DanceHouse

Help us raise $15,000 by June 30th!

With your support, DanceHouse can continue to:
⭐ present outstanding Canadian and international artists in Vancouver
⭐ maintain affordable ticket programs for patrons
⭐ deepen community engagement through pre-show chats, masterclasses, and community events

Donors who give $300 or more will also receive a personal thank-you call from a DanceHouse board member in recognition of their support.

Will you help us spring forward?

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

📷 Francis Magbanua

Single tickets for DanceHouse’s 2026/27 season are on sale!

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.

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📷 Sasha Onyshchenko

⭐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

⭐Choose Your Own Three Packages Available Now⭐

Pick and choose your favourite performances of the season with our Choose Your Own Three Package (CYO-3)! A CYO-3 gives you one ticket to three presentations at your choice of seating tier while saving up to 10% on single ticket prices.

Choose Your Own Three Package - DanceHouse Choose Your Own Three Package To learn more about a full season subscriptions please click here. Pick and choose your favourite performances of the season with our Choose Your Own Three Package (CYO-3)! A CYO-3 gives you one ticket to three presentations at your choice of seating tier while saving u...

"We are dancers, all of us. Life moves us; life dances us. Ephemeral as breath, concrete as bone, a dance is made of us. We sculpt space. We write with our bodies in a wordless language that is deeply understood. We grace the space within and around us when we dance." - Crystal Pite for the International Theatre Institute in celebration of International Dance Day 2026.

Crystal Pite is the co-creator of Assembly Hall, a work by Kidd Pivot, presented in DanceHouse's 2026/27 season.

📷 Rolex by Anoush Abrar

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

Manifesto opened last night! 🎭

Don’t miss your chance to see it! There are still tickets available for Friday and Saturday evening.

Huge thanks to our show sponsors Metro Vancouver and The Hamber Foundation, and our presentation sponsors Cathy & Ian, Anndraya Luui, Allison McDonald & Rudy Bootsma for helping to bring this incredible production to Vancouver audiences.

We’re also grateful to our government partners BC Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts | Conseil des arts du Canada, City of Vancouver - Local Government, and Vancouver Civic Theatres for their ongoing support of DanceHouse’s 2025/26 season.

🎟️ https://dancehouse.ca/stephanie-lake-company/

Co-presented with Vancouver New Music

📷 cast of Stephanie Lake Company's Manifesto