Connecting artists and audiences through dance
Agora de la danse offers many outreach activities to a public curious about new ways of interacting with contemporary dance. Come into the studio and chat with the artists, attend a public rehearsal or take part in a movement workshop.
Dance-related activities all season long to experience dance in a different way.
Midi-Coulisses
Keep an eye out for our Midi-coulisses lunchtime events! Enjoy an exclusive 30-minute get-together with a choreographer featured this season as he or she puts the finishing touches to a new work. Free sandwiches for the first to arrive!
Take a peek behind the scenes and talk to the artistic team a week before the premiere. Discover the finishing touches to a new dance piece, a close-up look at the work that features one or more live excerpts as well as an interview with the artist. The public can also ask questions during the course of the conversation.
Midi-coulisses events are an opportunity to discover specific aspects of different approaches to dance creation. What is the choreographer working on one week before the première? How does she or he portray the body, that vital component of movement as art? How does he or she work with the dancers and other collaborators? These and other questions are part and parcel of the event.
12:15 to 12:45 p.m. Free event. Join Us!
Hors-scène
What are the artists in residency doing? What do they reflect on in their everyday lives? How do these reflections enrich their pratice? By exploring some of Agora’s artistic residencies, Hors-Scène moves beyond the strict scope of choreography and performance to take a broader look at dance and create new encounters between audiences and artists.
L’émoussement du fil | Sona Pogossian
February 19, 2025 | 17:30 – Espace blanc – Free entry
The choreographer of Armenian origin is interested in territorial know-how, particularly in relation to the survival of societies and/or identities in danger. Here we discover her creative project L’émoussement du fil (Blunting of the wire), in which different tapestry techniques are transposed into the bodies of the performers, echoing the complex and eclipsed negotiations of women living in zones of armed conflict.
Please confirm your presence commissaire@agoradanse.com
Meet the artists
Post-show encounters. A series of interdisciplinary discussions full of opinions and unruly voices. These post-show-discussion allow audiences to share their thoughts about a production’s themes and engage with the artists.
Meet the artists on Thursday evenings after the performance.
Any questions?
For more information on our various outreach activities, or to discuss a custom encounter for your group, please contact
Frédérique Doyon : commissaire@agoradanse.com
514 525-7575 poste 242