NEXT CREATION
A choreography by
Manuel Roque
Premiere: Fall 2027 · Fall for Dance North, Toronto
RESIDENCY SHOWING
August 27 at 4pm — Citadel: Ross Centre for Dance
Join us for an early look at the work in progress on this new creation, during a public residency showing.
The Citadelle company is proud to announce the commission of a new creation by Montreal choreographer Manuel Roque — the Company’s first commission since James Kudelka’s departure in 2020. The new work will bring together the Company’s dancers alongside guest artists to form an ensemble of 7 to 10 performers. The creative process will begin in August 2026 and continue throughout the 2026/27 season.
Manuel Roque will continue his exploration of contemporary languages of breath and effort, through the meeting of kinesthetic virtuosity and genuine theatrical presence. The work will reflect on current notions of the human condition, inviting audiences into an open dialogue that is at once sensitive, authentic, and poetic.
“Today, as a human being, I feel this ambivalence of witnessing a world whose logic and violence I no longer understand, while at the same time finding the energy and inspiration to respond to it — by bringing gentleness, kindness, generosity, compassion, and pleasure to it.”
— Manuel Roque, choreographer
Artistic team
Choreography: Manuel Roque
Lighting design: Nic Vincent
Rehearsal direction: Johanna Bergfelt
Cast: to be announced
About Manuel Roque
A Montreal-based choreographer and performer, Manuel Roque pursues both a career as an outstanding performer (Cie Marie Chouinard, Sylvain Émard, Paul André Fortier, Daniel Léveillé) and an internationally acclaimed career as a choreographer. He founded Cie Manuel Roque in 2013.
His major creations include RAW-me (2010, awarded at the Vue sur la Relève festival and OFFTA), Data (2014, FTA, international tour), bang bang (2017, FTA — Choreographic Work Award at the Prix de la Danse de Montréal) and SIERRANEVADA (2021, FTA, international tour). In 2018, he received the Studio du Québec à Paris, a 6-month research residency (CALQ / Cité des Arts). His creative universe combines kinesthetic virtuosity with a questioning of the contemporary human condition.