Our Story
Springboard Danse Montréal is a unique project for advanced and professional dancers, age 21 and over, who would like to access the international contemporary dance community.
Dancers for the project are selected during auditions held in Montreal, New York, Toronto and Vancouver during the months of January and February. The dancers live a unique, intense experience, working closely with as many as 10 principal companies and 7 emerging choreographers from Montreal and beyond, all internationally renowned. Over a three-week period in June, dancers participate in workshops, rehearsals, creations and auditions– in contemporary dance– wherein they explore different artistic approaches and choreographic processes to further each individual’s professional development.
On the final day of the project a showing of “works in progress” is presented in a theatre before an invited audience. Members of the Montreal dance community, as well as presenters, choreographers and artistic directors from companies in Canada, the United States and Europe, will be invited to this presentation.
During this annual artistic “rendez-vous”, the dancers are provided with a rare opportunity to demonstrate their abilities in a context other than an audition, and to touch the pulse of the dance world through contact with several prominent and current creators. The artists not only engage in exchanges with the other participants but also get a chance to be seen by many choreographers and company directors.
For their part, artistic directors from the participating dance companies have the chance to see the dancers’ potential within a professional working context of daily classes, rehearsals, creative process and showings.
