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Dance shows for school groups

Let's share the pleasure of dance together!

In 2024-2025, you can choose among 14 evening shows and 4 school matinees. On Wednesdays, Fridays and school matinees, there will be an opportunity to meet the artists after the show.
Calendar 2024/2025
Youth matinees

Sylvain Émard Danse - Les Champs Magnétiques

Wednesday 29, Thursday 30 January 2025 - 1:00 pm *SOLD OUT*

Compagnie Philippe Saire - Hocus Pocus
Wednesday, April 23, 2025 - 1:30 p.m. *SOLD OUT*
Thursday, April 24, 2025 - 10:30 a.m.
Friday, April 25, 2025 - 1:30 pm

GOOD TO KNOW:

  • Single rate: $25 / ticket + 1 ticket free with purchase of 15 tickets
  • Youth matinees are optional and will be held if a minimum number of reservations is reached.
  • Youth matinees last 1 hour, and include a meeting with the artists.
  • Accompanying dossiers are available to help you delve deeper into the world of the works and enrich your experience.
10 yrs +
TRAVIS KNIGHTS - THE MARS PROJECT

JANUARY 15 > 18, 2025 \ 8:00 PM
Théâtre Maisonneuve, Place des Arts

Duration : 1 h 30

TAP DANCE - COSMIC

Charismatic tap dance legend Travis Knights takes on Mars! Four musicians, two singers, and five dazzling tap dancers defy gravity at a furious pace.

8 yrs +
SYLVAIN ÉMARD DANSE - LES CHAMPS MAGNÉTIQUES

JANUARY 28 > FEBRUARY 01, 2025 \ 8:00 PM
Cinquième Salle, Place des Art

SCHOOL MATINEES

Wednesday, January 29, 2025 - 1:00 PM *SOLD OUT*
Thursday, January 30, 2025 - 1:00 PM *SOLD OUT*

Duration : 1 h

CREATION - RESONANCES

A fascinating new work from Sylvain Émard, inviting to an in-depth exploration of the body’s magnetic connections. A generous dance whose compelling energy speaks of the close ties that bind people together.

12 years +
EX MACHINA + CÔTÉ DANSE - HAMLET, PRINCE DU DANEMARK

Robert Lepage + Guillaume Côté

FEBRUARY 13 > 15, 2025 \ 8:00 PM
FEBRUARY 19 > 22, 2025 \ 8:00 PM

Théâtre Maisonneuve, Place des Arts

Duration : 1 h 40 

TRAGEDY - INTERDISCIPLINARY

An artistic summit inspired by Hamlet, between choreographer and principal dancer Guillaume Côté and theatre maker and director Robert Lepage. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark transports us to a world of deceptive appearances. A unique interpretation of Shakespeare’s tragedy.

Available for school matinees | 8 years +
MAUD LE PLADEC FEAT. JR MADDRIP - SILENT LEGACY

FEBRUARY 25 > MARCH 1, 2025 \ 8:00 PM
Cinquième Salle, Place des Arts

Duration : 1 h

KRUMP · FUSION

A mirror portrait of two dazzling dancers. Montrealer Adeline Kerry Cruz, child prodigy of krump — who occupies the stage with her mentor, JR Maddripp — and Siaska Chareyre, an accomplished dancer with a brilliant command of contemporary dance styles and codes.

10 years +
JEAN PIERRE PERREAULT - NUIT

Compagnie de la Citadelle

MARCH 19 > 22, 2025 \ 8:00 PM

Théâtre Maisonneuve, Place des Arts

Duration : 1 h 20

HERITAGE - VULNERABILITY

Nuit, a landmark work of Jean-Pierre Perreault, features eight interacting figures dancing their loneliness, confrontation, and fragility in the half-light. A rare work of overwhelming beauty.

14 years +
ALAN LAKE FACTORIE - Orpheus

Alan Lake

APRIL 1 > 5, 2025 \ 8:00 PM
Cinquième Salle, Place des Arts

Duration : 1 h 15

CREATION - MYTH

Alan Lake delves into the heart of the human experience with a poignant foray into the myth ofOrpheus. This dance of light and shade explores the twists and turns of doubt, loss and, above all, life in a supernatural atmosphere that oscillates between dream and reality.

This program contains nudity.

14 years +
PEEPING TOM - TRIPTYCH (The missing door / The lost room / The hidden floor)

Gabriela Carrizo + Franck Chartier

APRIL 16 > 19, 2025 \ 8:00 PM
Théâtre Maisonneuve, Place des Arts

Duration : 2 h

TRILOGY - OUT OF THE ORDINARY

Belgian company Peeping Tom fascinates with its off beat, genre-bending universe somewhere between dance, theatre and film. Triptych reveals their unconstrained imaginary world where horror and extravagance go hand in hand in three parts taking place in three different enclosed spaces.

Content warnings: partial nudity and sexual content.

Available for school matinees | 6 years +
COMPAGNIE PHILIPPE SAIRE - HOCUS POCUS

APRIL 22 > 26, 2025 \ 7:00 PM
Cinquième Salle, Place des Arts

SCHOOL MATINEES

Wednesday, April 23, 2025 - 1:30 PM *SOLD OUT*
Thursday, April 24, 2025 - 10:30 AM
Friday, April 25, 2025 - 1:30 PM

Duration : 50 min

POETICS - ILLUSIONS

Abracadabra! We start to lose our bearings. Happy and playful, two characters inspired by Agota Kristof’s Grand cahier lose and find themselves again in a thousand and one adventures aboard a wacky flying machine, tumbling through the clouds, exploring aquatic life, in a surreal universe, payful and magical.

12 years +
MARCO DA SILVA FERREIRA - CARCAÇA

APRIL 30  > MAY 3, 2025 \ 8:00 PM
Théâtre Maisonneuve, Place des Arts

Duration : 1 h 15

EXPLOSIVE - COMMITTED DANCE

In a constant flow of movement, a vibrant, rebellious and carnivalesque ensemble electrifies the stage with continuous footwork combined with movements derived from voguing and house dance, as well as timeless traditional forms.

This production contains partial nudity.