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

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

✨Our closing night is tomorrow (MONDAY, Aug 5)! You won't want to miss your last chance to see these incredible artists ...
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...

✨TONIGHT (Sun, Aug 4) // Colorado's beloved dance institutions take the stage as part of COLORADO DANCES at the Vilar Pe...
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

08/04/2024
Thanks, Vail Daily! Join us through Monday for absolutely amazing dance performances!Tix available at vaildance.org
08/03/2024

Thanks, Vail Daily! Join us through Monday for absolutely amazing dance performances!

Tix available at vaildance.org

Vail Dance Festival We’ve got a big weekend of performances at the 36th annual Vail Dance Festival with the International Evenings of Dance I, II and III at the Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater. These shows...

Join us TODAY from 1-4pm for a Sip & Shop Experience at Elleston in Vail and support the Vail Dance Festival!Grab a glas...
08/03/2024

Join us TODAY from 1-4pm for a Sip & Shop Experience at Elleston in Vail and support the Vail Dance Festival!

Grab a glass of bubbly, enjoy some snacks, and shop the amazing collection at with the help of a personal stylist.

20% of all sales will support the Vail Dance Festival!

08/03/2024

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.

08/02/2024

✨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

08/01/2024

✨ 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

Join us on Saturday, August 3 from 1-4pm for a Sip & Shop Experience at Elleston in Vail and support the Vail Dance Fest...
07/30/2024

Join us on Saturday, August 3 from 1-4pm for a Sip & Shop Experience at Elleston in Vail and support the Vail Dance Festival!

Grab a glass of bubbly, enjoy some snacks, and shop the amazing collection at with the help of a personal stylist.

20% of all sales will support the Vail Dance Festival!

07/29/2024

✨ 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

Thank you The Denver Post! Check out this feature on the Fest👇
07/28/2024

Thank you The Denver Post! Check out this feature on the Fest👇

The Vail Dance Festival continues through Aug. 5

✨CALLING ALL PERFORMERS! Have you ever wanted to take the stage at the Vail Dance Festival? Now's your chance! Join Keig...
07/25/2024

✨CALLING ALL PERFORMERS! Have you ever wanted to take the stage at the Vail Dance Festival? Now's your chance! Join Keigwin + Company in a world premiere for the whole community on our Dance for $20.24 program.
No experience required!

info & registration at vaildance.org/2024-keigwin-rhapsody-community-project/

Photos by Whitney Browne

07/25/2024

✨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

07/24/2024

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

✨ SATURDAY, July 27 // The renowned Dance Theatre of Harlem takes the Amp stage with a program showcasing their absolute...
07/16/2024

✨ SATURDAY, July 27 // The renowned Dance Theatre of Harlem takes the Amp stage with a program showcasing their absolute brillance! From George Balanchine's Allegro Brillante to William Forsythe's Blake Works IV, you won't want to miss this amazing company.
>>tix & info at bit.ly/VDF24_DTH

Photos by Theik Smith.

07/14/2024

✨ NOW: PREMIERES closes the 2024 Festival and promises an evening you won't find anywhere else! Learn more about this unique Festival program & grab tix now at bit.ly/VDF24_NOW

Video by Nel Shelby Productions

✨ Dance Theatre of Harlem returns to the Vail this summer! Their program on Saturday, July 27, features a full of evenin...
07/12/2024

✨ Dance Theatre of Harlem returns to the Vail this summer! Their program on Saturday, July 27, features a full of evening of classical & contemporary repertory for this beloved company, including George Balanchine's Allegro Brillante.
>> tix & info available at bit.ly/VDF24_DTH

DTH's Amanda Smith & Christopher Charles McDaniel in George Balanchine's Allegra Brillante.
Photos by Theik Smith.

07/07/2024

✨UPCLOSE // Our UpClose program is a unique-to-Vail chance for the audience to go behind the curtain & beyond the steps! Join us Sunday, July 28, for UpClose: Swerve, where Artistic Director Damian Woetzel will explore genre-defining moments in dance history that moved the craft forward.
>>tix available at bit.ly/VDF24_UpClose

Video by Nel Shelby Productions

✨ RETURNING TO THE FESTIVAL // A beloved Colorado institution, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble returns for the 2024 ...
07/06/2024

✨ RETURNING TO THE FESTIVAL // A beloved Colorado institution, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble returns for the 2024 Festival! Don't miss them, along with DanceAspen & Colorado Ballet, in our Colorado Dances program on Sunday, August 4!

>>Tix available at bit.ly/VDF24_ColoradoDances

"Anyone who appreciates dance and has yet to see the Vail Dance Festival has been missing out on one of the world’s most...
07/05/2024

"Anyone who appreciates dance and has yet to see the Vail Dance Festival has been missing out on one of the world’s most impressive displays of the art form." -- The Denver Post

Thanks for the shoutout, Denver Post!
👇Check out Vail's summer season hits in this great article!

Long-time Vail residents fondly say, “Winter is great, but summer is why we live here.”

Happy   from all of us here at ! Photo of  &  in The Swans at the 2023 Festival. 📸
04/30/2024

Happy from all of us here at !

Photo of & in The Swans at the 2023 Festival.
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✨Dance Theatre of Harlem, under the new leadership of Robert Garland, took New York City Center by storm! Don't miss the...
04/15/2024

✨Dance Theatre of Harlem, under the new leadership of Robert Garland, took New York City Center by storm!
Don't miss them in the mountains, Saturday, July 27 in their own program at the Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater.
tix & info available at bit.ly/VDF24_DTH

The company returns to the Festival in a headlining performance at the Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater with a special program featuring George Balanchine’s thrilling Allegro Brillante, DTH Artistic Director Robert Garland’s recent work Nyman String Quartet #2 which was hailed by the Associated Press...

04/01/2024

✨ Each year brings unforgettable collaborations that are only found in the mountains! Don't miss what the 2024 Festival has in store
>> tickets & info are available now at vaildance.org

🎥 Lil Buck & Adji Cissoko rehearse The Swans, a 2023 Festival collaboration with cellist Michael Nicolas & pianist Cameron Grant.

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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