GREATER SUDBURY, November 28, 2024
Press Release
For Immediate Release  

As part of its 2024-2025 community show, TNO is inviting public figures from Sudbury to take part in the “Are you ready to dance for TNO?” campaign. Eight courageous star dancers will take the stage in Devant le jukebox, directed by Hélène Dallaire. Under the choreography of the talented Janie Pinard, who is also codirector, our guest dancers will bring out their most electric dance steps to impress the audience… and support community projects of TNO.

The general public is invited to support the guest dancers’ participation by making a donation. The goal? Raise $1,500 in donations for each of our four dance groups! Tax receipts will be issued for donations of $20 or more. Without further ado, here are the stars of the dance floor:

• Paul Lefebvre and Line Giroux
• Stéphane Gauthier and Hermione Gauthier Le Coz
• Sébastien Fontaine, Carole Dubé, Éric Despatie, and Chantal Goold (Conseil scolaire du Grand Nord)

The profile of each participant and the link to the donation portal are available here.

Synopsis
This year, eight Sudbury authors have drawn inspiration from your favourite love songs to create TNO’s annual community show. A mysterious jukebox comes to life, and one romantic memory follows another in an unusual evening that combines humour, tenderness, theatre, music and… a few dance steps! Devant le jukebox, is the story of an evening or the story of a lifetime. It’s passionate or broken. It’s ardent or platonic. Filial or toxic. It’s love. With a capital A or a small one.

Come and discover the eclectic and engaging universe imagined by Isaac Adams, Maxime A Cayouette, Antoine Côté Legault, Stéphan Lapensée, Chloé Laduchesse, Daniel Robillard, Alex Tétreault and Chloé Thériault.

Devant le jukebox premieres January 30th and will be presented for 3 days only. The rest of the cast will be announced in the coming weeks… stay tuned!

Citation
“We’re very grateful that local personalities from different sectors have chosen to take up the challenge we’ve set them with generosity and enthusiasm! It’s not just dance steps that you’ll see on stage at the end of January. It’s the manifestation of a real and valuable commitment to the community projects of Théâtre du Nouvel-Ontario. Like our guest dancers, we ardently believe in the importance of this aspect of our activities in contributing to the vitality and development of Sudbury’s francophone community.”
– Marie-Pierre Proulx, directrice artistique du TNO

 Quick facts
Rooted in Northern Ontario since 1971, the Théâtre du Nouvel-Ontario (TNO) is a professional theatre company that values contemporary works by Franco-Ontarian authors and Canadian playwrights. The company creates, tours, and presents theatrical works with the aim of developing, enriching and promoting the artistic and cultural life of its milieu.

TNO wants to thank the partners of its community production: Baker Tilly, Collège Boréal and Delta Bingo Gaming.

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For more information and interview requests, please contact:
Priscilla Pilon
Communications Coordinator
Théâtre du Nouvel-Ontario
705-525-5606, ext. 1803
communications@letno.ca