DanceHouse

⭐Mark your calendars!⭐

Single tickets for DanceHouse’s 2026/27 season go on sale Tuesday, May 19.

We’re thrilled to welcome companies from around the world and across Canada to Vancouver this upcoming season — from India, Sweden, and the UK to Vancouver’s own award-winning company Kidd Pivot.

📷 Michael Slobodian

We’re excited to announce a matinee performance of Cirkus Cirkör (Sweden)'s Knitting Peace at the Vancouver Playhouse January 30, 2027.

The phrase “hanging by a thread” comes to life in Cirkus Cirkör’s colossal work Knitting Peace. More circus than dance, the world-renowned Swedish company uses the ancient language of spectacle to address contemporary issues. Out of the materiality of ropes, yarn and gossamer thread, emerges something radically transformative, binding us together in a new kind of liberation.

Co-presented with The Cultch & PuSh International Performing Arts Festival

📷 Joana Magalhaes

Subscriptions for the 2026/27 season are on sale now!

“We are delighted to present our 19th season of boundary-pushing works to Vancouver audiences,” says Jim Smith, Artistic and Executive Director of DanceHouse. “Opening with Compagnie Catherine Gaudet’s ODE, the season begins with a powerful exploration of collective energy and shared experience. Our winter productions mark two important firsts: the DanceHouse debut of Sweden’s Cirkus Cirkör, whose Knitting Peace uses contemporary circus to reflect on connection and cooperation, and our first presentation from India with Aditi Mangaldas’s Forbidden, a work that bridges classical tradition and contemporary inquiry. The season culminates with Kidd Pivot’s Assembly Hall and Wayne McGregor’s Deepstaria, two internationally acclaimed works that examine how we organize, deliberate, and situate ourselves within larger social and ecological systems. Together, these performances offer audiences a dynamic season of virtuosity, imagination, and deeply contemporary perspective.”

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Spring is a time for momentum.

At DanceHouse, we’re stepping into our 2026/27 season with ambition. But sustaining that momentum has never been more challenging.

The cost of bringing exceptional dance to Vancouver is rising rapidly. Travel, accommodation, and touring expenses continue to climb, creating real barriers for the world-class artists we present on our stage.

This work is at the heart of DanceHouse. We connect Vancouver audiences with extraordinary Canadian and international artists, and create space for performances that inspire, challenge, and bring people together.

This year’s Spring Forward campaign is about more than growth. It is about ensuring that dance in Vancouver remains exceptional, accessible, and globally connected.

Will you help us spring forward?

Donate by June 30.
https://dancehouse.ca/donate/

📷 Mathieu Doyon