Consulting & Booking · Performing Arts · Dance
[H]ikari Production
Production, administration, booking for the performing arts, founded in Nantes in 2012, operating from Toronto since August 2025.
[H]ikari Production.
Founded in Nantes in 2012, [H]ikari Production works in production, booking and administration for dance companies. Over twelve years, we have built genuine relationships with presenters, festivals and venues across Europe, the Middle East and Latin America. Since August 2025, we also operate from Toronto.
We now offer this experience as independent consulting, for companies that want to develop internationally, sort out their production administration, or find their way through the touring world without getting lost in it.
The conviction since the start: dance is the most universal of art forms, and it deserves to travel as far as it can.
What do we do?
Getting your work seen in the right venues, by the right people.
Prospect database, full outreach cycle, contract negotiation and management, tour logistics from first email to final roadmap.
- Mapping of venues and festivals suited to the work
- Full booking cycle: outreach, calls, follow-ups, invitations
- Negotiation and management of all contracts
- Tour logistics: roadmaps, transport, accommodation
- Professional networking in Europe and North America
The invisible architecture that holds everything up.
Financial management, grant applications, cash flow — handled with the rigour of someone who has spent years making reality fit into a spreadsheet.
- Budget construction, from first draft to income statement
- Grant applications for French, European and North American funders
- Cash flow management and bank reconciliation
- Artistic dossiers and development strategy
- Project launch support
The presence that makes people want to show up.
Website maintenance, newsletters, artistic portfolios, online distribution of recordings for scouting.
- Website maintenance and management
- Database creation, newsletter design and management
- Artistic portfolios and communication materials
- Online distribution of recordings for scouting
The structure that lets you create with confidence.
Budget management, cash flow monitoring, liaison with social agencies, coordination of annual accounting.
- Budgetary management
- Cash flow monitoring
- Human resources and liaison with social security agencies
- Payroll tax management (outsourced)
- Annual accounting (outsourced)
A few of the artists we have accompanied.
A selection spanning twelve years of companies booked, toured and administratively supported across Europe, the Americas, Asia, and the Middle East.
| Sankai Juku | Ushio AmagatsuButô · Japan | Touring outside Asia: France, Italy, Switzerland, Sweden, Turkey, Czech Republic, Poland… | 2017 — present |
| Shantala ShivalingappaKuchipudi & contemporary dance · India / France | Houston, Santiago Del Chile, Rome (Summer Mela), Shanghai, Abu Dhabi, Lyon, Lugano… | 2017 — present |
| R14 | juliengrosvaletContemporary dance · Nantes, France | Full production and administration: Théâtre de la Ville (Paris), Stereolux, TU Nantes… | 2015 — present |
| Compagnie La Baraka | Nawal Aït Benalla & Abou LagraaContemporary dance · Annonay, France | French national tour: Scène nationale d’Annecy (Bonlieu), Châteauvallon-Liberté, Festival Kalypso… | 2022 — 2023 |
| Système CastafioreContemporary dance & visual performance · Grasse, France | European distribution: Pavillon Noir, Festival Equilibrio (Rome), Théâtre Benoît XII… | 2017 — 2019 |
| Hiroaki Umeda | S20Digital & audiovisual performance · Japan | Distribution outside Asia: Oriente Occidente, Festival Scopitone, Biennale Chroniques… | 2018 — 2019 |
What is difficult to find elsewhere.
Toronto-based. North American hours.
Since August 2025, based in Toronto. Same time zone, Canadian market known from the inside, in-person presence possible.
Twelve years of maintained European networks.
Relationships maintained over years with programmers in France, Italy, Switzerland, Sweden, Spain and beyond. Not names on a spreadsheet.
A small structure, by choice.
[H]ikari works with a limited number of projects at a time. A strategy built around what the work actually is.
French and English, fluently.
Contracts, dossiers and relationships in both languages, without losing anything. On both sides of the Atlantic.
Tell us about your project.
A project that deserves to travel further?
Whether you are preparing a first international tour, looking for support on a co-production, or simply want to think through where your company is heading, we are very glad to hear about your work. No pitch, no pressure.
Tell us about your project, your ambitions and your constraints. We will tell you honestly whether and how we can help.