Colorado Ballet presents a lavishly choreographed production of Swan Lake, set to Tchaikovsky’s intense and vivid original score and performed live by the Colorado Ballet Orchestra. Guaranteed to make your feathers quiver. Purchase your tickets today at ColoradoBallet.org.

Bring your good. Bring your evil. Bring your friends.

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sWan are you?swan lake oct 7 – oct 23

Sharon Wehner by Brad Bartholomew42 | 5280.com | october 2011

true blood

therapy: PrP, aka platelet-

rich plasma therapy

what it fixes: Degeneration of

tendons

how it works: the doc extracts

up to four tablespoons of your

blood and spins it out in a centrifuge

to produce a half-tablespoon

of platelet-rich plasma—the body’s

natural healing agent. this super-

concentrated dose of platelets will start

repairing damaged tissue (knee, ankle,

elbow) as soon as it’s injected.

where to find it: boulder center for

Sports medicine (bch.org/sports

medicine). “PrP is under the subset

of autologous therapies—derived

from the individual’s [own] body,” says

Dr. Jason Glowney. “this is sometimes

confused with blood doping, which it is

not. the World Anti-Doping Agency has

approved PrP for tendon, ligament,

and muscle injuries, allowing athletes

unrestricted use of the therapy.”

—Jayme moye

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when loveland artist Angela Canada Hopkins lost her father to cancer 10 years ago, she turned to a nontraditional sort of ther-apy to deal with her grief: Armed with brushes and paint, she focused on an unlikely subject—cancerous cells—and channeled her emotion onto canvas. Since then, she’s been studying photographs of basic cancer cell structures at a microscopic level and rendering

her interpretations to create colorful acrylic galaxies with a 3-D quality. “They are meant to be beautiful expressions of hope, even though they’re inspired by a tragic disease,” Canada Hopkins says. “It’s my mission to bring awareness to the subject so people can liter-ally envision cancer in a different respect, no matter if they themselves are fighting cancer, if they are doc-tors treating a patient with cancer, or if they’re scien-tists developing a cure.” —maryJo morgan

find it: Visit canadahopkins.com.

get involved

fitness find

Healing Art › A local painter fights cancer through her work.

dan ericson

wellness( )Scene

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October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Sign up for Denver’s Race for the Cure (October 2) or learn more about volunteering,

fund raising, or becoming an advocate at komendenver.org.

Angela Canada Hopkins' Cell No. 2 painting.

polaspilates It’s all about the core, says

instructor marcia Polas, who brings muscle-toning, body-aligning Pilates mat classes to your office, home, or anywhere in between. polaspilates.com

mile high fitness Led by personal

trainer Kim Farmer, these women will shake up your 9-to-5 routine with Zumba, yoga, low-impact cardio, and boot camp–style workouts. milehighfitness.com

denver yoga at work to help you feel

poised in your most stressful environment, these award-winning yogis make any time a downward-facing- dog time. denver yogaatwork.com

Need a midday exercise pick-me-up, but dreading the hassle of leaving the office? Problem solved: Just ask the boss to bring the gym to you. Here, three local fitness groups that can commandeer your conference room. —sr