Festival TransAmériques

May 22 to June 5, 2025

4 events
The bold and singular creations on view at Festival TransAmériques are an elegant blend of artistic trends from a number of disciplines, with theatre and dance combining in lively performances. Audiences love the always surprising, completely original programming year after year!

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  • Contemporary Theatre
    Lacrima
    May 22 to 25, 2025
    4 performances
    Théâtre Jean-Duceppe

    Time is running out. Eight months is all the craftspeople with their expert hands are given to fashion a wedding dress for an English princess; their work takes place in utter secrecy. 

  • Dance
    Shiraz
    May 22 to 25, 2025
    4 performances
    Cinquième Salle

    How do you pay tribute to ten years of artistic work and creativity brought to a halt? Is there a way to revive the defunct Shiraz Arts Festival through a dance performance? 

  • Dance • Music
    Toi, moi, Tituba…
    May 27 to 29, 2025
    3 performances
    Cinquième Salle

    Surrounded by a forest of neon lights, Rwandan dancer and musician Dorothée Munyaneza invokes the black women that colonial archives have tried to erase from history—including Tituba, an enslaved black woman accused in the infamous Salem witch trials. 

  • Experimental Theatre
    Taverna Miresia | Mario Bella Anastasia
    May 29 to 31, 2025
    3 performances
    Théâtre Jean-Duceppe

    Beneath the buzzing neon lights of a family tavern, memories are stirring. Originally from Albania, Mario Banushi, Greek theatre’s rising star, presents a wordless play made of tableaux steeped in mystical beauty.

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New contemporary creations, year after year

For 40 years now, Festival TransAmériques (FTA) has featured compelling performances at the intersection of dance and theatre. Renowned for its boundary-pushing stage performances, each year the festival features some 20 shows from here and elsewhere.  

This highly regarded event, the largest contemporary art festival in North America, marks the kickoff of Montréal’s festival season each year. One of the first major events of spring, FTA takes over Place des Arts and the heart of the city. The program is constantly evolving, but the festival never fails to deliver a lively celebration of the arts.

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