Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Canadian figure skating star Tessa Virtue is stepping back into the spotlight with her first dance performance this fall.
She’s set to perform at Toronto’s Fall for Dance North, one of Canada’s largest dance festivals.
Virtue trained in ballet and contemporary before deciding instead to pursue figure skating at age seven, she said.
That childhood decision set her on a path to become one half of the world’s most decorated Olympic ice dancing duo with Scott Moir.
After Virtue and Moir retired from ice dance in 2019, Virtue moved into the world of business. She now works as an executive adviser at Deloitte, where she helps senior leaders and their clients learn how to perform in high-pressure environments.
And during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, she said she took dance classes as a way to stay active.
Virtue is in the early stages of planning for the performance, which is scheduled for Oct. 15 as part of the festival’s first signature program, called Legends.
It’s being choreographed by Alyssa Martin, Fall for Dance North’s artist in residence for 2026, who is curating the program along with artistic director Robert Binet.
Binet said he and Virtue shared a mutual friend – Heather Ogden, a principal dancer at the National Ballet of Canada – who put the pair in touch.
“I was really trying to not pressure Tessa,” Binet said.
But in the end, she was in.
Video by The Canadian Press. #dance #figureskating #icedancing #figureskatingtiktok
Canadian figure skating star Tessa Virtue is stepping back into the spotlight with her first dance performance this fall.
She’s set to perform at Toronto’s Fall for Dance North, one of Canada’s largest dance festivals.
Virtue trained in ballet and contemporary before deciding instead to pursue figure skating at age seven, she said.
That childhood decision set her on a path to become one half of the world’s most decorated Olympic ice dancing duo with Scott Moir.
After Virtue and Moir retired from ice dance in 2019, Virtue moved into the world of business. She now works as an executive adviser at Deloitte, where she helps senior leaders and their clients learn how to perform in high-pressure environments.
And during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, she said she took dance classes as a way to stay active.
Virtue is in the early stages of planning for the performance, which is scheduled for Oct. 15 as part of the festival’s first signature program, called Legends.
It’s being choreographed by Alyssa Martin, Fall for Dance North’s artist in residence for 2026, who is curating the program along with artistic director Robert Binet.
Binet said he and Virtue shared a mutual friend – Heather Ogden, a principal dancer at the National Ballet of Canada – who put the pair in touch.
“I was really trying to not pressure Tessa,” Binet said.
But in the end, she was in.
Video by The Canadian Press. #dance #figureskating #icedancing #figureskatingtiktok
