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…
From May 15 to 18, 2018, the Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault presented a series of focus days and workshops at Hexagram-UQAM, titled Between Traces and Writings. The event included round table discussions, performances and workshops focused on the themes of traces, notations, documentation, memories, body/archives and…
In this podcast episode, the street dance artist reflects on how he has woven Linda Rabin’s legacy – first encountered when he was a young student in his early days at LADMMI – into his own teaching practice. Empathy, embracing the inner experience, sensitivity, and…
In this second video from the project by multidisciplinary artist Alida Esmail, she traces the origins of the project and describes its different phases. Drawing on her family lineage from India’s Muslim communities, through Africa, to Canada, Alida would like to delve deeper into the…
This second video weaves together excerpts from rehearsals and a conversation between the choreographer and her dramaturgical consultants, Thea Patterson and Julie Tamiko Manning. It offers a rare opportunity to step inside the creative process, as Alida describes why she chose to work with these…
How does Nicolas Patry rediscover his process of reactivating bodily memories in Paula de Vasconcelos‘s work Humanity Project? The project Le corps qui cherche is an exploratory phase of doctoral student Mélissa Raymond‘s research-creation project Chorégraphier les restes: approche écosomatique du corps-archive. It is intended as a journey…