Bundles — 2026 Festival
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We’ve put together day bundles to give you the ultimate back-to-back Festival experience, and curated bundles that highlight different parts of our programming.
Make a day of it: Sat Jan 24
2021 @ 2pm
ANNEX (See map)
Running Time: 90-120min
A father rendered as code, a daughter rebuilding the data. 2021 blurs the line between remembrance and replication—an experiment in what it means to be alive. More show info

Le Beau Monde @ 5pm
The Roundhouse (See map)
Running Time: 75min
Three people from the future try to recreate theatre—whatever that was. Le Beau Monde is a sci-fi séance for the lost art of being human. More show info

Khalil Khalil @ 7pm
The Nest (See map)
Running Time: 50min
Carrying the name of his martyred brother, Khalil moves between presence and absence—an intimate search for self beyond the weight of inheritance. More show info

Make a day of it: Sat Jan 31
Everything Has Disappeared @ 2pm
York Theatre (See map)
Running Time: 70min
Part illusion, part revelation, Everything Has Disappeared conjures the invisible threads of Filipino labour woven through our daily lives—with humour, heart, and just a hint of magic. More show info

Catching Up To the Future of Our Past @ 4pm
Scotiabank Dance Centre (See map)
Running Time: 60min
A duet between memory and possibility, Catching Up to the Future of Our Past maps midlife’s motion—where nostalgia and anticipation meet in orbit. More show info

Orpheus @ 8pm
Vancouver Playhouse (See map)
Running Time: 70min
Between dream and reality, Orpheus is a visceral journey through fracture toward reconnection—a dance of descent, transformation, and renewal. More show info

Make a day of it: Sat Feb 7
Wayqeycuna @ 2pm
The Roundhouse (See map)
Running Time: 70min
Blending Andean ritual, testimony, and performance, Wayqeycuna weaves personal and collective histories with political manifestos to confront erasure. More show info

The Motha’ Kiki Ball @ 5pm
The Birdhouse (See map)
Running Time: 4-5hrs
From Vogue to runway, Black Out’s The Motha’ Kiki Ball crowns Black motherhood as origin story, house legacy, and creative force, serving matriarch moments and original icon energy. More show info

TESTO @ 8pm
Performance Works (See map)
Running Time: 60min
TESTO is a sweaty, funny, and tender mess—spilling desire, dysphoria, and the magic of becoming. More show info

See it First: the World Premieres
Khalil Khalil – Sun Jan 25 @ 2pm
The Nest (See map)
Running Time: 50min
Carrying the name of his martyred brother, Khalil moves between presence and absence—an intimate search for self beyond the weight of inheritance. More show info

WAIL – Mon Jan 26 @ 8pm
Scotiabank Dance Centre (See map)
Running Time: 60min
WAIL moves through sound, light, and breath to reveal how joy endures—fragile and unruly—within the noise of the world. More show info

Kamwe Kamwe – Tue Jan 27 @ 8pm
Performance Works (See map)
Running Time: 60min
Sand shifts. Voices rise. Kamwe Kamwe (One by One) moves through what power tries to bury—this is dance as testimony: beautiful, brutal, and alive. More show info

Remember that time we met in the future? – Thur Jan 29 @ 7pm
Goldcorp Centre for the Arts (See map)
Running Time: 75min
Within a transforming landscape of salvaged materials and shifting light, Remember that time we met in the future? follows four Indigenous artists moving through nonlinear time, connecting body, land, and spirit to trace ancestral memory and emerging futures. More show info

Catching Up to the Future of Our Past – Fri Jan 30 @ 8pm
Scotiabank Dance Centre (See map)
Running Time: 60min
A duet between memory and possibility, Catching Up to the Future of Our Past maps midlife’s motion—where nostalgia and anticipation meet in orbit. More show info

Split Tooth: Saputjiji – Thur Feb 5 @ 8PM
Chan Centre for the Performing Arts (See map)
Running Time: 75min
In Split Tooth: Saputjiji, Tanya Tagaq expands the world of her acclaimed book into a staged realm where music, memory, and myth collide in transformative force. More show info

Around the World in 6 Shows
Eight Short Compositions on the Lives of Ukrainians for a Western Audience – Fri Jan 23 @ 8pm
Waterfront Theatre (See map)
Running Time: 65min
Through fragments of real lives, Eight Short Compositions on the Lives of Ukrainians for a Western Audience traces love and hope amid the everyday realities of war—reminding us of our shared fragility and enduring humanity. More show info

Khalil Khalil – Sat Jan 24 @ 7pm
The Nest (See map)
Running Time: 50min
Carrying the name of his martyred brother, Khalil moves between presence and absence—an intimate search for self beyond the weight of inheritance. More show info

Kamwe Kamwe – Tue Jan 27 @ 8pm
Performance Works (See map)
Running Time: 60min
Sand shifts. Voices rise. Kamwe Kamwe (One by One) moves through what power tries to bury—this is dance as testimony: beautiful, brutal, and alive. More show info

Kiuryaq – Wed Jan 28 @ 8pm
Chan Centre for the Performing Arts (See map)
Running Time: 80min
7pm pre-show artist talk and reception
Across the circumpolar North, Kiuryaq weaves theatre, music, and light into a living story of ancestry, connection, and the Northern Lights. More show info

Everything Has Disappeared – Fri Jan 30 @ 7:30pm
York Theatre (See map)
Running Time: 70min
Part illusion, part revelation, Everything Has Disappeared conjures the invisible threads of Filipino labour woven through our daily lives—with humour, heart, and just a hint of magic. More show info

Wayqeycuna – Sat Feb 6 @ 2pm
The Roundhouse (See map)
Running Time: 70min
Blending Andean ritual, testimony, and performance, Wayqeycuna weaves personal and collective histories with political manifestos to confront erasure. More show info

Dance Made in Canada
WAIL – Mon Jan 26 @ 8pm
Scotiabank Dance Centre (See map)
Running Time: 60min
WAIL moves through sound, light, and breath to reveal how joy endures—fragile and unruly—within the noise of the world. More show info

Remember that time we met in the future? – Thur Jan 29 @ 7pm
Goldcorp Centre for the Arts (See map)
Running Time: 75min
Within a transforming landscape of salvaged materials and shifting light, Remember that time we met in the future? follows four Indigenous artists moving through nonlinear time, connecting body, land, and spirit to trace ancestral memory and emerging futures. More show info

Catching Up to the Future of Our Past – Fri Jan 30 @ 8pm
Scotiabank Dance Centre (See map)
Running Time: 60min
A duet between memory and possibility, Catching Up to the Future of Our Past maps midlife’s motion—where nostalgia and anticipation meet in orbit. More show info

Orpheus – Sat Jan 31 @ 8pm
Vancouver Playhouse (See map)
Running Time: 70min
Between dream and reality, Orpheus is a visceral journey through fracture toward reconnection—a dance of descent, transformation, and renewal. More show info

The Brutal Joy – Thur Feb 5 @ 8pm
Scotiabank Dance Centre (See map)
Running Time: 45min
Part ritual, part reverie, The Brutal Joy transforms dance, light, and style into acts of imagination and self-determination—alive to the rhythm of what could be. More show info
