From March 6 to 9, 2024, families can make their way to Place des Arts to hear captivating tales, express their creativity, get moving, and have tons of fun!
Featuring an array of free activities, Place des Arts is the place to be during school break! On the schedule: a storytelling show, along with circus, craft, and creative cooking workshops.
The perfect place for budding young artists to discover their hidden talents!
Storytelling
Prince Canari
A wonderful tale for 3-to-8-year-olds
Welcome to the vast forest of tales… where anything can happen. Once upon a time, there was a canary yellow prince to whom love gave wings. Making his way along the trails on his adventures, he meets a prickly porcupine, a wolf who sings to the moon, a gluttonous hare, and a brave-hearted princess. Eveline Ménard serves as the guide through this interactive tale for younger children. Performer: Eveline Ménard (storyteller)
Wednesday, March 6 to Saturday, March 9, 2024
2 pm, 3 pm, and 4 pm
Duration: 20 minutes
In Espace culturel Georges-Émile-Lapalme of Place des Arts
Ongoing Activities, from 2 pm to 5 pm
Circus Workshop
This workshop will give younger children a chance to try their hand at tightrope walking, juggling, and acrobatics—alongside professional guides from the École de cirque de Verdun.
Duration: 20 minutes
In the Espace culturel Georges-Émile-Lapalme at Place des Arts
Workshop with the Cuistots solidaires
Roll up your sleeves and lend a hand as you help prepare bags of oatmeal, chocolate, and cranberry cookies with La Tablée des Chefs—back this year by popular demand! The bags will then be given to a local organization that helps feed people affected by food insecurity: Passages, Centre d'amitié autochtone de Montréal, Dispensaire diététique de Montréal and Le Sac à dos
In the Salon Urbain at Place des Arts
Origami Workshop
Guided by the workshop leaders, children and their parents will get to make an origami bird, a key element of the Prince Canari show.
Duration: 20 minutes
In the Salon Urbain at Place des Arts
Screen Mosaic
Discover two digital works on the Place des Arts screen mosaic. You will see Conte à rebonds, a work that has fun with the Earth’s forces and gravity. A luminous, colourful, and kinetic work by Doki (Jean-Christophe Henry, Josselin Bey, Stefano Gemmellaro).
You can also see Murmuration de corridor, a choreographic and cinematographic work by Montreal contemporary skating company Le Patin Libre, created by filmmaker Frédéric Barrette.
