Vail Dance Festival

Celebrating 36 years of creativity and collaboration, the Vail Dance Festival returns July 25-August 4  under the artistic direction of Damian Woetzel.  It will bring together renowned and emerging dancers, musicians, composers, and choreographers for 13 performances and numerous events throughout Vail and the surrounding communities.

Lighting up the Vail stages this summer will be Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet of San Francisco, a new Dorrance Dance production The Center Will Not Hold, Philadelphia’s BalletX as part of its 20th-anniversary tour, a Balanchine Celebration evening featuring Festival stars and Colorado Ballet, the Vail return of Paul Taylor Dance Company, the Festival debut of A.I.M by Kyle Abraham, as well as debuts and appearances by Festival stars including artists from New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Royal Danish Ballet, Philadelphia Ballet, join individual artists from national and international companies for a season including 7 world premieres and 13 performances.