The latest news on performances of Dance in Vancouver.
Canada's longest-running contemporary dance festival announced its 38th annual program, featuring over 30 performances across Vancouver venues, including five world premieres and three Western Canadian premieres over 10 days.
The Dance Centre will present MY HOUSE, a world premiere by FakeKnot's Ralph Escamillan celebrating Ballroom culture and chosen family, featuring Voguers, a live DJ, and a post-show talkback in Vancouver.
The Dance Centre announced Ziyian Kwan as recipient of the biennial Lola Award and Alvin Erasga Tolentino as recipient of the annual Isadora Award, honoring outstanding BC choreographers.
Ballet Vancouver announced its inaugural 2026/27 season, featuring guest principals from The National Ballet of Canada and San Francisco Ballet, world and Canadian premieres, and the return of @GISELLE at the Vancouver Playhouse.
The Dance Centre will present Drift, a world premiere from Corporeal Imago exploring transformation and ecological change through contemporary circus and dance, at Vancouver's 677 Davie St.
The Dance Centre will present a lineup of free and ticketed events on April 29 for International Dance Day, including a Vogue Femme workshop, a choreography walk, and studio showings of new works in development across Vancouver.
SEO Blurb: Ballet Kelowna will present the world premiere of CIKILAXʷM: CONTROLLED BURN, a new full-length contemporary ballet by Cameron sinkʷə Fraser-Monroe, May 1–2, 2026.
Dancers of Damelahamid to present the 19th annual Coastal Dance Festival, honouring Indigenous stories, song, and dance from across Canada and around the world, on stage March 3, 2026 at the Anvil Centre in New Westminster, and from March 4-8, 2026, at the Museum of Anthropology (MOA) at U
DanceHouse and The Cultch present the North American premiere of Recirquel's haunting Paradisum, on stage January 21-24 at the Vancouver Playhouse.
DanceHouse and The Cultch will present the North American premiere of Recirquel’s Paradisum, a full-length cirque and contemporary dance work directed by Bence Vági.
Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet will return to Vancouver as part of a multi-stop British Columbia tour.
The recent Iris Garland Award-winning emerging choreographer and interdisciplinary artist Eric Cheung will premiere his debut full-length work, Contra.
DanceHouse will present the Vancouver premiere of Taiwan’s award-winning Hung Dance in Birdy, on stage November 28 and 29, 2025, at 8 p.
The Dance Centre’s Discover Dance! series will continue November 20, 2025, with a performance by Flamenco Rosario at Scotiabank Dance Centre in Vancouver.
The Vancouver International Flamenco Festival will return from September 20–28, 2025, with a rich lineup of live performances, masterclasses, workshops, and community events across the city.
The Dance Centre’s 2025-2026 season will featrue a comprehensive program of exciting performances, accessible community programs, and creative residencies, featuring a diverse roster of artists working in a variety of dance genres.
New Works, in partnership with CMHC Granville Island, has announced the return of All Over the Map, a free outdoor dance and music series celebrating diverse cultures and artistic expressions.
Dancing on the Edge Festival will present its 37th annual festival, featuring an impressive line-up of established and emerging dancemakers at the Firehall Arts Centre and SFU Woodward's, on stages June 12 to 21, 2025.
Vancouver's Company 605 and Singapore's The Human Expression (T.
Joshua Beamish/MOVETHECOMPANY will celebrate 20 years of choreographic innovation with a dazzling, two-night-only 20th Anniversary Gala at the Vancouver Playhouse on May 29 & 30, 2025.
DanceHouse will present the BC premiere of Peeping Tom's intriguing theatrical dream world Diptych: The missing door and The lost room, on stage at the Vancouver Playhouse April 24-26, 2025.
DanceHouse, in partnership with Canada Dance Ice Theatre, will present the Vancouver premiere of Le Patin Libre's Murmuration, on the ice at Kerrisdale Cyclone Taylor Arena March 20-22, 2025 at 7:30pm, and March 22 & 23, 2025 at 2pm.
Ballet Kelowna celebrates the many facets of human connection with a special Valentine's program, Ex Animo: From the Heart, on February 14 + 15, 2024, at 7:30pm, at the Kelowna Community Theatre.
The new anniversary production of the international Irish dance phenomenon Riverdance 30 – The New Generation is coming to Vancouver for eight performances only from June 10 to June 15, 2025 at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.
The Dance Centre will present the Global Dance Connections series.
The Dance Centre in Vancouver has revealed the recipients of the Lola Award and Isadora Award.
The Dance Centre will present the Global Dance Connections series featuring Danny Nielsen In Conversation (world premiere) on Thursday-Friday May 23-24, 2024.
Experience Fujiwara Dance Inventions' Eunoia at the Firehall Arts Centre from May 8-11, presented by Teresa Trovato.
DanceHouse has revealed its 2024/25 season of performances from around the globe – on Vancouver stages from October 2024 through April 2025.
Experience the vibrant culture and rhythms of Brazil with Aché Brasil at The Dance Centre's Discover Dance! series.
The Dance Centre will present Arno Schuitemaker's thought-provoking dance performance, 'If You Could See Me Now,' exploring endurance and change.
Ballet Kelowna presents Turning Point, a thrilling double programme featuring two world premieres, on February 16 and 17, 2024, at the Kelowna Community Theatre.
Ballet Kelowna presents two world premieres in a dynamic double bill, 'Turning Point.
DanceHouse and The Cultch present the North American premiere of Gravity & Other Myths' acrobatic production, 'The Mirror.
Theatre Replacement and Company 605 have announced their annual PushOFF program has been renamed HOLD ON LET GO.
Ebnflōh's 'La Probabilité du Néant' explores the fine line between spectator and accomplice in extreme situations.
The Dance Centre presents Stand Up Dance's Anatomalia, a world premiere that explores anatomy, anomaly, and femalia.
Ballet Kelowna opens its 2023/24 season with a stirring mixed program titled 'Rising Action,' featuring a remount of the acclaimed 'Studies of Cash' by Artistic Director and CEO Simone Orlando.
DanceHouse presents the exhilarating North American premiere of Dada Masilo's The Sacrifice, on stage May 5 and 6, 2023 at 8pm at the Vancouver Playhouse.
Ballet Kelowna continues its 20th anniversary season with an enthralling mixed program, Reflections, at the Kelowna Community Theatre, February 17 + 18, 2023 at 7:30pm.
