ABOUT VBS

The Vancouver Ballet Society (VBS) offers dance students exclusive Master Classes with prominent artists and companies in Canada. In the spring, an intensive workshop (Spring Seminar) is held with highly regarded dance instructors and the awarding of scholarships. The Society houses an extensive archive collection, with pieces dating back to 1912, and formerly published the acclaimed Dance International magazine.

The Vancouver Ballet Society aims to be an artistic service organization that is relevant, accessible, and welcoming to everyone. We acknowledge the historic inequities of our artform and as such we are committed to cultivating and embracing a more diverse, equitable and inclusive organization, while preserving the integrity of the art form and maintaining the highest artistic standards.

To this end, the VBS recognizes and is open to representing individual or group differences encompassing age, ability or disability, marriage or partnership, parental status, race, religion or belief, ethnicity, gender identification, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and other areas of identity.

The VBS ensures fairness and professionalism in all its dealings and will not tolerate discrimination, harassment, or victimization. We intentionally foster an environment wherein the individual or group can feel welcomed, respected, supported, and valued to fully participate.

September 2021

The Vancouver Ballet Society Library and Archives is a read-in library. It houses an extensive collection of books from Broadway to ballet, biographies, programmes, magazines, and dance articles. The Library and Archives is open to all members of the community interested in dance and dance history.

Please consider donating to the Vancouver Ballet Society Library and Archives. The VBS is currently in the process of creating an in-house and eventually an online catalogue for British Columbia's most treasured dance records. Tax receipts are issued for donations over $20.
Donations of dance related literature are always welcome!