Performing Arts

2025–26 Dance Series

Promotional graphic for "A World of Dance" featuring diverse dance performances with the Wex logo and a notice for the 2025–26 performing arts season.
A world of dance. All in one place.
Sep 04, 2025 – Apr 17, 2026

Contemporary dance has been at the heart of the Wexner Center for the Arts for over 35 years. Alongside international artists such as Grupo Corpo and Jérôme Bel, renowned American companies and artists including the Martha Graham Dance Company, Merce Cunningham, and Bebe Miller have graced our stages, paving the way for new generations of performers. The Wex’s 2025–26 dance series carries this tradition forward with ZAZ by SOLE Defined, Fragmented Shadows by Wanjiru Kamuyu, new work by Columbus-based artists in Mareas/Tides, and legacy pieces by Doug Varone, the Trisha Brown Dance Company, and the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company. Experience a world of dance—from the intimate setting of our Performance Space to the larger-than-life productions on Mershon’s stage—all in one place.

Six dancers perform a synchronized routine on stage, each striking a dynamic pose with one arm raised and one bent, under colorful stage lighting.
World Premiere
past Performing Arts

SOLE Defined ZAZ Presented by the Wexner Center for the Arts and The Ohio State University Office of Academic Affairs 

Thu, Sep 4, 2025 - Sun, Sep 7, 2025
Multiple Dates/Times Available
a blurred image of three dancers sitting on the floor with their hands raised.
Midwest Premiere
past Performing Arts

Wanjiru Kamuyu Fragmented Shadows

Wed, Oct 22, 2025 - Thu, Oct 23, 2025
Multiple Dates/Times Available
Two dancers on a stage one kneeling with her head back and arms wide the other standing looking down.
At Capacity
past Performing Arts

Marion Ramirez and Ojeya Cruz Banks Mareas/Tides

Wed, Nov 5, 2025
A group of dancers wearing colorful outfits lay on the floor, holding one dancer above.
past Performing Arts

Doug Varone and Dancers Copresented by The Ohio State University Department of Dance

Fri, Nov 21, 2025
Dancers in colorful leotards stand behind a translucent cloth, a large cloth hangs from the ceiling in front of them.
Canceled
past Performing Arts

Trisha Brown Dance Company and Merce Cunningham Trust Dancing with Bob: Rauschenberg, Brown and Cunningham Onstage

Fri, Feb 6, 2026
Two dancers in white hold their partners up as they kick their feet in the air.
Wexner Prize Recipient
next Performing Arts

Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company Still/Here

Fri, Apr 17, 2026, 7:00 PM

Program Support

PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY

Doris Duke Foundation