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The Marius-Barbeau Documentation Center is happy to be partners with The Canadian Museum of Civilisation in its project « Marius Barbeau, a Canadian hero and his period 1883-1969 ».

We wish to acknowledge the financial support of the Department of Canadian Heritage through Canadian Culture Online.

On that site, Heritage Canada displays a sampling from a wealth of documents relating the history of the two dance companies.

Bal des violons

Bal des violons
Bal des violons

The Company contribued to the show in different ways, including dances and gigues. The Bal des violons played through 1979 and 1980.

Quebecois gigue from Quagigue

Bal des violons
Bal des violons

In 1978, the Société des festivals populaires du Québec produced the Bal des violons, a performance that followed the evolution and illustrated the liveliness of Quebecois popular culture.

Origins and French Regime
Scene : the coureurs des bois(runners of the woods) : fur trading