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Exclusive advance information reserved for our VIP members. Subject to change without notice.

VIP presale will open on 26 November 2025, on Ticketcorner.ch. 

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2026 VIP schedule - provisional

Events in details

Dancing Through Time
02.02 – 08.02.2026

Dive into the Prix de Lausanne’s photo and video archives, from 1973 to 2025, with this interactive and playful installation, developed by the Laboratory of Experimental Museology (eM+), EPFL. Accessible throughout the week.

Meet the Jury
04.02.2026 | 6:30 PM

Join us at the Beaulieu Theatre for “Meet the Jury”! Engage with celebrated dance personalities and gain unique insights during this special evening.

Choreographic Evening
05.02.2026 | 6 PM

  

Watch the Young Creation Award Finals, featuring five young dancers from our partner schools as they perform their original variations. As an interlude, enjoy an exclusive public rehearsal of a new piece by Edwaard Liang, created in just one week with 26 dancers from our partner schools, as part of the Partner School Choreographic Project. Liang’s original piece will premiere during the Finals.

 

Competition Finals
07.02.2026
2 PM – 6.30PM

  

  • 2pm-2.30pm · Ballet class for Finalists on stage, with Élisabeth Platel.
  • 2.30pm · Finals 
  • 4.45pm-5.20pm · Intermission
  • 5.20pm-6pm · Interlude Performance
    • Lifetime Award Achievement Ceremony, handed to Sylvie Guillem
    • Pas de deux, with Ines McIntosh & Shale Wagman
    • 2026 Young Creation Award – Winning Variations
    • 2026 Partner School Choreographic Project Premiere, led by Edwaard Liang
    • Pas de deux, with Ines McIntosh & Shale Wagman
  • 6pm-6.30pm · Award Ceremony

Timing subject to slight adjustments.

Rising Stars
08.02.2026 | 3 PM
90 mn
For one unforgettable performance, experience the best of the Prix Lausanne! Watch the winning variations performed by the 2026 Prize Winners and Finalists, as well as the award-winning choreographies of the Young Creation Award. Be enchanted by an original piece by Edwaard Liang, created in just one week as part of the Partner School Choreographic Project. This year’s guest stars Ines McIntosh and Shale Wagman will dazzle you with iconic pas de deux. A true ode to classical and contemporary dance!

 

Carte Blanche exhibition
06.01 – 06.02.2026

Unveiling of Instants en mouvement a project by photographer Michael Nyembo, who was granted the carte blanche during the previous Prix de Lausanne competition in 2025. The exhibition will be displayed in large format on Lausanne’s Grand Pont.