EVENTS
Vancouver Flamenco Festival
The 36th edition features powerful and diverse live performances, masterclasses, and workshops with a vibrant lineup of local, national, and international artists. Tickets on sale now!
(Performance Works, Alliance Française, The Dance Centre, The Fringe Patio (Ocean Artworks Pavilion) on Granville Island, Sep. 19 - 27, 2026)
Rhythm, Roots & Improvisation
Tap dance and jazz share a common language: rhythm, improvisation and conversation. Led by tap dancer Johnathan Morin with live music by jazz guitarist Nathan Hiltz, this workshop explores practical tools for improvising with musicians. Participants will experiment with groove, call and response, trading phrases, musical form, dynamics, space and listening. The focus is not on having the biggest vocabulary, but on learning how to make clear musical choices, hear what is happening, respond in the moment, and contribute your own rhythmic voice. This workshop is accessible to dancers, musicians, students and community members of any level.
(The Marcuse Studio at The Dance Centre, 677 Davie Street, Vancouver, BC, Sept. 26)
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)
Bollywood Dance Workshop
Join acclaimed choreographer and performer Mohit Mathur for an energetic Bollywood dance workshop that's open to everyone. Originally from India and now based in the UK, Mohit has choreographed for hit dance shows including Dance Plus and Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (Dancing with the Stars India), appeared in Netflix's Bhangra Paa Le, and is currently touring Canada with his acclaimed solo show Dial 1 for UK. No dance experience is needed as Mohit breaks down iconic Bollywood moves into fun, easy-to-follow choreography, creating a welcoming space to discover the joy, energy, and celebration of Bollywood.
(Presentation House Theatre, 333 Chesterfield Avenue, North Vancouver, BC V7M 3G9, Sept. 23 & 26)
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)
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)
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)
