Dance in all its forms takes over one of the stages of the City of Arts and Sciences.
Are you passionate about movement, music, and stories told through the body?
Les Arts has prepared a dance season that is truly amazing.
You will be able to enjoy a wide range of proposals for all tastes: Spanish dance with live orchestra, flamenco, breakdance, and also great international classics.
Grab your calendar and note down the dates of each performance, because you’ll want to attend them all.
Full programme of “Les Arts és Dansa”
23 October 2026 at 7:30 p.m. and 24 October 2026 at 7:00 p.m. – Les Ballets Espagnols by “La Argentina”
Antonio Najarro and his company invite you to rediscover the ballets that Antonia Mercé – “La Argentina”—premiered in Paris in 1927.
This time featuring the pieces “Juerga” by Julián Bautista and “Triana” by Isaac Albéniz, performed by the Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, along with music by Granados and Jacinto Guerrero.
4 December 2026 at 7:30 p.m. – La Leona
Olga Pericet, 2018 National Dance Award winner, and her body engage in dialogue with musicians and the voice of flamenco singer Israel Moro through rondeñas, bamberas, fandangos, and farrucas in a hypnotic performance.
12 February 2027 at 7:30 p.m. – Le Murmure des Songes
Kader Attou, an icon of French hip-hop, takes you back to childhood in this show featuring a quartet of dancers blending breakdance, jazz, and contemporary dance.
16 April 2027 at 7:30 p.m. and 17 April 2027 at 7:00 p.m. – Estela
Valencian choreographer Alba Castillo — trained with Nacho Duato and at Ballet Theatre Basel — premieres this piece at Les Arts, inspired by the poetry of Antonio Machado.
The bodies interact and disperse before your eyes, creating a striking visual landscape.
7 May 2027 at 7:30 p.m. and 8 May 2027 at 7:00 p.m. – La Mort i la Primavera
Marcos Morau immerses you in the subconscious of Mercè Rodoreda’s most enigmatic novel in a piece described as “as dark as a black painting by Goya and as solemn as a requiem mass.” Sounds intriguing, doesn’t it?
28 May 2027 at 7:30 p.m. – Norma
Antonio Ruz has created a stage ritual for five performers that plays with the opposition between the normative and the different, the everyday and the unexpected, and the beautiful and the ugly.
24 and 25 June 2027 at 7:30 p.m. and 26 and 27 June 2027 at 7:00 p.m. – Swan Lake
Ben Van Cauwenbergh presents a version of Swan Lake faithful to the spirit of Petipa and Ivanov, with the Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana performing Tchaikovsky’s music.
