Ballets Jazz Montréal
Artists
Jo Strømgren was born in Norway. He is a choreographer, but also works as a director, scriptwriter, stage designer, lighting and costume designer. In the 1980s he began by dancing jazz ballet, before studying classical ballet and choreography at the Oslo National Academy of Ballet. He worked for some years for the Carte Blanche dance company in Bergen, both as choreographer and dancer.
Company
Founded in 1972 by Geneviève Salbaing, Eva Von Genscy, and Eddy Toussaint, Ballets Jazz Montréal is a contemporary dance repertory company which, under the artistic direction of Alexandra Damiani, creates, produces, and presents on local, national, and international stages. The company collaborates with internationally renowned choreographers who develop their own research to generate a repertoire that reflects BJM's identity and is accessible to all audiences.
Credits
Artistic direction Alexandra Damiani.
Choreographer and director Jo Strømgren.
Costume design Philippe Dubuc.
Lighting design Chantal Labonté.
Music composition To be announced.
Props design and fabrication Alain Jenkins.
Artistic supervisor Andrew Mikhaiel.
Rehearsal director Stéphanie Dalphond.
Technical director Marco Vargas Navarro.
Technical coordinator Louis Morriset.
Technical team Maxime Lambert, Claude Plante, and Daniel Ranger.
Video recording and editing Louis-Martin Charest.
Photographer Raphaël Ouellet.
Graphic design Gris-Gris design graphique.
Performers Gustavo Barros, Millie Brinck-Dubuc*, Yosmell Calderon Mejias, Abby Castora, Marcel Cavaliere, Astrid Dangeard, Kyle Davis, Shanna Irwin Calderon, Miu Kato, DaMond Lemonte Garner, Zack Preece, Madelaine Salhany, Silje Vereide.
Intern Troy Atamanuk.
JOIE DE VIVRE is a co-production of the Festival des Arts de Saint-Sauveur, premiering at FASS 2025.
Created in Montreal by Ballets Jazz Montréal in 2025.
Administrative and support team
Executive director Stéphane Labbé.
Financial and administrative director Maximilien Cossette.
Marketing and communications manager Tony Bougiouris.
Strategic development, philanthropy, and partnerships Frédérick Dufour.
Touring production Delta Dance, CAPAS • Label de danse, and SELBY/ARTISTS MGMT.
Pianists Lucie Cauchon and Karine Bétournay.
Peeping Tom has been making waves on the European dance scene since the early 2000s with its offbeat, genre- bending universe portrayed by extraordinary performers. An unconstrained imaginary world where horror and extravagance go hand in hand.
From the clouds to the depths of the ocean, the adventures of two illusionist dancers. A poetic coming-of-age story imagined by choreographer Philippe Saire, a pioneer of Swiss contemporary dance.
The new darling of the European dance scene, Portuguese choreographer Marco da Silva Ferreira presents his most ambitious work, celebrating the contemporary body with phenomenal intensity.
A monumental work, Ihsane is a stunning initiatory quest featuring some twenty performers, a vocal duo, and an instrumental ensemble at the crossroads of the Middle East and the West.
Acclaimed time and again by Danse Danse audiences, Hofesh Shechter and his formidable tribe take us on a dizzying dive, headfirst, into a fantasy world where dreams and reality collide. Quite an event!
