Dance

World premiere from choreographer Anya Saugstad is full of powerful vignettes and contrasting elements

At DanceHouse, work that builds on repetition is a testament to five dancers’ stellar stamina and attention to detail

Programming includes world premieres from Chimerik 似不像 and rice & beans theatre, BOGOTÁ by Andrea Peña & Artists, and beyond

In full-length work, five dancers explore paradoxical themes through vigorous physicality

In DanceHouse presentation of Montreal-based choreographer’s latest ensemble work, simple moves create feelings of restriction

Company to host auditions in Vancouver, Toronto, New York, and Amsterdam for five ballet-based training programs

The local artist is appearing at Dance in Vancouver with his latest piece, which requires a new garment to be made for every performance

Following the company’s West Coast tour of Nutcracker this holiday season, aspiring artists are invited to pursue the prestigious training program

Ne.Sans Opera & Dance’s About Time acknowledges relentlessness of news cycle, while Livona Ellis and Rebecca Margolick’s Fortress examines femininity and matriarchs

A standing O for Frontier’s awe-inspiring visual magic and multiple, moving layers of meaning; plus, an erotically charged Heart Drive and an ever-shifting Cloud Poem

Performance at noon features exciting young artists from Arts Umbrella’s renowned training program

Famed Tchaikovsky ballet with added Canadian elements lands in Vancouver from December 13 to 15 and—for the first time—Surrey on November 23 and 24

Strength and vulnerability meet in new work inspired by the choreographer-dancers’ mothers and grandmothers

The 2025 prize is worth $10,000 to research, develop, or produce new work

On the DAWN program, the renowned choreographer reimagines a work whose black-hooded puppeteers embody the unknown

Performance at Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival sees artists break away from traditional gendered movements and costumes

The a cappella work by Joby Talbot is meant to be seen and heard

At The Cultch, Tentacle Tribe gets kaleidoscopically inventive; at the Playhouse, a masterful live band accompanies a show that roots out the soul of Argentina’s beloved art form

As part of the Canadian Arts Coalition’s national call to action, the Canadian Dance Assembly has launched an advocacy campaign

Through visceral synchronized rhythms, the full-length work challenges mandatory conformity and cohesion

Presented by plastic orchard factory, the solo is performed partly in the nude

Benefit at Scotiabank Dance Centre features the principal dancer with the National Ballet of Canada

With projections and a live band, the show celebrates the inclusivity of Argentina’s essential dance form

Le Radeau production sees Yaffe cultivate an exchange between performer and audience with unguarded emotion and humour

Colour, light, reflection, and hip-hop-influenced moves as Montreal troupe’s kaleidoscopic new piece hits The Cultch

Aerial dance show created by Gabrielle Martin and Jeremiah Hughes explores the space between holding onto—or letting go of—one another

Six emerging dance artists from Vancouver and Surrey share performances after months of movement and writing mentorship

Canada’s leading contemporary dance company presents a Pierre Pontvianne premiere, the return of a Dutch choreographic duo, and a large-scale Crystal Pite creation

The Biting School’s new dance work looks at struggle and letting go, with a surreal array of hazard tape, bread dough, mic cords, coffin tents, and more

The Dancers of Damelahamid’s most ambitious production to date explores the precious artistic legacy passed down by Elder Margaret Harris