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OUROFEST brings electrifying street dance to Massey Theatre, November 14 and 15

Mainstage performances presented by OURO Collective include Greece’s TARANTISM, German-American B-boy RubberLegz, and more

DANCE, FESTSStir VancouverOctober 22, 2025Partner Content, Ouro Collective, New Works, OUROFEST, Massey Theatre

In Anne Plamondon’s Myokine, seven dancers serve as messengers of hope

Montreal choreographer’s post-pandemic piece, inspired by a type of molecule secreted by moving bodies, comes to the Firehall Arts Centre

DANCEJanet SmithOctober 22, 2025Firehall Arts Centre, FIREHALL, Anne Plamondon

Royal Winnipeg Ballet unveils 2026 B.C. tour culminating in Vancouver with Carmina Burana and T’əl: The Wild Man of the Woods

Exhilarating double bill featuring a virtuosic classic and a historic West Coast premiere lands here February 9 and 10, 2026

DANCEStir VancouverOctober 22, 2025Partner Content, Royal Winnipeg Ballet

Ballet BC Annex brings world premieres by Alexis Fletcher and Vanessa Goodman to the Shadbolt Centre, November 9

Junior company features eight dancers training with Modus Operandi and Arts Umbrella Dance Company

Kinesthesia: Body as Form celebrates the power of dance at Surrey Art Gallery, October 25 to December 14

New exhibition and performance series opens with WTM / What’s the Move? art party featuring Lucy M. May, ĀNANDAM dance theatre, and more

Daniel Léveillé's Amour, acide et noix finds a staying power in skin and sinew

At DanceHouse, the Montreal artist resurrects a piece whose stripped-down expression is still touring after 23 years

DANCEJanet SmithOctober 17, 2025DANCEHOUSE, DanceHouse, Vancouver Civic Theatres, Homepage feature

Vacant Lot sees a married couple contemplate their fragile existence in the universe

At the Firehall Arts Centre, Hiromoto Ida’s production based on the Japanese play Sarachi weaves together elements of contemporary dance and theatre

THEATRE, DANCEJanet SmithOctober 15, 2025Firehall Arts Centre, FIREHALL, Firehall Arts CEntre, Homepage feature

Dance review: From mourning to solace, Eternal Gestures honours emotions we feel for the land

Co.ERASGA’s Alvin Erasga Tolentino performs three solos by Indigenous choreographers Starr Muranko, Margaret Grenier, and Michelle Olson

Firehall Arts Centre stages profound dance-driven piece Myokine, October 30 to November 1

Work by Anne Plamondon Productions is centred on the molecules released by the muscles during physical effort

DANCEStir VancouverOctober 3, 2025Partner Content, Firehall Arts Centre

In Eternal Gestures, Alvin Erasga Tolentino embodies multifaceted relationships to the land

Co.ERASGA world premiere features commissions by three Indigenous women choreographers: Starr Muranko, Margaret Grenier, and Michelle Olson

DANCE, CULTUREEmily LythOctober 3, 2025Co.ERASGA, Alvin Erasga Tolentino

Review: Circa's Wolf kicks acrobatics into artful hyperspeed

At the intimate York Theatre, honed Aussie performers mix feral energy with a new level of circus sophistication

DANCE, THEATREJanet SmithOctober 2, 2025CIrca, THE CULTCH, York Theatre, circus, the Cultch, The Cultch, Homepage feature

Ballet BC opens 2025-26 season at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre with TRILOGY, November 6 to 8

Triple bill includes return of global sensation BOLERO X, Medhi Walerski’s SWAY, and world premiere from Italy’s Sofia Nappi

DANCEStir VancouverOctober 1, 2025Partner Content, Ballet BC, BALLET BC

Circa's acrobats run as a pack in raw, animalistic Wolf

Presented here by The Cultch, the Australian company’s piece is packed to the brim with ferocity and carnal energy

DANCEEmily LythSeptember 26, 2025Circa, the Cultch, THE CULTCH, The Cultch

Flamenco Rosario celebrates 35 years with international guests at Vancouver International Flamenco Festival, September 27

Event at the Vancouver Playhouse includes Barcelona-born singer José “El Cachito” Díaz and magnetic Sevillian dancer-choreographer Macarena López.

FESTS, DANCEJanet SmithSeptember 23, 2025Flamenco Rosario, Vancouver International Flamenco Festival

DanceHouse stages Daniel Léveillé’s striking Amour, acide et noix (Love, Acid and Nuts), October 24 and 25

Vulnerable and visceral, the iconic work uses muscle, skin, and sinew to explore humanity’s deepest needs and desires

DANCEStir VancouverSeptember 22, 2025Partner Content, DanceHouse, DANCEHOUSE

Palabra Flamenco blends spoken poetry and age-old Iberian art form at Vancouver International Flamenco Festival

Poet Garth Martens says the Victoria-based troupe’s performances are a visceral and intimate conversation between words, music, and dance

READ, DANCE, FESTS, MUSICJanet SmithSeptember 18, 2025flamenco, Vancouver International Flamenco Festival

Crystal Pite and Simon McBurney's Figures in Extinction wins Sky Arts Award

Former Ballet BC head Emily Molnar praises artists in acceptance speech for Europe’s Nederlands Dans Theater and Complicité

DANCE, NEWSJanet SmithSeptember 17, 2025Crystal Pite, Emily Molnar, Nederlands Dans Theater, Ballet BC, BALLET BC, Arts Umbrella, ARTS UMBRELLA

Dance review: With Take Form, Ballet BC dancers show their penchant for dreamlike details

In prelude to full season, artists explore their choreographic side with surreal touches like a piñata head, multitasking coatrack, and bubble-wrap sculpture

DANCEJanet SmithSeptember 14, 2025BALLET BC, Ballet BC