EVENTS
The Dance Centre announces its 2025-2026 season
The Dance Centre’s 2025-2026 season presents 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. The Global Dance Connections series features Co.ERASGA, Action at a Distance/Vanessa Goodman, James Gnam/Plastic Orchid Factory, Justine A. Chambers, Ame Henderson + Matija Ferlin, Corporeal Imago and FakeKnot. The Discover Dance! noon hour series includes Sujit Vaidya, Flamenco Rosario, Idan Cohen/Ne. Sans Opera & Dance, and Danny Nielsen. Choreographic research is supported through residencies and labs, and residency exchanges with partners in Montreal, Toronto and New Zealand will support artistic growth and creative exchange. Community programs include the annual Scotiabank Dance Centre Open House and International Dance Day events, and The Power of Dance program workshops for schools, youth and seniors.
(Scotiabank Dance Centre, 677 Davie St, Vancouver, September 2025 – June 2026)
Dance Dialogues: Field-Work: a slow dance
The Dance Centre’s new series of talks Dance Dialogues features a stimulating presentation by dance artist and scholar Ileanna Sophia Cheladyn. In Field-Work: a slow dance, Cheladyn shares how she got lost in a year of ethnographic fieldwork in the Vancouver dance community she’s called home for over a decade—now, she fields questions from the field. Invisible forces, shifting relations, and the subtle ways bodies register change.
(Scotiabank Dance Centre, 677 Davie St., Vancouver, Dec. 3, 2025 at 6pm)
Dance Into Christmas
This concert is created for everyone's pleasure and will put you into a holiday spirit like no other. Featuring excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker with special Guest Artists from Les Grands Ballets Canadiens performing the Nutcracker Pas de Deux, plus holiday classics and live music from Mikey Jose and his band. Alongside specially choreographed works by the Academy’s dancers and vocalists, it’s sure to be a magical tradition for the entire family!
(Massey Theatre, 735 Eighth Ave, New Westminster BC, Dec. 5)
Ballet Victoria: The Nutcracker
Christmas has finally arrived at the Stahlbaum home. Family and friends are gathered around the Christmas tree in a festive night of dancing, gifts, and celebration. Young Clara receives a special gift from her mysterious Uncle Drosselmeyer—a toy Nutcracker, which comes to life and takes her on a magical journey.
(The ACT Arts Centre, 11944 Haney Place, Maple Ridge, Saturday, December 13, 2025 @ 3:00 PM / Sunday, December 14, 2025 @ 3:00 PM)
The Dance Centre, Music on Main and the PuSh Festival present Action at a Distance: WAIL
WAIL is crafted as a poem for our present moment, weaving sound and movement into a shared experience shaped by dissonance. Six dance artists create a living score that blends physical and sonic compositions. Choreographed by Vanessa Goodman, the work draws on botanical distortions and auditory illusions to explore joy, community, and our connection to the natural world.
(Scotiabank Dance Centre, 677 Davie St., Jan. 26–27, 2026)
Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet presents T’əl: The Wild Man of the Woods and Carmina Burana
Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet (RWB) presents a striking double bill of the evocative West Coast premiere of T’əl: The Wild Man of the Woods, featured alongside the celebrated favourite Carmina Burana, on stage January 27, 2026 at Evergreen Theatre. T’əl: The Wild Man of the Woods, created and choreographed by RWB School alumnus Cameron Fraser-Monroe, is an historic collaboration of Indigenous artists that fuses storytelling, contemporary ballet, and classical music – honouring the richness of oral tradition. Narrated in both English and Ayajuthem by Elder Elsie Paul and scored by JUNO-nominated Cris Derksen, this stunning work marks a bold new chapter in the RWB’s repertoire. Carmina Burana fuses bold, athletic movement with Carl Orff’s thunderous and evocative score to create a visceral experience that transcends traditional storytelling. Tickets: Ticketmaster.ca | Info: RWB.org
(Evergreen Theatre, 5001 Joyce Ave, Powell River, Jan. 27)
Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet presents Carmina Burana and T’əl: The Wild Man of the Woods
Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet (RWB) presents a striking double bill of celebrated favourite Carmina Burana, featured alongside the evocative West Coast premiere of T’əl: The Wild Man of the Woods. Carmina Burana fuses bold, athletic movement with Carl Orff’s thunderous score to create a visceral experience that transcends traditional storytelling. Hailed by critics and audiences alike, T’əl, created by RWB alumnus Cameron Fraser-Monroe, is an historic collaboration of Indigenous artists that fuses storytelling, contemporary ballet, and classical music, narrated in both English and Ayajuthem by Elder Elsie Paul, and scored by JUNO-nominated Cris Derksen.
(The Centre Vancouver, Feb. 9–10, 2026)
