The latest news on performances of Dance in Toronto.
Native Earth Performing Arts will present its 39th annual development festival featuring new works by Indigenous creators from Canada and Australia, including performances, readings, and a music and comedy revue.
The National Ballet of Canada announced the 2025/26 season award winners, recognizing Connor Hamilton, Alexander Skinner, Isabelle Bratt, Felix Russell, and Celia Morrison for their artistic achievements and dedication.
The National Ballet of Canada will open its 75th anniversary season with John Cranko's ROMEO AND JULIET at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto, marking the production's return after a 17-year absence.
Principal Dancer Agnes Su and First Soloist Donald Thom received the 2026 Dancers First Award from The National Ballet of Canada, recognized for standout performances in THE WINTER'S TALE and other productions.
Principal Dancer Heather Ogden will retire from The National Ballet of Canada after 29 years, with a farewell gala featuring a new work by James Kudelka created for her.
Martha Graham Dance Company will present masterworks, new commissions, and Lamentation Variations while touring the US, Canada, England, Spain, Mexico, and China.
Peggy Baker and Jera Wolfe will present a double bill of contemporary dance at Toronto's Deanne Taylor Theatre, placing audiences inches from the stage for five intimate performances.
Guggenheim Fellow Sasha Ivanochko's seminal Canadian contemporary dance work Heaven will return to The Theatre Centre in Toronto with a new cast for a limited six-performance run.
The National Ballet of Canada has announced its 2026/27 dancer roster, adding First Soloist Sasha Mukhamedov, six new Corps de Ballet members, eight RBC Apprentices, and Moisés Martín Cintas as Rehearsal Director.
Toronto Dance Theatre is now accepting applications for its 2026-27 Plug-N-Play Residencies.
Shen Yun Performing Arts will return to Toronto's Four Seasons Centre for a limited run of five performances, rescheduled after a spring cancellation caused by hoax bomb threats that forced 1,500 audience members to evacuate mid-show.
Saskia brings a deep passion for dance and consistently makes a meaningful contribution to every team and project she is part of.
Olympic champion Tessa Virtue will perform without skates for the first time in her career at Toronto's FALL FOR DANCE NORTH festival, alongside a lineup including a Tony Award winner's Canadian debut.
The National Ballet of Canada announced casting for Wayne McGregor's MADDADDAM, inspired by Margaret Atwood's novel trilogy with a score by Max Richter, at Toronto's Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts.
The National Ballet of Canada announced the passing of former Principal Dancer and Principal Character Artist Hazaros Surmeyan, whose 54-year career shaped the company and the Canadian dance community.
Jenna Savella, First Soloist with The National Ballet of Canada, will retire at the end of the current season after 22 years with the company, performing the title role in EMMA BOVARY in her final appearances.
The National Ballet of Canada will perform for the first time at St.
DanceWorks will present Sweet Ephemera, a double bill featuring two contemporary dance works by emerging Toronto-based artists exploring queer intimacy, cultural memory, and diasporic experience at The Theatre Centre.
The National Ballet of Canada's YOU dance livestream will reach 20,000 students across every province and territory, while a York University residency served nearly 1,300 students through 50 workshops and live performances.
The National Ballet of Canada will close its season with Wayne McGregor's MADDADDAM, inspired by Margaret Atwood's trilogy with a score by Max Richter, at the Four Seasons Centre in Toronto.
The National Ballet of Canada will present the world premiere of KISMET, choreographed by Jera Wolfe, on a double bill with Helen Pickett's EMMA BOVARY at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts.
The National Ballet of Canada's annual fundraising gala, MAD HOT BALLET, returns June 2 at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto, featuring a live performance and reception aimed at raising over $1 million for community programmes.
Hope Muir, Joan and Jerry Lozinksi Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, announced today that Principal Dancer Siphesihle November will be departing the company at the end of the 2025/26 season.
TranscenDance Project is starting off the new year by offering an invitation into the unknown with a remount of their intoxicating interactive production of Ophis.
The National Ballet of Canada has announced the lineup of guest Cannon Dolls for the 2025 run of The Nutcracker, including Toronto Raptors Scottie Barnes and Jamal Shead, who made their debuts on December 19.
The National Ballet of Canada will celebrate the 30th anniversary of James Kudelka’s acclaimed production of The Nutcracker, running December 5–31, 2025, at Toronto’s Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts.
Moonhorse Dance Theatre marks 25 years of Older & Reckless with a special anniversary program November 21–22 at Harbourfront Centre, featuring works by Marc Boivin, Louise Bédard, William Yong, Sonia Rodriguez, Carol Anderson, Julia Sasso, and more.
The National Ballet of Canada has announced the winners of its 2024/25 season awards.
What The Festival, an active celebration of all things Drag, Clown and Puppetry, has revealed programming for their second annual festival.
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo will return to Toronto this fall as part of their milestone 50th anniversary tour.
Greta Hodgkinson, former Principal Dancer with The National Ballet of Canada, has been appointed Apprentice Programme Director.
Audiences are invited on an odyssey into the mystery and splendour of Blindness in this multidisciplinary world premiere by Outside the March Theatre in co-production with The National Ballet of Canada and Peripheral Theatre.
The National Ballet of Canada will welcome three new Principal Dancers: Chase O'Connell and Beckanne Sisk from Houston Ballet and Agnes Su from The Stuttgart Ballet.
The National Ballet of Canada, Endowment Foundation marks its 25th anniversary, becoming one of the largest performing arts endowments in Canada valued at $124 million.
Hope Muir's Summer Season will open with Adieu, a celebration of Guillaume Côté after 26 brilliant years of dance, May 30 – June 5.
Hope Muir, Joan and Jerry Lozinski Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, has announced that Jessica Xuan, Principal Dancer with Dutch National Ballet, will appear for the first time with the company as a Principal Guest Artist in Karen Kain’s Swan Lake, onstage March 8 – 22, 20
Tirion Law, Siphesihle November, and Peng-Fei Jiang make their debut performances in the classic ballet GISELLE.
Native Earth Performing Arts has announced the 37th edition of Weesageechak
The National Ballet of Canada has announced its first European tour since the pandemic, with performances scheduled in London and Paris in October 2024.
Single tickets for The National Ballet of Canada’s 2024/25 season are now available for purchase.
