Call for spectators:
Live audio description of the show Kintsugi, by Compagnie Machine de Cirque, for blind and partially sighted people.
February 21, 2026: Danse-Cité and TOHU offer live audio description of the show Kintsugi by Machine de Cirque for blind and partially sighted audiences
Saturday, February 21, 2026, from 11:00 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.
At TOHU
Address for adapted transport: 2345 Rue des Regrattiers, H1Z 4P3
Live audio description by Alida Esmail and Emmalie Ruest
Ticket price: $20. Free for the accompanying person.
Reservation required by February 9, 2026 by contacting Maud at Danse-Cité
by phone at 514 525-3595, or by email at communication@danse-cite.org
Danse-Cité partners with TOHU to present the first circus performance with live audio description. Every acrobatic feat, every visual and sensory element, and every movement of the eight acrobat-performers of Kintsugi will be described orally and live by the audio description duo Emmalie Ruest and Alida Esmail.
Founded in 2013 in Québec City by six passionate artists, Machine de Cirque has established itself as a key player in contemporary circus through its humor, boldness, and inventiveness.
With Kintsugi, Machine de Cirque creates a moment of profound humanity, infused with breathtaking acrobatic feats. An inspiring dive into life—here, now, and full of beauty.
All information: https://tohu.ca/fr/programmation/kintsugi
11:00 a.m. — Audience welcome and technological support
11:30 a.m. — Tactile workshop / visit
12:30 p.m. — Lunch (bring your own cold lunch)
2:00 p.m. — Performance with audio description
3:30 p.m. — Meet the artists
4:15 p.m. — End of the event
The audio description is made possible through the collaboration between TOHU and Danse-Cité, with the generous support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, the Conseil des arts de Montréal, and major donors TD | Ready Commitment, the Sibylla Hesse Foundation, the Whitearn Foundation, the Military Police Fund for Blind Children, and the Saputo Foundation. TOHU also receives support from Beneva to bring this initiative to life.
Maud Mazo-Rothenbühler — Danse-Cité
Director of Development and Communications
communication@danse-cite.org — 514 525-3595
Since 1982, Danse-Cité has contributed to the evolution of dance and contemporary creation by supporting artists in research, creation, production, and/or dissemination. Since 2021, Danse-Cité has been developing a dance audio description program—previously nonexistent in Montreal—to offer French-speaking blind and partially sighted audiences adapted access to dance, performance, and circus shows.
https://danse-cite.org/accessibilite/about