Denver Performing Arts Complex Informations

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The Denver Performing Arts Complex (sometimes referred to locally as "The Plex," "The DPAC " or simply, "Arts Complex") located in Denver, Colorado, is one of the largest performing arts centers in the United States. The DPAC is a four-block, 12-acre (49,000 m2) site containing ten performance spaces with over 10,000 seats connected by an 80 ft (24 m) tall glass roof. It is home to a theatre company, Broadway touring productions, contemporary dance and ballet, chorales, a symphony orchestra, opera and more.

The City and County of Denver’s Arts and Venues owns and operates the three largest theatres in DPAC, the Ellie Caulkins Opera House, the Buell Theatre and Boettcher Concert Hall. The Helen Bonfils Theatre Complex within DPAC is managed and operated by the Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA).

Performing arts organizations which regularly appear in one or other of the performance spaces include the Colorado Ballet, the Colorado Symphony, Opera Colorado and the Denver Center for the Performing Arts’ theatrical divisions — Denver Center Broadway and Denver Center Theatre Company.

The Denver Performing Arts Complex houses the following performance spaces:

The Stage, Space, Ricketson, Jones, and Garner Galleria, as well as the Seawell Grand Ballroom are managed by the Denver Center for the Performing Arts.

Sculpture Park is located at the southwest corner of the complex at N. Speer Blvd. and Champa St.

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