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Duos pour corps et instruments press kit

Work
Duos pour corps et instruments
Years
2003-2016

This document gathers all the press articles surrounding the work Duos pour corps et instruments (2003) by Danièle Desnoyers. (In French)

Project

Duos pour corps et instruments Choreographic Toolkit

Production
In 2003, the choreographer Danièle Desnoyers was invited to create a work in residence at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal. The resulting Duos pour corps et instruments was performed by three of Montreal’s most renowned dancers: Sophie Corriveau, AnneBruce Falconer and Siôned Watkins. Ten...

Events

Launch of EC2 and three choreographic toolkits

The Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault launched its new digital platform EC2_Espaces chorégraphiques 2 and a unique digital collection of choreographic toolkits on September 21, 2016. These projects, designed to showcase Quebec’s contemporary dance heritage, were carried out in collaboration with Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec,…

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Kimberley de Jong and Le corps qui cherche

How does Kimberley de Jong reconnect with the process of reviving the embodied memories of Martin Messier’s Corps mort? Step by step, in silence, moving through the space and seeking to recover the sensation of being onstage, Kimberley de Jong dances while asking herself: What emerges here, in…

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Nicolas Patry and Le corps qui cherche

How does Nicolas Patry rediscover his process of reactivating bodily memories in Danièle Desnoyers’ work Unfold? 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…

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Nicolas Patry and Le corps qui cherche

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…

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Lucy M.May and Le corps qui cherche

Lucy M. May takes a slow, deep dive into Fake (2009) by Mélissa Raymond. Drawing on memories of sensations and emotions, the dancer recalls excerpts from the piece. “It’s like a particular bodily state is required to receive the language,” she says. At the same time, she explains that…