Southern California ensemble showcases Vietnamese dance, color and music in a one-night engagement at Sierra Madre Playhouse

Thủy Vân Dance Company, a Southern California–based ensemble, brings its celebration of Vietnamese culture to Sierra Madre Playhouse for a single performance that blends tradition with contemporary staging.

The troupe is dedicated to preserving and celebrating Vietnamese cultural and dance traditions through performance and community engagement, with choreography that draws on Northern, Central and Southern Vietnamese styles as well as works inspired by ethnic-minority communities.

Costumes, silks, fans and rhythmic music create what the company describes as a kaleidoscope of color and sound, evoking Vietnamese landscapes and the strength and spirit of its people.

Each performance is framed as an act of cultural preservation and renewal, using dance to keep heritage alive while speaking to newer generations.

The Sierra Madre engagement places the group within the region’s growing slate of Vietnamese and Lunar New Year–season cultural programming.

Thuy Van Dance Company will run on Sunday, February 22, 2026, at 4 p.m. Sierra Madre Playhouse, 87 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre. For more call (626) 355-4318 or visit https://www.sierramadreplayhouse.org/event/thuyvan2026. Tickets: $12 – $35