Support Dance in Northern Colorado
CCB’s focus is to foster the art of dance through performance and training. Donations support our Season and help us to provide need-based scholarships for dance students. Become a CCB donor and support the arts in Northern Colorado!
Help CCB make the magic you see on stage by donating to this year’s Colorado Gives Day Campaign. With a goal of $30,000 these funds go to creating world-class ballet and contemporary dance in Fort Collins and supporting our students to reach their goals as young dancers.
As a supporter of Canyon Concert Ballet, your commitment allows us to continue to:
- Present spectacular performances
- Increase outreach programs
- Commission new artistic works
- Nurture and support choreographers and dancers
- Achieve recognition as a premier regional performing arts institution
" I joined Canyon Concert Ballet when I was four years old because my family heard so many great things about the school. The people at CCB have become a family to me and I don't know what I would do without them. I have a deep passion for dance and the beauty that it brings to the world. CCB has helped me thrive and the staff has nurtured my passion for dance. I am continuously amazed by what the people at CCB can do and I have loved watching the school develop over the years. The teachers at CCB have pushed me to develop in ballet and other disciplines and I wouldn't be the dancer I am today without their training and continuous support. I would definitely recommend Canyon Concert Ballet to anyone who has a passion for dance!"
~Nicole F, Company Member & long time student
Canyon Concert Ballet's mission as a nonprofit organization is to expand, nourish, and enrich the artistic opportunities in classical dance through performance, training, and community outreach in service to the Northern Colorado region. As a quality performing arts company, and a leading educational institution for students of dance, Canyon Concert Ballet delivers world-class performances and provides both professional training and recreational dance opportunities for dancers of all ages, strengths, and abilities.
Our vision is to provide a sustainable community forum for outstanding dance performance and education through our Company and our School. In pursuit of our goal we provide the highest quality training to a diverse group of dancers, create a broad range of performance opportunities for dancers and audiences, and enrich Northern Colorado’s cultural climate with a diverse repertoire of artistry, CCB is a leader in Northern Colorado’s expanding arts community.
Canyon Concert Ballet, Ltd. began as an informal ballet group in October 1977. In September 1979, incorporation was complete and in November of that year auditions produced a company of 17 Canyon Concert Ballet performers.
Carole Torguson (1923-2019), Founder
Our history began with our founder, Carole Torguson. Her dance story started early with formal training in classical ballet, and a ballet teaching career that began at age 14. She founded Canyon Concert Ballet in 1979, making her dream of an outstanding dance company in northern Colorado a reality.
Carole’s lifelong passion was dance. Over fifty years after she began, she still taught 150 children each week. She also produced a series of instructional video tapes which were well-received across the U.S. Her belief in the paramount importance of listening to your body and giving it what it needs, be that work or rest, is still one of our guiding philosophies.
Canyon Concert Ballet continues to exercise her extraordinary care with these very young dancers in our Young Dancer Program. To this day, Carole continues to inspire our work at CCB.
Canyon Concert Ballet Today
Canyon Concert Ballet has grown into the only full-time professional ballet company in Northern Colorado. Annually we present five classical and contemporary productions across our season. In addition to this, we host The Fort Collins Movement Festival. Our Company’s annual holiday productions of The Nutcracker, accompanied by the Fort Collins Symphony Orchestra, is a highlight of the holiday season in Fort Collins and Northern Colorado.
Our advanced students have opportunities to participate in Youth Ensemble, where they are given additional performance opportunities and dance competition experience, as well as in our Professional Training Program where they receive individual mentoring and training in how to pursue a professional career in dance.
All students join in our annual Student Showcase at the end of the school year. From humble beginnings (and a big dream) Canyon Concert Ballet is an organization of which Northern Colorado residents can be very proud!
Organization name
Canyon Concert Ballet
other names
CCB
1979
Tax id (EIN)
84-0776736
Category
Arts, Culture & Humanities
Organization Size
Large Organization
Address
1031 Conifer StreetLarimer County, CO, US