SUPPORTING BJM: A GIFT TO CULTURE AND ARTISTS
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In a political and economic climate where artistic companies face increasing challenges, our community's commitment is more essential than ever. At Ballets Jazz Montréal, every donation has a direct impact on the company's ability to create, innovate, and promote contemporary dance in Canada.
Supporting BJM,
It means enabling creativity to flourish;
It means recognizing dance as a powerful vehicle for dialogue, health, and social cohesion;
It means investing in a living, constantly evolving heritage.
In concrete terms, your support enables:
Tours are at the heart of BJM's DNA, but rising costs and mobility issues complicate their deployment. With artists from all walks of life and a resolutely cosmopolitan profile, the company plays a key role in sharing creativity internationally at a time when many countries are turning inward. Your support allows the works to reach beyond Quebec's borders, meet new audiences, and connect diverse communities.
Supporting the new generation of performers is essential to ensuring the transmission and future of dance. With its BJM_360 program, the company offers young artists comprehensive coaching over several days and an immersion in the life of a professional company. Your support allows talented individuals to fully prepare for an artistic career and to forge links with BJM artists.
Creating takes time, well-supported artists, and solid resources. To stay vibrant and innovative, the company must constantly renew itself, offer new creations, and invite audiences to discover original works. Your contribution makes it possible to produce powerful and original pieces that can be performed both in Quebec and internationally.
Why they chose to support BJM
"What has helped me the most—in my top three!—through difficult times as an entrepreneur, and as a human being in general: art. Getting involved and supporting Ballets Jazz Montréal is a way for me to give back and allow others to be inspired by these virtuosos of contemporary dance. It's a real balm, even when you least expect it...", Isabelle Bettez, technology entrepreneur and author
“I chose to get involved with Ballets Jazz Montréal so that art could take its rightful place at the heart of our identity, our vitality, and our future,” Isabelle Garon, outgoing Senior Vice President of Marketing, Communications, Cooperation, and Chief of Staff to the President of Desjardins Group
“Supporting Ballets Jazz de Montréal means choosing to give momentum to human beauty. It means affirming that culture connects us, elevates us, and sets us in motion, because all creation carries life within it, in its strength and fragility,” Manon Goudreault, Partner, Chief Executive Officer, Client Strategy and Outreach, BCF
Our ambassadors share the conviction that supporting BJM means recognizing the power of art as a force for resilience and momentum, and offering artists the means to bring us together, elevate us, and showcase human beauty.
If you would like to take your support further, please contact Catherine Cardinal, Assistant Executive Director, Development and Partnerships: ccardinal@bjmdanse.ca
