NOW: Premieres

Performance Details

GERALD R. FORD AMPHITHEATER

NOW: Premieres is the Festival’s annual showcase of new commissioned dance works, all making their debut on one legendary night, performed by an extraordinary cast of dancers and musicians. This season’s choreographers include Robert Battle*, Gilbert Bolden III, Michelle Dorrance, Ja Collective, Justin Peck, Gianna Reisen*, Bobbi Jene Smith, My’Kal Stromile*, Pam Tanowitz, and Melissa Toogood.

YOUTUBE LIVESTREAM

We hope you will join us in-person for our amazing closing night performance, but if you are unable to make it, you’ll have the opportunity to tune in on our YouTube channel! Subscribe to our channel today to be notified once the stream goes live.

Generously Underwritten by the Vail Dance Festival Artistic Reserve Fund made possible by the Doris Duke Foundation.

*Festival debut.    

Photo credit: Isabella Boylston, Melissa Toogood, Calvin Royal III, and Spencer Lenain with Caroline Shaw and Brooklyn Rider in Pam Tanowitz’s new work “‘secret story ballet'” at NOW: Premieres at the 2024 Vail Dance Festival. Photo by Christopher Duggan.