Gerald R Ford Amphitheater

The Opening Night of the Vail Dance Festival kicks off the season with a program featuring Dance Theatre of Harlem, Limón Dance Company, Artist-In-Residence Sara Mearns, Michelle Dorrance, and ballroom duo Denys Drozdyuk and Antonina Skobina. In the second half of the evening, guest stars from New York City Ballet and American Ballet Theatre will join Colorado Ballet in a special performance of George Balanchine’s landmark ballet Serenade, with Tchaikovsky’s score performed live by the National Repertory Orchestra conducted by Michael Stern.