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Choreographic toolkits

Duos pour corps et instruments press kit

Choreographic toolkit - press kit

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

Les Choses dernières press kit

Choreographic toolkit - press kit

This document gathers all the press articles surrounding the work Les Choses dernières (1994) by Lucie Grégoire (some articles in English).

Bras de plomb press kit

Choreographic toolkit - press kit

This document gathers all the press articles surrounding the work Bras de plomb (1993) by Paul-André Fortier (some articles in English).

BAGNE press kit 1993

Choreographic toolkit - press kit

This document gathers all the press articles surrounding the work BAGNE (1993) by Jeff Hall and Pierre-Paul Savoie (some articles in English).

BAGNE press kit 1998-2017

Choreographic toolkit - press kit

This document gathers all the press articles surrounding the work BAGNE (1998-2017) by Jeff Hall and Pierre-Paul Savoie (some articles in English).

Cartes postales de Chimère press kit

Choreographic toolkit - press kit

This document gathers all the press articles surrounding the work Cartes postales de Chimère (1996) by Louise Bédard (some articles in English).

Les Choses dernières Choreographic toolkit (excerpts)

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Discover excerpts from the Les Choses dernières Choreographic toolkit (in French). The Choreographic toolkit is on sale for 60$ for the digital file + 75$ for the print version (individuals) + shipping and 100$ for the digital file + 75$ for the print version (institutions…

Duos pour corps et instruments Choreographic toolkit (excerpts)

Choreographic toolkit - excerpt

Discover excerpts from the Duos pour corps et instruments Choreographic toolkit (in French). The Choreographic toolkit is on sale for 60$ for the digital file + 75$ for the print version (individuals) + shipping and 100$ for the digital file + 75$ for the print…

Bras de plomb Choreographic toolkit (excerpts)

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Discover excerpts from the Bras de plomb Choreographic toolkit (in French). The Choreographic toolkit is on sale for 60$ for the digital file + 75$ for the print version (individuals) + shipping and 100$ for the digital file + 75$ for the print version (institutions…

BAGNE Choreographic toolkit (excerpts)

Choreographic toolkit - excerpt

Discover excerpts from the BAGNE Choreographic toolkit (in French). The Choreographic toolkit is on sale for 60$ for the digital file + 75$ for the print version (individuals) + shipping and 100$ for the digital file + 75$ for the print version (institutions -schools, companies,…

Cartes postales de Chimère Choreographic toolkit (excerpts)

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Discover excerpts from the Cartes postales de Chimère Choreographic toolkit (in French). The Choreographic toolkit is on sale for 60$ for the digital file + 75$ for the print version (individuals) + shipping and 100$ for the digital file + 75$ for the print version…

Ouvrir la boîte. Regards sur les boîtes chorégraphiques et la documentation en danse

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(in French) For Ouvrir la boîte, Lise Gagnon invited close to 20 dance practitioners—dancers, choreographers and researchers—to examine the Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault’s choreographic toolkits from a meta perspective by opening them, interrogating them and unpacking them, in order to view them from different angles and…

La Chute : Eros and Thanatos

Video interview

Documentation on the creative process of La Chute. June 2019, Studio Flak The creation and documentation of La chute are made possible thanks to the Conseil des arts de Montréal’s DémART-Mtl program

Interview between Lucie Grégoire and Paul Auster

Video interview

The choreographer and dancer Lucie Grégoire celebrated her dance company thirtieth birthday founded in 1986 with the restaging of Les Choses dernières, inspired by Paul Auster’s book Le voyage d’Anna Blume. Recorded February 27, 2016, in Brooklyn (NY). Directed by Paulo Castro-Lopes.

Les Choses dernières – Excerpt 1994

Excerpt from work

Freely inspired by Paul Auster’s novel Le Voyage d’Anna Blume, Les Choses dernières is a work created in 1994 by Lucie Grégoire and revived on the occasion of her company’s thirtieth anniversary. Recorded at l’Agora de la danse, Montreal, March 9 to 12 mars 2016. Direction and…

Les Choses dernières – Excerpt 2016

Excerpt from work

Freely inspired by Paul Auster’s novel Le Voyage d’Anna Blume, Les Choses dernières is a work created in 1994 by Lucie Grégoire and revived on the occasion of her company’s thirtieth anniversary. Recorded at l’Agora de la danse, Montreal, March 9 to 12 mars 2016. Direction and…

BAGNE restaging-handover – Backstage (in French)

Video interview

Discover excerpts from the BAGNE Choreographic toolkit (in French).

BAGNE – Excerpt 1994

Excerpt from work

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.

BAGNE restaging-handover – Excerpt – 2015

Excerpt from work

Bagne restaging-handover is a production of PPS Danse in co-production with Danse Danse. The creation benefited from creation residencies at Théâtre de la Ville, TOHU, Maison de la culture Mercier and Place des Arts. PPS Danse is supported by the Conseil des arts de Montréal,…

BAGNE Excerpt – Women version 1998

Excerpt from work

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.

Histoire d’une création – Partie 3 (in French)

Video interview

Interview with Jeff Hall and Pierre-Paul Savoie on their work Bagne, conducted by Andrée Martin on April 27, 2017, at the Department of Dance of the Université du Québec à Montréal. The production of this video was made possible through the financial support of the…

Histoire d’une création – Partie 2 (in French)

Video interview

Interview with Jeff Hall and Pierre-Paul Savoie on their work Bagne, conducted by Andrée Martin on April 27, 2017, at the Department of Dance of the Université du Québec à Montréal. The production of this video was made possible through the financial support of the…

Histoire d’une création (in French)

Video interview

Interview with Jeff Hall and Pierre-Paul Savoie on their work Bagne, conducted by Andrée Martin on April 27, 2017, at the Department of Dance of the Université du Québec à Montréal. The production of this video was made possible through the financial support of the…

Un impérieux besoin de résonance : Lucie Grégoire (in French)

Video interview

Interview with Lucie Grégoire about her work Les choses dernières, conducted by Guylaine Massoutre on May 3, 2016, at the studio Lucie Grégoire Danse. Filming and editing: Paulo Castro-Lopes Assistant: Ariane Dessaulles

Rehearsals : Cartes postales de Chimère Re-enactment

Excerpt from work

Video during rehearsal with Louise Bédard and the two charismatics dancers : Isabelle Poirier and Lucie Vigneault (2015 restaging-handover). Challenge for Louise is passing both women her solo and her mature knowledge on to dancers who can draw on their own experiences of the solo as…

Confessions – Paul-André Fortier

Video interview

(In French) The solo Bras de plomb was created in 1993 out of an encounter between the dancer and choreographer Paul-André Fortier and artist Betty Goodwin. Out of these two artists’ obsession with the human body emerged this fascinating piece, a profound reflection on the…

Duos pour corps et instruments – Excerpts 2014

Choreographic toolkit - excerpt

A choreographic work and sound installation featuring an instinctive, visceral dialogue between movement and sound, Duos pour corps et instruments today bears the stamp of a new contemporaneity. Its three exceptional dancers, each of them preeminent figures in Quebec dance, are as charismatic and emblematic…

Duos pour corps et instruments – Excerpts 2003

Choreographic toolkit - excerpt

Neither an acoustic nor a totally choreographic work, in turn a solo, duet and trio – and sometimes all of these, or more, at the same time – Duos pour corps et instruments is based on the notion of the encounter. First that of Desnoyers…

Bras de plomb – Interview with Paul-André Fortier

Video interview

(In French) An interview with Paul-André Fortier about the work Bras de plomb. The solo Bras de plomb was created in 1993 out of an encounter between the dancer and choreographer Paul-André Fortier and artist Betty Goodwin. Out of these two artists’ obsession with the…

Bras de plomb – Excerpts 2011

Excerpt from work

Excerpts from Bras de plomb, choreographed by Paul-André Fortier.

Bras de plomb – S’approprier une œuvre

Video interview

(in French)

Confessions (excerpt) – Paul-André Fortier with English subtitles

Video interview

(In French with English subtitles) Video: Xavier Curnillon

Excerpts Lucie Vigneault

Excerpt from work

Cartes postales de Chimère restaging-handover A single figure wanders through time and across different paths to imaginary continents; towards vast and opulent places. Movements emerge, like landmarks along the way; worlds are shaped by mature hands, lands made rich by a child’s eyes. Where are…

Interview with Louise Bédard

Video interview

Cartes postales de Chimère restaging-handover (in French) This interview of Louise Bédard, taken in the early Cartes postales de Chimère recovery reversal rehearsals, takes us to the heart of the production. Choreographer with her eyes and her words , makes us discover (again) her work…

Focus days

CONSTRAINED BODY, DANCING BODY – 3rd discussion circle

Event recording

Dance for healing. Dance for existence and celebration. Dance means freedom for Indigenous dancers whose expression today takes multiple forms and styles. The event CONSTRAINED BODY, DANCING BODY Conversations and performances on Indigenous dance in Quebec today organized by Ondinnok and Tangente took place from…

Not Just Dance Installation

Event recording

With Karla Etienne, Bamba Fodé Camara, Ferdinand Batantou, Zab Maboungou and Vivine Scarlett. The Not Just Dance Symposium was created and produced by Zab Maboungou/Compagnie Danse Nyata Nyata and took place at the MAI (Montréal, arts interculturels) in December 2018. Putting it into perspective: words,…

Not Just Dance – Julio Hong

Event recording

With Julio Hong, Zab Maboungou, Eduardo Aurelio Despaigne, Freddy Ernesto Valdes and Amado Dedeu Garcia.The Not Just Dance Symposium was created and produced by Zab Maboungou/Compagnie Danse Nyata Nyata and took place at the MAI (Montréal, arts interculturels) on December 12, 2018. Video: Henri Pardo…

The dramaturg’s role and perspectives on the work’s author

Event recording

«L’auteur·e en danse : pluralité des expériences» took place at the Conseil des Arts de Montréal on October 18, 2019. With: Katya Montaignac, Angélique Willkie, Sophie Michaud, Georges Azzaria, Francis Ducharme, Lise Gagnon, Sylviane Martineau, Silvy Panet-Raymond and Isabelle Poirier.

L’auteur·e en danse : Allocution de Lucie Boissinot (in French)

Article

« 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

Involvement of dancers in the creation of works: a look at co-creation

Event recording

With Francis Ducharme, Marie Claire Forté, Barbara Kaneratonni Diabo, Lucie Boissinot, Andrea Carrion Garcia, Mélanie Demers, Danièle Desnoyers, Katya Montaignac, Silvy Panet-Raymond, Angélique Willkie and Jamie Wright Moderator: Anne Thériault «L’auteur·e en danse : pluralité des expériences» took place at the Conseil des Arts de…

What do contracts and notions of authorship establish?

Event recording

«L’auteur·e en danse : pluralité des expériences» took place at the Conseil des Arts de Montréal on October 18, 2019. With : Mélanie Demers, Katya Montaignac, Lucie Boissinot, Danièle Desnoyers, Francis Ducharme, Francine Gagné, Catherine Lavoie-Marcus, Sophie Michaud, Silvy Panet-Raymond and Jamie Wright.

Not Just Dance – Opening Ceremony

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With Barbara Diabo, Réginald Jean-Louis (Bonga), and Karl-Henry Brézault. The Not Just Dance Symposium was created and produced by Zab Maboungou/Compagnie Danse Nyata Nyata and took place at the MAI (Montréal, arts interculturels) on December 12, 2018. Photography: Kevin Calixte

Not Just Dance – Keynote address

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The Not Just Dance Symposium was created and produced by Zab Maboungou/Compagnie Danse Nyata Nyata and took place at the MAI (Montréal, arts interculturels) on December 12, 2018. In this address Zab Maboungou explains how she wants to breathe new energy into our lives. For…

How do we train dance artists in Quebec?

Event recording

«L’auteur·e en danse : pluralité des expériences» took place at the Conseil des Arts de Montréal on October 18, 2019. With: Lucie Boissinot, Jamie Wright, Johanna Bienaise and Silvy Panet-Raymond.

Multiple ways of looking at authorship in dance

Event recording

«L’auteur·e en danse : pluralité des expériences» took place at the Conseil des Arts de Montréal on October 18, 2019. With: Georges Azzaria, Rhodnie Désir (excerpt), Hervé Guay, Catherine Lavoie-Marcus and Nayla Naoufal.

Between Traces and Writing: Repertoires, remembering and forgetting (excerpt)

Event recording

«Entre traces et écritures» took place in Hexagram UQAM’s experimentation lab in Montreal from May 15 to 18, 2018. With: Simon Hecquet, Claudia Jeschke and Zab Maboungou.

Between Traces and Writing: Repertoires, remembering and forgetting

Event recording

With Simon Hecquet, Claudia Jeschke and Zab Maboungou. Moderator: Marie Lavorel «Entre traces et écritures» took place in Hexagram UQAM’s experimentation lab in Montreal from May 15 to 18, 2018.

Between Traces and Writing: Digital technologies: documentation and creation (excerpt)

Event recording

«Entre traces et écritures» took place in Hexagram UQAM’s experimentation lab in Montreal from May 15 to 18, 2018. With Armando Menicacci, Alexandre Michaan, Denis Poulin and Thecla Schiphorst.

Between Traces and Writing: Digital technologies: documentation and creation

Event recording

«Entre traces et écritures» took place in Hexagram UQAM’s experimentation lab in Montreal from May 15 to 18, 2018. With: Armando Menicacci, Alexandre Michaan, Denis Poulin and Thecla Schiphorst.

“It’s happening! Oui, les interprètes créent les danses!” (in French)

Article

Texte préparé pour ma participation à séance : « Implication des interprètes dans la création en danse : question de la cocréation. Qu’en pensent-ils, qu’en pensent-elles ? » Marie Claire Forté, octobre 2019

Study day on dance and the visual arts at MACM – Conversation with Michèle Febvre and Ginette Boutin (excerpt)

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The study day on dance and the visual arts held by the MAC as part of the Françoise Sullivan exhibition took place January 11, 2019 in Montreal.

Study day on dance and the visual arts at MACM – Conversation with Michèle Febvre and Ginette Boutin (in French)

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With Michèle Febvre and Ginette Boutin. Moderator : Marc Lanctôt The study day on dance and the visual arts held by the MAC as part of the Françoise Sullivan exhibition took place January 11, 2019 in Montreal.

Between Traces and Writing: Around the Choreographic Toolkits

Event recording

«Entre traces et écritures» took place in Hexagram UQAM’s experimentation lab in Montreal from May 15 to 18, 2018. With: Danièle Desnoyers and Lucie Grégoire.

Between Traces and Writing: Around the Choreographic Toolkits (excerpt)

Event recording

«Entre traces et écritures» took place in Hexagram UQAM’s experimentation lab in Montreal from May 15 to 18, 2018. With: Danièle Desnoyers and Lucie Grégoire.

Between Traces and Writing: creation, memory and the body/archives (excerpt)

Event recording

«Entre traces et écritures» took place in Hexagram UQAM’s experimentation lab in Montreal from May 15 to 18, 2018. With: Anne Collod, Catherine Joncas, Enora Rivière and Manon Levac.

Between Traces and Writing: creation, memory and the body/archives (round table discussion)

Event recording

With Anne Collod, Catherine Joncas, Enora Rivière and Manon Levac. Moderator: Sophie Michaud «Entre traces et écritures» took place in Hexagram UQAM’s experimentation lab in Montreal from May 15 to 18, 2018.

Study day on dance and the visual arts at MACM – Conversation with Paul-André Fortier and Angélique Willkie (excerpt)

Event recording

With Paul-André Fortier and Angélique Willkie The study day on dance and the visual arts held by the MAC as part of the Françoise Sullivan exhibition took place January 11, 2019 in Montreal.

Study day on dance and the visual arts at MACM – Conversation with Paul-André Fortier and Angélique Willkie (in French)

Event recording

The study day on dance and the visual arts held by the MAC as part of the Françoise Sullivan exhibition took place January 11, 2019 in Montreal. With: Paul-André Fortier and Angélique Willkie

Study day on dance and the visual arts at MACM – Performance in the museum (excerpt)

Video interview, Event recording

The study day on dance and the visual arts held by the MAC as part of the Françoise Sullivan exhibition took place January 11, 2019 in Montreal. With: Lynda Gaudreau, Simon Grenier-Poirier, Catherine Lavoie-Marcus, Dorian Nuskind-Oder and The Two Gullivers (Flutura and Besnik Haxhillari).

Study day on dance and the visual arts at MACM – Performance in the museum (in French)

Event recording

The study day on dance and the visual arts held by the MAC as part of the Françoise Sullivan exhibition took place January 11, 2019 in Montreal. With: Lynda Gaudreau, Simon Grenier-Poirier, Catherine Lavoie-Marcus, Dorian Nuskind-Oder and The Two Gullivers (Flutura and Besnik Haxhillari).

Entre traces et écritures : Marches et démarches dans le corps/archives (in French)

Event recording

Performative conference with Manon Levac, May 15, 2018 «Entre traces et écritures» took place in Hexagram UQAM’s experimentation lab in Montreal from May 15 to 18, 2018.

Entre traces et écritures : Processus de documentation et archives créatives (round table discussion)

Event recording

With Amy Bowring, Gabrielle Larocque, Valérie Lessard. Moderator: Katya Montaignac «Entre traces et écritures» took place in Hexagram UQAM’s experimentation lab in Montreal from May 15 to 18, 2018.  

Entre traces et écritures : Processus de documentation et archives créatives (excerpt)

Event recording

«Entre traces et écritures» took place in Hexagram UQAM’s experimentation lab in Montreal from May 15 to 18, 2018. With: Amy Bowring, Gabrielle Larocque and Valérie Lessard.

Entre traces et écritures : Scripts, notations, partitions (excerpt)

Event recording

«Entre traces et écritures» took place in Hexagram UQAM’s experimentation lab in Montreal from May 15 to 18, 2018. With: Simon Hecquet and Armando Meniccaci.

Entre traces et écritures : Scripts, notations, partitions (round table discussion)

Event recording

«Entre traces et écritures» took place in Hexagram UQAM’s experimentation lab in Montreal from May 15 to 18, 2018. With: Simon Hecquet and Armando Meniccaci.

L’immanence, la rémanence et la permanence du geste dansé (in French)

Publication
Presented at Entretiens Jacques-Cartier (2014)  

Living and Virtual Memory of Dance

Publication

Presented at Entretiens Jacques-Cartier (2014) Published in Thema, La revue des Musée de la civilisation (2015)

Exhibiting Performance Art: a Historiographical Laboratory?

Publication
Presented at Entretiens Jacques-Cartier (2014) Published in Thema, revue des Musées de la civilisation (2015)

Copyright: A space of freedom or constraint for the creation and use of choreographic works

Event recording

On October 2, 2015, the FJPP held a focus day on copyright and artistic legacy in dance, in collaboration with the Department of Dance and Institut du patrimoine at UQAM. With the participation of: Georges Azzaria, lawyer Manon Oligny, choreographer Sophie Préfontaine, lawyer Caroline Gravel,…

Copyright: A space of freedom or constraint for the creation and use of choreographic- excerpts

Event recording

On October 2, 2015, the FJPP held a focus day on copyright and artistic legacy in dance, in collaboration with the Department of Dance and Institut du patrimoine at UQAM. With the participation of: Georges Azzaria, lawyer Manon Oligny, choreographer Sophie Préfontaine, lawyer Normand Tamaro,…

LE DROIT D’AUTEUR ET LA CRÉATION DE L’ŒUVRE CHORÉGRAPHIQUE – EXCERPTS

Event recording

On October 2, 2015, the FJPP held a focus day on copyright and artistic legacy in dance, in collaboration with the Department of Dance and Institut du patrimoine at UQAM. With the participation of Georges Azzaria, lawyer, Caroline Gravel, dance artist, Sophie Michaud, artistic consultant,…

Documentation and the creative process

Victoria, the orderly(ies)

Article
To complement videos around Victoria by Dulcinea Langfelder, the company offers four short texts on themes that deepen our understanding of the piece. THE ORDERLY   Charles Fariala, who proposed the idea of Victoria to Dulcinea, was himself an orderly. The character was there from...

Victoria, the other characters

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To complement videos around Victoria by Dulcinea Langfelder, the company offers four short texts on themes that deepen our understanding of the piece. THE WHEELCHAIR   MEANING At first glance one thinks "immobility" but, in fact, it is quite the opposite; a brilliant invention that...

Victoria, the choreography

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To complement videos around Victoria by Dulcinea Langfelder, the company offers four short texts on themes that deepen our understanding of the piece. MOVEMENTS – THE ESSENCE OF VICTORIA Dance touches us on a much deeper level than speech. It allows a metaphorical imagery that...

Victoria, shadows

Article
To complement videos around Victoria by Dulcinea Langfelder, the company offers four short texts on themes that deepen our understanding of the piece. MEANING   When we lose our memory, we can also lose the sense of the "self"; we do not recognize ourselves in...

Greed — Thou shalt not steal. Eric Bernier meets Nicholas Bellefleur

Video interview

Greed — Thou shalt not steal Harold Rhéaume interviews Nicholas Bellefleur dancer in the 2021 version of Les Dix Commandements and Eric Bernier, dancer of the 1998 version. Each revisiting their roles, the artists discuss the particularities of dance and theatre and today’s clear interdisciplinarity;…

Destruction — Thou shalt not kill. Jacques Moisan meets Alexandre Carlos (excerpt)

Video interview

Destruction – That shalt not kill (excerpt) Harold Rhéaume interviews Alexandre Carlos dancer in the 2021 version of Les Dix Commandements and Jacques Moisan, dancer of the 1998 version. To see the full version: here

Destruction — Thou shalt not kill. Jacques Moisan meets Alexandre Carlos

Video interview

Destruction – That shalt not kill Harold Rhéaume interviews Alexandre Carlos dancer in the 2021 version of Les Dix Commandements and Jacques Moisan, dancer of the 1998 version.   For this intense role, the choreographer chose two dancers who could incarnate both the strange and…

Bouncing off the archive #3

Excerpt from work

Archive #3 presents a mysterious video in which Hanna Sybille Müller again dances with Lauren Semeschuk and Nate Yaffe. The video captures seeing the other dancing and being seen dancing, to transform gestures made in the pared-down space of the gallery, filled only with chairs….

Intrusion — Thou shalt not commit adultery. Maud Simoneau meets Ariane Voineau

Video interview

Intrusion — Thou shalt not commit adultery Harold Rhéaume interviews Ariane Voineau dancer in the 2021 version of Les Dix Commandements and Maud Simoneau, dancer of the 1998 version.   Part of the series of interviews for the piece The Ten Commandments, this video features…

Intrusion — Thou shalt not commit adultery. Maud Simoneau meets Ariane Voineau (excerpt)

Video interview

Intrusion — Thou shalt not commit adultery Harold Rhéaume interviews Ariane Voineau dancer in the 2021 version of Les Dix Commandements and Maud Simoneau, dancer of the 1998 version. To see the full version: here

Encounter with Crazy Smooth, choreographer and Anyo, Julie Rock and Tash, dancers

Video interview

The latest video documenting the creative process for the piece In my body, this interview gives voice to the choreographer Yvon Soglo and three generations (oldest, middle and youngest) of hip hop dancers: Tash, Julie Rock and Anyo. With a close connection and lots of laughter,…

Ancestral Memories, the collective

Article
From November 8 to 11, Lucy Fandel, Charo Foo Tai Wei and Heather Mah, three dancers who participated in the workshop Ancestral Memories in Dancing Bodies – accompanied by sound artist Mariana Marcassa – followed up on it by sharing their own approach, inspired by...

Bouncing off the archive #2

Excerpt from work

In the second part, Hanna Sybille Müller shares her dis/embodied archive findings with two dancers, Nate Yaffe and Lauren Semeschuk, with whom she developed a trio. When the residency and project were postponed due to the pandemic, a week of rehearsals still took place in…

Encounter with Alejandro Rodriguez, author

Video interview

In a lively, inspired interview, Alejandro Rodriguez, theatre artist and poet of Cuban origin living in New York, tells us about the genesis of his friendship with Crazy Smooth, the partnership that blossomed through their love for hip hop culture, and his contribution to the…

Illusion — Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain. Patrick Lamothe meets Jean-François Duke (excerpt)

Video interview

Illusion — Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain Harold Rhéaume interviews Jean-François Duke dancer in the 2021 version of Les Dix Commandements and Patrick Lamothe, dancer of the 1998 version. To see the full version: here

Illusion — Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain. Patrick Lamothe meets Jean-François Duke

Video interview

Illusion — Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain Harold Rhéaume interviews Jean-François Duke dancer in the 2021 version of Les Dix Commandements and Patrick Lamothe, dancer of the 1998 version.   From the series of interviews with the…

Archives #3 (In French)

Article

October archives of the project Pluriels For more information on these archives visit the French version of this article: https://espaceperreault.ca/fr/collection/archives-3/

Encounter with Crazy Smooth, choreographer

Video interview

Dramaturgical consultant Sophie Michaud explores with the choreographer Crazy Smooth the creative process for the play In My Body, which features nine hip hop artists spanning three generations. Yvon Soglo, alias Crazy Smooth, discusses the emotions and difficulties generated by COVID, working with the multimedia…

Carnet d’une chorégraphe – A Choreographer’s Notebook

Article

Se mouvoir dans l’archive / Moving through the archive The FJPP is very pleased to be participating in the project Se mouvoir dans l’archive/ Moving through the archive, a production by Galerie UQO with choreographer, dramaturg and dancer Hanna Sybille Müller.

Archives #2 (In French)

Article

March archives of the project Pluriels For more information on these archives visit the French version of this article: https://espaceperreault.ca/fr/collection/archives-2/

The archive of gestures

Excerpt from work

Hanna Sybille Müller collected gestures that were performed by the gallery’s staff when an exhibition was being prepared, inaugurated or discussed, and she composed them in a score. Working with each staff member, she discussed how their gestures should be performed. The choreography is an…

Moving, artistic migrations (in French)

Article

For our second Espace Perreault Get-Together at the MAI on April 6, we had a chance to hear from multidisciplinary artist Kama La Mackerel and dancers and choreographers Nasim Lootij and Heather Mah. It was an opportunity to talk about dance and migration, a complex,…

Bouncing off the archive #1

Excerpt from work

In the second part, Hanna Sybille Müller shares her dis/embodied archive findings with two dancers, Nate Yaffe and Lauren Semeschuk, with whom she developed a trio. When the residency and project were postponed due to the pandemic, a week of rehearsals still took place in…

The dis/embodied archive

Excerpt from work

In the gallery’s refined space, Sybille Müller dances the embodied and disembodied archive in five movements. Through words and dance, the artist takes us through different timelines of the gallery’s history.

Shame — Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. Sophie Corriveau meets Eve Rousseau-Cyr (excerpt)

Video interview

Shame — Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour Harold Rhéaume interviews Eve Rousseau-Cyr dancer in the 2021 version of Les Dix Commandements and Sophie Corriveau, dancer of the 1998 version. To see the full version: here

Shame — Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. Sophie Corriveau meets Eve Rousseau-Cyr

Video interview

Shame — Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour Harold Rhéaume interviews Eve Rousseau-Cyr dancer in the 2021 version of Les Dix Commandements and Sophie Corriveau, dancer of the 1998 version.   During this encounter, Harold Rhéaume, choreographer and Sophie Corriveau, dancer behind…

Archives #1 (In French)

Article

February archives of the project Pluriels

Belonging — Honour thy father and thy mother. Etienne Lambert meets Harold Rhéaume

Video interview

Belonging — Honour thy father and thy mother Harold Rhéaume interviews Etienne Lambert dancer in the 2021 version of Les Dix Commandements.   Dancer Etienne Lambert and the choreographer take a look back at the creative process for the commandment Honour Thy Father and Thy Mother. Forging connections…

Belonging — Honour thy father and thy mother. Etienne Lambert meets Harold Rhéaume (excerpt)

Video interview

Belonging — Honour thy father and thy mother Harold Rhéaume interviews Etienne Lambert dancer in the 2021 version of Les Dix Commandements. To see the full version: here

Trailer – Moving through the archive

Excerpt from work

Excerpts from Moving through the archive, Bouncing off the archive and The archive of gestures

Interview: Anne Bénichou and Hanna Sybille Müller (in French)

Audio interview

Podcast produced as part of the conference Becoming the work: Body Reification Practices in Exhibitions and Museums, which took place at UQO on May 21, 2021. Anne Bénichou, Director of Graduate Studies in Museum Studies at UQAM, interviews Sybille. The artist talks about the instability…

“It’s happening! Oui, les interprètes créent les danses!” (in French)

Article

Texte préparé pour ma participation à séance : « Implication des interprètes dans la création en danse : question de la cocréation. Qu’en pensent-ils, qu’en pensent-elles ? » Marie Claire Forté, octobre 2019

UNFOLD | Une conférence dansée (in French)

Event recording

On November 21, 2019, at the Maison des arts de Laval, choreographer Danièle Desnoyers presented UNFOLD | Une conférence dansée, a collective performance inspired by the creative process behind the work UNFOLD | 7 perspectives. On stage, Danièle Desnoyers stands behind a table covered in creative notebooks…

Distorsion — Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image. Natalie Plante meets Josiane Bernier

Video interview

Distorsion — Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image Harold Rhéaume interviews Josiane Bernier dancer in the 2021 version of Les Dix Commandements and Natalie Plante, dancer of the 1998 version.   This is the third of ten interviews we discover that for…

Distorsion — Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image. Natalie Plante meets Josiane Bernier (excerpt)

Video interview

Distorsion — Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image Harold Rhéaume interviews Josiane Bernier dancer in the 2021 version of Les Dix Commandements and Natalie Plante, dancer of the 1998 version. To see the full version: here

Raphaël Cottin: choreographing documentation (in French)

Article, Interview

Au printemps 2020, le chorégraphe français Raphaël Cottin s’est entretenu avec Lise Gagnon, directrice de la Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault à propos de sa démarche de création et de ses productions récentes.

CONSTRAINED BODY, DANCING BODY – 2nd discussion circle

Event recording

Traditions, rhythms, and codes of First peoples at the heart of contemporary dance. The event CONSTRAINED BODY, DANCING BODY Conversations and performances on Indigenous dance in Quebec today organized by Ondinnok and Tangente took place from May 2 to 4, 2018 at Tangente. With: Soleil…

CONSTRAINED BODY, DANCING BODY – 1st discussion circle

Event recording

The body’s role in activating ancestral memory and decolonizing the territory of the Great Turtle With Moe Clark, Carlos Rivera, Marly Fontaine, Charles Koroneho, Barbara Kaneratonni Diabo and Leticia Vera. The event CONSTRAINED BODY, DANCING BODY Conversations and performances on Indigenous dance in Quebec today…

Danse Mutante – Video 10

Video interview

This tenth capsule is capturing the huge adventure of Danse Mutante that lasted over two years.

IN MY BODY – in creation (excerpt)

Video interview

With Crazy Smooth, Bourrik, DKC Freeze, Effect, Jayson Collantes, Jerick Collantes, Julie Rock, Melly Mel, Tash, Nubian Néné, Tiffany Leung

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

Video interview

Usurpation — Thou shalt not covet your neighbour’s goods Harold Rhéaume interviews Charles-Alexis Desgagnés dancer in the 2021 version of Les Dix Commandements. To see the full version: here

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

Video interview

Usurpation — Thou shalt not covet your neighbour’s goods Harold Rhéaume interviews Charles-Alexis Desgagnés dancer in the 2021 version of Les Dix Commandements.

Danse Mutante – Video 9

Video interview

While Mélanie was working on assembling all the mutations into a final work, she met with Marie-Louise Arsenault from the Radio-Canada program Plus on est de fous, plus on lit. Here she reads a text from Cantique, the work she originally created for Danse Mutante.

Interview with Riley Sims

Video interview

In this up-close-and-personal interview with Angélique Willkie, Riley Sims describes how this ambitious two-year project changed his life as a dancer and choreographer. As a dancer, he talks about courage, ego and authoriality. He explores how different creative contexts changed the project, depending on the…

Danse Mutante – Video 8

Video interview

An interview, filmed in Rotterdam by Xavier Curnillon, that features dancers Francis Ducharme and Riley Sims, along with choreographers Mélanie Demers and Ann Van den Broek, during the final mutation of the Danse Mutante project. The final moving moments in their crazy three-year adventure!

Danse Mutante – Video 7

Video interview

Danse Mutante is a duet performed by Francis Ducharme and Riley Sims, destined to know multiple mutations as it passes through the hands of four female choreographers on three different continents. A slice of life in Rotterdam with dancers Francis Ducharme and Riley Sims, and…

Danse mutante – Capsule 6

Video interview

Choreography (mutation 2) : Kettly Noël in collaboration with the dancers Dancers : Francis Ducharme, Riley Sims Kettly Noël interview by Angélique Willkie

La Chute’s production notebook, fourth entry (in French)

Article
Journal de création : La Chute Numéro 4 / Montréal, le 18 juillet 2019   Dialogue entre la chorégraphe et le dramaturge : là où la structure de la pièce prend forme En vue de renforcer la ligne dramaturgique de notre création et d’insuffler une nouvelle...

La Chute’s production notebook, third entry (in French)

Article
Journal de création : La Chute Numéro 3 / Montréal, le 22 Mai 2019   Rencontre avec Sophie Michaud : Intégrer un discours socio-politique dans une chorégraphie D’un point de vue technique et dramaturgique, comment intégrer un discours socio-politique dans une chorégraphie?  Avec Sophie, nous...

La Chute : Thoughts in motion (excerpt)

Video interview

Documentation on the creative process of La Chute. May 2019, Studio Flak The creation and documentation of La chute are made possible thanks to the Conseil des arts de Montréal’s DémART-Mtl program

La Chute’s production notebook, second entry (in French)

Article
Journal de création de La chute Texte 2 / Montréal / Avril 2019   Rencontre avec José Navas   J’ai eu jusqu’ici deux rencontres avec José Navas, qui est l’un des conseillers artistiques du projet La chute. Nos discussions ont tenté de répondre à trois...

Danse mutante – Capsule 5

Video interview

Francis Ducharme and Riley Sims in the fifth capsule of Danse Mutante, a bold collective project that explores the mutation of a dance work, as well as ideas around transmission and performers’ authority and creative contribution.

Interview with Kettly Noël

Video interview

In this up-close-and-personal interview with Angélique Willkie, Kettly Noël (Mali) talks about the Danse mutante project, sharing her thoughts on the fear involved in creative work, the trauma of the African experience in relation to the white colonial body, and the symbolism of hair for…

Danse mutante – Capsule 4

Video interview

With Francis Ducharme, Riley Sims, Mélanie Demers, Anne-Marie Jourdenais and Ann Liv Young

Danse mutante – Capsule 3

Video interview

Danse Mutante is a duet performed by Francis Ducharme and Riley Sims, destined to know multiple mutations as it passes through the hands of four female choreographers on three different continents.

La Chute’s production notebook, first entry (in French)

Article
Journal de création de La Chute Texte 1 / Montréal / Mars 2019 La Chute est un solo de danse contemporaine que nous, le collectif Vâtchik Danse, composé de Kiasa Nazeran, dramaturge, et moi, Nasim Lootij, chorégraphe et interprète, présenterons à Tangente dans le cadre...

A foray into La chute

Video interview

Documentation on the creative process of La chute. February 2019, studio C (Circuit-Est centre chorégraphique) The creation and documentation of La chute are made possible thanks to the Conseil des arts de Montréal’s DémART-Mtl program

A foray into La chute (excerpt)

Video interview

Documentation on the creative process of La chute. February 2019, studio C (Circuit-Est centre chorégraphique) The creation and documentation of La chute are made possible thanks to the DémART-Mtl program (Conseil des arts de Montréal)

Entre traces et écritures : Processus de documentation et archives créatives (excerpt)

Event recording

«Entre traces et écritures» took place in Hexagram UQAM’s experimentation lab in Montreal from May 15 to 18, 2018. With: Amy Bowring, Gabrielle Larocque and Valérie Lessard.

Danse mutante – Capsule 2

Video interview

Danse Mutante is a duet performed by Francis Ducharme and Riley Sims, destined to know multiple mutations as it passes through the hands of four female choreographers on three different continents.

Danse mutante – Capsule 1

Video interview

Danse Mutante is a duet performed by Francis Ducharme and Riley Sims, destined to know multiple mutations as it passes through the hands of four female choreographers on three different continents. With :Francis Ducharme, Riley Sims, Mélanie Demers, Alexandre Pilon-Guay, Mykalle Bielinski, Anne-Marie Jourdenais, David…

Recréation Dieu ne t’a pas créé juste pour danser – Interview

Video interview

Documentary clip about the project of recreating a work.

Blanc Mémoire

Publication

(in French) Quebec choreographer and teacher Manon Hotte, currently based in Geneva, presents the creative process behind Blanc Mémoire—an archival installation she co-created with Swiss photographer and stage director Dorothée Thébert.  

BAGNE restaging-handover – Backstage (in French)

Video interview

Discover excerpts from the BAGNE Choreographic toolkit (in French).

Marc Béland and Alix Dufresne: reflecting on Dancers

Audio interview

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

Rehearsals : Cartes postales de Chimère Re-enactment

Excerpt from work

Video during rehearsal with Louise Bédard and the two charismatics dancers : Isabelle Poirier and Lucie Vigneault (2015 restaging-handover). Challenge for Louise is passing both women her solo and her mature knowledge on to dancers who can draw on their own experiences of the solo as…

Quand le dessin devient performance

Excerpt from work

The FJPP invited performance artists The Two Gullivers to create a work inspired by the Jean-Pierre Perreault Fonds. With the participation of Geneviève Duong, Nicolas Patry,  Thérèse Patricia Côté, Danielle Deveault, Christiane Gambin, Amélie Giguère, Solange Gilbert, Yaprak Hamarat, Krystiane Hamel, Anne-Julie Hynes, Véro Leduc…

Tangente’s first video archive – Locus

Excerpt from work

Locus (1975), by Trisha Brown Dancer: Lisa Kraus Tangente, support: ½ inch bobin

Legacy Project – episode 3: Conflict-Transformation

Video interview

The Margie Gillis Dance Foundation presents The Legacy Project / Projet Héritage, an initiative dedicated to preserve and transmit Margie Gillis’ unique and important creative heritage. The combined documents are from the first project development stage, which took place in Acton Vale in the summer…

Portraits croisés – Louise Bédard vue par Catherine Gaudet

Video interview

(in French) Following the intergenerational collaborations that gave rise to the work Pluton, La 2e Porte à Gauche imagined a series of portraits produced by Claudia Chan Tak with the help of Katya Montaignac. Major figures in Quebec contemporary dance are presented through the gaze…

BAnQ’s Dance Archive Guide

Publication

(in French) This guide, published by BAnQ, sets out a classification system and conservation schedule adapted to dance organizations.    

Legacy Project – episode 2: Teaching

Video interview

The Margie Gillis Dance Foundation presents The Legacy Project / Projet Héritage, an initiative dedicated to preserve and transmit Margie Gillis’ unique and important creative heritage. The combined documents are from the first project development stage, which took place in Acton Vale in the summer…

Portraits croisés – Marc Boivin vu par Mélanie Demers et Linda Rabin

Video interview

(in French) Following the intergenerational collaborations that gave rise to the work Pluton, La 2e Porte à Gauche imagined a series of portraits produced by Claudia Chan Tak with the help of Katya Montaignac. Major figures in Quebec contemporary dance are presented through the gaze…

Portraits croisés – Ginette Laurin vue par Virginie Brunelle et Daniel Soulières

Video interview

(in French) Following the intergenerational collaborations that gave rise to the work Pluton, La 2e Porte à Gauche imagined a series of portraits produced by Claudia Chan Tak with the help of Katya Montaignac. Major figures in Quebec contemporary dance are presented through the gaze…

Portraits croisés – Paul-André Fortier vu par Frédérick Gravel

Video interview

(in French) Following the intergenerational collaborations that gave rise to the work Pluton, La 2e Porte à Gauche imagined a series of portraits produced by Claudia Chan Tak with the help of Katya Montaignac. Major figures in Quebec contemporary dance are presented through the gaze…

Legacy Project – episode 1

Video interview

The Margie Gillis Dance Foundation presents The Legacy Project / Projet Héritage, an initiative dedicated to preserve and transmit Margie Gillis’ unique and important creative heritage. The combined documents are from the first project development stage, which took place in Acton Vale in the summer…

Transmission

En Aparté with Stella Zannou

Video interview

Interview with Stella Zannou about his career and approach to teaching contemporary dance in an international context. Originally from Greece and now based in Berlin, dancer, choreographer, and teacher Stella Zannou tells us how her career led her to offer her classes to dancers with…

Les Impatientes dansent Joe – the performance

Event recording

Invested, focused, united: on November 22, nine members of the group Les Impatients – Chantale Daigneault, Christiane Deschênes, Nia Gueye, Sylvie Laflamme, Marie-Diane Lee, Diane Major, Victoria Saraguro, Sonia Verreault, and Sandra Zéline – presented Danser Joe, the workshop created in 2013 by Ginelle Chagnon…

Territoires Partagées – audio interview with Andrew Harwood

Audio interview
Interview with Andrew de Lotbinière Harwood on his improvisation practice and his pedagogical approach.

Greed — Thou shalt not steal. Eric Bernier meets Nicholas Bellefleur (excerpt)

Video interview

Greed — Thou shalt not steal Harold Rhéaume interviews Nicholas Bellefleur dancer in the 2021 version of Les Dix Commandements and Eric Bernier, dancer of the 1998 version. To see the full version: here

Territoires Partagés – Interview with Peter Boneham

Interview

One Working Title: Today and Today and Today Peter Boneham’s Teaching Practice by Marie Claire Forté, Peter Boneham and guests   January 2019 Part articulation of movement principles, part pretext to hang out with one of my favourite avant-garde artists, part research on how to…

En Aparté with Shelley Senter

Video interview

Interview with Shelley Senter about his career and approach to teaching contemporary dance in an international context. Originally from Colorado and currently living in New York, Sherlley Senter explores vertical pedagogy in contemporary dance. In the En Aparté series by Circuit-Est, the artist tells us how her…

Territoires Partagés – essay by Kelly Keenan

Article

The Movement Educator’s Forum Kelly Keenan   The Movement Educator’s Forum (MEF) is an annual week long initiative I, Kelly, instigated 6 years ago. Over the course of one week, the MEF invites at least 5 teachers across fields of practice to lead a movement…

En Aparté with Lívia Balážová et Zebastián Méndez Marín

Video interview

Interview with Lívia Balážová et Zebastián Méndez Marín about his career and approach to teaching contemporary dance in an international context.

Territoires Partagées – audio interview with Linda Rabin

Audio interview
The first episode of the Territoires partagés podcast is an audio interview with Linda Rabin by Erin Flynn that traces the journey of this dancer, choreographer, and teacher who has been making her mark on the dance landscape in Montréal for almost 40 years. Linda...

En aparté with Ori Flomin

Video interview

Interview with Ori Flomin about his career and approach to teaching contemporary dance in an international context.

Territoires Partagés – essay by Lucy Fandel (In French and English)

Article

Nous et la classe Lucy Fandel   Last summer, if you showed up to Nous Sommes L’Été (NSL)’s Classes du matin in Montreal, you would be led by three dancers, Corinne Crane, Alexandra Caron, and Marie-Michelle Darveau. Each would propose a different set of exercises,…

En aparté with Tina Afiyan Breiova

Video interview

Interview with Tina Afiyan Breiova about his career and approach to teaching contemporary dance in an international context.

Territoires Partagés – essay by Karine Cloutier (in French)

Article
Le corps à l'écran ou Danser seul ensemble Par Karine Cloutier   Enseigner en ligne une option créative Dans la situation actuelle, après cinq semaines, je peux dire que je me sens à l'aise d'enseigner toutes mes classes en ligne. J'enseigne le yoga, la danse...

En aparté with Francisco Cordova

Video interview

Interview with Francisco Cordova about his career and approach to teaching contemporary dance in an international context.

En aparté with Natalia Pieczuro

Video interview

Interview with Natalia Pieczuro about her career and approach to teaching contemporary dance in an international context.

En aparté with Omri Drumlevich

Video interview

Interview with Omri Drumlevich about his career and approach to teaching contemporary dance in an international context.

En aparté with Judith Sanchez Ruiz

Video interview

Interview with Judith Sanchez Ruiz about her career and approach to teaching contemporary dance in an international context.

En aparté with Keren Rosenberg

Video interview

Interview with Keren Rosenberg about her career and approach to teaching contemporary dance in an international context.

En aparté with Archie Burnett

Video interview

Interview with Archie Burnett about his career and approach to teaching contemporary dance in an international context.

En aparté with Caleaf Sellers

Video interview
Interview with Caleaf Sellers about his career and approach to teaching contemporary dance in an international context.

En aparté with Mafalda Deville

Video interview

Interview with Mafalda Deville about her career and approach to teaching contemporary dance in an international context.

En aparté with Jos Baker

Video interview

Interview with Jos Baker about his career and approach to teaching contemporary dance in an international context.

En aparté with Moya Michael

Video interview

Interview with Moya Michael about her career and approach to teaching contemporary dance in an international context.

En aparté with Victoria P. Miranda

Video interview

Interview with Victoria P. Miranda about her career and approach to teaching contemporary dance in an international context.

A young dancer’s response to the Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault’s pedagogical material (in French)

Article
Offrir la culture aux jeunes Comme enseignante, j’éprouve un réel plaisir de m’inspirer des suggestions d’activités que l’on peut retrouver sur différents sites Web,  mes choix privilégiant les outils qui donnent la part belle aux approches pédagogiques innovantes, à l’éducation artistique ainsi qu’à la dimension...

En aparté with Kenji Takagi

Video interview

Interview with Kenji Takagi about his career and approach to teaching contemporary dance in an international context.

En aparté with Tom Weksler

Video interview

Interview with Tom Weksler about his career and approach to teaching contemporary dance in an international context.

En aparté with Thi-Mai Nguyen

Video interview

Interview with Thi-Mai Nguyen about her career and approach to teaching contemporary dance in an international context.

En aparté with Eldad Ben-Sasson

Video interview

Interview with Eldad Ben-Sasson about his career and approach to teaching contemporary dance in an international context.

En aparté with Laura Aris Alvarez

Video interview

Interview with Laura Aris Alvarez about her career and approach to teaching contemporary dance in an international context.

En aparté with Benoît Lachambre

Video interview

Interview with Benoît Lachambre about his career and approach to teaching contemporary dance in an international context.

En aparté with Tomislav English

Video interview

Interview with Tomislav English about his career and approach to teaching contemporary dance in an international context.

En aparté with Vittoria De Ferrari Sapetto

Video interview

Interview with Vittoria De Ferrari Sapetto about her career and approach to teaching contemporary dance in an international context.

En aparté with Taoufiq Izeddiou

Video interview

Interview with Taoufiq Izeddiou about his career and approach to teaching contemporary dance in an international context.

En aparté with Quan Bui Ngoc

Video interview

Interview with Quan Bui Ngoc about his career and approach to teaching contemporary dance in an international context.

En aparté with Milan Herich

Video interview

Interview with Milan Herich about his career and approach to teaching contemporary dance in an international context.

En aparté with Edivaldo Ernesto

Video interview

Interview with Edivaldo Ernesto about his career and approach to teaching contemporary dance in an international context.

En aparté with Leif Firnhaber

Video interview

Interview with Leif Firnhaber about his career and approach to teaching contemporary dance in an international context.

En aparté with Antony Rizzi

Video interview

Interview with Antony Rizzi about his career and approach to teaching contemporary dance in an international context.

En aparté with Andrej Petrovic

Video interview

Interview with Andrej Petrovic about his career and approach to teaching contemporary dance in an international context.

En aparté with Rakesh Sukesh

Video interview

Interview with Rakesh Sukesh  about his career and approach to teaching contemporary dance in an international context.

En aparté with Raphaëlle Delaunay

Video interview

Interview with Raphaëlle Delaunay about her career and approach to teaching contemporary dance in an international context.

En aparté with Sita Ostheimer

Video interview
Interview with Sita Ostheimer about her career and approach to teaching contemporary dance in an international context.

En aparté with Ben Fury

Video interview

Interview with Ben Fury about his career and approach to teaching contemporary dance in an international context.

En aparté with Damien Fournier

Video interview

Interview with Damien Fournier about his career and approach to teaching contemporary dance in an international context.

En aparté with Angélique Willkie

Video interview

Interview with Angélique Willkie about her career and approach to teaching contemporary dance in an international context.

En aparté with Roberto Olivan

Video interview

Interview with Roberto Olivan about his career and approach to teaching contemporary dance in an international context.

En aparté with Lali Ayguadé Farró

Video interview

Interview with Lali Ayguadé Farr about her career and approach to teaching contemporary dance in an international context.

En aparté with Charles Slender-White

Video interview

Interview with Charles Slender-White about his career and approach to teaching contemporary dance in an international context.

En aparté with Meytal Blanaru

Video interview

Interview with Meytal Blanaru about her career and approach to teaching contemporary dance in an international context.

En aparté with Handy “MonstaPop” Yacinthe

Video interview

Interview with Handy ”MonstaPop” Yacinthe about his career and approach to teaching contemporary dance in an international context.

En aparté with José Agudo

Video interview

Interview with José Agudo about his career and approach to teaching contemporary dance in an international context.

En aparté with Tony Vezich

Video interview

Interview with Tony Vezich about his career and approach to teaching contemporary dance in an international context.

Danser Joe dans la ville – excerpts

Event recording

Excerpts of a Danser Joe dans la ville workshop led by Sara Hanley and Catherine Tardif (created in 2013 by Ginelle Chagnon) in Montreal at the Maison de la culture Frontenac and Villeray-Saint-Michel-Parc-Extension. Performed by: Lise Catudal, Florence Daniel, Lise Desjardins, Marie-Andrée Dubrûle, Diana Dupré, Geneviève Ethier, Charlie Gougeon,…

Danser Joe at Older & Reckless #39

Event recording

Presentation of a Danser Joe workshop led by Catherine Tardif, assisted by Bonnie Kim (created in 2013 by Ginelle Chagnon) in Toronto for Older & Reckless #39. A coproduction of MoONhORsE Dance Theater Older & Reckless #39 presented by MOonhORsE Dance Theatre in association with Harbourfront Centre, November…

L’INVISIBLE VISIBLE

Publication

(in French) L’INVISIBLE VISIBLE – Transmission d’outils d’interprétation en danse, by  Sylvie Pinard is a guide to discovering one’s expressive body. The book offers a comprehensive training program for dancers and teachers, based on a synthesis of her various discoveries and teaching approaches as both a Laban analyst and…

Legacy Project – episode 3: Conflict-Transformation

Video interview

The Margie Gillis Dance Foundation presents The Legacy Project / Projet Héritage, an initiative dedicated to preserve and transmit Margie Gillis’ unique and important creative heritage. The combined documents are from the first project development stage, which took place in Acton Vale in the summer…

Legacy Project – episode 1

Video interview

The Margie Gillis Dance Foundation presents The Legacy Project / Projet Héritage, an initiative dedicated to preserve and transmit Margie Gillis’ unique and important creative heritage. The combined documents are from the first project development stage, which took place in Acton Vale in the summer…

Testimonials

Article

From the participants in the Legacy Project

Dancer training

En aparté with Marion Sparber

Video interview

Interview with Marion Sparber about her career and approach to teaching contemporary dance in an international context.

Territoires Partagés – article by Emmanuelle Bourassa Beaudoin and Natalie Zoey Gauld

Article

Conversation sur un projet d’analyse/réflexion/passation/documentation en lien avec l’œuvre pédagogique d’Angélique Willkie By Emmanuelle Bourassa Beaudoin and Natalie Zoey Gauld Article written for Territoires Partagés – January 2019   Comment est né ce projet? How did this project come to be? In April 2017, in…

Territoires Partagés – Chloé Saintesprit (in French)

Article

Danser en situation de confinement Par Chloé Saintesprit Texte écrit pour Territoires Partagés – Avril 2020 Pina Bausch disait « Dansez, sinon nous sommes perdus. ».   La pandémie de Covid-19 a modifié notre rapport à l’espace, à notre corps et aux autres. Cette contrainte nous fait…

Territoires Partagés – interview with Bettina Szabo (in French)

Audio interview

Bettina Szabo tells Johanna Bienaise about her Home Training online initiative

Territoires Partagés – interview with Karla Étienne (in French)

Interview

Karla Étienne presents PEFAPDA – an interview led by Johanna Bienaise for Territoires Partagés – November 2019  

Territoires Partagés – Antoine Turmine (in French)

Article

Antoine Turmine tells us about his online training activities

Territoires Partagés – interview with Miriam Ginestier and Ornella Calisti

Article
In this series Le comité des classes techniques du Regroupement québécois de la danse – Entrevue avec Caroline Laurin-Beaucage / Johanna Bienaise Le studio 303 – Entrevue avec Miriam Ginestier and Ornella Calisti/ Johanna Bienaise Circuit-Est – Entrevue avec Francine Gagné / Johanna Bienaise Entrevue...

Territoires Partagés – interview with Francine Gagné (in French)

Interview
In this series Le comité des classes techniques du Regroupement québécois de la danse / Entrevue avec Caroline Laurin-Beaucage / Johanna Bienaise Le studio 303 – Entrevue avec Miriam Ginestier et Ornella Calisti/ Johanna Bienaise Circuit-Est – Entrevue avec Francine Gagné / Johanna Bienaise Entrevue...

Territoires Partagés – interview with Caroline Laurin-Beaucage (in French)

Interview
In this series Le comité des classes techniques du Regroupement québécois de la danse – Entrevue avec Caroline Laurin-Beaucage / Johanna Bienaise Le studio 303 – Entrevue avec Miriam Ginestier et Ornella Calisti/ Johanna Bienaise Circuit-Est – Entrevue avec Francine Gagné / Johanna Bienaise Entrevue...

Audio and video interviews

Victoria, how it all began (in French)

Video interview

Interview with Dulcinea Langfelder, led by Viktoria Bobovskaia Video : Nikita Bershanski, Pivot Films Inc. Excerpts : Victoria, Dulcinea Langfelder & Co, 2000 and Victoria, le film, Dulcinea Langfelder & Co, 2021 Pictures: Charles Fariala. Photographer and date unknown – Réal Bossé and Dulcinea Langfelder…

Victoria, the creation (in French)

Video interview

Interview with Dulcinea Langfelder, led by Viktoria Bobovskaia Excerpts : Victoria, Dulcinea Langfelder & Co, 2000, La Voisine, le film, Diane Poitras, 1996,  La Complainte de Dulcinée, Dulcinée Langfelder & cie, 2008, Victoria, le film, Dulcinea Langfelder & Co, 2021 Pictures: The orderly of Victoria,…

Victoria, l’héroïne au-delà de la folie (in French)

Video interview

Interview with Dulcinea Langfelder, led by Luce Des Aulniers

Victoria, la transmission du rôle (in French)

Video interview

Interview with Dulcinea Langfelder and Anne Sabourin, led by Isabelle Poirier

Bertrand Chénier and Jean-Pierre Perreault: Partners in creation (In French)

Interview

An interview of composer Bertrand Chenier by essayist Guylaine Massoutre on his relationship with choreographer Jean-Pierre Perreault. For more information, visit the French version of this article: Bertrand Chénier et Jean-Pierre Perreault : Partenaires en création

Greed — Thou shalt not steal. Eric Bernier meets Nicholas Bellefleur (excerpt)

Video interview

Greed — Thou shalt not steal Harold Rhéaume interviews Nicholas Bellefleur dancer in the 2021 version of Les Dix Commandements and Eric Bernier, dancer of the 1998 version. To see the full version: here

Greed — Thou shalt not steal. Eric Bernier meets Nicholas Bellefleur

Video interview

Greed — Thou shalt not steal Harold Rhéaume interviews Nicholas Bellefleur dancer in the 2021 version of Les Dix Commandements and Eric Bernier, dancer of the 1998 version. Each revisiting their roles, the artists discuss the particularities of dance and theatre and today’s clear interdisciplinarity;…

Destruction — Thou shalt not kill. Jacques Moisan meets Alexandre Carlos (excerpt)

Video interview

Destruction – That shalt not kill (excerpt) Harold Rhéaume interviews Alexandre Carlos dancer in the 2021 version of Les Dix Commandements and Jacques Moisan, dancer of the 1998 version. To see the full version: here

Destruction — Thou shalt not kill. Jacques Moisan meets Alexandre Carlos

Video interview

Destruction – That shalt not kill Harold Rhéaume interviews Alexandre Carlos dancer in the 2021 version of Les Dix Commandements and Jacques Moisan, dancer of the 1998 version.   For this intense role, the choreographer chose two dancers who could incarnate both the strange and…

Intrusion — Thou shalt not commit adultery. Maud Simoneau meets Ariane Voineau

Video interview

Intrusion — Thou shalt not commit adultery Harold Rhéaume interviews Ariane Voineau dancer in the 2021 version of Les Dix Commandements and Maud Simoneau, dancer of the 1998 version.   Part of the series of interviews for the piece The Ten Commandments, this video features…

Intrusion — Thou shalt not commit adultery. Maud Simoneau meets Ariane Voineau (excerpt)

Video interview

Intrusion — Thou shalt not commit adultery Harold Rhéaume interviews Ariane Voineau dancer in the 2021 version of Les Dix Commandements and Maud Simoneau, dancer of the 1998 version. To see the full version: here

Illusion — Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain. Patrick Lamothe meets Jean-François Duke (excerpt)

Video interview

Illusion — Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain Harold Rhéaume interviews Jean-François Duke dancer in the 2021 version of Les Dix Commandements and Patrick Lamothe, dancer of the 1998 version. To see the full version: here

Illusion — Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain. Patrick Lamothe meets Jean-François Duke

Video interview

Illusion — Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain Harold Rhéaume interviews Jean-François Duke dancer in the 2021 version of Les Dix Commandements and Patrick Lamothe, dancer of the 1998 version.   From the series of interviews with the…

Conversation between Tim Southam and Marc Boivin on Perreault Dancer (in French)

Video interview

This interview between Marc Boivin (dancer and close friend of Jean-Pierre Perreault) and Tim Southam (director of the film Danser Perreault) was presented at the screening of the film Danser Perreault on Friday, May 6, 2022 at the Cinémathèque québécoise. 20 years after its release,…

Shame — Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. Sophie Corriveau meets Eve Rousseau-Cyr (excerpt)

Video interview

Shame — Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour Harold Rhéaume interviews Eve Rousseau-Cyr dancer in the 2021 version of Les Dix Commandements and Sophie Corriveau, dancer of the 1998 version. To see the full version: here

Shame — Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. Sophie Corriveau meets Eve Rousseau-Cyr

Video interview

Shame — Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour Harold Rhéaume interviews Eve Rousseau-Cyr dancer in the 2021 version of Les Dix Commandements and Sophie Corriveau, dancer of the 1998 version.   During this encounter, Harold Rhéaume, choreographer and Sophie Corriveau, dancer behind…

Belonging — Honour thy father and thy mother. Etienne Lambert meets Harold Rhéaume

Video interview

Belonging — Honour thy father and thy mother Harold Rhéaume interviews Etienne Lambert dancer in the 2021 version of Les Dix Commandements.   Dancer Etienne Lambert and the choreographer take a look back at the creative process for the commandment Honour Thy Father and Thy Mother. Forging connections…

Belonging — Honour thy father and thy mother. Etienne Lambert meets Harold Rhéaume (excerpt)

Video interview

Belonging — Honour thy father and thy mother Harold Rhéaume interviews Etienne Lambert dancer in the 2021 version of Les Dix Commandements. To see the full version: here

En aparté with Keren Rosenberg

Video interview

Interview with Keren Rosenberg about her career and approach to teaching contemporary dance in an international context.

En aparté with Archie Burnett

Video interview

Interview with Archie Burnett about his career and approach to teaching contemporary dance in an international context.

Victoria, the creation (in French)

Video interview

Interview with Dulcinea Langfelder, led by Viktoria Bobovskaia Video : Nikita Bershanski, Pivot Films Inc. Excerpts : Victoria, Dulcinea Langfelder & Co, 2000, La Voisine, le film, Diane Poitras, 1996,  La Complainte de Dulcinée, Dulcinée Langfelder & cie, 2008, Victoria, le film, Dulcinea Langfelder &…

Dodik Guédouin and Lucie Grégoire – a “trialogue” with the work (excerpt)

Excerpt from work

Interview with Dodik Guédouin and Lucie Grégoire lead by Sophie Michaud.

Dodik Guédouin and Lucie Grégoire – a “trialogue” with the work

Video interview

Interview with Dodik Guédouin and Lucie Grégoire.

Territoires Partagés – interview with Karla Étienne (in French)

Interview

Karla Étienne presents PEFAPDA – an interview led by Johanna Bienaise for Territoires Partagés – November 2019  

Distorsion — Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image. Natalie Plante meets Josiane Bernier

Video interview

Distorsion — Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image Harold Rhéaume interviews Josiane Bernier dancer in the 2021 version of Les Dix Commandements and Natalie Plante, dancer of the 1998 version.   This is the third of ten interviews we discover that for…

Distorsion — Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image. Natalie Plante meets Josiane Bernier (excerpt)

Video interview

Distorsion — Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image Harold Rhéaume interviews Josiane Bernier dancer in the 2021 version of Les Dix Commandements and Natalie Plante, dancer of the 1998 version. To see the full version: here

En aparté with Caleaf Sellers

Video interview
Interview with Caleaf Sellers about his career and approach to teaching contemporary dance in an international context.

En aparté with Jos Baker

Video interview

Interview with Jos Baker about his career and approach to teaching contemporary dance in an international context.

Territoires Partagés – interview with Francine Gagné (in French)

Interview
In this series Le comité des classes techniques du Regroupement québécois de la danse / Entrevue avec Caroline Laurin-Beaucage / Johanna Bienaise Le studio 303 – Entrevue avec Miriam Ginestier et Ornella Calisti/ Johanna Bienaise Circuit-Est – Entrevue avec Francine Gagné / Johanna Bienaise Entrevue...

Territoires Partagés – interview with Caroline Laurin-Beaucage (in French)

Interview
In this series Le comité des classes techniques du Regroupement québécois de la danse – Entrevue avec Caroline Laurin-Beaucage / Johanna Bienaise Le studio 303 – Entrevue avec Miriam Ginestier et Ornella Calisti/ Johanna Bienaise Circuit-Est – Entrevue avec Francine Gagné / Johanna Bienaise Entrevue...

Raphaël Cottin: choreographing documentation (in French)

Article, Interview

Au printemps 2020, le chorégraphe français Raphaël Cottin s’est entretenu avec Lise Gagnon, directrice de la Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault à propos de sa démarche de création et de ses productions récentes.

Interview with Francis Ducharme

Video interview

In this candid interview with Angélique Willkie, Francis Ducharme describes the obsessions of the four major choreographers involved in the Danse Mutante project. He explains the rules of the game, which he and Riley Sims sought to uphold. He shares the tears, uncomfortable moments, and…

Danse Mutante – Video 10

Video interview

This tenth capsule is capturing the huge adventure of Danse Mutante that lasted over two years.

Interdependence — Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Lucie Boissinot meets Miranda Chan (excerpt)

Video interview

Interdependence — Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Lucie Boissinot meets Miranda Chan Harold Rhéaume interviews Miranda Chan dancer in the 2021 version of Les Dix Commandements and Lucie Boissinot, dancer of the 1998 version. To see the full version: here

Interdependence — Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Lucie Boissinot meets Miranda Chan

Video interview

Interdependence — Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Lucie Boissinot meets Miranda Chan Harold Rhéaume interviews Miranda Chan dancer in the 2021 version of Les Dix Commandements and Lucie Boissinot, dancer of the 1998 version.

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

Video interview

Usurpation — Thou shalt not covet your neighbour’s goods Harold Rhéaume interviews Charles-Alexis Desgagnés dancer in the 2021 version of Les Dix Commandements. To see the full version: here

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

Video interview

Usurpation — Thou shalt not covet your neighbour’s goods Harold Rhéaume interviews Charles-Alexis Desgagnés dancer in the 2021 version of Les Dix Commandements.

Interview with Mélanie Demers

Video interview

“To create something greater than ourselves, we have to relinquish control.” The words of Mélanie Demers during an interview with Angélique Willkie about Danse Mutante. The initial collective impetus of this immense three-year project was challenged by the desire for individual expression of the three…

Danse Mutante – Video 9

Video interview

While Mélanie was working on assembling all the mutations into a final work, she met with Marie-Louise Arsenault from the Radio-Canada program Plus on est de fous, plus on lit. Here she reads a text from Cantique, the work she originally created for Danse Mutante.

Interview with Ann Van den Broek

Video interview

For this third interview documenting the creative process behind the marathon project Danse Mutante, Angélique Willkie spoke to Ann Van den Broek, who inherited the segment created by Kettly Noël (Bamako). It’s a fascinating conversation about the artist’s creative process and how she was inspired,…

En aparté with Taoufiq Izeddiou

Video interview

Interview with Taoufiq Izeddiou about his career and approach to teaching contemporary dance in an international context.

La Chute : Eros and Thanatos (excerpt)

Video interview

Documentation on the creative process of La Chute.

La Chute : Eros and Thanatos

Video interview

Documentation on the creative process of La Chute. June 2019, Studio Flak The creation and documentation of La chute are made possible thanks to the Conseil des arts de Montréal’s DémART-Mtl program

La Chute : Thoughts in motion

Video interview

Documentation on the creative process of La Chute.

La Chute : Culture is our lifeblood

Video interview

Documentation on the creative process of La Chute. The creation and documentation of La chute are made possible thanks to the Conseil des arts de Montréal’s DémART-Mtl program

La Chute : Culture is our lifeblood (excerpt)

Video interview

Documentation on the creative process of La Chute. The creation and documentation of La chute are made possible thanks to the Conseil des arts de Montréal’s DémART-Mtl program

Danse mutante – Capsule 5

Video interview

Francis Ducharme and Riley Sims in the fifth capsule of Danse Mutante, a bold collective project that explores the mutation of a dance work, as well as ideas around transmission and performers’ authority and creative contribution.

Interview with Kettly Noël

Video interview

In this up-close-and-personal interview with Angélique Willkie, Kettly Noël (Mali) talks about the Danse mutante project, sharing her thoughts on the fear involved in creative work, the trauma of the African experience in relation to the white colonial body, and the symbolism of hair for…

Study day on dance and the visual arts at MACM – Performance in the museum (excerpt)

Video interview, Event recording

The study day on dance and the visual arts held by the MAC as part of the Françoise Sullivan exhibition took place January 11, 2019 in Montreal. With: Lynda Gaudreau, Simon Grenier-Poirier, Catherine Lavoie-Marcus, Dorian Nuskind-Oder and The Two Gullivers (Flutura and Besnik Haxhillari).

Interview : Around Territoires

Video interview

Interview with Lucie Grégoire and her dancers Kim Henry, Isabelle Poirier and James Viveiros.

Danse mutante – Capsule 4

Video interview

With Francis Ducharme, Riley Sims, Mélanie Demers, Anne-Marie Jourdenais and Ann Liv Young

Interview : Around Territoires (excerpt)

Video interview

Interview with Lucie Grégoire and her dancers Kim Henry, Isabelle Poirier and James Viveiros.

Danse mutante – Capsule 1

Video interview

Danse Mutante is a duet performed by Francis Ducharme and Riley Sims, destined to know multiple mutations as it passes through the hands of four female choreographers on three different continents. With :Francis Ducharme, Riley Sims, Mélanie Demers, Alexandre Pilon-Guay, Mykalle Bielinski, Anne-Marie Jourdenais, David…

En aparté with Rakesh Sukesh

Video interview

Interview with Rakesh Sukesh  about his career and approach to teaching contemporary dance in an international context.

Recréation Dieu ne t’a pas créé juste pour danser – Interview

Video interview

Documentary clip about the project of recreating a work.

Interview between Lucie Grégoire and Paul Auster

Video interview

The choreographer and dancer Lucie Grégoire celebrated her dance company thirtieth birthday founded in 1986 with the restaging of Les Choses dernières, inspired by Paul Auster’s book Le voyage d’Anna Blume. Recorded February 27, 2016, in Brooklyn (NY). Directed by Paulo Castro-Lopes.

Carol Prieur: Paths of memory

Video interview

Interview with Carol Prieur conducted by Sophie Michaud on April 30, 2018, at the Compagnie Marie Chouinard, in Montreal.

Isabelle Poirier: Exploring the many paths of transmission

Video interview

Interview with Isabelle Poirier conducted by Sophie Michaud on May 1, 2018, at the artist’s house, in Montreal.

Carol Prieur: Paths of memory (excerpt)

Video interview

Interview with Carol Prieur conducted by Sophie Michaud on April 30, 2018, at the Compagnie Marie Chouinard, in Montreal. © Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault, 2018

Isabelle Poirier: Exploring the many paths of transmission (excerpt)

Video interview

Interview with Isabelle Poirier conducted by Sophie Michaud on May 1, 2018, at the artist’s house, in Montreal. © Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault, 2018

Marc Béland and Alix Dufresne: reflecting on Dancers (excerpt)

Audio interview

In March 2018, the Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault met up with dancer, actor and stage director Marc Béland, and stage director, author, choreographer and dancer Alix Dufresne. Lise Gagnon invited them to reflect on Dancers, a co-creation by Catalan artist Sonia Gómez and Marc Béland in…

Interview with Olivia Grandville : Dance as a way of being in the world (in French)

Audio interview

Interview by Lise Gagnon, Executive Director of the FJPP recorded May 5, 2017 at the Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault

Interview with Olivia Grandville : Dance as a way of being in the world (excerpt, in French)

Video interview

Interview by Lise Gagnon, Executive Director of the FJPP recorded May 5, 2017 at the Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault.

Un impérieux besoin de résonance : Lucie Grégoire (in French)

Video interview

Interview with Lucie Grégoire about her work Les choses dernières, conducted by Guylaine Massoutre on May 3, 2016, at the studio Lucie Grégoire Danse. Filming and editing: Paulo Castro-Lopes Assistant: Ariane Dessaulles

Portraits croisés – Michèle Febvre vue par Nicolas Cantin

Video interview

(In French) Following the intergenerational collaborations that gave rise to the work Pluton, La 2e Porte à Gauche imagined a series of portraits produced by Claudia Chan Tak with the help of Katya Montaignac. Major figures in Quebec contemporary dance are presented through the gaze…

Confessions – Paul-André Fortier

Video interview

(In French) The solo Bras de plomb was created in 1993 out of an encounter between the dancer and choreographer Paul-André Fortier and artist Betty Goodwin. Out of these two artists’ obsession with the human body emerged this fascinating piece, a profound reflection on the…

Portraits croisés – Louise Bédard vue par Catherine Gaudet

Video interview

(in French) Following the intergenerational collaborations that gave rise to the work Pluton, La 2e Porte à Gauche imagined a series of portraits produced by Claudia Chan Tak with the help of Katya Montaignac. Major figures in Quebec contemporary dance are presented through the gaze…

Bras de plomb – Interview with Paul-André Fortier

Video interview

(In French) An interview with Paul-André Fortier about the work Bras de plomb. The solo Bras de plomb was created in 1993 out of an encounter between the dancer and choreographer Paul-André Fortier and artist Betty Goodwin. Out of these two artists’ obsession with the…

Bras de plomb – S’approprier une œuvre

Video interview

(in French)

Confessions (excerpt) – Paul-André Fortier with English subtitles

Video interview

(In French with English subtitles) Video: Xavier Curnillon

Interview with Louise Bédard

Video interview

Cartes postales de Chimère restaging-handover (in French) This interview of Louise Bédard, taken in the early Cartes postales de Chimère recovery reversal rehearsals, takes us to the heart of the production. Choreographer with her eyes and her words , makes us discover (again) her work…

Portraits croisés – Marc Boivin vu par Mélanie Demers et Linda Rabin

Video interview

(in French) Following the intergenerational collaborations that gave rise to the work Pluton, La 2e Porte à Gauche imagined a series of portraits produced by Claudia Chan Tak with the help of Katya Montaignac. Major figures in Quebec contemporary dance are presented through the gaze…

Portraits croisés – Ginette Laurin vue par Virginie Brunelle et Daniel Soulières

Video interview

(in French) Following the intergenerational collaborations that gave rise to the work Pluton, La 2e Porte à Gauche imagined a series of portraits produced by Claudia Chan Tak with the help of Katya Montaignac. Major figures in Quebec contemporary dance are presented through the gaze…

Portraits croisés – Paul-André Fortier vu par Frédérick Gravel

Video interview

(in French) Following the intergenerational collaborations that gave rise to the work Pluton, La 2e Porte à Gauche imagined a series of portraits produced by Claudia Chan Tak with the help of Katya Montaignac. Major figures in Quebec contemporary dance are presented through the gaze…

Publications

Ancestral Memories in Dancing Bodies

Publication
Ancestral Memories in Dancing Bodies is a publication that emerged from a workshop about ancestral memories conducted in May 2021 by Catherine Joncas. The booklet offers reflections and excerpts from the notebook entries of Claudia Chan Tak, Lucy Fandel, Charo Foo Tai Wei, Lise Gagnon, Catherine...

Mémoires des corps entravés et des corps dansants (In French)

Publication

Life is full of surprises and beautiful stories. During the winter of 2021, artist and illustrator Youloune was exploring our website when she came across the video recordings of the event held by Ondinnok: Constrained Body, Dancing Body, Conversations and performances on Indigenous dance in…

Ouvrir la boîte. Regards sur les boîtes chorégraphiques et la documentation en danse

Publication

(in French) For Ouvrir la boîte, Lise Gagnon invited close to 20 dance practitioners—dancers, choreographers and researchers—to examine the Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault’s choreographic toolkits from a meta perspective by opening them, interrogating them and unpacking them, in order to view them from different angles and…

La danse de Hanako  –  Hanako’s Dance

Publication

This fanzine invites you to follow the traces of a ghost-like dance. The dance by Hanako Hoshimi-Caines was performed before a select few, and was not filmed or photographed. Yet its sensory content was methodically captured in this multi-authored work.    

Bien documenter pour favoriser la découverte en ligne

Publication

(in French) This guide offers dance practitioners a method and tools to map our digital ecosystem, better preserve dance’s digital traces, represent information in the form of metadata, and understand what is required to relate these metadata to the Web of culture.  

Blanc Mémoire

Publication

(in French) Quebec choreographer and teacher Manon Hotte, currently based in Geneva, presents the creative process behind Blanc Mémoire—an archival installation she co-created with Swiss photographer and stage director Dorothée Thébert.  

Brief: Documentation, valorisation et transmission des patrimoines de la danse contemporaine et actuelle au Québec : Enjeux actuels

Publication

(in French) The Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault submitted a brief to the ministère de la Culture et des Communications du Québec as part of a public consultation on the renewal of Quebec’s cultural policy. The brief highlighted issues related to preserving and transmitting our contemporary dance…

L’INVISIBLE VISIBLE

Publication

(in French) L’INVISIBLE VISIBLE – Transmission d’outils d’interprétation en danse, by  Sylvie Pinard is a guide to discovering one’s expressive body. The book offers a comprehensive training program for dancers and teachers, based on a synthesis of her various discoveries and teaching approaches as both a Laban analyst and…

BAnQ’s Dance Archive Guide

Publication

(in French) This guide, published by BAnQ, sets out a classification system and conservation schedule adapted to dance organizations.    

Artistic Legacy Guide: Le Testament Artistique

Publication

(in French) Written by Me Sophie Préfontaine, this guide is intended to assist dance artists in writing their will and understanding issues related to their legacy. It provides crucial information on artistic legacies at a time when the dance community itself is considering the question…

Articles

Dance and digital technologies

Dance in linked data: log – 1 (in French)

Article

Première rencontre avec Josée Plamondon, spécialiste des métadonnées

Bien documenter pour favoriser la découverte en ligne

Publication

(in French) This guide offers dance practitioners a method and tools to map our digital ecosystem, better preserve dance’s digital traces, represent information in the form of metadata, and understand what is required to relate these metadata to the Web of culture.  

Metadata and discoverability with Josée Plamondon

Event recording

Josée Plamondon’s presentation (in French) « Métadonnées et découvrabilité : aidez les moteurs de recherche à comprendre votre site web», February 22, 2019. This presentation is part of the «La danse dans le Web des données» project. «La danse dans le Web des données» is…

Dance in linked data: log – 2 (in French)

Article
Le 22 février dernier, Josée Plamondon proposait aux partenaires du milieu une seconde présentation – je vous invite d’ailleurs à lire le Powerpoint qui l’accompagnait – afin d’approfondir notre compréhension de la découvrabilité des contenus sur le web par l’ajout de métadonnées à la structure...

Metadata and discoverability

Publication

How to get search engines to drive traffic to your website

Boosting the discoverability of dance online -Josée Plamondon’s presentation (in French)

Publication
Josée Plamondon's presentation on online dance discoverability to the EC2 partners on October 26, 2018. This project is supported by the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec as part of its “Exploration et déploiement numérique” program.

Virtual exhibitions and websites

Sismography Recording the injuries, grief, and perils of dance

Website
Sismography is a collaborative platform that is a home to the stories of dancers. It is a sensitive archive of the subtle tremors and deep shudders that have marked their practice and that often remain taboo: physical and psychological injuries, illness, conditions, and disabilities that can impede, prevent,...

Jean-Pierre Perreault, Choreographer

Website
The virtual exhibition Jean-Pierre Perreault, Choreographer, directed by Ginelle Chagnon, reveals the world of Jean-Pierre Perreault, tracing his personal and artistic journey. The exhibition features 15 major works accompanied by over 625 photographs, drawings, manuscript notes, dance notations, program excerpts and posters. The exhibition also features...

Outreach activities

Youth audiences

A young dancer’s response to the Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault’s pedagogical material (in French)

Article
Offrir la culture aux jeunes Comme enseignante, j’éprouve un réel plaisir de m’inspirer des suggestions d’activités que l’on peut retrouver sur différents sites Web,  mes choix privilégiant les outils qui donnent la part belle aux approches pédagogiques innovantes, à l’éducation artistique ainsi qu’à la dimension...

Educational Discovery Guide

Website
An invitation to teachers and their students to learn about the work of Jean-Pierre Perreault see the Educational Discovery Guide