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It is an honour and pleasure to work with Zab Maboungou on creating the Mozongi Choreographic Toolkit, coordinated by Katya Montaignac in close collaboration with Zab. Master work of the repertoire of Nyata Nyata, Mozongi is a dance from a time when dancers tried to…

Espace Perreault Choreographic transmission is dedicated to research and research-creation around dance practices and memories; it fosters reflection and develops cultural mediation tools based on dance creation, documentation and transmission processes. It is open to multiple voices and forms of experimentation. Espace Perreault is currently seeking…

Espace Perreault Choreographic Transmission is 18 years old. It is time for me to pass the torch. Since May 2006, project by project, initiative by initiative, we have shaped our new mission and identity. Along the way, the one thing we learned for sure is…

On Saturday, April 13, the Dance Department sustained massive water damage. A disaster. Our offices were located in the same building, so we won’t be able to access them for a while. We were left with damaged publications and furniture, and, most significantly, prints by…

Espace Perreault Choreographic Transmission extends a warm invitation to dancers to attend a writing circle about injuries in dance, taking place Thursday, March 14 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the UQAM Dance Department’s Laboratoire. This workshop will provide content for our collaborative platform…

On February 20, 2024 at 7pm, at the Cinéma du Musée, Espace Perreault Transmissions chorégraphiques will be screening Françoise Sullivan : ce pas qui vient de soi, a film by Xavier Curnillon examining the choreographic career of the great Françoise Sullivan. The screening will be…

The evening of November 30, 2023 was also the occasion to launch Openings: Perspectives on Choreographic Toolkits and Documentation in Dance, featuring a preface by Amy Bowring, Executive and Curatorial Director of Dance Collection Danse. This publication is the translation of Ouvrir la boîte: Regards sur…

It is with great joy that we are launching the choreographic toolkit documenting Joe, the iconic piece by Jean-Pierre Perreault, on November 30 at the Cinémathèque Québécoise. Ginelle Chagnon, writer for the project, conducted a massive research and documentation effort. The result is a magnificent…

For almost two years, Espace Perreault has been enthusiastically working on producing a choreographic toolkit that will document and transmit the piece Joe by Jean-Pierre Perreault. The initiative is headed up with great passion by Ginelle Chagnon, who had the good fortune to be Jean-Pierre Perreault’s assistant….

After months of work and cooperation, Espace Perreault is pleased to announce that Sismography is online! Sismography is a collaborative platform that is a home to the stories of dancers. It is a sensitive archive of the subtle tremors and deep shudders that have marked their…

On May 13, 2023, a new Espace Perreault get-together took place at MAI | Montréal, arts interculturels. This evening featured Lucy Fandel, Charo Foo Tai Wei and Heather Mah – three dancers who took part in the Ancestral Memories of Dancing Bodies workshop. The residency…

Espace Perreault Get-Togethers are 5 à 7 events that offer a warm, relaxed atmosphere to meet dance artists, ask them questions, and find out what drives them. Every 5 à 7 event is dedicated to a specific, shared challenge that is central to the creative…

On April 20, 2023, Espace Perreault Choreographic transmission, Emmanuelle Bourassa Beaudoin, Natalie Zoey Gauld, and Angélique Willkie are delighted to invite you to celebrate the launch on the Espace Perreault website of videos from the Angélique Willkie Pedagogy Project.   In May 2019, Emmanuelle Bourassa…

In May 2019, Emmanuelle Bourassa Beaudoin and Natalie Zoey Gauld felt compelled to analyze and document the pedagogical practice of Angélique Willkie. Accompanied by Neil Sochasky, Melina Stinson, Thom Gossage, Charmaine LeBlanc and others, they spent three weeks in studio with the artist: from this immersive…

The Espace Perreault team wishes you happy holidays! May these days when time slows a little be a source of inspiration and enjoyment! To lend some enchantment to your moment of pause, we would like to give you the digital version of our recent publication…

Espace Perreault Get-Togethers are 5 à 7 events that offer a warm, relaxed atmosphere to meet dance artists, ask them questions, and find out what drives them. Every 5 à 7 event is dedicated to a specific, shared challenge that is central to the creative…

Espace Perreault Choreographic Transmissions and Danse K par K are pleased to invite you to the launch of the digital platform Sismography at the Café bar at UQAM’s Département de danse, on Tuesday, November 1. As Catherine Lavoie-Marcus, creator and project coordinator, writes: “Sismography is a collaborative…

On October 5, at the Centre d’art daphne, the first Indigenous artist centre in Montréal, we will launch Ancestral Memories in Dancing Bodies, a publication that emerged from a workshop about ancestral memories conducted in May 2021 by Catherine Joncas. The booklet offers reflections and…

On May 6, following the screening of Perreault Dancer at the Cinémathèque québécoise – directed by Tim Southam, written by Andrée Martin and produced by Films de l’Isle, Ian Boyd, (2005) – Lise Gagnon moderated a discussion with Andrée Martin and artists Sylvain Émard, Sylviane…

We enthusiastically invite you to a special evening for the screening of the film Perreault Dancer at the Cinémathèque québécoise on Friday, May 6 at 6:30 p.m. Perreault Dancer, directed by Tim Southam (screenplay by Andrée Martin, produced by Les Films de l’Isle, Ian Boyd,…

With a great deal of enthusiasm, students from three classes at Collège Regina Assumpta plunged into the timeless universe of Joe by Jean-Pierre Perreault, from March 10 to 18, in the company of dancers Sara Hanley and Catherine Tardif.   Charles-Alexandre Lévesque, who is passionate…

On March 23, 2022 at 7 p.m., in the Iro Valaskakis-Tembeck performance hall at the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Cultural Centre, it is our tremendous pleasure to screen Françoise Sullivan: ce pas qui vient de soi, a video about the choreographic career of the great Françoise Sullivan.   In…

On November 25, we launched our first fundraising campaign during the Fabulous Get-Together. Through the generosity of many donors, whom we thank from the bottom of our hearts, the contribution of two sponsors – National Bank Private Management 1859, major sponsor for the fundraising campaign…

Wonderful news: our application submitted as part of the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec’s Exploration and Digital Deployment measure has been accepted! The project will enable the creation of two new evolving digital choreographic toolkits to document and offer visibility through an…

We had been waiting so long, and finally, the moment arrived: on November 25 we celebrated a fabulous get-together with the dance community, went live with a new website, kicked off our fundraising campaign, announced our new name – all with artists who are participating…

It is with great pleasure that the Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault invites you to celebrate the launch of its 2021–2022 programming—with lively conversation, joy, and bubbles—on Thursday, November 25, at 5 p.m., at the Conseil des arts de Montréal.   We have an exciting evening lined…

Early this month, our chair Marc Boivin sent you an email in which he mentioned a special event we’ve been planning for months: the unveiling of our new name and website, and the launch of our first fundraising campaign—along with an exciting lineup of performances…

This past May, under the guidance of Ondinnok co-founder Catherine Joncas, Claudia Chan Tak, Lucy Fandel, Charo Foo Tai Wei, Kyana Lyne, Heather Mah, Victoria May, Marine Morales-Casaroli and Marie Mougeolle explored ancestral memories in their dancing bodies. Their work was inspired by an approach...

Life is full of surprises and beautiful stories. This past winter, artist and illustrator Youloune was exploring our website when she came across the video recordings

The FJPP and Ondinnok are thrilled to begin their exploration of ancestral memories in dancing bodies with eight inspiring artists

The FJPP is thrilled to welcome Kama La Mackerel as a guest artist for the year ahead.

We have an update for you on the FJPP’s new digital project, Mapping Black Holes. Despite the pandemic, we’re moving ahead!

We are delighted to share on EC2 a number of writings and interviews that were part of the Territoires Partagés project.

Ancestral Memories in Dancing Bodies project

Dear Pierre-Paul, it’s our turn to say goodbye and how saddened we are by your passing. You were passionate and committed, with countless projects on the go. You lived a fast-paced life and it was a pleasure to watch you reflect, create, dance and run…

It is with great pleasure that the Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault invites you to the launch of two publications from this past spring: La danse de Hanako – Hanako’s Dance and Ouvrir la boîte. Regards sur les boîtes chorégraphiques et la documentation en danse. The launch…

This fall, we’ll be launching a major digital project, Mapping Black Holes. The project will be coordinated by Catherine Lavoie-Marcus, who came up with the original idea.

We’re thrilled to announce that the FJPP is now registered in the Culture-Éducation directory.

We’ve been waiting quite a while (a few years!) for the arrival of this important book, which offers a description and discussion of the FJPP’s choreographic toolkits, along with reflections on the documentation of dance. 

The FJPP will strive to decolonize dance through its reflections and actions. Recognizing the plural identities making up Quebec society involves revisiting the aesthetics, role and functioning of artistic institutions.

One of our projects this winter was putting together a fanzine—the brainchild of Catherine Lavoie-Marcus, who coordinated the project.

This guide, written by digital content consultant Josée Plamondon, is now available in HTML format.

As a conclusion to our Making Dance Discoverable Online project, the Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault is delighted to invite you to the launch of the digital guide Bien documenter pour favoriser la découverte en ligne

The Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault is thrilled to invite you to a day of reflection and discussion around authorship in dance, to be held from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., on Friday, October 18 at the Conseil des arts de Montréal.

The FJPP is seeking a production manager who will handle the logistics of our events and launches in the upcoming year

May 16 marked the launch of L’essor de la vie culturelle au XXIe, edited by Maryse Paquin and published by Les Presses de l’Université de Montréal.

Why and how should we manage our data? In this fascinating presentation, digital consultant Josée Plamondon shows how dance artists can make their mark in the digital landscape.

We are pleased to present on EC2 the creative process for the choreography of La chute, a piece by the collective Vâtchik Danse

From January 7 to 18, Ginelle Chagnon taught excerpts of Jean-Pierre Perreault’s Nuit to professional dancers at the Toronto-based company Citadel + Compagnie.

Following our AGM on December 6, we’d like to thank outgoing Board member Sarah Pilote-Henry, a lawyer at Fasken, for her valuable contribution over the past five years.

The FJPP is seeking a video artist/editor. This person would also manage our Facebook page and assist us with tasks at the FJPP.

It is with great pleasure that the Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault (FJPP) has invited Quebec choreographer and teacher Manon Hotte to present the creative process behind the archival installation Blanc Mémoire

In collaboration with the Dance Department at UQAM, Hexagram-UQAM and Maison pour la danse The Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault presents: BETWEEN TRACES AND WRITING Focus days and workshops It is with immense pleasure that the Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault (FJPP) invites the entire dance community to take…

For the past several months, the FJPP has been developing a new series of focus days

The FJPP is delighted to announce that Les Carnets Bagouet has posted a transcript of our interview

The latest workshop in the Danser Joe dans la ville series was held on December 1 and 8

On November 21, the FJPP launched two new choreographic toolkits—for Les Choses dernières, by Lucie Grégoire, and Bagne, by Jeff Hall and Pierre-Paul Savoie

for Les Choses dernières, by Lucie Grégoire, and Bagne, by Jeff Hall and Pierre-Paul Savoie

We have an exciting year ahead of us! The FJPP has a series of new projects lined up, including the launch of two new choreographic toolkits

If you have a few hours to spare and are looking for extra work, the FJPP would love to hear from you!

Olivia Grandville, a choreographer, teacher and improvisor based in Paris, founded the company La spirale de Caroline, along with several collaborators. She was in Montreal this past May, and the FJPP had the great pleasure of meeting her for an interview. The co-founder of Les Carnets...

We’re hard at work on the choreographic toolkits for the works Les Choses dernières, by Lucie Grégoire, and Bagne, by Jeff Hall and Pierre-Paul Savoie, and we can’t wait to post excerpts on EC2! In the meantime, here are two fascinating interviews with the choreographers:...

Quebec’s choreographic heritage: new approaches to dissemination, transmission and evaluation

Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Cultural Centre May 27 and 28, 2017

Twenty new activities in the educational discovery guide—part of the virtual exhibition Jean-Pierre Perreault, Choreographer—have been translated into English. These dance appreciation and movement creation activities are now available on EC2 under the theme The Weight of the World.  The activities invite students to deepen...

Copyright: A space of freedom or constraint for the creation and use of choreographic works On October 2, 2015, the FJPP held a focus day on copyright and artistic legacy in dance, in collaboration with the Department of Dance and Institut du patrimoine at UQAM….

First off, we’d like to extend a warm welcome to Circuit-Est centre chorégraphique, our new EC2 partner! Circuit-Est is a key player on Quebec’s choreographic scene. For more than 30 years, the organization has helped contemporary dance professionals hone their craft. Starting this March, Circuit-Est...

This past fall, the FJPP completed the choreographic toolkits Duos pour corps et instruments, Bras de plomb and Cartes postales de Chimère. We’re now hard at work on two new toolkits for Les choses dernières, by Lucie Grégoire, and Bagne, by Jeff Hall and Pierre-Paul...

In 2014, Manon Hotte, a Quebec choreographer who has been based in Geneva since 1981, began archiving documents from her artistic and teaching experiences with young dancers. After several months of work, the Manon Hotte archival fonds, supported by the association Cap Nord, was completed in...

The virtual exhibition Jean-Pierre Perreault, Choreographer features an educational discovery guide created for high school students and teachers by Nicole Turcotte, Visiting Professor at UQAM’s Dance Department. A series of new dance appreciation and movement creation activities have been added to the guide to deepen...

Everyone knows how important creation, presentation and training are in dance. However, less attention is paid to documentation, research, promotion and transmission, which are also vital to the development of contemporary dance. Last July, the FJPP submitted a brief to the Ministère de la culture...

At the launch of EC2 and our digital collection of choreographic toolkits, we told you we’d be setting up an artistic and scientific committee to contribute to our ideas and help orient our actions at the FJPP.We’re pleased to announce that the committee is up...

It was with a heavy heart that we bid farewell to Pierre MacDuff who stepped down from the FJPP’s Board of Directors after more than ten years of tireless service.Pierre, a big thank you on behalf of the team and all members of the Board!...

A book by Sylvie Pinard The launch of Sylvie Pinard’s book on November 30 was a huge success. Thank you to Manon Levac, performer and director of the Department of Dance at UQAM, who gave a heartfelt and inspiring talk about Sylvie Pinard’s work as...

It is with great pleasure that the Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault, in collaboration with the Dance Department at UQAM, will be launching on November 30 Sylvie Pinard’s new book and pedagogical legacy: L’INVISIBLE VISIBLE - Transmission d’outils d’interprétation en danse. The launch will be held at...

This past October, Ginelle Chagnon gave a 10-day class to first-year students at L’École de danse de Québec, teaching them excerpts from Jean-Pierre Perreault’s L’Exil-L’Oubli. The students were enthralled by Perreault’s work and by the musical score by Bertrand Chénier. A big thank you to...

The workshop Danser Joe was presented in Toronto, in co-production with MOonhoRsE dance theatre, as part of the Older & Reckless show marking the company’s 20th anniversary. It was an unforgettable experience for the participants and instructors alike. From November 7 to 12, Catherine Tardif...

Danser Joe at the conference “L’art du divertissement au Canada du 18e siècle à nos jours : pratique, performance et formation” Lise Gagnon, Executive Director of the FJPP, will give the presentation “Danser Joe, atelier hors-normes” at this conference on the art of entertainment, on...

A workshop for amateur dancers and non-dancers

Montreal, September 22, 2016 – The Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault has made the online transmission of Quebec’s contemporary dance heritage one of its top priorities.

The Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault is proud to invite you to the launch of its new digital platform

This past August, we moved out of our small office on Sherbrooke Street and bid an emotional farewell to the members of Circuit-Est.

A workshop for amateur dancers and non-dancers at Maison de la culture Villeray-Saint-Michel-Parc-Extension

A workshop for amateur dancers and non-dancers at Maison de la culture Villeray-Saint-Michel-Parc-Extension

Once again, the workshop Danser Joe dans la ville, created by Ginelle Chagnon and led this year by Sara Hanley and Catherine Tardif, offered participants a unique, moving and inspiring dance experience.

Curated by Marie Lavorel, this exhibition presents a history of dance in Quebec based on the writings of Iro Valaskakis-Tembeck, drawn in part from her book Danser à Montréal.

On April 28, Lise Gagnon, Executive Director of the Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault, and Nicole Turcotte, Visiting Professor at the Department of Dance at UQAM, will lead a workshop titled The Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault: transmitting our contemporary dance heritage.

The Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault (FJPP) is pleased to invite you to a focus day on copyright and dance heritage on Friday, October 2, 2015.

Presentations by Me Sophie Préfontaine and Paul-André Fortier, choreographer

How does the dance milieu approach copyright issues? How does copyright law influence the creation, performance, reproduction and distribution of choreographic works? To answer these wide-ranging questions, the Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault is inviting dance practitioners and legal experts to participate in a focus day on...

The Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault (FJPP) is pleased to invite you to the launch of Recréer/Scripter – Mémoire et transmissions des œuvres performatives et chorégraphiques contemporaines (Editor, Anne Bénichou), and to the interdisciplinary performance Quand le dessin devient performance by The Two Gullivers, both taking place...

The Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault (FJPP) is pleased to invite you to the launch of Recréer/Scripter – Mémoire et transmissions des œuvres performatives et chorégraphiques contemporaines (Editor, Anne Bénichou), and to the interdisciplinary performance Quand le dessin devient performance by The Two Gullivers, both taking place…

Musée de la civilisation 85 Dalhousie Street, Quebec March 11th, 2015 to April 3rd, 2016    Joe, the flagship choreographic work by Jean-Pierre Perreault will be featured as an integral part  of Corps rebelles / Rebel bodies, a major international exhibition at the Musée de...

In conjunction with the presentation of Cartes postales de Chimère, by Louise Bédard Danse at t the Agora de la danse from February 25th to 28th, the Fondation will be producing a choreographic tool kit to document this unique contribution to Quebec’s dance repertoire. Having earned the...

During the workshop for dance instructors in the schools held in January at the AQEDÉ, our Teachers’ Guide was still in process, and now it is complete. The Student Workbook – a downloadable document from the Guided Pedagogical Tour related to the virtual exhibition,  Jean-Pierre...

Based on the concept of Installation Chorégraphique 1: L’Instinct (1994) New Format! Short Intensive! With Marc Boivin and Sarah Williams February 2nd to 6th, 2015, 1pm to 5pm Espace Marie Chouinard Cost: $75 Deadline for registration: January 22nd, 2015 In collaboration with the Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault (FJPP),...

January 24th and 25th, 2015 Agora de la danse Cost: 75$ Dive into the heart of the Perreault universe with this chance to perform sequences from selected works. A unique opportunity for non-dancers to experience the dance repertoire over two workshops being conducted by Ginelle...

Workshop with AQEDÉ held on January 8, 2015, 

On November 28, 2015, FJPP Director Lise Gagnon participated in the study day  Patrimoines 3.0 – Le numérique, nouveaux enjeux, nouvelles formes, organized by  the Institut du patrimoine de l’UQAM and the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec.

A huge thank you to Louise Bédard and Ginelle Chagnon – and to all the participants as well – who made the workshop Au cœur des œuvres de Louise Bédard an unforgettable experience.

On October 9, 2015, FJPP President Marc Boivin, along with Executive Director Lise Gagnon, opened the Mise en exposition des arts vivants session with their presentation Mémoire vivante et virtuelle de la danse.

The inspiring guided tour of the online exhibition Jean-Pierre Perreault, Choreographer is now online! The guide was created for high school students and teachers by Nicole Turcotte, visiting professor at the UQAM dance department.

On May 8, 2014, the Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault (FJPP) announced a series of major projects it is planning to undertake as it celebrates its 30th anniversary.

The Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault (FJPP) is proud to announce the launch of Phase 2 of the online exhibition Jean-Pierre Perreault, Choreographer.

The Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault is a proud partner in this major international event (May 2 to 4, 2013), which will bring together theoreticians and professionals from two artistic disciplines, performance art and contemporary dance.

Only a few weeks after the launch of the virtual exhibition Jean-Pierre Perreault, Choreographer, young dancers from five Canadian cities will tackle Perreault’s work.

The Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault (FJPP) is pleased to announce the launch of Phase 1 of Jean-Pierre Perreault, Choreographer: A Virtual Exhibition.