Colorado Ballet encompasses a 31-member professional performing ballet company, a studio company for advanced dance students, an Academy, and an education and outreach department. Based in downtown Denver, Colorado, Colorado Ballet serves more than 125,000 patrons each 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. Colorado Ballet has performed at the Vail International Dance Festival in 2011, 2015 and 2017.