RUBBERBAND
Founded in Montreal in 2002 by Victor Quijada, RUBBERBAND quickly established itself thanks to notable creations such as Tender Loving Care, Hasta la Próxima and Elastic Perspective. The company then established itself at Usine C with Slicing Static, voted best dance production in 2004 by the newspaper Hour. Over the years, it has developed a remarkable repertoire: Empirical Quotient (2013), Vic's Mix (2016), City Thread (2017 for the 375th anniversary of Montreal) and Ever So Slightly (2018, finalist for the Grand Prix du Conseil des arts de Montréal). More recently, RUBBERBAND has continued its growth with Reckless Underdog (2023), a large-scale choreography for twelve performers, and Second Chances , an introspective piece that questions origins, displacement and collective memory.
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Victor Quijada
Since 2002, Victor Quijada and RUBBERBAND have been redefining the codes of breakdancing within an institutional framework and breathing new life into the Quebec choreographic scene, while paving the way for a new generation of artists. His RUBBERBAND Method—a unique blend of hip-hop, classical ballet, and contemporary dance—is now distributed worldwide, notably through the annual Winter Intensive workshops in Montreal, offered twice a year since 2023.
Trained in the b-boying circles of Los Angeles, Quijada continued his career in New York (Rudy Perez, THARP!, Ballets Tech), then in Montreal with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens in 2000. A guest choreographer with dance and circus companies, he has collaborated with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Pacific Northwest Ballet and Scottish Dance Theatre.
His work has earned him numerous accolades, including the National Dance Award (USA, 2003), the Canadian Dance Assembly's International Achievement Award (2012), two Princess Grace Foundation-USA awards (2010, 2016), and the Cultural Diversity Award from the Prix de la danse de Montréal (2017). From 2016 to 2020, he taught at USC Kaufman in California alongside William Forsythe.
More recently, he was a finalist for the Grand Prix du Conseil des arts de Montréal (2019), named Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (2024), and then honored in 2025 with the Charles III Coronation Medal and the title of Companion of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres du Québec.
