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THE UGLY DUCKLINGS’ DANCING CABARET

• Venue: The Ark, A Cultural Centre for Children
• Dates: Saturday 9 / Sunday 10 / Monday 11 May
• Nationality: Québec, Canada
• Time: Saturday 9 & Sunday 10: 1pm & 4 pm (Public) / Monday 11: 10.15am (Schools)
• Duration: 50 mins

Come with us to a world where dreams and reality collide. Join The Ugly Ducklings’ Dancing Cabaret as it weaves together inventive, high energy dance, catchy tunes and stories we all know and love into an absorbing spectacle. Let the Cabaret whisk you up and away….the only question is, will you still know where the illusions lie?

Blending The Ugly Duckling and Swan Lake, six dancers and a master of ceremonies perform short vignettes with all the style of a 1920s German cabaret.

An internationally recognised choreographer for the past 25 years, the four works Hélène Blackburn has created for young audiences since 2001 have been particularly noted for their intelligence and appeal. In 1990 she was awarded the Canada Council for the Arts’ Jacqueline Lemieux Prize in recognition of the originality and quality of her approach. She was also awarded the Bonnie Bird Award for North America by the Laban Centre, London in 1999.

Director and choreographer: Hélène Blackburn

This performance is suitable for children age 5+ (Senior Infants) and their families.

Photo Credit: Rolline Laporte

Children's Season is brought to you in association with The Ark, A Cultural Centre for Children.

The Ugly Ducklings’ Dancing Cabaret was created in collaboration with La Place des Arts, Tangente, the Programme de soutien L’école Montréalaise du Ministère de l’Éducation, du Loisir et du Sport and the Conseil des Arts de Montréal.