Vail Dance Festival

Vail Dance Festival 2026 Festival Dates:
July 31 - August 10 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

08/28/2026

✨ TONIGHT (Fri, Aug 28) at Vilar Performing Arts Center, Trinity Irish Dance Company returns for their own solo program. Don’t miss out on this brilliant company — [very] limited tickets available at vilarpac.org!

🎥 Chelsea Hoy of Trinity Irish Dance in stage rehearsal at the 2026 Vail Dance Festival. Chelsea Hoy

08/25/2026

🎥Former Scholar-In-Residence and 2026 Festival Artist Daniel Guzmán takes on the close of Le Corsaire's pas de deux alongside Kayla Mak!

08/24/2026

A highlight of the Fest was watching former Scholars-In-Residence (now, Festival Artists) take the stage together and bring the house down! Check out Kayla Mak's last stage rehearsal before opening Dance for $20.26 this Festival with Daniel Guzmán. Can you believe this was a role debut for her?

Kayla Mak rehearses the coda of Le Corsaire in preparation for Dance for $20.26 at the 2026 Festival.

08/21/2026

Love looking back on the beautiful performances of the Fest! Enjoy this studio-to-stage glimpse of Artist-In-Residence Alexei Ratmansky's Fandango with Catherine Hurlin and Roman Mejia, who performed this dynamic work as part of our International Evenings of Dance.
Gorgeous music from Brooklyn Rider, Alberta Khoury, and Dario Natarelli
Video by Nel Shelby Productions.

08/20/2026

✨ // There are so many people who help make the Festival as great as it is! In this vid, you’ll hear from Garth MacAleavey, our Front of House Audio Engineer who makes sure what we present onstage sounds excellent and rich from every seat in the pavilion and the lawn. With live and taped music throughout each performance as well as a range of instruments, our programming is enhanced by the creativity he brings within the production team! Garth MacAleavey Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater

08/19/2026

✨ LOOKING BACK // We can’t believe the summer we had! A huge thank you to all our fans far and wide who helped make the 2026 Fest unforgettable. We’ve got lots more to show you all and we hope you enjoy what’s to come 🫶

🎥 The 2026 Festival in 60s courtesy of
featuring .1992 .ballet .julian.mejia .ballet
and that’s just in this 1 min vid!

08/17/2026

🌪️ Just over an hour remains to catch NOW: Premieres! Don’t miss these fantastic performances found nowhere else! Link is in our bio!

🎥 Takumi Miyake in Artist-In-Residence Alexei Ratmansky’s Hemi-Semi-Demi with Jayla Chee, Langston Hughes II, Eliza Salem, Joel Wenhardt, Alex Sopp, and Nicholas Cords at NOW: Premieres of the 2026 Festival! Takumi Miyake 三宅啄未 Alexei Ratmansky Jayla chee Langston Hughes II Eliza Salem Joel Adam Wenhardt Alex Sopp Nicholas Cords

08/17/2026

✨ Can’t believe this was but a week ago! Relive more comedic moments by rewatching this again and again! (Yes, things did devolve quickly.) We long for our Festival Artists back onstage and treasure our fond memories of the 2026 Fest!
PASS THAT MIC 🎤 feat: India Robbie Fairchild Michael Alejandro Dé La Nuez Tiler Peck

08/17/2026

📣 TODAY is your last chance to stream NOW: Premieres 2026!! Catch the 12 new works that took the stage in Vail from the comfort of your living room, laptop, or phone! Our live stream comes down at 7pm MT today (Monday, Aug 17), so make the most of these last few hours!!

🎥 Danni Lee Parpan and Caroline Shaw of Ringdown, Kayla Mak, and Lil Buck rehearsing Tender Chaos, a 2026 world premiere of the Vail Dance Festival. Ringdown Danni Lee Parpan caroline shaw Kayla Mak Lil Buck

08/16/2026

✨ CHELSEA HOY joined forces with long time Festival Artist Michelle Dorrance to bring some much needed Irish flavor to the Festival this summer. Don’t miss the culmination of their collaboration, Fáilte, by watching NOW: Premieres at the link in our bio!

🎥 Chelsea Hoy rehearses onstage at the Amp at the 2026 Festival. Chelsea Hoy Trinity Irish Dance Company

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