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MIKRO / BARTÓK

Cas Public

How to grow up in a constantly changing world?

 MIKRO / BARTÓK , Cas Public's new creation, delves into the great adventure of learning. Combining dance, language, and music, the work explores the sensitive foundations of self-construction with aplomb and virtuosity.

Three axes intertwine. First, the game of cuckoo, the first awakening to absence and return, which nourishes the child's imagination. Then the acquisition of words, anchored by the verb to be, which structures thought and forges identity. Finally, the music, inspired by Béla Bartók's Mikrokosmos - both a musical work and a method designed to introduce his son to the piano - becomes the soundtrack to this poetic journey.


Created by Hélène Blackburn and Cai Glover, this creation leads us to be, appear and disappear, questioning the ephemerality of the things in life. Through a hypnotizing dialogue between movement, speech and sign language, MIKRO / BARTÓK gives shape to the invisible and gives rhythm to the space of apparitions and metamorphoses, where each gesture unveils the mysterious meaning of becoming.


MIKRO / BARTÓK is a playful, sensory voyage, an invitation to see differently, to listen differently, to feel fully. With this work, Cas Public continues the momentum of its last thirty years, in which wonder never ceases to surprise all audiences, young and old. This inventive, accessible and resolutely contemporary proposal is imprinted on us, without ever disappearing.

Info

Creation 2025

50 minutes

5 dancers

Specs

8 hours set-up

2 hours strike

Tour

9 people on tour

2 double bedrooms

5 single rooms

Audience

From 6 years old

Workshop possible

Post-show discussion

why program this show?

  • Captivating illusions and powerful movements
  • Impressive for young people, poignant for adults
  • By worldwide acclamed Quebec choreographer
  • An unforgettable first dive into the world of dance

credits

Choreography Hélène Blackburn and Cai Glover Performers Adrian Maxwell-Campagna, Alexander Ellison, Norika Isomura, Leah Hamel and Arnaud Mongeon Rehearsals Shawn Hounsell Music Mikrokosmos by Béla Bartòk Set design and lighting Myriane Lemaire and Hélène Blackburn Costumes Michael Slack and Hélène Blackburn Production Cas Public


A Cas Public production in co-production with the Agora de la danse

calendar

Illzach

Espace 110

March 14, 2026

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Illzach

Espace 110

March 14, 2026

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Illzach

Espace 110

March 13, 2026

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Illzach

Espace 110

March 13, 2026

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Montréal

Agora de la danse

November 21, 2025

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Montréal

Agora de la danse

November 21, 2025

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Montréal

Agora de la danse

November 20, 2025

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Montréal

Agora de la danse

November 20, 2025

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Montéal

Agora de la danse

November 19, 2025

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Montréal

Agora de la danse

November 18, 2025

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Montréal

Agora de la danse

November 18, 2025

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Cas Public

Hélène Blackburn

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