Côté Danse

Côté Danse is a contemporary creation company dedicated to producing and presenting original dance works that bring together performance excellence and bold artistic collaboration. Working with a wide range of designers, artists, and partners, the company creates immersive and visually compelling productions that are both accessible and scalable, engaging audiences across Canada and internationally.

Rooted in a refined classical ballet vocabulary, the choreographic language of Côté Danse contours space through resonant geometries and deeply human connections. Sleek contemporary lines, sculptural clarity, and a refined athleticism give the work its distinctive vitality. Each creation balances precision with emotional depth, offering audiences an experience that is at once rigorous, intimate, and expansive.

Côté Danse is committed to expanding how dance is encountered by fostering inclusivity, accessibility, and openness in its practices and performances. Through a diversity of collaborators, formats, and presentation contexts, the company actively contributes to a cultural landscape that reflects a multiplicity of voices and experiences, while cultivating new generations of dance and theatre audiences.

Guillaume Côté

Guillaume Côté is a dancer, choreographer, and artistic leader whose career spans classical ballet, contemporary creation, and multidisciplinary performance. A native of Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, he studied at Canada’s National Ballet School and joined the National Ballet of Canada in 1999, rising to Principal Dancer in 2004. Over 26 years with the company, he performed extensively on stages worldwide and served as Choreographic Associate from 2013 until 2025, with eight of his works included in the company repertoire.

Guillaume has created several major works for the National Ballet of Canada, including the full-length ballet Le Petit Prince, the 60-minute contemporary work Being and Nothingness, Dark Angels for the National Arts Centre, and the multimedia full-length production Frame by Frame, co-created with Robert Lepage, and co-produced by the National Ballet of Canada, the National Film Board of Canada, and Ex Machina.

Internationally, Guillaume has choreographed for companies and projects such as Gauthier Dance, Sara Mearns, New York City Center – Artist at the Center, Joyce Theater, Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Kelowna Ballet, ProArteDanza, and Maggio Musicale in Florence. He was awarded third prize at the Hanover Choreographic Competition.

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Burn Baby, Burn

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Burn Baby, Burn

April 20, 2027

The Assumption

Hector-Charland Theatre