Kanopy Dance Company
Next Generation of Dance: Kanopy 2 & Academy Showcase
Saturday, May 17, 2pm & 5pm
Reception following the Saturday evening performance.
Promenade Hall
Age Recommendation
All ages
Runtime
90 minutes with an intermission
Tickets (reserved seating): $40
Groups of 4 or more: $35
Ages 18 & under: $20
Students: $20
Performances of iconic modern and contemporary masterworks with original choreography by Kanopy Academy students and Kanopy 2.
Watch the next generation of dancers and choreographers in Kanopy’s pre-professional training program, Kanopy 2, and the Kanopy Academy ignite the stage with new ideas, new expressions, original choreography and costuming developed and built by the dancers themselves.
Kanopy is honored to shine a special light on the 100+ dedicated students in the Kanopy Academy and to showcase their work and their technical and creative progress.
Bring a Group! Purchase 4 or more standard price tickets and get a discount. Discount automatically applied when you check out.
Thank you to our sponsors
Underwritten with support from Lee Cullen & Alex Sielaff, and other generous support.
Upcoming Dance Events
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April 5
Sunday
Dance, Family Friendly, Madison Ballet ChoreograpHER
Starlight Theater MYARTS
The highlight of our 2025/26 season is a bold celebration of the female choreographic voice. Although women have long been the faces of ballet, they remain vastly underrepresented in choreography —especially women of color.
2:00 PM -
April 10 - April 11
Dance, Free Events Line Breaks Showcase
Promenade Hall
Enjoy back-to-back nights of performance showcases as part of the Line Breaks Festival presented by the Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives (OMAI).
Multiple Showtimes -
April 11
Saturday
Dance, Family Friendly, Free Events, Kids in the Rotunda, Music Limanya Drum and Dance
Rotunda Stage
Performing traditional music from Guinea and Mali, West Africa, Limanya Drum and Dance Ensemble incorporates song, dance, drum and theater into high-energy entertainment for all audiences.
Multiple Showtimes -
April 16 - April 19
Dance, Family Friendly, Kanopy Dance Divine Mythologies
Promenade Hall
Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble and Kanopy Dance collaborate on a rare remarkable performance of Anna Sokolow’s epic “Odes," a luminous, searing vision of humanity, unsparing in its demands for intense physical concentration and dramatic depth.
Multiple Showtimes -
April 18
Saturday
Dance, Family Friendly, Free Events, Kids in the Rotunda, Music Duke Otherwise
Rotunda Stage
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Multiple Showtimes -
May 8 - May 10
Dance, Family Friendly, Madison Ballet Innovation II
Promenade Hall
In this invigorating artistic initiative, the dancers of Madison Ballet step into the role of choreographer, creating new works on one another.
Multiple Showtimes -
May 16
Saturday
Dance, Family Friendly, Kanopy Dance The Next Generation of Dance
Promenade Hall
Watch the next generation of dancers and choreographers in Kanopy’s pre-professional training program, Kanopy 2 and the Kanopy Academy, ignite the stage with new ideas, new expressions and even original choreography and costuming developed and built by the dancers themselves.
Multiple Showtimes