With a repertoire of creations by the most talked about of today's young choreographers, Bern:Ballett's UK tour premieres at Snape Maltings Concert Hall on 15 and 16 May. From classical to the cutting edge, this exclusive evening presents a mixed bill of distinct works.

The Red Balloon, an original dance piece by award winning choreographer Aletta Collins will be coming to The New Wolsey Theatre Ipswich, from 23 to 25 April. Collins, choreographer of the Olivier Award winning stage productions His Dark Materials and Honk!, has created an enchanting new work especially for young people based on Albert Lamorisse's cult film and children's story Le Ballon Rouge (Palme d'Or, Cannes Film Festival, 1956).

The VSO presents its second Vancouver Sun Symphony at the Roundhouse Series concert of the season, a co-presentation with Kokoro Dance, on March 20, 8pm at the Roundhouse Theatre in Yaletown.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (AAADT) will bring the beauty, power, passion and artistry that are its hallmarks to the McCallum Theatre audience on Friday, March 13 at 8:00pm.

The McCallum Theatre Institute (MTI), education division of the McCallum Theatre for the Performing Arts, welcomes backhausdance as part of its Aesthetic Education Program.

Rockville, Md. –– American Dance Institute is thrilled to announce the first time ever joint performances by nationally renowned dance companies Robert Moses’ Kin, regarded as one of the most energizing and evocative modern dance companies in the country; and EDGEWORKS Dance Theater (EDT), Washington DC's, premier all male contemporary dance company predominately comprised of African-American men. This is also the first time Robert Moses’ Kin will be performing in the Washington, DC area.

Artistic Director Judith Jamison announced today that the 2008 New York City Center 50th Anniversary Season of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (AAADT) will celebrate five decades of inspiring artistry with live onstage performances by Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and Wynton Marsalis in Ailey & Ellington and by Sweet Honey In The Rock in a new work by AAADT company member Hope Boykin.

New works feature scores from Milton Nascimento and Michael Gordon Two diverse programs featuring three New York premieres will highlight the 2006 winter season of Parsons Dance at The Joyce Theater.

Add to that free ballroom dancing, disco for babies, a giant igloo, two outdoor Christmas markets, a host of bars and restaurants and Southbank Centre – surely one of the most romantic locations in London – will be the place to escape to from the mayhem of high street shopping and nightmare office parties.

AXIS Dance Company, renowned for creating and presenting cutting-edge, contemporary dance by dancers with and without disabilities, presents its 20th Anniversary Home Season at the Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts in downtown Oakland November 14-16, 2008.

As part of the 11th Annual Dance under the Stars Choreography Festival, the McCallum Theatre Institute will partner for a second year with Toro Canyon Middle and Desert Mirage High Schools in Thermal on the East Valley Dance Project.

Printz Dance Project performs their breed of energetic, crisp, and intricate contemporary dance in their ninth season at San Francisco’s Cowell Theater, Fort Mason Center, Friday–Sunday, November 6–8, at 8 p.m.. This year features repertory favorites and live music — and the premiere of an exciting cross-cultural collaboration with Siamsa Tire, National Folk Theater of Ireland.