Montreal's Own

Ballet Jazz Montreal celebrates one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Montreal-born Leonard Cohen, with an exclusively commissioned production choreographed by three world-renowned choreographers: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Andonis Foniadakis and Ihsan Rustem. Receiving the seal of approval from Cohen himself during his lifetime, the spectacular performance features fourteen performers dancing the choreographers' stunning creations set to Cohen's music and poetry, elevated by beautiful stage design and dramaturgy.

Leonard Cohen is one of the most influential musicians of the 20th and early 21st centuries, with inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the highest civilian honor in Canada, Companion of the Order of Canada. His 1984 hit Hallelujah, despite being his most famous song, in fact went quite unnoticed until John Cale and Jeff Buckley's cover versions some years later. Nevertheless, it now stands as one of the best known, best loved songs ever.