Following Sold Out Toronto Debut Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal returns with LEONARD COHEN’S DANCE ME
March 1, 2019
Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, 1 Front Street East
Civic Theatres Toronto today announced the return of Leonard Cohen’s Dance Me, from the internationally-renowned Montreal-based dance company BJM – Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal, on Friday, March 1 and Saturday, March 2, 2019. This multidisciplinary piece, inspired by the work of the late poet, artist, and songwriter, Leonard Cohen, completely sold out Toronto’s 3,191-seat Sony Centre for the Performing Arts when it made its Toronto premiere in December 2017.
Guided by artistic director Louis Robitaille and stage director Eric Jean, and inspired by Cohen’s inimitable music, renowned choreographers Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Andonis Foniadakis and Ihsan Rustem have created a spectacular new multimedia work that brings their own unique but entirely complementary personalities to the show’s different sections. As the work unfolds, their movements create a powerful and profound choreographic world that aptly reflects Cohen’s artistic legacy.
Featuring 15 songs selected from Leonard Cohen’s vast catalogue, the selected songs underpin the artist’s recurring and universal themes of love, spirituality, poetry, society, artificial paradise, inspiration, creativity and the quest for freedom.
The return of Leonard Cohen’s Dance Me to the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts is supported by Robert and Julia Foster.
LEONARD COHEN’S DANCE ME
Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, 1 Front Street East
Friday, March 1 and Saturday, March 2, 8PM
Single tickets range from $62.75 –$156.50
(Prices include per ticket fees. Order/delivery fees may apply)
Tickets are available online at www.sonycentre.ca, by calling 1-855-872-7669, or in person at the following Civic Theatres Toronto box offices:
St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts Box Office 27 Front St. E., Monday-Friday, 12pm – 6pm
Toronto Centre for the Arts Box Office, 5040 Yonge St., Tuesday-Saturday 1pm-6pm
Ticketmaster phone lines operate 9:30am – 8pm Monday to Saturday, 12pm to 8pm Sundays and holidays. On-line sales operate 24 hours per day.