Final Holds draws on the world of professional wrestling as a metaphor for care, absence, and grief, where the final move of a match echoes the last gesture of holding a loved one.
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To Embody: Joyful Militancy and Irresistible Activism
2026-2027 programRead moreMichelle Caron-Pawlowsky
Finishing HoldsRead moreÆlab
Entre branches, bronches et rayons.Read moreThe duo Ælab, part of the Interventions component of the 2026–2027 program, is presenting two bike-and-audio activities with the Mobile Station, as well as an AV performance featuring modular synthesis, exploring the combined power of plants and mobility.
Jad Orphée Chami
Residency
Micro-residency at La HALTE: l’appel du rhapsodeRead moreAs part of a two-day micro-residency at La HALTE de DARE-DARE, Jad Orphée Charmi is offering a workshop exploring the memory of a place and the objects that embody it, as well as a storytelling evening.
Caroline Gagné
Peupleraie - Corps social et corps sonoreRead morePeupleraie invites us to explore the soundscape of a community of trees, poplars, in the urban fabric of the Petite-Bourgogne neighborhood and the Lachine Canal, as a metaphor for the “living environment” and the social body. Anyone passing through the South-West neighborhood with an internet-connected device and a pair of headphones can experience the project. Various connectors are available at the HALTE or at the DARE-DARE offices.
Andréanne Martin
Les seins ballants, je m'en vais au ventRead moreLes seins ballants, je m’en vais au vent is a micro-edition of nomadic artist books that explore the idea of wandering from a feminist and decolonial perspective, and are designed to evolve over the course of a year.
Ventology Training and Sensing
Read moreWhat does the air above your neighbourhood actually smell like? What sounds are escaping through the vents on your block? Ventology Training and Sensing invites you into a world full of blowing hot—and sometimes pulpy—air.
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2009 two thousand and nine
Julie Faubert
Apparaître/disparaître : LES MOTS (volet 1)Read moreJulie Faubert takes a critical look at the words that allow us (or not) to think, the words that we don't abuse enough, the words that, to be truly accurate, should also be constantly invented.
DARE-DARE GALA 5
Fundraising EventRead more5th edition of the legendary DARE-DARE Gala! Party for the benefit of DARE-DARE activities, which brings together about twenty artists during a festive evening where performances, videos and musical performances are presented.
Festival Danse-Mur
Read moreTen days of mural painting on five completely different large walls, all located around the corner of Saint-Denis and Mont-Royal.
Viva! Art Action
2nd editionRead moreDARE-DARE presents a series of long and short performances to take place the urban environment as a means to create a dialogue with the general public.
Emma Waltraud Howes
Subtle ArchitecturesRead moreSeries of actions realised in various dis/location sites.
Mona Sharma
Giving Words to the Ground: the Cabot Square projectRead moreThe rhythmic flow of development and decline in the history of Cabot Square and its surroundings are made use of by Mona Sharma to create her drawings and urban tales.
Iona Fournier-Tombs
chalking / tracés urbainsRead moreThe action of drawing brings new ideas, forges connections. To take a piece of chalk and draw designs on the cement is to make the decision to live in the moment, to be open and available to the contingencies of the terrain, weather and people around us.
Off-Biennale
DARE-DARE invites you to the Off-Biennial, an event that will showcase various unique artistic projects including performances, dance, installations and sculpture.Read more➜ Please note that this event could not be fully realized. The OFF-Biennale team was forced to end activities earlier than planned, for reasons beyond our control. Some activities have been postponed to the following programming season.
Gina Badger Workshops
Making Seed-bombs in french and englishRead moreArtist Gina Badger demonstrates how to turn dirt, clay, water and seeds into gardening bombs.