EVENTS
EXchanges 2026 with Rhosam Villareal Prudenciado Jr.
We are excited to invite a talented dancer, choreographer, dance teacher, artist and director from the Philippines for this year’s EXchanges 2026, Rhosam! The Linear Fluidity Movement Style for Contemporary Dance (Linear Fluidity) syllabus is created by Filipino dance artists with the Filipino body as the basis for the framework. Linear Fluidity touches on the flow of energy. It focuses on the circular and spiral imagery of energy and adapts to the body’s linear and joint physicality. This pushes the body and the dance to be flexible, fluid, and versatile.
(The Dance Centre, 677 Davie Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 2G6, Oct. 27 & 29, Nov. 3 & 5)
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)
DanceHouse presents Compagnie Catherine Gaudet’s ODE
DanceHouse opens its 2026/27 season with the Vancouver premiere of Compagnie Catherine Gaudet’s latest contemporary dance work, ODE, on stage October 23 & 24 at 8 p.m. at the Vancouver Playhouse. Choreographed by the company’s Artistic Director, Catherine Gaudet, the hour-long work—part pop-rock concert, part ritualistic ceremony—channels the industrial happiness complex into a stripped-down exhortation on group-think conformity and cultural collapse. Drawing from therapy-speak, self-help books, and new-age TED talks, ODE explores our society’s pressure to perform relentless positivity at all costs, ultimately cracking under pressure. Gaudet is the winner of the 2022 Grand Prix de la danse de Montréal and has become renowned for her razor-sharp commentary on social conventions, expressed through micro-movements and rhythmic expressions to reveal our innermost emotions and sensations. For tickets and further information, visit dancehouse.ca.
(Vancouver Playhouse, 600 Hamilton St, Oct. 23—24)
Meera Sreenarayanan (Bharata Natyam) and Tanveer Alam (Kathak)
Mandala Arts and Culture Society in partnership with The Roundhouse presents bharata natyam by Meera Sreenarayanan (India) on Saturday, October 24, 2026, at 7:30 p.m. and Kathak by Tanveer Alam (Canada) on Sunday, October 25, 2026, at 3 p.m. at the Roundhouse Performance Centre, Vancouver. Meera is one of the most popular bharata natyam artists of her generation, performing to acclaim around the world. This is her first solo performance in Canada. Tanveer is a young Kathak dancer and graduate of the Contemporary Dance Arts Institute of Canada (DAI), recently nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Individual at the 2026 Dora Mavor Moore Awards. This is also his first presentation in BC. Both artists bring contemporary sensibilities to two popular Indian classical dance forms: bharata natyam from South India and Kathak from North India.
(Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre, 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, Oct. 24–25)
Dirt
Transcending the boundaries between street and contemporary dance in a unique signature, DIRT is a striking piece for five virtuoso performers. Through its raw expression, this creation is a critique of humanity’s conquering relationship with the planet. The quintet mixes puppets and movements in an unusual conceptual hip-hop. Choreographed by Elon Höglund, this work is a profound meditation on our ancestral connection with the Earth.
(Historic Theatre, 1895 Venables St., V5L 2H6, Nov. 4—8)
Ballet BC Annex
Presented by Anvil Theatre, Ballet BC Annex is the junior ensemble of Canada’s leading contemporary dance company. Each season, Ballet BC Annex presents works by renowned and emerging choreographers on stages across British Columbia, bringing world-class dance repertoire to local and regional schools and community venues.
(Anvil Theatre, 777 Columbia St, New Westminster, BC V3M 1B6, Nov. 15, 2026, 7:30 PM)
good loser by Alexa Solveig Mardon
New Works presents the full-length world premiere of good loser, in partnership with Mardon + Mitsuhashi and the Roundhouse Community Centre. Choreographed and performed by Alexa Solveig Mardon, the work features a highly physical duet between a dancer and live drummer, exploring how performers remain present amid constant change. The performance reflects on vulnerability, presence and the experience of navigating personal and global losses.
(The Roundhouse Community Centre, 181 Roundhouse Mews, Nov. 20—21)
Imago/Obsidian
A double bill of contemporary aerial performance, Imago/Obsidian promises an extraordinary evening of contemporary aerial performance featuring two internationally acclaimed works that blur the boundaries between circus, dance, and visual theatre.
(Anvil Theatre, 777 Columbia St, New Westminster, BC V3M 1B6, Jan. 29 & 30, 2027)
Ballet Jörgen’s Swan Lake
Imagine the haunting elegance of Swan Lake, but instead of a far-off European kingdom, the tragedy unfolds against the rugged, misty shores of the Fortress of Louisbourg, Nova Scotia. It’s the story you know and love, reimagined in a seascape that feels like home.
(Massey Theatre, 735 Eighth Avenue, New Westminster, BC V3M 2R2, Canada, Feb. 6, 2027)
