By creating shows to rock and pop music, integrating multimedia technology, and embracing social media in creative ways the organization garnered a lot of attention both locally and nationally, including being named one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch” in 2009.

As Ammon familiarized himself with the Denver arts scene, he began developing productions with the area’s diverse range of artist. In the following years, multi-medium collaborations would come to define the dance company as it took remarkable journeys with writers from Lighthouse Writers Workshop, musicians like Paper Bird and Jesse Manley, visual artists from RedLine and photographers like Mark Sink and Kristen Hatgi.

Over the course of five years, the artistic vision of Ammon and Fay helped to define the company as a creative leader in the state of Colorado. By collaborating with artists across a spectrum of mediums, the company created transformative experiences that upended notions about how dance can be created and shared in the community.

Though the dance company was succeeding artistically, the organization was built on a twentieth century nonprofit model which was failing to keep pace with the new economy. In 2012, Ammon and Fay embarked on a nine-month assessment and development process with Bonfils-Stanton Foundation to discover new solutions for the organization’s longterm sustainability, impact and growth.

From ground up they began re-imagining the structures that support the company’s work. Out of this process grew a new and daring vision that would free the company to blossom to its full potential as well as a new brand that could capture its essence.

In December of 2012, Wonderbound was introduced to the world.

The building was affectionately dubbed “Junction Box” for its unassuming architecture and its location at the intersection of three major thoroughfares, but most importantly for the idea that it would serve as a gathering place and nerve center to animate the area with ongoing creative energy.

With the move, Ammon and Fay made the significant decision to open Wonderbound’s creative process to the public. Virtually every day their are guests in the space who, depending on the hour and day they show up, may see a full run-thru of a new ballet, an inspired period of rapid choreographic creation, or a slow process of negotiating just a few seconds of movement.

Wonderbound’s move to Junction Box captured the imagination of the community, opened new avenues of opportunity, and was celebrated as a daring organizational and artistic move. In an economic and social climate that was inhospitable to traditional performing arts models, Wonderbound’s vision for the future shined bright and two months after the move to Junction Box, Wonderbound was awarded a $250,000 ArtPlace America Creative Placemaking grant.