Vail Dance Festival

Name: Vail Dance Festival
Address: 530 S Frontage Road E, Vail, CO, 81657, US
Telephone: +19707772015
Price range: $$
Rating: 4.3

Home
United States
Vail, CO
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.
(249)

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

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.

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.”

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

08/08/2024

✨LOOKING BACK // We can't believe the 2024 Festival has come to a close already! Here's a quick look at some of our favorite moments from the team at Nel Shelby Productions. And don't forget to catch our livestream of NOW: Premieres, available on our YouTube channel until August 13!

08/05/2024

✨Unable to be in the Vail audience for NOW: Premieres? Check out our livestream of the performance and access it from anywhere around the world! The performance begins tonight (Mon, Aug 5) at 7:30pm Mountain Time (9:30pm Eastern).

Livestream produced by Nel Shelby Productions

Join us LIVE on Monday, August 5, 2024 as we stream new works created just for the Festival. Dancers, Musicians and Choreographers come together here in Vail...

08/05/2024

✨TONIGHT (Mon, Aug 5) // It's your last chance to see so many gorgeous Festival stars take the stage as part of NOW: Premieres on the closing night of the 2024 Festival!

Tix available at our website (or check out our livestream!)

🎥Highlights from International Evenings of Dance 2 & 3 at the 2024 Festival. Video by Nel Shelby Productions

08/05/2024

✨Our weekend has been a magical one -- here's a taste of it! Don't miss your last chance to catch these magnetic Festival artists in all new works at tomorrow's NOW: Premieres, the closing night of the 2024 Festival!

Tix available at our website!

🎥 Highlights of International Evenings of Dance 1 at the 2024 Festival. Video by Nel Shelby Productions.

08/04/2024

✨NOW: Premieres closes the 2024 Festival with never-before-seen world premieres!
Tickets are available at our website and we'll be live streaming from our YouTube channel -- You won't want to miss it!!

Video by Nel Shelby Productions

08/04/2024

✨Our closing night is tomorrow (MONDAY, Aug 5)! You won't want to miss your last chance to see these incredible artists take the stage!
👇Check out this preview from the Vail Daily

Vail Dance Festival has garnered a reputation for presenting new and innovative works, both established before the festival started, as well as created as dancers from a variety of companies share their styles and passions...

08/04/2024

✨TONIGHT (Sun, Aug 4) // Colorado's beloved dance institutions take the stage as part of COLORADO DANCES at the Vilar Performing Arts Center (VPAC)! Cleo Parker Robinson Dance & DanceAspen join Colorado Ballet for a dynamic and exciting program!
Tix available at bit.ly/VDF24_ColoradoDances

Address

530 S Frontage Road E
Vail, CO
81657

Telephone

+19707772015

Website

http://www.vaildance.org/

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Vail Dance Festival posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Business

Send a message to Vail Dance Festival:

Videos

2024 FESTIVAL RECAP

2024 Festival // International Evenings of Dance 2 & 3 Highlights

✨TONIGHT (Mon, Aug 5) // It's your last chance to see so many gorgeous Festival stars take the stage as part of NOW: Premieres on the closing night of the 2024 Festival! Tix available at our website (or check out our livestream!) 🎥Highlights from International Evenings of Dance 2 & 3 at the 2024 Festival. Video by Nel Shelby Productions #vaildance

2024 Festival // International Evenings of Dance 1 (Fri, Aug 1)

✨Our weekend has been a magical one -- here's a taste of it! Don't miss your last chance to catch these magnetic Festival artists in all new works at tomorrow's NOW: Premieres, the closing night of the 2024 Festival! Tix available at our website! 🎥 Highlights of International Evenings of Dance 1 at the 2024 Festival. Video by Nel Shelby Productions. #vaildance

2024 Festival: NOW: Premieres

✨NOW: Premieres closes the 2024 Festival with never-before-seen world premieres! Tickets are available at our website and we'll be live streaming from our YouTube channel -- You won't want to miss it!! Video by Nel Shelby Productions #vaildance

✨ ONSTAGE TOMORROW (Monday, Aug 5) // don’t miss your favorite Festival stars in their final festival appearances! Closing night’s NOW: Premieres will feature brand new works in their first ever performances, including a new work by Justin Peck! Tix available at the link in our bio! 🎥 @catehurlin rehearses Nine Freights, a world premiere by @justin_peck with Kate Davis, Joel Wenhardt, Eliza Salem, Jayla Chee, and Abdias Armenteros at the 2024 Festival. #vaildance

2024 Festival // Mira Nadon & Aran Bell rehearse the Act 2 Pas de Deux from Giselle

TONIGHT (Sat, 8/3 at 8pm) // Mira Nadon makes her debut in the Act 2 Pas de Deux from Giselle with American Ballet Theatre's Aran Bell on our International Evenings of Dance 3 program! Here's a gorgeous look behind the scenes from the lovely team Nel Shelby Productions. Tix available at our website. #vaildance

2024 Festival // UpClose: Swerve with Damian Woetzel

✨Our UpClose programming offers our audience an opportunity to go beyond the work onstage. This year's focus was the evolution of dance over history 💫 Check out some of the evening in this great vid! 👇 Video by Nel Shelby Productions #vaildance

✨ SATURDAY @ 8pm, Catherine Hurlin and Aran Bell take on Jerome Robbins' Afternoon of a Faun. Take a peek behind the scenes at some of their rehearsal process! Tix available at our website! Video by Nel Shelby Productions #vaildance

2024 Festival: Opening Night Highlights

✨ OPENING NIGHT of the 2024 Vail Dance Festival was an experience to remember - it was an honor to feature Colorado Ballet, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Limon Dance Company, National Repertory Orchestra, and so many dazzling Festival Artists! 👇Check out some of the special moments that took the stage. Video by Nel Shelby Productions

✨ IT’S OPENING NIGHT // We can’t believe tonight’s the night: opening night of the 2024 Festival! So much in store: ✨ LIMITED PAVILION TICKETS have been released for Opening Night. Grab ‘em now or enjoy a night under the stars in the lawn! Limited pavilion tix remain for Saturday’s Dance Theatre of Harlem program. ✨ Last chance to snag an Encore Club Pass and enjoy discounted rates on lawn tickets to all shows at the Amp! ✨ Take advantage of our “Pick 2” ticket special that offers great bundles on UpClose, Myths By Legends, and Dorrance Dances programming. ✨ Seize your chance to perform as part of the Fest in our Dance for $20.24 program in a world premiere by @larry_keigwin! Info at our website! Tix at the link in our bio. 🎥 Dancing in the Streets with @larry_keigwin & @keigwinandco kicked off our offstage performance events Thursday, July 25.

✨MASTER CLASSES bring dance students closer to our world-class Festival Artists! From ballet and tap to repertory and ballroom, come learn from the best! info & registration available at vaildance.org/master-classes/ Photos by Chris Kendig #vaildance

Did you catch our segment on Great Day Colorado? Hear from Artistic Director Damian Woetzel about ✨what's to come for Friday's opening night program, ✨our intrepid Artists-In-Residence Sara Mearns and Jamar Roberts, ✨ affordable ways for young people & families to experience what the Festival has to offer! tix & info available at vaildance.org #vaildance

Shortcuts

Our Story

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