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)
The Dance Centre presents Discover Dance! Danny Nielsen
The Dance Centre’s Discover Dance! noon series highlights tap dance through excerpts from Danny Nielsen’s collaboration with pianist and percussionist Kristian Alexandrov, In Conversation. The work explores the relationship between tap and jazz, featuring live music by Miles Hill on bass and lighting design by Jack Chipman, offering a contemporary interpretation of rhythm-based performance. (The Dance Centre, 677 Davie St, Vancouver BC V6B 2G6, May 7, 2026)
The Dance Centre presents Corporeal Imago: Drift
A powerful world premiere from Corporeal Imago, Drift conjures a mysterious world where the human form recedes into a shifting, scarred landscape. Choreographed by Artistic Directors Gabrielle Martin and Jeremiah Hughes in collaboration with five performers, the work unfolds through compelling movement, visual effects, and an atmospheric soundscape.
(The Dance Centre, 677 Davie St., Vancouver, BC V6B 2G6, May. 21–23)
MPWR Presents: After Hours
MPWR Presents: After Hours. Following the celebratory tone of their previous show, this performance shifts into a more atmospheric direction—gritty, seductive, and moody. The event invites audiences into a late-night performance space where tone and movement explore what happens after hours. This is an 18+ event with doors at 6:30pm and the show beginning at 7:00pm.
(Terry Fox Theatre, 1260 Riverwood Gate, Port Coquitlam, May. 30)
Ballet Vancouver Unveils 2026/27 Inaugural Season
Ballet Vancouver announces its 2026/27 debut season featuring three programs that span classical and neoclassical ballet at the Vancouver Playhouse from September 2026 through May 2027. The season opens with a triple bill including Balanchine’s Apollo, the Canadian premiere of Jorma Elo’s Slice to Sharp, and the Black Swan Pas de Deux from Swan Lake, featuring guest principal dancers from major international companies. The season continues with Classical Mastersin February, presenting premieres and new commissions set to Prokofiev, Schubert, Bach, and Shostakovich. It concludes with @giselle, a technology-driven reimagining of ballet’s ghost story, described as “smart and piercing.”
(Vancouver Playhouse, 600 Hamilton St, Sept. 2026–May 2027)
The Dance Centre presents 12 Minutes Max: Studio Showing
Dance artists Hana Rutka, Kaya Tsurumi, Palak Dhiman and Max Hanic share and discuss works in development in an informal studio showing, through The Dance Centre's 12 Minutes Max program. Free admission.
(The Dance Centre, 677 Davie St, Vancouver BC V6B 2G6, Jun. 1)
The Dance Centre presents FakeKnot: MY HOUSE
MY HOUSE is a bold new work by the award-winning queer, Canadian-Filipinx choreographer Ralph Escamillan (aka Kiki Legend OA Mother Posh Gvasalia and Canadian Mother Posh Basquiat). This fabulous performance celebrates Ballroom culture, and the familial bonds embedded within the structure of a HOUSE. Bringing the Ball from the runway to the stage, the piece features Escamillan and three other Voguers from the Canadian scene, with a local Ballroom commentator and a DJ. Subversive, joyful, and playful, MY HOUSE uses the collective fantasy-building of Ballroom, music, and movement that carries the liberating truth of being fully oneself on the floor.
(The Dance Centre, 677 Davie St, Vancouver BC V6B 2G6, Jun. 19-20)
Event/Production Dates: June 19 & 20, 2026
