Publication

Artistic Legacy Guide: Le Testament Artistique

Author
Me Sophie Préfontaine
Published
October 2, 2015
Production
Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault

(in French) Written by Me Sophie Préfontaine, this guide is intended to assist dance artists in writing their will and understanding issues related to their legacy. It provides crucial information on artistic legacies at a time when the dance community itself is considering the question of its heritage.

 

 

Project

Artistic legacy guide

Co-production

How do artists want their memory to be preserved and their works to be presented before they enter the public domain? The Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault called on lawyer Sophie Préfontaine for expert advice. She developed a guide to help dance artists write their last will…

Events

Launch of the artistic legacy guide

How do artists want their memory to be preserved and their works to be presented before they enter the public domain? The Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault called on lawyer Sophie Préfontaine for expert advice. She developed a guide to help dance artists write their last will…

More to discover

Video interview

Interview with Louise Bédard

Cartes postales de Chimère restaging-handover (in French) This interview of Louise Bédard, taken in the early Cartes postales de Chimère recovery reversal rehearsals, takes us to the heart of the production. Choreographer with her eyes and her words , makes us discover (again) her work…

Video interview

Interview with Francis Ducharme

In this candid interview with Angélique Willkie, Francis Ducharme describes the obsessions of the four major choreographers involved in the Danse Mutante project. He explains the rules of the game, which he and Riley Sims sought to uphold. He shares the tears, uncomfortable moments, and…

Event recording, Excerpt from work

Danser Joe at École secondaire Monseigneur-Richard

In the winter of 2024, Catherine Tardif and Patrick Lamothe led the Danser Joe workshop imagined by Ginelle Chagnon with Secondary 1 and 2 students at École Monseigneur-Richard in Verdun. Some photos of the February 27, 2024 presentation: