Lillian Covillo recounts her early years growing up in Denver, Colorado and attending St. Philomena's parochial school where she was first exposed to ballet through teacher, Lucille Brush. She discusses her early professional experiences, including assuming Brush's responsibilities for teaching dance at Cathedral High School, her association with the Denver Grand Opera Company, and her initial introduction to Freidann Parker and modern dancing through the Martha Wilcox modern dance group. She describes the early professional collaboration between herself and Parker through the Covillo-Parker School of Ballet. Covillo also describes the experiences of founding and making a success of the Colorado Concert Ballet, which was the precursor to the Colorado Ballet Company.