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Burn Baby, Burn
Guillaume Côté
Show
2025/2026
Toronto

Chaos ablaze

After bringing us his Hamlet, blending dance and theatre and created with Robert Lepage, choreographer Guillaume Côté sets the stage alight with his latest work for nine performers.

A powerful metaphor, Burn Baby, Burn tackles a hot topic: climate change and the need for collective awareness. The work calls for urgent action to ensure a sustainable future. Have we reached the tipping point? asks Guillaume Côté. What if the flame that burns within us could be put to good use? Fire, with its passion and intensity—a double-edged sword capable of consuming us as well as inciting us to act—is the common thread of this heightened dance, at times joyous and carefree, at times mounting to a relentless crescendo. With an invigorating beauty and energy, Burn Baby, Burn invites us to seize the present moment and pave the way for brighter days to come.

Artists

Choreographer
Guillaume Côté

Guillaume Côté is a native of Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec. He studied at Canada’s National Ballet School and joined The National Ballet of Canada in 1999. He quickly rose through the ranks and was promoted to Principal Dancer in 2004.

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Company

Côté Danse 

Côté Danse burst onto the Canadian dance scene in 2021, thanks to the collaboration between choreographer Guillaume Côté and producers Etienne Lavigne and Anisa Tejpar. Since then, the company has been presenting a range of original works and immersive dance experiences.

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Credits

Choreography Guillaume Côté. 

Creative assistant and rehearsal director Anisa Tejpar . 

Original music Amos Ben-Tal, OFFProjects. 

Costume design Yso South.  

Lighting design Simon Rossiter.  

Producer Etienne Lavigne.  

Dancers Demetri Apostolopoulos, Jessica Germano, Martha Hart, Kevin Lau, Griffen Grice, Willem Sadler, Katherine Semchuk, Evan Webb, Carleen Zouboules. 

International representation CAPAS • Label de danse. 

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