🩰 UPCOMING Ballet & Dance Performances in Salt Lake, Provo, Ogden & Park City

From Ballet West at the Capitol Theatre to modern dance at the Rose Wagner and touring companies at Kingsbury Hall and the Noorda, the Wasatch Front is one of the West's great dance towns. Below are upcoming ballet, modern, and contemporary dance performances, listed by date, with venue information and direct ticket links. 🎄 marks holiday shows.

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SEPTEMBER 2026

Limón Dance Company (UtahPresents)

Description: One of the foundational companies of American modern dance returns to Kingsbury Hall, performing the expressive, human-centered repertory of founder José Limón. A landmark of 20th-century dance, the company is celebrated for its dramatic power and the sweeping, breath-driven movement that has influenced generations of choreographers.

Dates: September 24, 2026

Venue / Address: Kingsbury Hall, University of Utah • 1395 E President's Circle, Salt Lake City, UT 84112

Tickets: See tickets at utahpresents.org → (single tickets on sale now)

Odyssey Dance Theatre — Thriller

Description: If it isn't already part of your Halloween tradition, it should be. Odyssey's two-hour spooky spectacular blends high-energy dance with all the icons of All Hallows' Eve – Frankenstein's monster and his bride, skeletons, mummies, and the unforgettable "Thriller" finale.

Dates & Venues:

  • Sep 25–26 | Peery's Egyptian Theater • 2415 Washington Blvd, Ogden, UT 84401

  • Sep 30–Oct 7 | Egyptian Theatre • 328 Main St, Park City, UT 84060

  • Oct 9–24 | The Grand Theatre • 1575 S State St, Salt Lake City, UT 84115

Tickets: Buy tickets at odysseydance.com/thriller →

OCTOBER 2026

Repertory Dance Theatre — Legend & Lore

Description: The world's oldest repertory modern dance company opens its season with Legend & Lore, continuing RDT's mission to preserve and present the masterworks and living traditions of American modern dance.

Dates: October 1–3, 2026

Venue / Address: Jeanné Wagner Theatre, Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center • 138 W 300 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84101

Tickets: Buy tickets at saltlakecountyarts.org →

Counterpoint — Conrad Tao & Caleb Teicher (UVU Signature Series)

Description: Pianist Conrad Tao and tap dancer Caleb Teicher trade rhythms in a piano-and-tap collaboration, where the dancer's feet become a second instrument onstage.

Dates: October 2, 2026

Venue / Address: The Noorda Center for the Performing Arts, Utah Valley University • 800 W University Pkwy, Orem, UT 84058

Tickets: uvu.edu/thenoorda

Dracula (Ballet West)

Description: Ballet West opens its 2026–27 season, which honors Artistic Director Adam Sklute's 20th year with the company, with the return of Ben Stevenson's gothic full-length. More than 50 dancers, sweeping Transylvanian atmosphere, and explosive theatrical effects in one of classical ballet's most technically demanding productions.

Dates: October 23–31, 2026

Venue / Address: Janet Quinney Lawson Capitol Theatre • 50 W 200 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84101

Tickets: Buy tickets at balletwest.org →

NOVEMBER 2026

Rolling With the Stones (Ballet West)

Description: A cutting-edge contemporary ballet evening showcasing the company's range and the bold, modern side of Ballet West's repertoire.

Dates: November 6–14, 2026

Venue / Address: Janet Quinney Lawson Capitol Theatre • 50 W 200 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84101

Tickets: Buy tickets at balletwest.org →

Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan (UtahPresents)

Description: Taiwan's internationally acclaimed contemporary dance company makes a rare Utah appearance. Renowned for its breathtaking fusion of Eastern movement traditions and modern choreography, Cloud Gate creates work of striking physical beauty and meditative power.

Dates: November 17, 2026

Venue / Address: Kingsbury Hall, University of Utah • 1395 E President's Circle, Salt Lake City, UT 84112

Tickets: See tickets at utahpresents.org → (single tickets on sale now)

🎄 The Nutcracker (Ballet West)

Description: America's First Nutcracker™ returns. Willam Christensen's beloved 1944 original — the first full-length Nutcracker ever staged in the United States — remains the Wasatch Front's quintessential holiday tradition for all ages. The run opens in Ogden over Thanksgiving weekend before moving to Salt Lake.

Dates & Venues:

  • Nov 27–29, 2026 | Austad Auditorium, Val A. Browning Center, Weber State University • 1901 University Cir., Ogden, UT 84408

  • Dec 4–26, 2026 | Janet Quinney Lawson Capitol Theatre • 50 W 200 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84101

Tickets: Buy tickets at balletwest.org → (Ogden performances at onstageogden.org)

DECEMBER 2026

🎄 Christmas Around the World (BYU)

Description: BYU's longest-running campus Christmas tradition. The International Folk Dance Ensemble and live musicians share holiday dances and music from around the globe, with nearly 200 student performers.

Dates: Early December 2026 — dates to be announced (usually the first weekend of December)

Venue / Address: Marriott Center, BYU, Provo

Tickets: onstage.byu.edu

🎄 Synthesis Young Artist Showcase (Ririe-Woodbury)

Description: Ririe-Woodbury's high school choreography festival. Student dancers from across the Wasatch Front share the stage with the company each night.

Dates: December 9–11, 2026 • 7:30 PM

Venue / Address: Black Box Theater, Mid-Valley Performing Arts Center, Taylorsville [CONFIRM ADDRESS]

Tickets: ririewoodbury.com 

🎄 The Nutcracker (Utah Metropolitan Ballet)

Description: Utah Valley's professional ballet company performs its Nutcracker with a live orchestra, with sets and costumes by artist Cassandra Barney. It's Utah County's hometown alternative to the Capitol Theatre.

Dates: Mid-December 2026 — dates to be announced (last year ran Dec 12–20)

Venue / Address: Covey Center for the Arts • 425 W Center St, Provo, UT 84601

Tickets: umballet.org

🎄 Christmas Spectacular: SPECTACULAR! (Odyssey Dance Theatre)

Description: Odyssey packs a stack of holiday favorites into one fast 90-minute dance show: A Christmas Carol, Elf, A Christmas Story, White Christmas, the Nutcracker, Rockettes-style kicks and more.

Dates: Mid-to-late December 2026 — dates to be announced (last year Dec 17–23)

Venue / Address: The Grand Theatre • 1575 S State St, Salt Lake City, UT 84115

Tickets: odysseydance.com

JANUARY 2027

Ballet Hispánico — CARMEN.maquia (UVU Signature Series)

Description: New York's leading Latino dance company reimagines Bizet's Carmen as a sleek, contemporary dance drama.

Dates: January 7, 2027

Venue / Address: The Noorda Center for the Performing Arts, Utah Valley University • 800 W University Pkwy, Orem, UT 84058

Tickets: uvu.edu/thenoorda

Kellie St. Pierre (UtahPresents — Stage Door Series)

Description: An intimate, up-close evening of dance in UtahPresents' Stage Door Series, which spotlights new and experimental work in a closer setting. A chance to experience movement artistry on a more personal scale.

Dates: January 20–22, 2027

Venue / Address: Kingsbury Hall, University of Utah • 1395 E President's Circle, Salt Lake City, UT 84112

Tickets: See tickets at utahpresents.org → (single tickets on sale now)

Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company — Act 2

Description: Artistic Director Leslie Kraus leads an immersive dance-theater evening in the Black Box, built to pull the audience into the experience.

Dates: January 28–30, 2027 • 7:30 PM

Venue / Address: Leona Wagner Black Box Theatre, Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center • 138 W 300 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84101

Tickets: ririewoodbury.com / saltlakecountyarts.org

FEBRUARY 2027

Don Quixote (Ballet West)

Description: Bright, joyous, and dazzlingly technical, this Spanish-flavored classic returns to the Capitol Theatre stage for the first time since 2011. A lively, delightful spectacle from start to finish.

Dates: February 12–20, 2027

Venue / Address: Janet Quinney Lawson Capitol Theatre • 50 W 200 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84101

Tickets: Buy tickets at balletwest.org →

MARCH 2027

Compagnie Hervé Koubi — Sol Invictus (UtahPresents)

Description: French choreographer Hervé Koubi brings Sol Invictus, a high-energy work celebrating light and movement. Koubi's dancers — praised by critics for moving as though they could be mistaken for gods — glide, spin, and toss one another through breathtaking, gravity-defying sequences.

Dates: March 2, 2027

Venue / Address: Kingsbury Hall, University of Utah • 1395 E President's Circle, Salt Lake City, UT 84112

Tickets: See tickets at utahpresents.org → (single tickets on sale now)

Ririe-Woodbury — The Black Mountain and The White Lake (Family)

Description: Ririe-Woodbury's hour-long family show, with choreography and an original score by Satu Hummasti and Daniel Clifton. Recommended for all ages.

Dates: March 4–5, 2027 • 7:30 PM

Venue / Address: Jeanné Wagner Theatre, Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center • 138 W 300 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84101

Tickets: saltlakecountyarts.org

APRIL 2027

The Glass Slipper (Ballet West — Family Classics Series)

Description: An expanded staging of Pamela Robinson-Harris's Cinderella-inspired work, performed by Ballet West II and Frederick Quinney Lawson Ballet West Academy students. Just over an hour with narration, a perfect, accessible introduction to ballet for audiences of all ages. The April 3 evening performance is narrated entirely in Spanish.

Dates: April 2–3, 2027

Venue / Address: Janet Quinney Lawson Capitol Theatre • 50 W 200 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84101

Tickets: Buy tickets at balletwest.org →

Carmina Burana (Ballet West — Spring Repertory)

Description: A celebration of pure dance and music pairing George Balanchine's dazzling Symphony in C with Nicolo Fonte's visceral Carmina Burana, where a full chorus suspended above the stage unleashes the power of Carl Orff's thunderous score.

Dates: April 9–17, 2027

Venue / Address: Janet Quinney Lawson Capitol Theatre • 50 W 200 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84101

Tickets: Buy tickets at balletwest.org →

Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company — Act 3

Description: The season closer moves to the larger Jeanné Wagner stage. Outrun The Bear performs its acclaimed work Palace, alongside a world premiere by Bessie Award winners Baye & Asa.

Dates: April 22–24, 2027 • 7:30 PM

Venue / Address: Jeanné Wagner Theatre, Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center • 138 W 300 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84101

Tickets: ririewoodbury.com / saltlakecountyarts.org

MAY 2027

Works From Within (Ballet West)

Description: Ballet West's celebrated choreographic program where the company's own dancers become creators, premiering new works and closing the season.

Dates: May 12–15, 2027

Venue / Address: Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center • 138 W 300 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84101

Tickets: Buy tickets at balletwest.org →

Gravity & Other Myths — Ten Thousand Hours (UVU Signature Series)

Description: Australia's acrobatic troupe builds a show around the thousands of hours of practice behind every human tower and mid-air catch.

Dates: May 13, 2027

Venue / Address: The Noorda Center for the Performing Arts, Utah Valley University • 800 W University Pkwy, Orem, UT 84058

Tickets: uvu.edu/thenoorda

VENUE DIRECTORY — BALLET & DANCE

For complete schedules, visit these websites directly:

Ballet West

Kingsbury Hall (UtahPresents)

Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center (RDT, Ririe-Woodbury)

Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company

Odyssey Dance Theatre

The Noorda Center (UVU)

Utah Metropolitan Ballet

BYU Arts

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