On June 5, Sylvain Émard received the 2026 Governor General’s Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement. This recognition honours his 45-year career and brilliantly complements the company’s 35th-anniversary celebrations.

To mark the award, the NFB produced a portrait of Sylvain, Thinker of Movement, a beautiful and intimate glimpse into his creative process that you won’t want to miss.

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View the portrait here.

Chorale, a film by Sylvain Émard and Sandrick Mathurin, was screened outdoors in the heart of the Village from March through June. It was another opportunity to experience dance outdoors, with no tickets or restrictions, courtesy of the Ville-Marie borough and the Festival International du Film sur l’Art (FIFA).

On June 2 at the Circuit-Est centre chorégraphique, Sylvain Émard and 12 participants presented two performances of Confluences to the general public.

This collaborative production, at the intersection of art and therapy, once again offered a deeply human experience for both performers and audience. A rich annual collaboration with Espace Transition, affiliated to Montreal’s pediatric hospital CHU Sainte-Justine. 

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Le Petit Continental will be part of the official program of the Festival Mauricie Arts Vivants from September 24 to 27. A contemporary, participatory line dance performed by enthusiasts aged 8 to 80 – not to be missed!

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→ Le Petit Continental presentation

 
September 26 at 3 p.m.

FREE admission

Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc skating rink – 520 Chem. Déziel, Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc

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To celebrate 35 years of dance creation, last autumn the company took another plunge into its iconic dance piece Le Grand Continental, offering a " Best of " at its fundraising gala. That unique, stellar edition demonstrated that this timeless work is continually reinvented, bringing people together in a celebration of the movement that resides within each of us.