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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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Audio interview

FAIRE CORPS with Françoise Sullivan

A pioneer of dance in Quebec, Françoise Sullivan, painter, sculptor, performance artist and member of the Automatistes group, celebrated her 100th birthday on June 10, 2023. Speaking to Marie-Gabrielle Ménard, she talks about her love of poetry and her interest in the circle, a form...
Audio interview

FAIRE CORPS with Daniel Léveillé

Solos, duets, pieces for large groups – in his 50-year career, Daniel Léveillé has created about forty choreographic works. In an interview with Marie-Gabrielle Ménard, Léveillé, who in 2017 was honored with the Grand Prix de la danse de Montréal, discusses his relationship with the…

Excerpt from work

Kimberley de Jong and Le corps qui cherche

How does Kimberley de Jong rediscover his process of reactivating bodily memories in Sylvain Émard’s work Fragments? 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 through…

Audio interview

FAIRE CORPS with José Navas

Originally from Venezuela, José Navas has been dancing and choreographing for 40 years. He learned English and French in the rehearsal studios. Speaking to Marie-Gabrielle Ménard, he recounts his formative years in Caracas and New York, and the influence on him of feminists Susan Sontag,…