HAUTES FRÉQUENCES
5th edition
Street dances & hip-hop culture
From February 6 to 14, 2026, Hautes fréquences, a traveling festival dedicated to street dance and hip-hop culture, will be touring Eastern Quebec. With dance workshops for all levels, performances, large group jams, and DJ sets, Hautes fréquences will set the dance floor on fire in the middle of winter.
This year, host, DJ, and high-caliber breaker Sovann Rochon-Prom Tep, aka PROMO, has invited DANNY POPPING and ATHENA, two artists whose explosive energy has earned them an international reputation!
ON TOUR
Marsoui
Friday, February 6, 2026
Marsoui Recreation Center
7 p.m. – 11 p.m.
Performance, jam session, and DJ set
Free — no reservation required
Gascons
Monday, February 9, 2026
Centre multifonctionnel with Courant Culturel
5 p.m. — 7 p.m.
Performance, jam session, and DJ set
Wednesday, February 11, 2026
Centre communautaire avec poème en août
5 p.m. — 7 p.m.
Performance, jam session & DJ set
Free — reservation required via Messenger
Thursday, February 12, 2026
École de Ballet-Jazz de Matane (EBJM)
4:30 p.m. to 5:20 p.m. Workshop with Danny Popping
5:30 p.m. to 6:20 p.m. Workshop with Athena
6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Workshop with Sovann Rochon-Prom Tep
Friday, February 13, 2026
Matane High School with Arts & Spectacles Matanie
6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Performance, jam session, and DJ set
Saturday, February 14, 2026
Bains publics
Starting at 8:30 p.m.
Performance, jam session, and DJ set
In schools
In addition to performances and workshops offered to the general public, Hautes fréquences will visit six schools in Eastern Quebec, in partnership with the René-Lévesque School Board, and Arts et Spectacles Matanie. These workshops introduce young people to the diversity of street dance, while allowing them to forge links with internationally renowned artists. The workshops are always an excellent way to pass on a love of dance and inspire the next generation.
THE ARTISTS
Athena Lucie Assamba
Athena Lucie Assamba is an interdisciplinary artist and emerging choreographer-researcher. Her dance style is rooted in African dance forms. Originally from Cameroon, she received her first training in her native country before encountering the street dance community in 2019, which broadened her horizons to include waacking, dancehall, ndombolo, mbolé, and Afro house. In 2020, she joined Afrodomtl, a collective dedicated to the transmission, professionalization, and diversity of Afro-descendant dances in Montreal.
As an emerging choreographer and artistic director, she created BOSEMBO and NkulNnam (2024), followed by African Celestial Beings (2025), a work celebrating the spirituality of African masks. While her training at the Nyata Nyata center allowed her to explore the ancestral roots of movement, her background in neuroscience gave her the opportunity to weave together the arts, spirituality, and healing—a practice born of African mysticism. (Photo: © Shalom Chianu)
Daniel Bertrand Faye, aka Danny Popping
Daniel Bertrand Faye, aka Danny Popping, is a dancer, choreographer, and cultural entrepreneur born in 1996 in Diourbel, Senegal. In 2021, he created the Jakarlo International Urban Dance Festival, welcoming more than 15 countries to Dakar. Daniel Faye has been pursuing his artistic career in Montreal, Quebec, since October 2023, where he joined the team of the JOAT International Street Dance Festival, won several battles (Creative Boost, The Colosseum, On Beat Battle, etc.) and presented his piece Esprit Troublé at the Open Body and Forward Movements evenings. In 2025, he collaborated with 100Lux as host of the Popping session, while teaching at several dance schools and mentoring emerging young talent. (Photo: © cgsene)
Sovann Rochon-Prom Tep, aka Promo
A prolific choreographer and dancer, Sovann Rochon-Prom Tep, aka Promo, is a multi-talented artist. He has been breaking since he was very young and participates as a dancer and judge in numerous competitions around the world. Also trained in contemporary dance, he has danced for several companies such as Animals of Distinction and RUBBERBAND. In 2022, he won the Jacqueline Lemieux Award for his outstanding contribution to dance in Canada. In 2024, he participated in the popular television dance competition Révolution. (Photo: Do Phan Hoi)
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