The Colorado Ballet Orchestra performs with the Company at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House, either at three or four productions a year.

With an annual operating budget exceeding $7.8 million, the company employs more than 150 people on either a full-time or part-time basis during the year.

The partnership remained successful for three years, and in 1990, the board of trustees decided to the dissolve the alliance and move the Company permanently to Denver.

By the time the Company celebrated its 40th anniversary in the early 2000s, the organization's annual budget had grown to $5.1 million, with 30 professional dancers, 20 apprentices and an academy with 250 students.

In March 2006, Gil Boggs, former principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre, was hired as the new artistic director.

[6] In December 2016, Colorado Ballet's The Nutcracker was named the best-loved Nutcracker in the 10th Annual Goldstar National Nutcracker Award contest, winning this coveted honor in a field that included more than 80 other productions throughout the U.S.[7] The artistic leadership of the Colorado Ballet includes (as of 2017-2018 season): Artistic Director: Gil Boggs, former principal dancer of American Ballet Theatre Ballet Mistresses: Lorita Travaglia, Sandra Brown Music Director/Principal Conductor: Adam Flatt Associate Conductor: Catherine Sailer Company Pianist: Natalia Arefieva Academy Principal: Erica Fischbach Colorado Ballet consists of 33 professional dancers from around the world (as of 2018-2019 season):[8] The Studio Company is a pre-professional training program; members are selected by audition.

The program is designed to offer young dancers training and experience working with the professional company.

Tchaikovsky) Alice in Wonderland (choreography by Septime Webre, music by Matthew Pierce) Ballet Director's Choice (includes The Angel of Buenos Aires by Lorita Travaglia, Wolfgang (for Webb) by Dominic Walsh, Light Rain pas de deux by Gerald Arpino and It's Not a Cry pas de deux by Amy Seiwert) Colorado Ballet's 2014-2015 season opened on September 26, 2014.

Tchaikovsky) Ballet MasterWorks (includes Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring with choreography by Glen Tetley, George Balanchine's Theme and Variations with music by P.I.

The academy curriculum is designed to guide students from their first introduction to the art through a full course of ballet study.

The Colorado Ballet Academy's designed method follows a structured sequence of training stages intended to increase student's technical skills, stamina and discipline in accordance with their age and physical development.

The students study a variety of dance concepts while working on spatial awareness, problem solving, and strengthening the body and brain.

The Parkinson Association of the Rockies is the first Parkinson's-oriented Colorado organization to bring this dance-focused method of physical therapy to the Denver community.

In addition, the department offers students discounted tickets to the professional Company's final dress rehearsal for selected shows each season.