Usurpation — Thou shalt not covet your neighbour’s goods. Charles-Alexis Desgagnés meets Harold Rhéaume

An interview conducted by Erin Flynn with Gabrielle Desgagnés, Karen Fennell, and Jamie Wright on their Gyrotonic and Gyrokinesis training practices. Why have these dance artists turned to these alternative methods? How does this new discipline influence their dancing and teaching practices? What were they...

Interview by Lise Gagnon, Executive Director of the FJPP recorded March 23, 2018 at the Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault. (in French)

« L’artiste est (…) quelqu’un qui saute tous les jours d’un aéroplane sans parachute, mais avec des ailes dans le cerveau. » Steven Cohen, danseur queer engagé

Created in 1993, BAGNE is the centrepiece of a ten-year-plus collaboration between two Montreal-based choreographers and performers: Jeff Hall and Pierre-Paul Savoie. In 1998, the work was transmitted to two female dancers (Sarah Williams and Carole Courtois) who performed the adaptation brilliantly.