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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.

Sohmer Park

Sohmer Park
Sohmer Park

This tableau was inspired from the director’s reminiscences of Jean Carignan’s comments about that park, where one used to dance both the « clog » and the « valse clog ».

Sohmer Park
Sohmer Park

Another dance : Russian Polka.

Sohmer Park
Sohmer Park

Different types of dances ( Scottish, gigue, Canadian, Spanish with castanets, Andalutian Sevillian, Moorish, Irish, « cake walk », clog, Egyptian, Russian and mostly Japanese) were presented in Sohmer Park. Aside from local artists, several artists came from the United-States and Europe.
Dance drawn from the tableau Sohmer Park : Spanish Dance.
Sohmer Park
Sohmer Park

Jimmy Di Genova’s research and ideas, along with Theodor Vasilescu’s choreographic skills, allowed the creation of this magnificent tableau. Urban folklore was an important source of inspiration : dance, circus themes…

Sohmer Park
Sohmer Park

« Le parc Sohmer de Montréal » (1889-1919), a book written by MM. Yvan Lamonde and Raymond Montpetit, was also an important source of information.