La Collab
Street dance and music battle
Bibiman © Denis Martin
La Collab is a battle that brings together artists from different dance backgrounds (street dance, club dance and contemporary dance) and the music scene (jazz, soul, hip-hop). Initiated and hosted by Sovann Rochon-Prom Tep (Lorganisme), this battle is the Montreal adaptation of The Colab event – organized yearly in France since 2016 as part of the hip-hop dance festival, Who got the flower?! Drawing on the rules of French battle, La Collab puts dancers and musicians on the same playing field in a friendly, fun and open-to-families context.
Production Lorganisme
Artistic direction Sovann Rochon-Prom Tep
Guest Dancers
Marie-Reine Kabasha ‘M Queen’
Valmont Harnois ‘Ignite’
Achraf Maadaoui Terrab ‘Eywaa’
Eli-Anne Ross ‘Rawss’
Nindy Banks ‘Banks’
Alexandre Philippe-Beaudoin ‘Bibiman’
Samuel Cyr ‘Mass’
Socrate Eyoum ‘Socrate’
Musicians
Nadine Altounji (guitar and oud)
Émile Farley (bass guitar)
Elli Miller Maboungou (percussions)
Melissa Pipe (baritone saxophone)
Rachel Therrien (trumpet)
Vithou Thurber-Prom Tep (keyboard)
Thomas Sauvé-Lafrance (drum)
Elyze Venne-Deshaies (saxophone)
Jury
Natasha Jean-Bart ‘Tash’
Axelle Munezero ‘Ebony’
Elon Höglund ‘Wandering Spirit’
At La Chapelle – scènes contemporaines, February 25th