The Final Review

Ballets Jazz Montréal

Acclaimed by audiences worldwide, Ballets Jazz Montréal is back in the spotlight with a fascinating new creation by Jo Strømgren, a major figure in the international performing arts.

In this production, Jo Strømgren, Norwegian playwright and choreographer, a master of contrasts and tender heartache, imagines a group haunted by the shadow of the end of life. Under the gaze of a sensitive ghost, gestures become suspended memories: moments that speak of love, friendship, loss, and those silences that say it all. Celebration embraces melancholy, nostalgia flirts with the urgency of living, and goodbyes resound with renewal.

The scenes unfold to a wide variety of music, from Aznavour to La Bottine Souriante, from Gustavo Santaolalla to Mette Henriette, like so many intimate, fiery, dizzying heartbeats. Far from being a show about death, La revue finale is a cathartic tribute to what survives oblivion: the beauty of movement, the warmth of presence, and uncompromising, ultimate joy.

14 performers will take the stage for the performance in Laval on Saturday, November 14.

Credits

Dancers Zoey Anderson, Troy Atamanuk, Gustavo Barros, Millie Brinck-Dubuc, Yosmell Calderon Mejias, Kyle Davis, Jasmine Heart Cruz, Shanna Irwin Calderon, Zack Preece, Willem Sadler, Madeleine Salhany, Ryan Sherk, Rhapsody Stiggers and Silje Vereide Intern Troy Atamanuk

Artistic Direction Alexandra Damiani Choreographer and Director Jo Strømgren Costume Design Philippe Dubuc Lighting Design Chantal Labonté Prop Design and Construction Alain Jenkins Artistic Director Andrew Mikhaiel Rehearsal Director Stéphanie Dalphond Technical Director Marco Vargas Navarro Technical Coordinator Louis Morriset Technical Team Maxime Lambert, Claude Plante, Daniel Ranger Video Recording and Editing Louis-Martin Charest Photographers Raphaël Ouellet & Sasha Onyshchenko Music Charles Aznavour, Madalena De Melo, Enirbod, Mette Henriette, La Bottine Souriante, Luis Mariano, Peppina et Kauko Käyhkö, Gustavo Santaolalla, Bergmund Waal Skaslien, Ole Wagner, Zelwer

The Final Review is a co-production of the Saint-Sauveur Arts Festival, premiering at FASS 2025.

History

Laval

André-Mathieu Room

November 14, 2026