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

06/02/2026

✨ SNEAK PEEK // The 2026 Festival is in the works, featuring an upcoming premiere from Christopher Wheeldon: a duet for Lauren Lovette and Robbie Fairchild!
⛰️ It’s been 20 years since Wheeldon launched Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company in Vail as part of Damian Woetzel’s first season as Artistic Director. Over the years, we’ve proudly featured new Wheeldon works and are so looking forward to what’s in store this season!

🎥 Lauren Lovette and Robbie Fairchild rehearse an upcoming Wheeldon premiere ahead of the 2026 Festival.

05/27/2026

✨ Warmer weather has us craving those summer months and magical onstage moments! Have you gotten your 2026 Festival tickets??

🎥 & .julian.mejia rehearse Balanchine’s Apollo at the 2025 Festival. Choreography ©️ The George Balanchine Trust.

✨ FREE summer fun for the whole family! ✨Join us at the Avon Performance Pavilion at Nottingham Park for the Vail Dance ...
05/19/2026

✨ FREE summer fun for the whole family! ✨

Join us at the Avon Performance Pavilion at Nottingham Park for the Vail Dance Festival’s beloved FREE Dancing in the Park performance — featuring a special Celebrate The Beat Celebration Team performance! 💃🕺

Experience the joy, energy, and inspiration of dance in the heart of the Vail Valley while celebrating local students taking the stage through Celebrate The Beat.

📍 Avon Performance Pavilion at Nottingham Park
📅 August 6 // 5:30 pm
🎟️ FREE & open to the public
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Are your kids interested in more dancing this summer? Celebrate The Beat Pop Hop Camp registration is NOW OPEN for the summer, and participation is completely FREE! 🎉

👉 Register today: ctbeat.org/summer

DanceForEveryone AvonColorado

05/15/2026

✨ The fabulous & rehearsing Balanchine’s Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux in a late night tech rehearsal for the 2025 Fest’s International Evenings programs! Can’t wait to see them both in just a few short months!

Choreography©️The George Balanchine Trust.

04/20/2026

✨ A warm welcome to 2026 Scholar-In-Residence Audrey Tovar Dunster

🎥 (Cerulean Skies by Brady Farrar)

04/20/2026

✨ We are so thrilled to welcome Rennie Harris Puremovement American Street Dance Theater .1992 to the 2026 Fest!

Nuttin’ But a Word takes the stage on Weds, Aug 5! Tix & info at the link in our bio!

04/18/2026

exciting news! is a 2026 Festival Scholar-In-Residence and we can’t wait to see her this summer 😍 ☀️
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03/16/2026

✨ SUN, Aug 2 // UpClose with Damian Woetzel pulls back the curtain on the process of assembling the 2026 Festival. Our UpClose programming never fails to surprise and dazzle the audience!

Don’t miss it! Tix available at the link in our bio!

🎥 Robbie Fairchild and Brooks Landegger rehearse an excerpt from West Wide Story’s Something’s Coming for the UpClose program at the 2025 Festival. Choreography by Jerome Robbins.

03/12/2026

🎉 Today’s the day! Tickets for the 2026 Vail Dance Festival are now ON SALE!
Head to vaildance.org for the best seats in the house (& on the lawn) 👏

🎥 Takumi Miyake and Yoon Jung Seo rehearse the coda from Le Corsaire, appearing courtesy of ABT at the 2025 Fest.

03/09/2026

✨ Beats visible from the lawn seats ✨
Philip Duclos returns for the 2026 Festival - tix go on sale Thursday!

🎥 Philip Duclos rehearses Bournonville’s La Sylphide with Brooklyn Rider and Alan Moverman at the 2025 Festival.

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530 S Frontage Road E
Vail, CO
81657

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