DanceWorks 26/27 Season
The 2026/27 season explores the theme of INHERITANCE — what we leave behind, what remains with us, what we choose to carry forward, and what continues to shape us.
WHAT WE CARRY FORWARD
Welcome to DanceWorks’ 2026/27 season - an offering shaped by connection, continuity, and the evolving relationships that move artistic practice and presentation forward.
In curating this season, I have been thinking deeply about the people, histories, and creative exchanges that shape our community. Dance is an art form built through transmission, mentorship, collaboration, shared experience, cultural memory, and the ongoing dialogue between generations of artists and audiences.
This season reflects those ideas. The works gathered here explore what we carry with us, what we pass on, and how performance can hold both memory and possibility at the same time. They ask us to consider choreography not only as movement, but as a living practice of listening, witnessing, questioning, and gathering.
As we move toward our 50th Anniversary in 2027, this season also serves as a bridge: honouring the foundations that brought us here while looking toward the future we are building together.
Across theatres, studios, and shared spaces throughout the city, we invite you to join us for a season of bold artistry, conversation, and collective presence.
Thank you for being part of our story.
— Jennifer Robichaud
Artistic Director
DanceWorks
LABOUR
SIGNATURE SERIES
LABOUR is a frontal, physically demanding choreographic work performed by five firebrand, femme-identifying artists exploring endurance, collective presence, and persistence through a deliberately simple choreographic motif: a two-step that is repeated, shifted, and charged over time. LABOUR is presented with support from dance:made in/fait au canada Festival, and runs September 10-12, 2026 at The Theatre Centre.
Affect | Effect
COWORKS SERIES
Affect | Effect is a contemporary dance and circus duet that investigates how we exist within spheres of influence, and how awareness of our environments shapes consciousness, relationships, and sense of self. Affect | Effect runs October 2-4, 2026 at Pia Bouman School for Ballet and Creative Movement.
HOLOBIONT
COWORKS SERIES
HOLOBIONT is an ever-evolving work exploring the interconnection of multiple organisms through support, competition, sharing, and sacrifice. HOLOBIONT runs November 27-28, 2026 at the Toronto Heliconian Club.
INKOSI
SIGNATURE SERIES
Inkosi is a piece that explores the early life, imprisonment, and enduring legacy of Nelson Mandela through a fusion of traditional Southern African Movement and Contemporary Styles. Inkosi runs January 21-24, 2027 at Theatre Passe Muraille.
Haut Haus: Open Haus
COWORKS SERIES
Step into the Haus and join us in an exploration of curiosity, play, and the intimacy of friendships shaped by living and creating together. Haut Haus: Open Haus runs February 27-28, 2027.
again again
COWORKS SERIES
again again is an interdisciplinary dance work for an intergenerational ensemble which interrogates the act of starting over and its ties to trust—how it develops, breaks, and repairs within community/democracy. again again runs March 10-13, 2027 at The Citadel: Ross Centre for Dance.
HUMAN
SIGNATURE SERIES
Performed by an all Asian Canadian cast, HUMAN is a dance-theatre work exploring memory, emotion, human connection, and the conscious choices that shape our lives. HUMAN runs April 15-17 and April 20-24, 2027 at The Terminal Theatre.
ARCHITECTURE OF VIOLENCE
SIGNATURE SERIES
A visceral collision of movement and story, Architecture of Violence confronts the tension between space and power through raw physicality and striking imagery. Architecture of Violence runs May 13-15, 2027 at The Terminal Theatre.