Dance Victoria adds a third performance to its presentations of les Ballets Jazz de Montréal’s Dance Me to the Words and Music of Leonard Cohen Royal Theatre, Saturday November 17 at 2:00 pm When single tickets went on sale for Dance Victoria’s November presentation of les Ballets Jazz de Montréal on September 4, 2018, …

Dance Victoria is now accepting applications for the 2019 Chrystal Dance Prize for Independent Artists. The prize supports new works by independent dance artists living in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia or the Yukon who wish to work with a dance artist (choreographer or interpreter) outside Canada. The prize is open to any dance artist …

Single Tickets On Sale Now for Dance at the Royal Series 2018/19 Season Kicks Off with Dance Me to the Music of Leonard Cohen Single tickets are now on sale for Dance Victoria’s 18/19 Dance at the Royal Series. Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal; Ballet West; Ballet BC and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago bring new …

Dance Victoria, home of Canada’s Chrystal Dance Prize, today announced two winners in the 2018 Emerging Artists award category. A panel of three dance professionals selected the winners through an application process. Dance Victoria is pleased to support dancer Holden Cole from Port Alberni, who was recently accepted into The Juilliard School. Cole trained at …

Dance Victoria is accepting applications from choreographers based in Victoria, B.C. for its inaugural Choreography Walk during Dance Days 2019. The application form is available at www.dancevictoria.com. Deadline for submissions is July 15, 2018.   The four selected choreographers will receive: Mentorship from Justine A. Chambers, the 2016 winner of the Chrystal Dance Prize and …

Dance Victoria’s second annual Choreographic Lab is July 16 to 28, 2018 with celebrated choreographer Wen Wei Wang. Wang will lead the two-week intensive for three emerging choreographers and seven pre-professional dancers. Each day the choreographers are assigned a creative task in the morning and they show their work at day’s end. The public is …

Alvin Ailey® American Dance Theater in Victoria for One Night Only An incredible program of four works that will leave you inspired Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performs May 1, 2018 at 8 p.m. at the Royal Theatre for ONE NIGHT ONLY – their only tour stop in Canada – with an incredible program never …

2018 Chrystal Dance Prize for Emerging Dance Artists Applications Open From April 3 to May 12, 2018 Applications for the 2018 Chrystal Dance Prize for Emerging Dance Artists open on April 3, 2018. Interested dance artists must apply by May 12, 2018, 4 p.m. PDT. The Chrystal Dance Prize is Canada’s richest dance prize for …

A Victoria Premiere! Ballet Hispánico Program Features Works by Three Female Choreographers Ballet Hispánico, the premier Latino dance organization, brings its bold and eclectic brand of contemporary dance to the Royal Theatre with a program by three internationally recognized female choreographers on April 6 and 7, 2018. Tickets start at $29 and are on sale …

Biometric Data and 3-D Glasses Invite Play in Wayne McGregor’s Atomos Dance Victoria presents Atomos by Olivier Award-winning British choreographer Wayne McGregor on March 16 and 17, 2018 at 7:30 pm at the Royal Theatre. Atomos “atomizes” movement, film, sound and light into miniature shards of intense sensation. The work has been dubbed “high tech …