Dance experiences for kids
Since its inception, Agora has established close ties with young audiences by performing in schools and inviting students to attend shows along with their classmates or families. Every year, nearly 2000 elementary and high school students are introduced to contemporary dance through our outreach activities.
L’Agora de la danse is a member of Répertoire culture-éducation.
For more information about our youth activities and school matinees, please contact
Frédérique Doyon : commissaire@agoradanse.com
514 525-7575 poste 242
School Matinees
A preparatory workshop is available upon request for all youth presentations.
Autumn 2024
ON / OFF – Grand Poney
November 26, 2024 – 1 PM (FULL)
November 28, 2024 – 1 PM (FULL)
Elementary cycle 3 and all high schools cycles
Five dancers evolve on a rolling device, exploring themes of self-expression, identity, community, freedom and all the emotions that run through our lives.
Winter-Spring 2025
Dirt – Tentacle Tribe
April 9, 2024 – 10 AM (FULL)
April 10, 2024 – 1 PM (FULL)
April 10, 2024 – 1 PM (FULL)
Elementary cycle 2+3 and all high schools cycles
Take root so you don’t fall.
Tentacle Tribe returns to the sources of break and hip hop to explore as a group the essential connection that bonds us to the earth. A small ecological fable takes shape between the choreographic lines. “So the plants may bloom”
Spect’atelier
Not quite a show, much more than a workshop, our Spect’atelier takes students into the process of creating a dance work.
How it works: excerpts from a show in creation and moments of interactive facilitation with the students.
Winter-Spring 2025
SPECT’ATELIER
avec Forward Movements (Ford Mckeown Larose)
April 3, 2025 – 1 PM (FEW SPOTS LEFT)
Elementary cycle 3 and all high schools cycles
Discover the new work in progress by artist Ford Mckeown Larose, expert in Popping. Live music on stage and explosive energy guaranteed!
*Please note that this activity will be in French.*
KOROS – Experience dance with Virutal Reality
At School or at Agora !
Introducing a whole new way to learn, live and experience dance at Agora! Through the magic of the virtual reality headset, dive into the universe of two choreographic works: The Complex Simplicity of Love by Margie Gillis and Allegro Barbaro by Hélène Blackburn.
The experience is accompanied by a movement workshop led by an artist.
Please contact Frédérique Doyon for any questions commissaire@agoradanse.com
Koros can be experience at school or at Agora de la danse
Mediators bring VR headsets into the school.
Adapted for all levels
Reach out to Frédérique Doyon commissaire@agoradanse.com for any questions.
Dance Workshops
Adapted to specific age levels, each workshop includes a warm-up session, improvisation or exploration games and the learning or creation of a mini-choreography.
Dance workshops for preschool, elementary and high school students
Available at any time, on request.
Initiation to break dance
Artist-facilitator: Sonik Boom
All levels
Students have fun learning the basic elements of breakdance and the primary tools for creating dance choreography: Top Rock, Go Down, Foot Work, Freeze, Power Move and Bounce.
Initiation to Movement
Artist-facilitator: Emmalie Ruest
Preschoolers and Grades 1 to 3
Discover the infinite possibilities of movement and the pleasure of dancing!
Atelier de création contemporaine
Artist-facilitator: Zoé Delsalle
All levels
Students discover the keys to creativity and dance performance (physical awareness of the space, listening to others).
Intro to Popping
Artist-facilitator: Forward Movement
All levels
Have fun learning the basics of this street dance with its famous robotic style.
Prix Agora de la danse
For 20 years, these awards have been appointed annually to the top dance students selected in dance departments or extracurricular dance programs at schools across Quebec (secondary and college levels). By doing this since the early 2000s, Agora de la danse hopes to light a spark, or even better, to nurture a lasting passion for dance among the young generation.
Recipients receive an Agora certificate, a pair of tickets for a series of our season’s shows and are invited to take part in a dance workshop in our studios conducted by a professional artist.
Registrations open in April 2025.
Puzzle danse
An educational digital dance exploration
For children 8 to 13
Enjoy this free, playful and educational activity on the Web!
Puzzle dance combines a digital puzzle with creative choreography.
- 4 unique puzzles to create a dream dance
- 3 exceptional choreographers: Ismaël Mouaraki (Compagnie Destins Croisés), Alexandra ”Spicey” Landé (Ebnfloh) and Helen Simard (We All Fall Down)
- Designed for kids aged 8 to 13 years old
- FREE and accessible on tablet and computer
Note that the Puzzle danse is available only on computers and tablets and that the game uses French language.
Curated by Frédérique Doyon, Head of Audience Development at Agora de la danse.
Puzzle Danse is the recipient of the 2023 NUMIX PRIZE in the Youth and Family Web Production category.
Discover Puzzle Danse
Our sincere thanks to the Canada Council of the Arts for its support.
The students select the dance style and the music, and then cobble together bits of dance movement to create a choreography. They can then view and share the videos they have made.
Extras
- Two video tutorials that presents the steps of a short dance excerpt.
- Learn some Hip-Hop moves with Ebnfloh or explore contemporary with We All Fall Down
- Two teaching kits, produced in association with the Centre de services scolaire de Montréal, are also available.
- Workshop in-school dance workshops inspired by the Puzzle Danse with Destins Croisés, Ebnfloh or We all Fall Down are available.
For reservations or questions, please contact Frédérique Doyon at commissaire@agoradanse.com
