Publication

Living and Virtual Memory of Dance

Musée des civilisations
Author
Marc Boivin et Lise Gagnon
Published
July 5, 2017
Production
Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault

Presented at Entretiens Jacques-Cartier (2014)

Published in Thema, La revue des Musée de la civilisation (2015)

Project

Presentations at Entretiens Jacques-Cartier

Production

In October 2014, Marc Boivin, Chair of the Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault; Lise Gagnon, Executive Director; and Anne Bénichou and Theresa Rowat, members of the board, participated in the 27th edition of the Entretiens Jacques-Cartier. Their papers are available for consultation here.

Events

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