience-watching can be almost as much fun as the performance.

It seems that in many arts organizations jobs go to the spouses of high-ranking administrators or board memebers.

I'm a current donor and I have received a couple of letters from the Board, most recently yesterday. Basically it's just standard PR garbage. Things like "we have a great plan for the future" (with no hints about what it is) and "we're going to move the Colorado Ballet into the 21st century" (I guess they think that 'Dracula' and 'Earth Tribe' were too 20th century). If you're thinking about donating money again, be warned that they've drastically cut back on perks. No more 'Dance Celebration'. No dress rehersal tickets unless you donate at least a $1000. About all that's left for most of us is a couple of free glasses of wine. And a few dollars off parking at the DCPA for one performance.