Parcours des jeunes créateur·rice·s

8th edition with 30 dance students from Cavelier-De LaSalle High School.

2024-2025 PARCOURS ACTIVITIES 

• 4 performances 

- The Mars Project, Travis Knights (Ontario)
- Les Champs Magnétiques, Sylvain Émard Danse (Montreal)
- Nuit, Compagnie de la Citadelle (Toronto)
- CARCAÇA, Marco da Silva Ferreira (Portugal).

• Workshops and meetings with professional dancers.
• A visit to the venue during technical setup.
• Educational resources to better understand the art of choreography.
• Creation of a choreography based on the learnings of the Parcours.
• Performance - Cavelier-De LaSalle High School.

The Parcours continues with the dance option students at secondary school Père-Marquette: a new opportunity for young people to discover and engage in the creative process in dance art.  

2023-2024 PARCOURS ACTIVITIES  

• 4 performances  

- ESSENCE, Ballets Jazz Montréal (Montréal) 
- Jungle Book reimagined, Akram Khan Company (London) 
- Detrás del sur: danzas para Manuel, Sankofa Danzafro (Colombia) 
- Message In A Bottle, Sadler's Wells + Universal Music Uk (London) 

• Workshops and meetings  with professional dancers 
• A visit to the venue during technical setup  
• Educational resources  to better understand the art of choreography  
• Creation of a choreography  based on the learnings of the Parcours 
• Performance  - École secondaire Père-Marquette 

The Parcours continues with the dance option students at secondary school Henri-Bourassa in Montréal-Nord: a new opportunity for young people to discover and engage in the creative process in dance art. 

2022-2023 PARCOURS ACTIVITIES 

• 4 indoor performances 

- Miigis : La Panthère d'eau, Red Sky Performance (Toronto) 
- Colossus, Stephanie Lake Company (Melbourne) 
- Prism, Tentacle Tribe (Montreal) 
- Reckless Underdog, RUBBERBAND (Montreal) 

• 3 movement workshops with profesional dancers
• 1 visit to the venue during technical setup of Reckless Underdog with Hervé Holdrinet, Danse Danse production manager
• Educational resources to better understand the art of choreography
• Creation of a choreography based on the learnings of the Parcours
• Public performance - École secondaire Henri-Bourassa, Montréal-Nord 

The Parcours continues with the dance option students at Père-Marquette school in Rosemont: a new opportunity for young people to discover and engage in the creative process in contemporary dance.

2021–2022 PARCOURS ACTIVITIES

2 indoor performances and meetings with the artists

• Ballet BC (Vancouver): GARDEN by Medhi Walerski / The Statement by Crystal Pite / Bedroom Folk by Sharon Eyal, Gai Behar
• São Paulo Companhia de Dança (Brazil): Trick Cell Play by Edouard Lock / The Firebird by Marco Goecke / Agora by Cassi Abranches

2 workshops: explore–research–create

• Krump (street dance) with 7Starr: Introduction to krump (historical overview), choreographic work and creative challenge.
• Contemporary dance with Sébastien Provencher: A reflective and creative approach to questioning and deconstructing gender stereotypes through dance.

Throughout the 2018-2019 academic year, students from the dance program at École Père-Marquette in Rosemont, are invited to discover the contemporary dance universe with Danse Danse's season – from backstage to the scene and following the path of creation via different workshops, rehearsals and performances.

2018-2019 PARCOURS ACTIVITIES

• 4 workshops by Annie-Claude Coutu Geoffroy, cultural mediator, preparing to the shows
• 1 visit to the venue during technical setup of Giselle (Dada Masilo / The Dance Factory) with Claude Caron, Danse Danse production manager
• 1 movement workshop with Anne Plamondon
• 1 meeting with the artists of Bach + Gira by Grupo Corpo
• 1 movement workshop with Red Sky Performance
• 4 Danse Danse shows:
  • Giselle, Dada Masilo / The Dance Factory (Johannesburg)
  • Vraiment doucement, Rubberbandance Group (Montreal)
  • Bach + Gira, Grupo Corpo (Brazil)
  • Backbone, Red Sky Performance (Toronto)

This initiative was supported by the Foundation of Greater Montréal.

Throughout the 2017-2018 academic year, students from the dance program at École secondaire Monseigneur-Richard in Verdun, are invited to discover the contemporary dance universe with Danse Danse's season – from backstage to the scene and following the path of creation via different workshops, rehearsals and performances.

2017-2018 PARCOURS ACTIVITIES

• 4 workshops by Annie-Claude Coutu Geoffroy, cultural mediator, preparing to the shows
• 1 movement workshop with Hofesh Shechter, choreographer of Grand Finale
• 1 visit to the venue during technical setup of Dance Me (BJM - Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal) with Claude Caron, Danse Danse production manager
• 1 meeting with the artists of Le cri des méduses by Alan Lake Factori(e)
• 1 workshop on the rink with Le Patin Libre
• 4 Danse Danse shows:
  • Grand Finale, Hofesh Shechter Company (Londres)
  • Dance Me, BJM - Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal
  • Le cri des méduses, Alan Lake Factori(e) (Quebec city)
  • Treshold (Seuil), Le Patin Libre (Montreal)

Throughout the 2016-2017 academic year, 30 students from the dance program at École secondaire Cavelier-De LaSalle discovered the contemporary dance universe with Danse Danse's season – from backstage to the scene and following the path of creation via different workshops, rehearsals and performances.

2016-2017 PARCOURS ACTIVITIES

• 4 workshops by Annie-Claude Coutu Geoffroy, cultural mediator, preparing to the shows
• 1 movement workshop with Anne Plamondon, choreographer and dancer
• 1 dance/music workshop with Michelle Dorrance, choreographer and performer from New York
• 1 visit to the venue during technical setup of Ballet BC triple bill with Claude Caron, Danse Danse production manager
• 4 Danse Danse shows:
  • Fractals of You, Tentacle Tribe (Montreal)
  • ETM: Double Down, Dorrance Dance (New York)
  • Programme triple, Ballet BC (Vancouver)
  • Rain, Rosas (Brussels)

Throughout the 2015-2016 academic year, 26 students from the dance program at École secondaire Lucien Pagé in Montreal, accompanied by their teacher Stéphanie Connors, discovered the contemporary dance universe with Danse Danse's season – from backstage to the scene and following the path of creation via different workshops, rehearsals and performances.

2015-2016 PARCOURS ACTIVITIES

• 8 workshops in class by Fabienne Cabado, cultural mediator, preparing to the shows
• 1 visit to the venue during technical setup of Sun (Hofesh Shechter Company) with Claude Caron, Danse Danse production manager
• 1 rehearsal of BJM – Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal and a meeting wih Louis Robitaille, artistic director
• 2 movement workshops with Anne Plamondon, choreographer and dancer 
• 4 Danse Danse shows:
  • Sun, Hofesh Shechter Company
  • Mono Lisa + Kosmos + Rouge, BJM – Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal
  • Swan Lake, Dada Masilo - Dance Factory Johannesbourg
  • Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune + Le Sacre du printemps, Compagnie Marie Chouinard