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!
Aianishkat | Soleil Launière
September 25, 2024
12:15– 12:45 – Espace bleu– Free admission
Wahsipekuk : Au-delà des montagnes| Ivanie Aubin-Malo
November 6, 2024
12:15– 12:45 – Espace bleu– Free admission
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.
Squat – Exploration of a posture with Kim-Sanh Chau
October 16, 2024 | 6 pm – 7 pm – Espace blanc – Free admission
Originally from Vietnam, Kim-Sanh Chau has been working for several years on the “squat” or crouching position. Common in Southeast Asian cultures and associated sometimes with submission, sometimes with resilience, this position represents something completely different to Westerners. From a short demonstration taken from her current creative work, she investigates, with the public, the multiple meanings and references of this position through the varied Asian and American cultural implications.
Please confirm your presence commissaire@agoradanse.com
Élégie II : End of residency with Annie Gagnon
5 décembre 2024 | 18 h – 19 h – Espace blanc – Entrée libre
In her creative residency at Agora de la danse, Quebec City choreographer Annie Gagnon invites the public to come see an excerpt from her new work in creation. Emerging from a vital impulse, Élégie II denounces and explores the multiple repercussions that violence provokes in us. A discussion with the choreographer and her artistic team will follow.
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