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Past Repertoire

A rich body of work that continues to grow and evolve.

Ballets Jazz Montréal has long been one of Canada's most popular and internationally acclaimed companies. Through our productions, performances, and educational activities, the company encourages discovery, stimulates imagination, and shares their passion for this discipline to all its audiences – both local and abroad. With more than 125 pieces in our repertory to date, our pieces have been enjoyed by over 3 million people in over 60 countries around the world. Here is a deeper look at some of the work we have done in the last 15 years. 

Here is the complete list of Ballets Jazz Montréal's repertoire to date.

Warm Up (Eva von Gencsy) – 1972

Jazz Divertissement (Eva von Gencsy) - 1972

Jérémie (Eva von Gencsy) - 1973

Colours (Ronnie de Marco) – 1973

Shadows (Eva von Gencsy) – 1973

Sept (Richard Jones) – 1974

Visages de l'amour (Michel Boudot) – 1974

Variations en jazz (Eva von Gencsy) – 1974

Roof Tops (Constantine Darling) – 1974

Up There… Souls Dance Undressed Together (Eva von Gencsy) – 1975

Jazz Sonata (Eva von Gencsy) – 1975

Nous sommes du soleil (Renal Rabu) – 1975

Hommage à Duke (Richard Jones) – 1976

Fleur de lit (Eva von Gencsy) – 1976

Carapaces (Brian Macdonald) – 1976

Gershwin Song Book (Norbert Vezak) – 1976

Journal intime (Lynn Taylor-Corbett) – 1977

La Perfectly Swell (Rael Lamb) – 1977

Kew Drive (Buzz Miller) – 1978

Escargot (Louis Falco) – 1978

Sans artifices (John Stanzel) – 1979

Jeux (Eliane Vivace) – 1979

Chaises musicales (Lynn Taylor-Corbett) – 1979

Boulevard (Jean-Louis Morin) – 1979

Entre nous (Brian Macdonald) – 1980

Time Out (William Thompson) – 1980

Nuova Civilita (Herb Wilson) – 1980

Five New Waves (Rael Lamb) – 1980

J'freak assez (Benoît Lachambre) – 1980

Études en jazz (Herb Wilson) – 1981

La Machine (Daryl Gray) – 1981

Hors doeuvres et On Castle Rock (Judith Marcuse) – 1982

La Faim (Benoît Lachambre) – 1982

Jailhouse Jam (Daryl Gray) – 1982

Sometimes Yellow (Charles-Mathieu Brunelle) – 1984

Germinal (Iro Tembeck) – 1984

Bad Blood (Ulysse Dove) – 1984

Tropiques (Vicente Nebrada) – 1984

La Femme aux talons hauts (Howard Richard) – 1985

Ouverture (Herb Wilson) – 1985

Appearances (Lyne Taylor-Corbett) – 1986

Ebony Concerto (John Cranko) – 1986

Big Band (Brian Macdonald) – 1986

Libertango (Mauricio Wainrot) – 1986

After et Fiesta (Mauricio Wainrot) – 1987

Percussion pour six (Vicente Nebrada) – 1987

Numbers (Iro Tembeck) – 1987

Spontaneous Inventions (Daryl Gray) – 1987

M. Siegal (Sheila Lawrence) – 1987

L'Oiseau de feu / Firebird (Ferenc Barbay) – 1987

Pumping Iron (Ferenc Barbay) – 1988

Adieux (Richard Levi) – 1988

Janis for Joplin (Mauricio Wainrot) – 1988

Accelerando (Mauricio Wainrot) – 1989

Entre Dos Aguas (Robert North) – 1989

Dérivations (Mauricio Wainrot) – 1990

Red Hot Peppers (Brian Macdonald) – 1990

102° F (Eric Miles) – 1991

Rise and Fall (David Parsons) – 1991

Sweet Surrender (Margo Sappington) – 1992

Carrefours (Yvan Michaud) – 1992

Saxophone Quartet (William Whitener) – 1992

Blue in Green (William Whitener) – 1992

Escapade (William Whitener) – 1992

Aux Natchitoches (William Whitener) – 1993

Ghosts (James Kudelka) – 1993

Ivory Strides (William Whitener) – 1993 

Fungus Amongus (Brian Macdonald) – 1994

Swing the Cat (Mauricio Wainrot) – 1994

Lovers (Jennifer Muller) – 1994

Chansons populaires (Brian Macdonald) – 1995 

Pendulum (Crystal Pite) – 1995

It's in the Air (Rodrigo Pederneiras) – 1995 

Tristan Iseult (Myriam Naisy) – 1996

The History of Dance Through BJMs Lense (Youth Show by Yvan Michaud) – 1996

Circuit (Gioconda Barbuto) – 1997

Circle Songs (Shawn Hounsell) – 1998

La Mort de lange (Louis-Martin Charest) – 1998

Entre-deux (Dominique Dumais) – 1999

Assurance and Small Gestures (Shawn Hounsell) – 1999

Ederlezi (Myriam Naisy) – 1999

No Strings Attached (Mia Michaels) – 1999

Clin d'oeil (Jason Shipley-Holmes) – 2000

Premier Souffle (Myriam Naisy and Gilles Lacroix) – 2000

La Valse à mille temps (Nicolo Fonte) – 2000

In My Arms (Neelanti Vadivel) – 2000

Numb (Eric Miles) – 2000

Riddle #5 (Susan Gaudreau) – 2000

ZAP (Youth Show by André Simard and BJM) – 2000

Sous le rythme, je... (Patrick Delcroix) – 2000

Floating World (Nicolo Fonte) – 2000

Lulling High (Dominique Dumais) – 2001

Short Works: 23 (Crystal Pite) – 2001

Two Dances for Jane (Crystal Pite) – 2002

Regressing Forward (Mia Michaels) – 2002

Blue Until June (Trey McIntyre) – 2002

Tequila Shots for a Fool (Charlotte Griffin) – 2002

Sooo (Charlotte Griffin) – 2002

Breve Enlace (Edgar Zendejas) – 2003

Besame, Besame Mucho! (Edgar Zendejas) – 2004

Mapa (Rodrigo Pederneiras) – 2004

The Stolen Show, following Xspectacle and Short Works: 24 (Crystal Pite) – 2004

Rastay (Edgar Zendejas and Lourdes Garcia) – 2005

Les Chambres des Jacques (Aszure Barton) – 2006

Jack in a Box (Aszure Barton) – 2008

Rossini Cards (Mauro Bigonzetti) – 2009

Zip Zap Zoom (Annabelle Lopez Ochoa) – 2009

Locked Up Laura (Annabelle Lopez Ochoa) – 2009

Zero In On (Cayetano Soto) – 2010

Fuel (Cayetano Soto) - 2011

Night Box (Wen Wei Wang) – 2012

Harry (Barak Marshall) – 2012

Closer (Benjamin Millepied) – 2013

Kosmos (Andonis Foniadakis) – 2014

Rouge (Rodrigo Pederneiras) – 2014

Nimrod (François Chirpaz and Kristen Céré) – 2015

Mono Lisa (Itzik Galili) – 2015

O Balcao de Amor (Itzik Galili) – 2016

Dance Me - Music by Leonard Cohen (Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Andonis Foniadakis and Ihsan Rustem) – 2017

Casualties of Memory (Itzik Galili) – 2017

Soul (Andonis Foniadakis) - 2019

Approximately Close (Ermanno Sbezzo) – 2020

VANISHING MÉLODIES - Music by Patrick Watson (Juliano Nunes and Anne Plamondon) - 2021

We Cant Forget About What's His Name (Ausia Jones) - 2022

Ten Duets on a Theme of Rescue (Crystal Pite) - 2022

Les Chambres des Jacques (Revised) (Aszure Barton) – 2022

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