frequently asked questions

CAPAS represents, produces, promotes and supports professional dance in order to promote its excellence both in Quebec and internationally. Like record labels, CAPAS • Dance Label identifies and supports talents and creators to develop and export their works, while offering services for the field's institutions. Concretely, the label represents the interests of the companies that it defends with local and national presenters, offers them administrative support, finds their financing to produce and promote their creations, organizes the logistics surrounding their tours and brings them together around artistic projects which democratize dance. At the same time, the label supports institutions in the sector regarding planning and implementation of marketing and administrative strategies to facilitate their processes. CAPAS remains flexible and on the lookout for social and cultural change in order to adapt its offer and its projects according to the real needs of its partners.

The label supports talents who align with its artistic vision: artworks with techniques that are as precise as they are innovative. Our agents are looking for shows that resonate with their own experiences, affinities, and perceptions, particularly contemporary ballet. CAPAS has thus developed specific requirements regarding technique, virtuosity, and body commitment. In the classical dance milieu, emotion shines through when the technique is exceptional, achieving a level of perfection that evokes wonder. Conversely, contemporary dance relies on emotion to dictate technique, focusing on raw feelings that make the body more expressive and true. At the confluence of these two approaches, the CAPAS • Shows division is interested in companies that deploy sophisticated gestures and visceral emotion, creating a whole where form and content are equally refined.

In addition to defending talents, the CAPAS • shows division produces its own projects with the objective of democratizing dance by bringing it closer to audiences. Whether by engaging physically during the pandemic (La question des fleurs), combining their interest for Révolution with contemporary dance (Midnight Somewhere) or reaching out to tourists (NIEBO HOTEL), the works of CAPAS bring together virtuosity and accessibility. These creations meet the needs of presenters who wish to promote dance to their audiences, the aspirations of artists who want to develop public interest, and spectators who seek a way inside the vibrant world of Quebec dance.

MARKETING The CAPAS • Services Division implements various communication and strategic solutions to equip the dance sector in promoting their projects. These services include visual identity, brand image, website development, audits, and marketing strategies. By understanding the unique realities of the dance sector and learning from other industries, CAPAS deploys its expertise to help institutions build audience loyalty. MANAGEMENT The CAPAS • Services Division offers support to sectoral companies and organizations in their management tasks, such as accounting, subsidies, bookkeeping, financial statements, and budgeting. The strength of CAPAS lies in the quality of its team, which—through its varied and rigorous expertise in management and administration—relieves organizations of tasks that distract them from their true mission: creating.

To facilitate dialogue between dance and audiences, CAPAS offers various solutions to Quebec presenters who wish to give more space to choreographic art in their programming, including the production of international artists' tours on Quebec soil. CAPAS can assist a presenter in bringing an international dance company to its stage by negotiating terms with the company, drafting the necessary subsidy applications for its reception, planning tour logistics, and offering promotional tools. This enables local spectators to experience the best of world contemporary dance without leaving their city, thereby awakening their interest in the discipline.

Yes! While the label certainly specializes in dance, it also offers its services and expertise to actors in all artistic sectors: theater, music, circus, storytelling, performance, literature, multidisciplinary arts, and more. The only exception is representation, as our field of expertise focuses on the dance environment. Write to us; we will be happy to assist you.

CAPAS is an acronym for Communications, Administration et Production des Arts de la Scène.