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About twenty people are doing handstands on Montreal's Place des Festivals while wearing large, colorful skirts that form circles on the ground.
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Festival TransAmériques

21th Edition
May 26 to June 10, 2027
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An epic 20th edition

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The photo was taken from the side and shows both the artist Mackenzy Bergile waving and the audience at her show Autothérapie.©© Maryse Boyce
In the foreground of Montreal’s Place d’Armes, a person is doing a headstand while wearing a very long green dress that drapes around their legs; two other people are adjusting it. In the background, other performers are doing the same thing.©© Maryse Boyce
On a basketball court with a colorful floor, choreographer Jeremy Nedd—wearing jeans, a fringed denim jacket, and a gray cowboy-style hat—dances in the middle of a crowd of Montrealers, teaching them a line dance routine.©© Vivien Gaumand
3 générations de directeur.rices du Festival TransAmériques sont assis sur la scène du quartier général et échangent. Ici, c'est Martin Faucher qui a le micro et s'exprime avec à sa droite Marie-Hélène Falcon et l'animatrice Catherine Lalonde et à sa gauche, Jessie Mill et Martine Dennewald, actuelles directrices artistiques du FTA.©© Maryse Boyce
On stage at HQ, Bolivian activist Maria Galindo stands in front of a large banner featuring the colorful shapes of the FTA 2026 visual identity and a neon green FTA logo, and greets the crowd that has gathered to attend the major event and the screening of her film.©© Maryse Boyce
Group photo taken on stage at the festival headquarters during the Festival’s opening night, in front of a large image featuring colorful shapes—the symbols of the 2026 edition. In attendance: Ms. Nathalie Maillé, Executive Director of the Conseil des arts de Montréal; Ms. Véronique Fontaine, President and CEO of the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec; Ms. Michelle Chawla, Director and CEO of the Canada Council for the Arts | Conseil des arts du Canada; Ms. Andréanne Moreau, City Councilor for the Champlain–L’Île-des-Sœurs district and the elected official responsible for Culture, Heritage, Design, and the French Language for the City of Montreal; as well as Ms. Chantal Rouleau, Member of the National Assembly for the riding of Pointe-aux-Trembles and Minister responsible for the Metropolis and the Montreal Region (Government of Quebec).©© Maryse Boyce
The two actresses in the show Vampyr, dressed in Baroque costumes, take a bow to the audience from the stage, which is lit in purple; two black storage crates and trash bags can also be seen on the floor.©© Maryse Boyce
Lukas Avendaño is dressed in very colorful clothing, with a large headdress, and has his back to the audience as he walks toward the back of a chapel.©© Vivien Gaumand
At the festival headquarters during an evening event, a man is dancing, leaning forward at the waist and tilting his head back toward the ceiling, while a woman in a shiny light blue top is dancing on the left side of the frame, and numerous people can be seen dancing in the background.©© Maryse Boyce
Group photo of the panelists from the “Rouyn d'Amérique” roundtable discussion, featuring Marie-Helene Massy Emond, Simon Turcotte, Jennifer Ricard Turcotte, Rodrigue Turgeon, and a text by Gabrielle Izaguirré Falardeau.©© Maryse Boyce
Group photo of the 2026 FTA International Encounters cohort with Laeticia Philanthrope and Laura Hajjali from the Festival’s outreach team.
Members of the Mexican theater company Pornotrafico—including actor and director Anacarsis Ramos—are seated at a table in a classroom facing students who have come to learn about their artistic practice.©© Maryse Boyce
Director Janaina Leite speaks into the microphone during the roundtable discussion “Intimate Maneuvers,” with artist Emile Pineault to her left.©© Maryse Boyce
On Montreal's Esplanade Tranquille, under the sun, many people form a farandole by holding hands during the “fungi-dance” event.©© Maryse Boyce
A portrait of lighting designer Lucie Bazzo on stage at the FTA headquarters. She is wearing a black T-shirt and a black zip-up sweatshirt.©© Maryse Boyce
Four people are sitting in blue armchairs on the stage at the FTA headquarters: among them are artist Jessica Teixeira, who is smiling while holding a microphone, Gabi Gonçalves of Corpo Rastreado, and Claudia Parent of MAI—Montréal, arts interculturels.©© Maryse Boyce
The students in the Eka Shakuelem Class of 2026 are dancing on a wooden floor lit by a few spotlights, while the surrounding walls are black. The young man on the left is wearing a red T-shirt, and the other five people present are dressed in black.©© Maryse Boyce
Choreographer Trajal Harrell is sitting in a black T-shirt and tortoiseshell glasses, smiling, microphone in hand, during a meeting at the FTA headquarters. He extends his right arm toward the panel moderator, Karla Étienne, who laughs.©© Vivien Gaumand
Actor Greig Sargeant is sitting, wearing a black jacket and holding a microphone in his hands, on the right side of the image. On the left, choreographer Mackenzy Bergile is sitting, wearing a black turtleneck and a light beige suit jacket, also holding a microphone.©© Maryse Boyce
The artist Taina Villalobos has long, loose black hair that falls over her shoulders as she sits on a circular stage covered with a red cloth, behind an arrangement of vegetables, seeds, and flowers, wearing a long-sleeved red dress.©© Vivien Gaumand
A person with long, curly hair is standing behind a microphone, holding the book "The Night Just Before the Fire" and reading from it. Next to her stands a man in a pink patterned shirt and a hat, who is also reading, and a woman in an orange floral shirt and glasses, who is also holding the book.©© Vivien Gaumand
Choreographer Jeremy Nedd is wearing a fringed denim jacket and a gray cowboy-style hat, along with speed sunglasses, and is standing behind a DJ booth on a basketball court. To his left stand a female dancer wearing a brown leather jumpsuit and a male dancer with a scarf wrapped around his head and a black leather sleeveless vest over an orange long-sleeved T-shirt.©© Vivien Gaumand
A person in light blue overalls is holding the hand of another person in light-colored jeans, raising it toward the sky. To their left, a third person wearing the pink FTA volunteer T-shirt is raising their right arm upward. In the background, you can see choreographer and dancer Jeanette Kotowich leading this body awareness session at FTA headquarters.©© Maryse Boyce
Several people are outside the FTA headquarters during the benefit event, and a colorful sign reading “Welcome to the FTA Experience” can be seen.©© Claudia Gregoire
A person wearing a denim shirt is moving with their head down and their left elbow pointing toward the sky, their arm extending toward the ground, while another person on the left side of the image, wearing a cap and a black tank top, is thrusting their chest forward.©© Maryse Boyce
In the large hall at FTA headquarters, decorated with colorful ribbons hanging from the ceiling, several people are walking as if in a fashion show, while Stephen Thompson, who is leading this warm-up session, stands with his back to the camera, facing the people walking by.©© Vivien Gaumand
In the foreground, a woman seen from behind and a child seen in profile are holding up large, traditional red Colombian skirts, while in the background, another woman is doing the same with a blue-and-pink patterned skirt and a pink T-shirt.©© Vivien Gaumand
In the foreground of Montreal’s Place des Festivals, a group of people are doing handstands, dressed in very long, colorful dresses that drape around their legs; in the background, a crowd of passersby stands, and the tall downtown buildings are visible.©© Vivien Gaumand
In a dance studio with a white floor and black walls, several people dressed in dark clothing are moving, and the photograph focuses on a smiling young woman on the left who reaches out and takes the hand of choreographer Diana Szeinblum, who is also smiling.©© Vivien Gaumand
Seated around a wooden picnic table in a shaded outdoor area, the playwrights from the Cliniques dramaturgiques smile at the camera. Among them are Marie Bardet, Julie Burelle, Gabi Gonçalves, Yohayna Hernández, Ambre Jabrane, Olivier Marboeuf, and José Ramón Hernández.©© Adil Boukind
A photograph of the members of the FTA Board of Directors on stage at the Festival’s headquarters, in front of a colorful backdrop featuring various overlapping shapes and the FTA logo. Those pictured include Michèle Lefaivre, Jessie Mill, Sandra O’Connor, Angélique Willkie, Virginie-Sankara Cantin-Diarra, Robert Gagné, Martin Gilbert, William Orhant, and Martine Dennewald, co-executive and artistic director.©© Sol Millan
Under soft, green lighting, a marching band plays in a circle—with the brass section and the singer visible on screen—while the audience at headquarters dances.©© Vivien Gaumand
In a room with gray floors and walls, choreographer Alexandra “Spicey” Landé leads a warm-up for the audience, which is arranged in a circle around her.©© Vivien Gaumand
On stage at the FTA headquarters, three people are seated in armchairs, microphones in hand, for a panel discussion on subtitles. On the left, Anne-Sara Gendron is wearing a black-and-white striped T-shirt and black pants; in the middle, Elaine Normandeau is wearing a black zip-up sweatshirt and khaki capris; and on the right, Éric Le Brec'h is wearing an orange zip-up sweatshirt and black pants.©© Adil Boukind
amilton de azevedo, wearing a black T-shirt and light-colored pants, is sitting and smiling while holding a microphone. To his left, Marie-Claire Forté, wearing a brick-red T-shirt and light-colored pants, is holding a microphone and looking at Hamilton with a smile.©© Adil Boukind
A wide shot of the headquarters stage where the panelists for the session “Philanthropic Practices in Action” are seated. Pictured are moderator Wendy Reid and panelists Daphné Belizaire, Karim Talaat, Muriel Kearney, and Maxime Lavoie. The session title is projected onto a screen in the background.©© Adil Boukind
The photo is taken as if the viewer were the DJ at a party at FTA headquarters, with the turntables in the foreground and a crowd of people dancing, illuminated by red lights.©© Vivien Gaumand
In front of the stage at the FTA headquarters, the four panelists—Mostafa Henaway, Judith Lefebvre, Inuk Emily Fleming-Dubuc, and Safa Chebbi—along with moderator Amel Zaazaa, are seated on a large step. In the foreground, the audience is facing the speakers and has its back to the photographer.©© Adil Boukind
On the left, an attentive audience sits in chairs, listening to three people seated on stage at the FTA headquarters during a meeting.©© Adil Boukind
Catherine FP, along with panelists Karl Lemieux, Gabrielle Couillard, and Catherine Desjardins-Jolin, pose with smiles against a colorful blue, pink, and orange backdrop featuring the FTA logo.©© Adil Boukind
Léo, one of the booksellers at the “Un livre à soi” bookstore, is standing behind a display of books while several people are looking at them.©© Maryse Boyce
A gate featuring orange, blue, and pink shapes, along with the words “Festival TransAmériques,” marks the entrance to the Tranquille Esplanade on the day of the FTA Feria.©© Vivien Gaumand
The photo was taken from the side and shows both the artist Mackenzy Bergile waving and the audience at her show Autothérapie.
In the foreground of Montreal’s Place d’Armes, a person is doing a headstand while wearing a very long green dress that drapes around their legs; two other people are adjusting it. In the background, other performers are doing the same thing.
On a basketball court with a colorful floor, choreographer Jeremy Nedd—wearing jeans, a fringed denim jacket, and a gray cowboy-style hat—dances in the middle of a crowd of Montrealers, teaching them a line dance routine.
3 générations de directeur.rices du Festival TransAmériques sont assis sur la scène du quartier général et échangent. Ici, c'est Martin Faucher qui a le micro et s'exprime avec à sa droite Marie-Hélène Falcon et l'animatrice Catherine Lalonde et à sa gauche, Jessie Mill et Martine Dennewald, actuelles directrices artistiques du FTA.
On stage at HQ, Bolivian activist Maria Galindo stands in front of a large banner featuring the colorful shapes of the FTA 2026 visual identity and a neon green FTA logo, and greets the crowd that has gathered to attend the major event and the screening of her film.
Group photo taken on stage at the festival headquarters during the Festival’s opening night, in front of a large image featuring colorful shapes—the symbols of the 2026 edition. In attendance: Ms. Nathalie Maillé, Executive Director of the Conseil des arts de Montréal; Ms. Véronique Fontaine, President and CEO of the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec; Ms. Michelle Chawla, Director and CEO of the Canada Council for the Arts | Conseil des arts du Canada; Ms. Andréanne Moreau, City Councilor for the Champlain–L’Île-des-Sœurs district and the elected official responsible for Culture, Heritage, Design, and the French Language for the City of Montreal; as well as Ms. Chantal Rouleau, Member of the National Assembly for the riding of Pointe-aux-Trembles and Minister responsible for the Metropolis and the Montreal Region (Government of Quebec).
The two actresses in the show Vampyr, dressed in Baroque costumes, take a bow to the audience from the stage, which is lit in purple; two black storage crates and trash bags can also be seen on the floor.
Lukas Avendaño is dressed in very colorful clothing, with a large headdress, and has his back to the audience as he walks toward the back of a chapel.
At the festival headquarters during an evening event, a man is dancing, leaning forward at the waist and tilting his head back toward the ceiling, while a woman in a shiny light blue top is dancing on the left side of the frame, and numerous people can be seen dancing in the background.
Group photo of the panelists from the “Rouyn d'Amérique” roundtable discussion, featuring Marie-Helene Massy Emond, Simon Turcotte, Jennifer Ricard Turcotte, Rodrigue Turgeon, and a text by Gabrielle Izaguirré Falardeau.
Group photo of the 2026 FTA International Encounters cohort with Laeticia Philanthrope and Laura Hajjali from the Festival’s outreach team.
Members of the Mexican theater company Pornotrafico—including actor and director Anacarsis Ramos—are seated at a table in a classroom facing students who have come to learn about their artistic practice.
Director Janaina Leite speaks into the microphone during the roundtable discussion “Intimate Maneuvers,” with artist Emile Pineault to her left.
On Montreal's Esplanade Tranquille, under the sun, many people form a farandole by holding hands during the “fungi-dance” event.
A portrait of lighting designer Lucie Bazzo on stage at the FTA headquarters. She is wearing a black T-shirt and a black zip-up sweatshirt.
Four people are sitting in blue armchairs on the stage at the FTA headquarters: among them are artist Jessica Teixeira, who is smiling while holding a microphone, Gabi Gonçalves of Corpo Rastreado, and Claudia Parent of MAI—Montréal, arts interculturels.
The students in the Eka Shakuelem Class of 2026 are dancing on a wooden floor lit by a few spotlights, while the surrounding walls are black. The young man on the left is wearing a red T-shirt, and the other five people present are dressed in black.
Choreographer Trajal Harrell is sitting in a black T-shirt and tortoiseshell glasses, smiling, microphone in hand, during a meeting at the FTA headquarters. He extends his right arm toward the panel moderator, Karla Étienne, who laughs.
Actor Greig Sargeant is sitting, wearing a black jacket and holding a microphone in his hands, on the right side of the image. On the left, choreographer Mackenzy Bergile is sitting, wearing a black turtleneck and a light beige suit jacket, also holding a microphone.
The artist Taina Villalobos has long, loose black hair that falls over her shoulders as she sits on a circular stage covered with a red cloth, behind an arrangement of vegetables, seeds, and flowers, wearing a long-sleeved red dress.
A person with long, curly hair is standing behind a microphone, holding the book "The Night Just Before the Fire" and reading from it. Next to her stands a man in a pink patterned shirt and a hat, who is also reading, and a woman in an orange floral shirt and glasses, who is also holding the book.
Choreographer Jeremy Nedd is wearing a fringed denim jacket and a gray cowboy-style hat, along with speed sunglasses, and is standing behind a DJ booth on a basketball court. To his left stand a female dancer wearing a brown leather jumpsuit and a male dancer with a scarf wrapped around his head and a black leather sleeveless vest over an orange long-sleeved T-shirt.
A person in light blue overalls is holding the hand of another person in light-colored jeans, raising it toward the sky. To their left, a third person wearing the pink FTA volunteer T-shirt is raising their right arm upward. In the background, you can see choreographer and dancer Jeanette Kotowich leading this body awareness session at FTA headquarters.
Several people are outside the FTA headquarters during the benefit event, and a colorful sign reading “Welcome to the FTA Experience” can be seen.
A person wearing a denim shirt is moving with their head down and their left elbow pointing toward the sky, their arm extending toward the ground, while another person on the left side of the image, wearing a cap and a black tank top, is thrusting their chest forward.
In the large hall at FTA headquarters, decorated with colorful ribbons hanging from the ceiling, several people are walking as if in a fashion show, while Stephen Thompson, who is leading this warm-up session, stands with his back to the camera, facing the people walking by.
In the foreground, a woman seen from behind and a child seen in profile are holding up large, traditional red Colombian skirts, while in the background, another woman is doing the same with a blue-and-pink patterned skirt and a pink T-shirt.
In the foreground of Montreal’s Place des Festivals, a group of people are doing handstands, dressed in very long, colorful dresses that drape around their legs; in the background, a crowd of passersby stands, and the tall downtown buildings are visible.
In a dance studio with a white floor and black walls, several people dressed in dark clothing are moving, and the photograph focuses on a smiling young woman on the left who reaches out and takes the hand of choreographer Diana Szeinblum, who is also smiling.
Seated around a wooden picnic table in a shaded outdoor area, the playwrights from the Cliniques dramaturgiques smile at the camera. Among them are Marie Bardet, Julie Burelle, Gabi Gonçalves, Yohayna Hernández, Ambre Jabrane, Olivier Marboeuf, and José Ramón Hernández.
A photograph of the members of the FTA Board of Directors on stage at the Festival’s headquarters, in front of a colorful backdrop featuring various overlapping shapes and the FTA logo. Those pictured include Michèle Lefaivre, Jessie Mill, Sandra O’Connor, Angélique Willkie, Virginie-Sankara Cantin-Diarra, Robert Gagné, Martin Gilbert, William Orhant, and Martine Dennewald, co-executive and artistic director.
Under soft, green lighting, a marching band plays in a circle—with the brass section and the singer visible on screen—while the audience at headquarters dances.
In a room with gray floors and walls, choreographer Alexandra “Spicey” Landé leads a warm-up for the audience, which is arranged in a circle around her.
On stage at the FTA headquarters, three people are seated in armchairs, microphones in hand, for a panel discussion on subtitles. On the left, Anne-Sara Gendron is wearing a black-and-white striped T-shirt and black pants; in the middle, Elaine Normandeau is wearing a black zip-up sweatshirt and khaki capris; and on the right, Éric Le Brec'h is wearing an orange zip-up sweatshirt and black pants.
amilton de azevedo, wearing a black T-shirt and light-colored pants, is sitting and smiling while holding a microphone. To his left, Marie-Claire Forté, wearing a brick-red T-shirt and light-colored pants, is holding a microphone and looking at Hamilton with a smile.
A wide shot of the headquarters stage where the panelists for the session “Philanthropic Practices in Action” are seated. Pictured are moderator Wendy Reid and panelists Daphné Belizaire, Karim Talaat, Muriel Kearney, and Maxime Lavoie. The session title is projected onto a screen in the background.
The photo is taken as if the viewer were the DJ at a party at FTA headquarters, with the turntables in the foreground and a crowd of people dancing, illuminated by red lights.
In front of the stage at the FTA headquarters, the four panelists—Mostafa Henaway, Judith Lefebvre, Inuk Emily Fleming-Dubuc, and Safa Chebbi—along with moderator Amel Zaazaa, are seated on a large step. In the foreground, the audience is facing the speakers and has its back to the photographer.
On the left, an attentive audience sits in chairs, listening to three people seated on stage at the FTA headquarters during a meeting.
Catherine FP, along with panelists Karl Lemieux, Gabrielle Couillard, and Catherine Desjardins-Jolin, pose with smiles against a colorful blue, pink, and orange backdrop featuring the FTA logo.
Léo, one of the booksellers at the “Un livre à soi” bookstore, is standing behind a display of books while several people are looking at them.
A gate featuring orange, blue, and pink shapes, along with the words “Festival TransAmériques,” marks the entrance to the Tranquille Esplanade on the day of the FTA Feria.
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A table is filled with cards from the Charlablabla game.
Aerial view of people holding the headstand pose while others lie on the ground. Each person is in the center of a large colored circle created from fabric.

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