Vail Dance Festival

Vail Dance Festival 2024 Festival Dates:
July 26 - August 5 More than twenty-thousand people visit Vail each summer for the Festival’s two-week residency.
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The outdoor splendor of the Colorado Rocky Mountains is the perfect backdrop to artistic brilliance, and each year Vail plays host to the world’s finest dancers. Coming up on its 35th season, the Vail Dance Festival has developed into a treasured celebration of dance, renowned for its artistic excellence and unparalleled programming. The event’s spirited atmosphere transforms the village into a cu

lturally-rich environment that is inviting to dance aficionados and newcomers alike.

“Vail…a destination for dance lovers.” –The New York Times

Visit: www.vaildance.org

✨Our International Evenings of Dance offer our audience a string of unforgettable moments across 3 different performance...
04/04/2025

✨Our International Evenings of Dance offer our audience a string of unforgettable moments across 3 different performances! Grab your tickets now for the best seats in the house.

Friday, 8/1: bit.ly/VDF25_IE1
Saturday 5pm, 8/2: bit.ly/VDF25_IE2
Saturday 8pm, 8/2: bit.ly/VDF25_IE3

💫 Wonderful to see our 2024 Artists-In-Residence collaborating again (and with Caroline Shaw!) in Mearns’s Artists at th...
04/04/2025

💫 Wonderful to see our 2024 Artists-In-Residence collaborating again (and with Caroline Shaw!) in Mearns’s Artists at the Center program this weekend! Check out the interview 👇👇

Two of the art form’s best join forces in a program curated by Mearns at City Center that features a new work by Roberts, “Dance Is a Mother.”

✨The range of performances at the 2025 Festival are an absolute treat for any dance lover! From a Balanchine Celebration...
03/26/2025

✨The range of performances at the 2025 Festival are an absolute treat for any dance lover! From a Balanchine Celebration with New York City Ballet and American Ballet Theatre stars & Colorado Ballet, to solo evening programs from Paul Taylor Dance Company and Dorrance Dance, dazzling performances are in store!

Monday, 7/28: https://bit.ly/VDF25_Balanchine
Tuesday, 7/29: https://bit.ly/VDF25_PaulTaylor
Wednesday, 7/30: https://bit.ly/VDF25_Dorrance

✨Opening Weekend of the 2025 Vail Dance Festival is sure to serve unforgettable moments! Featuring a full evening from A...
03/19/2025

✨Opening Weekend of the 2025 Vail Dance Festival is sure to serve unforgettable moments! Featuring a full evening from Alonzo King LINES Ballet, as well as Festival Artists from American Ballet Theatre and New York City Ballet, you won't want to miss out!

Friday, 7/25: bit.ly/VDF25_OpeningNight
Saturday, 7/26: bit.ly/VDF25_LINES
Sunday, 7/27: bit.ly/VDF25_UpClose

03/13/2025

📣📣Tickets for the 2025 Vail Dance Festival are now on sale! Don't miss great performances featuring Alonzo King LINES Ballet, Paul Taylor Dance Company, Dorrance Dance, A.I.M by Kyle Abraham, BalletX, Colorado Ballet and beloved Festival Artists!
>> tix & info available at vaildance.org

Video by Nel Shelby Productions

🎉2025 Festival programming is NOW LIVE!We’ll be highlighting all things   2025 this week. This summer features unmissabl...
02/25/2025

🎉2025 Festival programming is NOW LIVE!
We’ll be highlighting all things 2025 this week.
This summer features unmissable performances from some of the greatest artists today! We’re proud to be featuring
programs from Alonzo King LINES Ballet, Paul Taylor Dance Company, Dorrance Dance, A.I.M by Kyle Abraham and more!

Head to vaildance.org for our Festival programming!

✨ Leaving 2024 filled with gratitude for moments in and offstage! Be part of the team of supporters to continue the magi...
12/31/2024

✨ Leaving 2024 filled with gratitude for moments in and offstage!
Be part of the team of supporters to continue the magic in 2025! Include the Fest in your year-end giving by using the link in our bio.

📸 , , at our 2024 Dancing in the Park performance
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✨ ONE-NIGHT-ONLY // FEB. 16, 2025 | Vail Dance Festival in collaboration with the Vilar Performing Arts Center present C...
12/06/2024

✨ ONE-NIGHT-ONLY // FEB. 16, 2025 | Vail Dance Festival in collaboration with the Vilar Performing Arts Center present Conrad Tao and Caleb Teicher: COUNTERPOINT

Tickets on sale now! Join us for acclaimed pianist Conrad Tao and tap dancer Caleb Teicher in a special evening of music and dancing.

MORE @ -->> VILARPAC.ORG/DANCE

Exciting news at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater! Huge congratulations! 🎉
11/23/2024

Exciting news at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater! Huge congratulations! 🎉

Mack, director of the dance division at Juilliard, will be the popular company’s fourth artistic director.

Such sad news today - thinking of the many ways Judith Jamison impacted our stages and those around the world 🤍
11/10/2024

Such sad news today - thinking of the many ways Judith Jamison impacted our stages and those around the world 🤍

She became an international star as a member of the company and later directed it, guiding it out of debt and boosting its popularity.

✨ A wonderful profile in the New York Times on Festival favorite, Olivia Bell!
10/07/2024

✨ A wonderful profile in the New York Times on Festival favorite, Olivia Bell!

Olivia Bell, 20, a radiant member of New York City Ballet, reprises the role she knocked out of the park as a student: “I want to do it right.”

🎉 Huge congrats to 2024 Scholar-In-Residence Kayla Mak!!
08/28/2024

🎉 Huge congrats to 2024 Scholar-In-Residence Kayla Mak!!

ANNOUNCING the 2024-2025 ABT Studio Company dancers 💫

Max Barker*
Maximilian Catazaro*
YeonSeo Choi*
Elijah Geolina*
Daniel Guzmán*
Paloma Livellara
Kayla Mak*
Aaron Marquez*
Nicholas Mihlar
Sooha Park*
Natalie Steele*

*Alumni of the ABT JKO School and/or ABT Summer Intensives

08/22/2024

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The outdoor splendor of the Colorado Rocky Mountains is the perfect backdrop for artistic brilliance. Now in its 32nd year, the Vail Dance Festival has developed into a treasured celebration of dance, renowned for its artistic excellence and unparalleled programming. More than twenty-thousand people visit Vail each summer for the Festival’s two-week residency. The event’s spirited atmosphere transforms the village into a culturally-rich environment that is inviting to dance aficionados and newcomers alike. “Vail…a destination for dance lovers.” –The New York Times Visit: www.vaildance.org #vaildance