Video interview

Isabelle Poirier: Exploring the many paths of transmission (excerpt)

Place
Montreal
Date
May 1, 2018
Editor
Audiotopie
Recording
Sandrine Carpentier-L.
Length
0 min 59

Interview with Isabelle Poirier conducted by Sophie Michaud on May 1, 2018, at the artist’s house, in Montreal.

© Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault, 2018

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Between Traces and Writing

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From May 15 to 18, the Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault invited the entire dance community to take part in the focus day series Between Traces and Writing.  Featuring round table discussions, conversations, performances and workshops, the event explored the themes of traces, notation, documentation, memory, body/archives…

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