This training, created in partnership between the Regroupement des arts de la rue du Québec and the Higher Education in Public Space Art (Marseille, France), aims to introduce anyone interested in learning about street art.
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Partners' trainings and residencies

Introduction to creation and artistic practice in public spaces
november 4, 2025

Creating for Public Space - Master Class
November 5, 2025
The RAR and the FAI-AR are renewing their partnership to offer Quebec artists an exceptional masterclass on writing and dramaturgy in public spaces. (Intended for professional artists)

Introduction to Conscious Communication (Nonviolent)
9-11 novembre 2026
This training aims to introduce artists, as well as other professionals in dance and other artistic fields, to Nonviolent Communication (NVC), created by American psychologist Marshall Rosenberg.
Through short lectures, interactive reflections, practical exercises, demonstrations, and role-playing, you will acquire concrete tools to avoid the main communication pitfalls and to cultivate an authentic, confident, and empathetic stance—toward yourself first, and then toward others.
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Depth movement with Edivaldo Ernesto
October 10, 2025
Push the boundaries of your dance vocabulary through improvisation sessions using the Depth movement method with an international dancer, teacher, choreographer and improvisation expert in this Quebec City training for $105 (value: $705) or $25 per day!

Playing Costume: Artistique and Marionnette Exploration
October 20 to 24, 2025
The Playing Costume workshop invites artists and puppeteers to explore the living costume as a starting point for creative expression. Through a variety of exercises, participants design original projects—solo or in groups—blending costume, movement, and puppetry.

Preparing for a contact event
October 22, 2025
This training offers you the main keys to familiarizing yourself with the different contact events in Quebec.
You will learn to understand the contexts and issues and to be able to determine if it is the right time to showcase your project.

From the local scene to the international stage: spreading dance on a global scale
October 24, 2025
Deploying your artistic work internationally involves understanding the dynamics that shape foreign markets. This training offers concrete benchmarks for considering distribution outside Quebec and initiating a structured development approach on a global scale.

Flexibility and contorsion: opening, amplitude and spinal movement (30 hours)
October 27 to 31, AND December 8 to 12, 2025
Being a contortionist doesn’t just mean “being flexible.” It’s a body technique that can be learned and developed over time. This workshop aims to demystify spinal movement and range, and is open to all movement artists who wish to improve their flexibility, explore a new approach, and gain tools to integrate it into their practice. No prior contortion skills are required, but good physical condition is recommended.

The stages of solicitation from broadcasters
November 3, 2025
This training will allow you to develop professional relationships, to be in action to move towards your broadcast objectives, to remain in the field of vision of potential programmers at the right time as well as to direct you to the right people and the right places.

Develop your first communication strategy
November 11 2025
This training allows you to develop digital communications adapted to the target audience, master the relevant tools (website, newsletter, social networks, etc.), create or optimize the brand image in order to dialogue with broadcasters, funders and other partners.

Vertical Dance Workshop
November 7, 2025
Get familiar with vertical dance at height using the Look-Up approach with Sonia Montminy, dance performer and artist, and Vincent Poliquin-Simms, co-general and artistic director of Look-Up Arts Aériens, for $210 (value of $1,210)!

Exploring Clown Performance
December 1 - 5, 2025
Get introduced to clown performance or deepen your understanding of it by applying the rules of physical acting with Jackie Gosselin, clown artist and instructor, for $135 (value of $895) in Québec City!

Simplified negotiation of a contract with a broadcaster
January 20, 2026
To improve your skills in negotiating a broadcasting agreement, do you need tools? This important stage of marketing requires good preparation and essential knowledge which will be exposed to you during the training.

April 1, 2026 to April 1, 2027
D'Arts et de rêves invites artists of all disciplines to propose a residency project for the period from April 1, 2026, to April 1, 2027. Located in Sutton, in the Eastern Townships, DAR offers a place for research and creation in nature, where art dialogues with the living.
Deadline to submit : Oct 29, 2025
Website: D'Art et de rêves

Preparing for the tour: logistics and production
April 14, 2026
The tour of your show is looming on the horizon and you want to do everything possible to ensure that it is a source of accomplishment and influence?
Organization, coordination, technique, communications, assessment… These crucial subjects will be addressed with the support of ready-to-use tools.

Write your promotional text for an artistic project
May 18, 2026
Your artistic proposal is ready to attract the attention of the public and presenters... but translating it into words is not always easy!
Focused on practice, this training explains the keys to a successful promotional text and the pitfalls to avoid in this process.

Choreographic Workshop
Date: July 12 and 13, 2025
Deadline: July 8, 2025
An intensive two-day workshop led by Edgar Zendejas, choreographer and artistic director. Open to dancers and circus artists interested in choreographic creation
Website: ezdanza.com
Info and registration: [email protected]
Early Bird before July 1

Call for proposals | Chaleur et lumières
Date: October 11 and 12, 2025
Deadline: August 1, 2025
Chaleur & lumières is an event promoted by the City of Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, in partnership with Valspec, aimed at creating an artistic journey through the streets of downtown.
Registration: here.

SPRING GATHERING
Date: June 5 ou 6, 2025 - Schedule to be chosen on registration form
or professional artists, emerging artists or graduates who wish to discover and collaborate with the company. Come and meet artistic co-directors Andréanne Joubert and Yves Simard for a 3-hour discussion of our working methods, improvisations and physical creation.
Info and registration: here.

Les rencontres aériennes de Montréal
Date: April 18-21, 2025
Deadline: April 16, 2025
Les Rencontres Aériennes de Montréal is a festival entirely dedicated to aerial arts. The RAM welcomes both professionals and amateurs, offering them the opportunity to expand their knowledge and refine their aerial skills with internationally renowned instructors in a space for collective exchange.
Registration: here.
Website: here.

ATELIER DE CRÉATION AVEC SELIM BEN SAFIA
Date : du 28 au 29 mars 2025
Cet atelier se veut un laboratoire de création en danse pour la prochaine production du formateur, Labes. La pièce est basée sur des improvisations avec des contraintes thématiques sur la résilience.
Avec Selim Ben Safia, interprète en danse et chorégraphe
À Québec | 45 $ (valeur réelle: 300 $)
Inscription : ici
Site web : ici

TOUT CE QU’IL FAUT SAVOIR AVANT DE TRAVERSER LES FRONTIÈRES
Date : les jeudis 13 et 20 mars, de 9h à 12h
Découvrez les meilleures pratiques en tournée internationale, du budget aux contrats en passant par l’immigration, l’assujettissement, les assurances et la fiscalité internationale.
Avec Sophie Picard, gestionnaire
En ligne | 30 $ (valeur réelle: 215 $)
Inscription : ici
Site web : ici

The Audition for the Preparatory Program
Date: April 11, 2025
Deadline: April 4, 2025
The Preparatory Program introduces young adults to circus arts and prepares them for professional training. Over two years, it combines physical preparation, circus techniques, and complementary disciplines. A structured follow-up and partnerships with ENC and ECQ strengthen their career path.
Registration: here
Contact: [email protected]
Website: here

WORSKHOP - CLOWNING (30 hours)
Dates: March 21, 22, 23 and 28, 29 30, 2025 - 10am to 3pm
Interested in clowning? Through directed improvisations, games and various activities, come explore your clown and the permeable boundary that separates the red nose from the actor! 30 hours combining rigor, fun and... laughter!
Registration: here
Website: here

Call for projects | circus arts residency at Valspec, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield
Date: July 21-26, 2025
Deadline: February 28, 2025, at 5 p.m.
Valspec, in partnership with En piste, would like to offer a summer circus arts residency from July 21 to 26, 2025, at Salle Albert-Dumouchel or Cabaret d'Albert. The residency will conclude with two performances for the general public, on the evenings of July 25 and 26. The aim of this residency is to offer a circus company the opportunity to come and fine-tune an existing creation, in order to give two performances at the end of the week.
Registration: here
Further information: here

Full-Time Program or à la carte workshops at the Clown and Comedy School (scholarships available)

Appel de candidatures 2025 : Résidence d'artiste - volet technique

FINISHED - Call for projects - Manivelle
Deadline: February 28, 2025
Manivelle launches its first call for residencies! Quebec City artists are invited to submit projects for a residency between August 15 and September 15, 2025. A $2,000 grant will also be awarded.
Registration: [email protected]
Website: Here

FINISHED - Call for artistic residencies 2025-2026 - Notre-Dame-des-Prairies
Deadline: February 10, 2025
Would you like to benefit from a workspace and accommodation for five days to carry out a creative project? We invite you to submit your project! Full details below.
Registration (contact): [email protected]
Website : here

FINISHED - Teacher Training Programs
Date: Attestation of Collegial Studies program spread over several sessions:
· Fall session August 11 to December 13, 2025
· Winter session January 5 to May 31, 2026
The National Circus School offers the Instructor and Trainer in Circus Arts programs, designed to develop key skills for teaching different circus disciplines. Registrations open until February 9!
Registration: here
Website: here

FINISHED - Teeterboard Masterclass
Date: February 11 to 14, 2025
Contact: Alice Kop [email protected]
Registration: here
Website: lacompagniedesautres.com
More information: here

FINISHED - WORKSHOP - HAND-TO-HAND (30 hours) with the duo Agathe & Adrien
Dates: February 10 to 14, 2025 - 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Discover the keys to communication for an enriching, healthy and safe practice! We offer a course on the power of learning both roles: base/flyer! Dramaturgy in lifts, introduction to group lifts, creative exercises and much more!
Registration: here
Website: here
More information about Agathe & Adrien
