Vilar Performing Arts Center 68 Avondale Lv Avon Co 81620
ABOUT:
Our 530-seat theatre is operated by the non-profit organization, the Vail Valley Foundation, and presents a multifariousness of year-circular performances including Broadway musicals, theatre, rock concerts, family unit shows, jazz, comedy, trip the light fantastic toe, motion picture and more than. The Vilar Performing Arts Eye (VPAC) is a 501(c)three not-profit organization located in the heart of Colorado'southward Beaver Creek Resort. We now have 12 full-time staff and host approximately 150 events each twelvemonth with more than than 8,000 Eagle County students attending STARS (Support the Arts Reaching Students) performances.
The Vilar Performing Arts Centre prides itself on being a community resource. As such, the theatre is committed to nurturing the cultural passions of our youth and all members of our community through the Community Functioning Fund. Through this fund nosotros are able to open up our doors to other Hawkeye County not-profits by underwriting the technical, product, labor and theatre-usage costs. This gives artists and organizations the opportunity to feel the excitement of performing on an incredible phase with professional product qualities and support. It also allows the states to play an integral function in the community we reside in.
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HISTORY:
The founders of Beaver Creek had ever imagined a central theatre since it was start projected as a resort community. In February of 1998, that vision was realized. With the opening of the Vilar Performing Arts Center, Beaver Creek became the first mount resort community in the earth to include its own performing arts facility presenting an annual series of diverse cultural events.
Managed by the Vail Valley Foundation, the building of the Vilar Performing Arts Eye was financed by donors who are both total and function-time residents of the Vail Valley. This theatre has added yet another unique dimension to what is already one of the globe'due south premier vacation and recreation destinations. A state-of-the-art facility, the Vilar Performing Arts Heart contains a 530-seat theatre, ii 2,200 square-human foot lobbies and a 2,000 foursquare-foot May Gallery Patrons Lounge.
Located in the center of the Beaver Creek Hamlet, directly beneath the outdoor water ice skating rink, the cultural circuitous hosts a diverseness of acclaimed artistic performances that 1 would expect to see at Carnegie Hall in New York or the Kennedy Middle in Washington, D.C., but might non expect to notice within walking altitude of ski lifts, hiking trails and golf fairways. The intimate and inviting performance infinite was designed to exacting specifications to create perfect acoustics and unobstructed views from every seat.
Littman's Kunstler theatre in Munich provided inspiration for the wood-paneled columns, walls and ceilings that are combined with the curved horseshoe seating layout also found in many traditional European halls. The natural wood and rock in the lobby are highlighted by carpets and fabrics woven with autumnal colors. The walls are painted in the muted tones of the sky at dusk which complete the theater'southward harmonious complement to the Rocky Mountain surround that surrounds it.
One of the country'due south leading designers for the performing and visual arts and one of Colorado'south finest resort design talents collaborated on the design for the Vilar Performing Arts Heart. Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates of Los Angeles has completed over 30 theatre buildings and 40 theatre studies throughout the world. Amongst its projects are Minneapolis' Orchestra Hall, Denver'southward Boettcher Hall and major performing arts centers in Anchorage, Alaska and Eugene, Oregon.
Pierce Segerberg and Associates, with offices in Vail and Denver, has created many renowned projects in the Vail Valley, including the Sonnenalp Hotel at Vail Village and the Chateau, Greystone and Pines developments in Beaver Creek. Through the use of natural material and a keen understanding of the climate, these buildings exude regional imagery and contribute to the area's unique identity.
Beaver Creek is at the center of a thirty-mile chain of communities stretching from East-Vail to Gypsum. The popularity of Vail and Beaver Creek Mountains as winter and summer destinations, the easy drive from Denver International Aerodrome and the Vail/Eagle Aerodrome located just 20 minutes away take made it possible to for such a small-scale community to support a facility of the VPAC'south caliber. The VPAC is well served by its location at the center of Beaver Creek, it is easily accessible by car or motorbus and is walking distance to the village'southward many lodges, cafes, restaurants and retail shops.
The Vilar Performing Arts Center'due south programming ranges from jazz, blues, country and classical concerts to contemporary and ballet dance troupes, comedy, theatre and family productions. The Vilar Middle also hosts a number of community productions, awards shows and fundraisers for local organizations throughout the year.
Interest in the performing and visual arts has developed forth with the success of the Vail Valley as a twelvemonth-round destination. Summertime performances at the Ford Amphitheater and stone concerts at the Dobson Ice Arena in Vail are immensely pop, only until the construction of the VPAC in that location had non been a year-round space suitable for an enriching cultural experience past a variety of artists here in the Vail Valley.
The venue's naming patron, Alberto Vilar, is passionate nearly performing arts. He has a item affinity for opera and ballet, equally well as symphonic, classical choral and sleeping room music. "Culture enriches our life," says Vilar. "'What would life be without Mozart?' as the saying goes."
THE MAY GALLERY PATRONS LOUNGE:
The VPAC is home to the beautiful May Gallery Patrons Lounge, an exclusive gathering place for members at the Patron Gild level and in a higher place, too as the theater'southward original Upper-case letter Campaign donors. Named in honor of founding patrons Peter & Leni May, the opening of the gallery was celebrated on the evening of November 26, 1999 following a performance by jazz trumpeter virtuoso Maynard Ferguson. For about 20 years, a option of 33 architectural drawings were showcased from the May's individual collection, depicting cultural institutions, railroad train stations, fountains, and other public structures dated from 1843 through mid twentyth century.
On July 5, 2019 – opening night of the 2019 summer flavor featuring comedian Jay Leno – the May Gallery was unveiled once again, this time bridging contemporary and traditional design in the first consummate remodel of the space. Notable improvements include an open up flooring programme to conform a wider range of events and performances, custom-built furnishings, Swarovski crystal chandeliers, land-of-the-art sound and lighting applied science, and a rotating collection of artwork provided by local galleries and private collectors. The May Gallery continues to be a celebrated pre-show enclave for theater members and a cultural jewel of the community.
Amenities include a full-service bar, nightly snacks, coatroom, private restrooms, and a livestream of performances on a fourscore" television.
TICKETS:
The VPAC box role is located in the theater, directly below the water ice rink on Beaver Creek Plaza. Tickets tin be purchased in person, by phone or straight at: vilarpactickets.org
Contact the Box Office: 970.845.8497 / 888.920.2787 / 970.748.1396 (fax) / boxoffice@vvf.org
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